Thanks for helping, I need a little inspiration or the actual name, I currently run a very small business and setting up two others, which will all be branded and associated together. I'm looking for a name that can be applied to all. similar to Virgin music, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin mobile etc.
Now before you think that is easy, I need to be able to aquire the domains, now nearly all one and two word domains are taken, so possibly a made up word, or a word backwards, or re-arrange all the letters in say positive to create a company name etc and obviously it needs to be memorable and easily spelt so people can find the websites.
Thanks for all your help and maybe one day you will see it on a side of a van or above a shop in your street.
cheers everybody.
Davy Chambers
2007-01-09 21:36:48 · 5 answers · asked by Davy 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Small Business
The naming of your business could be one of the most important decisions you will make. A name's originality and legal availability will create a real asset value of its own, as it becomes marketed and gains market acceptance.
The name you choose will become the focal point of all the benefits and features that relate to your business. Customers will be able to find and refer others to it in the future.
Since any names that are suggested here may already be owned by another party, I wanted to go a different route...
I suggest either hiring a name creation firm or get together with your friends and/or family and throw a "name party" & have everyone bounce some ideas around. Compile a listing of names that you like the best. Once you have that list, do as much free research as you can before you delve into comprehensive research.
I listed some links where you can do some preliminary name checking. However, please be aware that this is merely scratching the surface of what's out there.
Only comprehensive research will tell you if the name is truly available. But, these links are free & a great place to start, so I'd try them out first.
Comprehensive research consists of looking at marks that are similar in Sound, Appearance or Meaning in the pending & registered Federal AND State trademark files as well as the US National Common-Law files.
There are other sites that offer free searching capabilities in conjunction with their commercial services, so I'm not able to post those links due to the Yahoo! TOS. You'll also want to check domain names & yellow pages, so simply do a search for "free domain name search" and "national yellowpages" and the appropriate links will pop up.
Hope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!
2007-01-10 04:44:51 · answer #1 · answered by TM Express™ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
On good idea will be to look for a name in some other language which may mean something interesting.
And there is always a story to tell people.
Go to dictionary on intenet - chose languages like - French / Italian / Indian etc... out the words like - Global, universal, Leader, Dominant, fresh, today ...
good luck
2007-01-10 05:47:15 · answer #2 · answered by raj 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How about
ZYGO
Its towards the very end of the doicyionary and means - Indicationg a pair or a Union.
2007-01-10 05:53:59 · answer #3 · answered by angie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what about something a little abstract, like mint and egg for credit cards, and orange for phones!? i like this use of an object for something totally unrelated - it works well.
p.s love raj's idea - try that
2007-01-10 11:42:01 · answer #4 · answered by just trying to make a difference 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Erm... what do you make / sell / do?? A little help here...
2007-01-10 05:46:10 · answer #5 · answered by haighston 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋