Question 1

How does the business name ideator work?

Accepted Answer

Enter 1–5 keywords, your industry, and a style (modern, classic, playful, techy). The tool combines your keywords with built-in prefixes, suffixes, real words, foreign roots, blends, and alliteration patterns to generate 30+ candidate names. Each candidate is scored for brandability (length, syllable count, pronounceability, Latin-root uniqueness) and tagged with the technique used to build it (compound, portmanteau, invented, affixed, alliterative). You can favorite, copy, export, and share — all without an account.

Question 2

Can this tool check if a domain is available?

Accepted Answer

Actual real-time DNS / RDAP lookups require a network call. To stay 100% client-side by default, the tool generates suggested domain patterns for each name (yourname.com, yourname.io, yourname.co, get yourname.com) and gives you one-click deep links into Namecheap and Google Domains search so you can verify availability yourself. If you explicitly enable the 'Live DNS check (network)' toggle, the tool can query DNS-over-HTTPS resolvers — that toggle is the only network path, and it is clearly flagged.

Question 3

What is the brandability score?

Accepted Answer

A transparent heuristic from 0 to 100. It combines (1) length — sweet spot 5–9 chars; (2) syllable count — sweet spot 2–3 syllables; (3) pronounceability — vowel/consonant alternation + no awkward clusters; (4) uniqueness — distance from common English words. Each component is shown so you understand why a name scored the way it did. The score is an indicator, not a guarantee — your market testing is the real test.

Question 4

What extra features does this tool have compared to other name generators?

Accepted Answer

(1) Four style presets (modern, classic, playful, techy) each shaping the affix/root pool. (2) Six generation techniques (compound, portmanteau, invented, prefix, suffix, alliterative). (3) Brandability score with per-component breakdown. (4) Domain pattern suggestions + one-click registrar links. (5) Social-handle pattern suggestions. (6) Trademark caution note + link to USPTO / WIPO search. (7) Tagline pairing per name. (8) Favorites list (localStorage). (9) CSV export of all names + scores. (10) Markdown export. (11) JSON export with full inputs. (12) Length & syllable sliders. (13) Live count + dedupe. (14) History (localStorage, last 20). (15) Shareable URL with all inputs encoded. (16) Optional BYO-key LLM polish (OpenAI/Anthropic). (17) Optional live DNS-over-HTTPS availability check (clearly flagged as network).

Question 5

Is my data sent anywhere?

Accepted Answer

No. All name generation, brandability scoring, domain-pattern suggestion, favorites, history, and CSV/Markdown/JSON export run locally in your browser. Your keywords never leave this device. The only network paths are: (1) if you click an external registrar link (Namecheap / Google Domains) — that opens a new tab and searches the registrar's site directly; (2) if you explicitly toggle on the live DNS-over-HTTPS availability check — that queries Cloudflare/Google DoH resolvers directly from your browser; (3) if you paste your own LLM API key and click 'Polish with LLM' — that request goes directly to the LLM provider you choose. None of these paths send your data to UnQTools servers.

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