Hello all. I have seen some wonderful work done with previous
questions like this so I thought I would probe the collective brain of
the researchers here. I am putting together a web site which will be a
holistic/alternative health/spiritual directory, event calendar,
online store, magazine, etc. I do not yet have a working name for it,
because it is so dependent on finding the right domain name and would
love suggestions. Obviously I would prefer an unregistered one, but I
am willing to pay up to $500 for the right name. Please use the
comment section and if a winner is chosen I  will notify you and you
can answer the question and I'll leave a tip too. Thanks!

My suggestion:

"Holiston" - an easy artificial word with the great advantage that the
domain www.holiston.com is still unregistered.

Scriptor

Howdy shiva777-ga,

All of the below are available as domain names and do not appear to have
been copyrighted.

- Spiricenter
- Holispiritual
- Alternavistics
- Alternavista(s)
- Alternavigate
- Alternavigation

Another is:

- Holicenter

However, there is a ski resort that uses HoliCenter as the name of one of
their facilities.
http://www.holimont.com/seminar_facilities.asp

Looking Forward, denco-ga - Google Answers Researcher

If you think the domain name is important, then try to be clear about its purpose.

Creating slick-sounding new names by combining words always suggests
to me a slick commercial-type site, and you might not want to give
that impression.

Also, remember that separate words used in hyphen-separated form in
the domain name will rate highly with search engines, whereas combined
or merged, they will have no benefit.

For example, spiritual-health.com would be a good start to creating a
site that would rate well in searches for either of those words
(currently available for sub $500). Whereas spirihealth or
spiritualhealth or any other combination would not help one bit in
search engine ratings.

IME, making it easy for search engines to list your site for relevant
searches is much more important than the domain name itself.

HTH

David

Actually, a hybrid approach would probably be better.  People don't remember
hyphenated domain names very well, and from a branding/trademark stance, the
use of "common words" in a company name makes for a weak copyright, and a
generic feel to a company.

So you get a domain name such as spiritual-health.com as david_uk-ga suggests
for the search engine appeal, and a domain name such as alternavigate.com for
the strong trademark of an invented word, and point both domain names to the
same web site.

Looking Forward, denco-ga - Google Answers Researcher

you might look at http://www.StuckDomains.com, a search engine for
expired domain names, you might something interesting :)

Guide To Alternative Healing
Guide To Natural Nirvana 
Utopia Guide
Alternative Healing Guide
Holistic Nirvana 
Holistic Chronicle
Holistic Catalogue
Health and Nature Guide 
The Natural Way
The Natural Health Guide/Directory