197 Online Tools to Run Your Domain, Development and Online Business

NEW YORK, NY – There are a lot of tools out there which make running your online business more efficient, reliable, secure and productive. Listed below are some of the services I use or have used in the past. They are all great services and are the ones I use currently, or have used in the past (My collection of goodies).

If I have used an online tool and it makes my work easier, it’s here.

Domain Names (33)

1. https://www.godaddy.com (Domain Registration [The King])
2. https://www.name.com (Domain Registration)
3. https://www.enom.com (Domain Registration)
4. https://www.secureserver.net/?&prog_id=searchen (Domain Registration)
5. https://www.efty.com (Domain Name Portfolio Management) [related]
6. https://member.expireddomains.net (Acquire Expired Domains)
7. https://majestic.com (Measure Domain Authority and Back-links)
8. https://app.neilpatel.com (Free Backlink Checker Tool]
9. https://www.semrush.com (Back-link Analysis [Seems Better Than Majestic])
10. https://www.domaining.com (Domain Related News Headlines [Aggregator])
11. http://www.dnjournal.com (Domain Related News Headlines [Publisher])
12. https://whois.domaintools.com (Best Domain WhoIs Service)
13. https://www.whoisxmlapi.com (WhoIs API Services)
14. https://www.estibot.com (Domain Name Appraisals)
15. http://vipbrokerage.com (Premium Domain Broker)
16. https://www.namepros.com (Domain Name Forum [The King])
17. https://www.dnforum.com (Domain Name Forum [Remains Viable]) [related]
18. https://namebio.com (Search Public Domain Name Sales Records)
19. https://ntldstats.com (New gTLD Statistics) [related]
20. https://namestat.org (gTLD Stats, Metrics and Analysis) [related]
21. http://www.registrarstats.com/TLDDomainCounts.aspx (TLD Domain Counts) [related]
22. https://auctions.godaddy.com (Domain Name Auctions) [related]
23. https://www.sedo.com (Domain Parking and Auctions)
24. https://uniregistry.com/market (Uniregistry Market [formally DomainNameSales.com])
25. https://www.dropcatch.com (Purchase Recent Dropped Domains)
26. https://www.hugedomains.com (Purchase Domains with Payoff Plans)
27. https://www.namemesh.com (Domain Name Generator Search)
28. https://www.escrow.com (Escrow Services for Large Transactions)
29. https://www.secureserver.net/reseller/hottest-reseller.aspx?prog_id=searchennetworks (Resell Domains – As a re-seller all your purchases are at your own discounted buy-rates)
30. https://www.dnacademy.com (Learn About Domain Name Investing)
31. https://archive.org (The Internet Archive [See Historical Domain Use])
32. http://www.domainsbot.com Available Domain Name Suggestions
33. https://mxtoolbox.com (Domain Health, Diagnostics and Blacklists Lookup)

Hosting and Servers (16)

1. https://www.sslshopper.com (Test Your SSL is Completing the Trust Chain Properly)
2. https://letsencrypt.org (Free Auto-Renewing SSL Certificates)
3. https://www.sslforfree.com (Free SSL Certificates in Minutes)
4. https://www.secureserver.net/ssl/ssl-certificate.aspx?prog_id=searchen (SSL Certificates)
5. https://www.hostmysite.com (Cheap Website Hosting [Decent Support])
6. http://www.hostgator.com (Cheap VPS Website Hosting [Weak Support, But Inexpensive])
7. https://www.rackspace.com (Supreme Dedicated Website Hosting[Best Support, Expensive])
8. https://newrelic.com (Server Monitoring [Complex])
9. http://internetseer.com (Website Monitoring Alerts [Simple])
10. https://www.rackspace.com/en-us/email-hosting/webmail (Affordable Email Hosting)
11. https://www.secureserver.net/?&prog_id=searchen (Basic Website Hosting)
12. https://cpanel.com (CPanel Hosting Control Panel [Super Easy])
13. https://www.plesk.com (Plesk Hosting Control Panel [Slightly More Complex])
14. https://www.wordfence.com (Keep Your WordPress Site HackFree) [related]
15. https://www.secureserver.net/reseller/hottest-reseller.aspx?prog_id=searchennetworks (Resell Hosting – As a re-seller all your purchases are at your own discounted by rates.)
16. http://www.webhostingtalk.com (One of the Oldest and Largest Hosting Forums)

Web Development (47)

1. https://wordpress.org/download/ (Content Management System [The King])
2. http://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver.html (Building Web Pages [Dreamweaver])
3. http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html (PhotoShop Image Editing Software)
4. https://startbootstrap.com (Free Bootstrap Themes and Templates)
5. https://www.studiopress.com (Premium WordPress Themes)
6. https://envato.com (Premium WordPress Themes)
7. https://themeforest.net (Premium WordPress Themes)
8. http://www.addthis.com (Add Sharing Buttons and Content Recommendations)
9. https://feedburner.google.com (RSS Reader)
10. https://www.opencart.com (Open-Source eCommerce Platform)
11. https://www.cubecart.com (Open-Source eCommerce Platform)
12. https://www.phpfox.com (Build Your Own Social Network Software)
13. https://www.fiverr.com (Freelance Services Marketplace [Very Inexpensive])
14. https://wordpress.org/plugins/ (Limitless WordPress Plugins)
15. https://xenforo.com (Community & Forum Software)
16. https://www.secureserver.net/hosting/website-builder2.aspx?prog_id=searchen (Website Builder)
17. https://www.doubleclickbygoogle.com (Webmaster Ad Serving Technology)
18. http://browsershots.org (Cross Browser Compatibility Testing Tool)
19. http://www141.lunapic.com/editor/ (Cut and Crop Photos Online)
20. https://web-capture.net (Capture Full Length Web Site Screenshots for Free)
21. http://phptester.net (Test PHP Code Online)
22. https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/ (Google’s Page Speed Insights Tool)
23. http://www.willpeavy.com/minifier/ (Minify HTML Online)
24. https://cssminifier.com (Minify CSS Online)
25. https://javascript-minifier.com (Minify Javascript Online)
26. http://www.webconfs.com/http-header-check.php (HTTPS Header Checker)
27. http://www.webconfs.com/search-engine-spider-simulator.php (Search Engine Spider Simulator)
28. http://optimizilla.com (Online Image Optimizer)
29. http://www.hotscripts.com (Programming Scripts Search Engine)
30. https://search.google.com/structured-data/testing-tool (Google’s Structured Data Testing Tool)
31. http://ogp.me (The Open Graph Protocol [New and Important])
32. http://www.microdatagenerator.com (Microdata Generator using Schema.org Vocabulary)
33. https://memcached.org (Open Source, High-Performance, Distributed Memory Object Caching System)
34. https://mariadb.org (Open Source Database Servers)
35. https://www.mysql.com (Open Source Database Servers)
36. http://www.unixgeeks.org/security/newbie/unix/cron-1.html (Crons)
37. https://html-cleaner.com (Online HTML Cleaner Tool)
38. http://www.deadlinkchecker.com (Free Broken Link Checker)
39. https://www.wufoo.com (Online Form Builder)
40. http://textalyser.net (Online Text Analysis Tool)
41. https://www.geckotribe.com/rss/carp/ (Great Free PHP RSS Parser)
42. https://website.grader.com (Free Website Performance Metrics)
43. https://builtwith.com (See What Technology Websites are Built With)
44. http://www.bulkdachecker.com/url-extractor/ (Link Extractor)
45. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/developers/ (Develop Firefox Browser Add-Ons)
46. https://placeholder.com – Quickest and simplest image placeholders.
47. https://technicalseo.com/seo-tools/fetch-render/ – Fetch and Render Tool; all browsers.

Publishing Resources (15)

1. https://diybookcovers.com/3Dmockups/ (Book Cover Designer)
2. http://www.aminstitute.com/headline/ (Article Headline Analyzer)
3. https://www.createspace.com (Self-Publish Your Own Paperbacks)
4. https://kdp.amazon.com (Self-publish eBooks and Paperbacks)
5. http://www.bartash.com (High Volume Newspaper Printing Company)
6. https://www.microsoft.com/store/p/movie-maker-free-video-editor/ (Video Editor)
7. http://drudgereport.com (Where News Companies Actually Get Their News From)
8. http://absolutewrite.com/forums/ (Great Place to Find Freelance Journalists)
9. https://www.copyscape.com (Duplicate Content Detection Software)
10. https://www.textbroker.com (Purchase Content from Freelance Content Writers)‎
11. http://www.charactercountonline.com (Online Character Count Tool)
12. http://caseconverter.com (Convert Text Between Upper Case, Lower Case and Sentence Case)
13. https://delim.co (Free Comma Deliminator Separating Tool)
14. http://www.adobe.com/products/indesign.html (Design Tool [I’m Still Learning How To Use])
15. https://www.textmagic.com/free-tools/unicode-detector Unicode Character Detector

Traffic Generation, Branding & Marketing (32)

1. https://adwords.google.com (Google Online Advertising [The King])
2. http://www.constantcontact.com (Newsletters and Opt-in Email)
3. https://www.facebook.com/business/products/ads (Facebook Advertising)
4. http://www.outbrain.com (Advertise on News Websites)
5. https://statcounter.com (Measure Site Traffic [Simple])
6. https://analytics.google.com (Measure Site Traffic [Complex])
7. https://www.bing.com/toolbox/webmaster/ (Bing [and Yahoo] Webmaster Tools)
8. https://www.google.com/webmasters/ (Google Webmaster Central)
9. https://www.xml-sitemaps.com (Automated Sitemap Builder)
10. http://www.yext.com (Local Listing Syndication)
11. http://www.constantcontact.com/signup.jsp?pn=searchen (Email Marketing [Free Trial])
12. https://www.youtube.com (Video-Sharing Website)
13. https://vimeo.com (Video-Sharing Website)
14. https://www.linkedin.com (Professional Online Business Networking)
15. https://www.instagram.com (Photo Sharing Social Network [Great for Visuals])
16. https://www.pinterest.com (Photo Sharing Social Network [Great for Visuals])
17. https://www.stumbleupon.com (Content Sharing Site [Viral Content])
18. http://www.vistaprint.com (Business Cards, Signs and Banners)
19. https://twitter.com (Real Time Social Networking and Search)
20. http://twiends.com (Grow Twitter Account Followers)
21. https://secure.bingads.microsoft.com (Bing and Yahoo Ads)
22. http://www.pens.com (Promotional Materials)
23. http://www.advertising.com (AOL’s Advertising Programs)
24. http://www.seochat.com (One of the Oldest and Largest Search Optimization Forums)
25. https://www.backlinkr.net (Back-link Builder – Use with Caution, Creates Automatically)
26. http://www.conversantmedia.com (The Old ValueClick Network)
27. http://www.cafepress.com (Sell Your Own Custom Branded Promotional Items)
28. https://sendgrid.com (Email Delivery Confirmation and Tracking Statistics)
29. http://www.thebiggestboards.com (Largest Forums in the World [Know Where to Go])
30. https://www.strategicrevenue.com/major-search-engines-tool/ (Search (SERPS) without Parameters)
31. https://ga-dev-tools.appspot.com/campaign-url-builder/ (Google’s UTM Source Link Builder Tool)
32. https://lsigraph.com (Optimize Your Content With LSI Keywords)

Legal Issues (11)

1. http://tmsearch.uspto.gov (Search & Register US Trademarks)  [related]
2. https://wilyfish.com (Trademark search, easier than TESS)
3. https://www.tmdn.org/tmview/welcome.html (Search GLOBAL Trademark Databases)
4. https://www.copyright.gov (Search Copyrights and Copyright Your Own Material)
5. http://www.ilawco.com (Internet and Intellectual Property Lawyers)
6. http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/ (Search WIPO Cases and WIPO Panel Decisions)
7. http://www.adrforum.com/SearchDecisions (Domain Name Dispute Proceedings and Decisions)
8. https://www.adndrc.org/mten/UDRP_Decisions.php (Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre)
9. http://udrp.adr.eu/adr/decisions/index.php (Czech Arbitration Court)
10. http://acdr.aipmas.org/page.aspx?page_key=ACDR%20Cases (Arab Center for Dispute Resolution)
11. https://www.dndisputes.com (Search Domain Name Disputes – WIPO UDRP Cases & Decisions)

Website Monetization (14)

1. https://www.google.com/adsense/start/ (Automated Website Monetization [The King])  [related]
2. https://www.paypal.com (Send and Receive Payments Online)
3. https://affiliate-program.amazon.com (Amazon Affiliate Program)
4. https://www.authorize.net (Online Shopping Cart Merchant Accounts)
5. http://www.outbrain.com (Display Advertising on Websites)
6. https://www.secureserver.net/reseller/hottest-reseller.aspx?prog_id=searchennetworks (Resell Hosting – As a re-seller all your purchases are at your own discounted by rates – you’ll save plenty more times over than the cost to join – I’ve been doing for eight years.)
7. http://www.advertising.com (Display Advertising [Decent Google Adsense Alternative])
8. http://exponential.com (The Old Tribal Fusion[Decent Google Adsense Alternative])
9. http://www.conversantmedia.com (The Old ValueClick Network [Decent Google Adsense Alternative])
10. http://www.clickbank.com (For Selling Digital Products such as e-Books)
11. http://www.cafepress.com (Sell Your Own Custom Branded Promotional Items)
12. https://www.constantcontact.com/partners/affiliate (Email Marketing Affiliate Program)
13. http://www.cj.com (Various Affiliate Programs [formerly Commission Junction])
14. https://www.markethealth.com (The Market Health Affiliate Program)

Other, Workflow and General Operations (28)

1. https://docs.google.com (Collaborate and Share Documents and Spreadsheets)
2. https://www.emojicopy.com (Adding emoji’s to your Emails)
3. https://www.ondeck.com (Fastest and Simplest Business Loans)
4. https://www.americanexpress.com (Best Credit Card for Your Business)
5. https://www.paypal.com (Send and Receive Payments Online)
6. http://www.projectmanagesoft.com/software/dotproject (Free Project Management Software)
7. http://grasshopper.com (Simulated Virtual Business Phone Systems)
8. https://www.zoho.com/crm/ (Great CRM Alternative to SalesForce which is Much More Expensive)
9. https://www.zoho.com/us/books/ (Online Accounting Software [Decent Alternative to QuickBooks])
10. https://quickbooks.intuit.com/ (Best Online Accounting Software)
11. https://www.regus.com/virtual-office (Worldwide Virtual Office Rental and Business Addresses)
12. https://www.ringcentral.com (Voice-Over-IP Phone System)
13. https://www.8×8.com (Voice-Over-IP Phone System)
14. https://www.vonage.com (Voice-Over-IP Phone System)
15. https://www.skype.com (Group Video Calls)
16. https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/one-talk/ (Voice-Over-IP Phone System)
17. https://www.verizonwireless.com (Business iPads and Cellular Phones)
18. https://www.secureserver.net/email/internet-fax.aspx?prog_id=searchen (Internet Fax)
19. https://www.myfax.com (Internet Fax Services)
20. http://www.callsource.com (Call Tracking Services)
21. https://www.callrail.com (Call Tracking Services with SMS Ability)
22. https://www.spyfu.com (Spy On Your Competitors Keyword PPC Campaigns)
23. https://www.craigslist.org (Sell Equipment, Place Job Ads, Find Freelancers, Classifieds)
24. https://www.docusign.com (Collect Contract Signatures Digitally)
25. https://flippa.com (Buying and Selling Online Businesses)
26. http://www.alexa.com/topsites (See The Top 500 Sites on the Web)
27. https://trends.google.com/trends/ (See What’s Trending Online)
28. https://theadminzone.com (A Forum for Forum Administrators)

Feel free to let me know what great stuff I’m missing in the comments below; if I have a chance to check it out and like it, I’ll add it to the lists. If I have already used it and did not like it, it will not be added.

John Colascione

About The Author: John Colascione is Chief Executive of Internet Marketing Services Inc. He specializes in Website Monetization, authored a ‘how to’ book called ‘‘Mastering Your Website’, and is a key player in several Internet related businesses through his search engine strategy brand Searchen Networks®