Aged .com · Hand-picked · Ready to use
A name that already means something.
Most domain marketplaces sell you availability. CenturyName sells meaning. These are aged .com names built from real words and real compounds — names a customer can hear once, spell correctly, and remember a week later.
No "make offer" wall, no auction, no waiting to hear back.
Every name was read, said aloud and judged by a person.
Atom, Afternic, Escrow.com or Spaceship — your call.
Afternic Fast Transfer puts the name in your account after payment.*
From the portfolio
A dozen names, and why each one works
Every listing links straight through to its page on the storefront, where the price, payment options and transfer terms are shown in full.
Our position
We would rather a name be used than owned.
Most of this industry runs on waiting. Buy a name, park it, hold it for a decade and hope one buyer eventually turns up with a life-changing number. It works occasionally. In the meantime, thousands of genuinely good names sit doing nothing at all.
That is not what CenturyName is for. Every name here is priced to be bought, not to be sat on. We would rather see forty names become forty businesses than hold one back waiting on a lottery ticket.
That is why the prices are what they are. It is why nothing hides behind "make offer." And it is why we added monthly plans — the fewer reasons there are to hesitate, the more names end up doing what a name is actually for.
Standards
What has to be true before a name is listed
Nothing here is bulk inventory. Each name is admitted against the same five tests, and names that fail one of them do not get listed at any price.
Real words, real compounds
The portfolio leans heavily on dictionary words and two-word compounds — DayGrowth, TrueApproach, MuscleData. Where a name is invented, it is built from familiar sounds and stays under three syllables. Nothing needs a spelling explanation.
One clear meaning
A good name tells someone what you might do before they read a word of copy. Names that could mean five things, or nothing, are the ones that sit unsold for a decade. We would rather list fewer names with sharper meaning.
Aged .com
Roughly 99% of the portfolio is .com, and the names carry real registration history rather than a blank record. Age is not a ranking trick — it is a sign that a name is an established asset rather than something registered last week.
Ready on day one
Clean history, no trademark collision we are aware of, no baggage to clean up after purchase. You should be able to point the name at a landing page the same week you buy it.
Legible to search and to AI
Assistants and search engines both do better with names whose parts carry meaning. A real compound gives a model something to hold onto; a random string of letters gives it nothing. That gap is likely to widen, not close.
Ways to buy
Take the name the way that suits your cash flow
The price is the same whichever route you pick. What changes is when you pay it — because the budget should not decide the name.
Option one
Buy it outright
The fixed price shown on the listing, paid once. Nothing to negotiate and nothing to wait for. This is how most names here are sold.
Typical range $2,000 – $10,000
Option two
Lease to own
Spread the same price over 6, 12, 24 or 36 months. You put the name to work straight away and ownership completes when the plan does. A $6,000 name at $250 a month is a marketing line, not a capital decision.
Monthly figure shown per listing
Option three
Rent the name
Use a name on a rolling monthly basis without committing to ownership — useful for testing a brand before you build behind it. Available on selected names; ask and we will tell you which.
By enquiry — get in touch
Security & transfer
Your money is never held by us
Every sale completes through an established escrow or marketplace platform, and you choose which one. We do not take card details, and we do not sit between you and your money.
Not every option is available on every name — the listing shows what applies. If you would prefer a route that is not shown, ask before you buy and we will usually be able to arrange it.
How fast you get it
- Afternic Fast Transfer
- Lands in your account
- Standard transfer
- A few business days
- Lease to own
- Use from day one
- Held by
- Escrow, never us
* Most of the portfolio is on Afternic Fast Transfer, which places the name in your registrar account as soon as payment clears. Afternic runs fraud and verification checks on some orders, so occasionally this takes a few hours rather than minutes. Names not on Fast Transfer typically complete within a few business days. Full detail on the terms page.
By category
Start where your business already is
How buying works
Four steps, start to transfer
STEP 01
Find the name
Search or browse the storefront by keyword, category or price. Every listing shows the price and payment terms up front.
STEP 02
Check the fit
Say it out loud. Spell it to someone over the phone. If both work without repeating yourself, the name is doing its job.
STEP 03
Buy or lease
Pay in full, or start a monthly plan where one is offered. Payment is handled by Atom, with Escrow or Afternic on some names.
STEP 04
Take the transfer
The name moves to your registrar — within hours on instant-transfer listings, within a few business days on the rest.
Looking higher up the shelf?
CenturyName is the working portfolio — utility names and brandables for businesses that need to launch. Elevayte holds the top tier: the short, category-defining names, handled privately.
Questions
Before you buy
What kind of names does CenturyName sell?
How much do the names cost?
Can I pay monthly?
How is checkout handled?
How long does the transfer take?
Are the names picked by a person or by software?
Why are your prices lower than comparable names elsewhere?
Can I rent a name instead of buying it?
Does an aged domain help my SEO?
Do you check trademarks?
Guides
How to choose, and what to avoid
Premium .com domains for sale
Why .com still carries weight, and where fixed-price names actually live.
ReadBrandable domain names for sale
What makes a name brandable, and how to pick one that still fits in five years.
ReadAffordable domain names for startups
Setting a realistic name budget when you are pre-revenue.
ReadCheap premium domains
Where the value sits in the aftermarket, and where it does not.
ReadDomain names under $500
What you can realistically get at the entry level, and the trade-offs.
ReadAll guides
The full index of naming and domain-buying guides.
BrowseThe portfolio
Find the one that sounds like your company.
Aged .com names with real meaning, fixed prices, and monthly options on many. Browse the full portfolio, or write to us and we will shortlist against your brief.