Seven Rules for a Strong Startup Domain

Thirty years of trial and error produced a surprisingly stable set of naming rules, and an Ainame24 article lays all seven out clearly. It covers practical filters like keeping a name to five or eight letters, favoring .com over every other extension, avoiding hyphens and numbers, and choosing something brandable over strictly descriptive so the company isn't boxed into one category later<!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> ainame24.com/blog/startup-domain-names-guide . The piece also introduces the radio test — if someone hears a name once, can they spell it correctly without asking — as a simple way to judge whether a name will actually survive word of mouth. For founders currently stuck between several name options, this article turns a subjective decision into a concrete checklist, and explains why passing all seven rules at once is genuinely rare.