10 Free domain name research tool for 2013

Your domain name represents your brand identity.So choosing a proper domain name is very essential.There are several factors you need to remember before choosing your domain name.Another issue that you might face is the availability of the domain name that you  want to take.But you can easily solve this problem by using domain name research tool.There are several free domain name research tools which will not only informs you about the availability of the domain name with your chosen domain extension but also it informs you about what other extensions are available for that domain name.Besides these tools also show you some other suggestion related to your chosen domain name.In this article we will review advantage and disadvantage of 10 free domain name research tools.
DOM!ZE-
Domize is one of the most popular ajax based domain name availability checker  tool.As you start tying its Ajax based autosuggestion starts showing availability of 5 most popular domain extension(.com & .net &  .org & .co &  .io)for that domain name.If the domain name is available it shows it using blue color.If you hover over it you can see price of that domain name from Go-daddy 1 & 1, Dotster and Network solution.Green color means that domain name is a premium domain  name.You can hover over the extension to check its price.It uses red color to show that domain name is already taken.Hovering over the red color  shows registration date and registration expire date for that domain.The only downside of this tool is that it does not show you Facebook & Twitter availability of your chosen domain name.

DomainTyper-

Domain Typer is another famous domain name checker tool.This tool has Ajax based autosuggestion feature.So as you start typing, it starts showing availability of some popular domain extension(such as .com .net .org .mobi .co .info) for that domain name.You can also add other domain extensions manually to search their availability.You can also see different site stats(Google PR ,Alexa rank ,Quantcast rank  etc) for a already registered domain.So if you are planning to back-order a domain name these stats will definitely help you to make a proper choice.

DomainTools-

Domain Tools is one of the most trusted domain availability checker tool.This tool has whois Lookup, Whois History, Reverse Whois, DNS & IP checking features.Besides this tool is completely customisable.You can choose price range,domain extensions to search for,domain name length etc.

DomainsBot-

DomainsBot is another free domain availability checker tool.The best feature of this tool is that it shows Facebook & Twitter name availability of that domain name.Another good feature of this tool is that it gives you several customization options for domain search.You can choose which domain extensions you want to search.You can also choose price range and language.

GoDaddy-

Go Daddy  is one of the most popular internet domain registrar and web hosting company.It has a very efficient  domain name availability checker tool.On the basis of your searched domain name it shows you which extensions are already taken and which are available.It also shows you the price for the available domain extensions.

Domainr-

This free domain name availability checker  tool does not tell much about domains.It only informs you whether the domain name(for some popular extensions ) is taken or available.You can back-order an already registered domain using this tool.Besides if the domain name is available it gives you the option to buy it from different  popular  domain sellers.

Who is my project-

The best feature of  this tool is that you can save your domain name research results in excel file for further use.It shows domain name availability for 3 most popular extensions.You can manually add some other extensions to check for.Besides you can check site stats for some already registered domain.

Bust a name-

Bust a name shows you the availability of the 3 popular domain extension(.com .net .org)for your searched domain name.You can also back-order already taken domain name using this tool.

Dot-o-mator-

Dot-o-mator can generate domain name.For example if you specify beginning and ending name type(color/games/tech etc) then it  generates several possible domain name options for you.You can also check the availability of that domain name using this tool.

DnScoop-

DnScoop is not actually a domain name availability checker tool but a domain and site value tool.If  you want to buy a site then you may try this tool.It calculates an approximate value of a domain/site based on different factors such as number of baclinks,Google PR,Alexa rank etc.