Business name

[darrenwis]

Hi All.

Not 100% sure why i'm posting this but i'm struggling to find a name to call my business. I am setting up a website offering board games, childrens activity sets, teddies, childrens watches, stationary etc. Aswell as products for babies like nursery toys.

I obviously need something catchy and rememorable yet relevant to the market and products.

Any ideas? Anything used or that helped me to make a decision will get a discount on an order :) .

Darren

[Rienne]

Darren

Are you bringing any other USP to the business to add to the products themselves which would set your business apart from other similar sites and then which could be put in the name as well?

regards
Jeff

[darrenwis]

Darren

Are you bringing any other USP to the business to add to the products themselves which would set your business apart from other similar sites and then which could be put in the name as well?

regards
Jeff

Hi Jeff,

To answer your question we will be priding ourself on our service and constantly looking for ways to promote our business. The USP has been a problem for us as some products are sourced through a dropshipper.

[Rienne]

Darren

See the point. Have you tried using a domain name generator, lots of hosting sites have them. Alternatively, you could try using the thesaurus facility in your wp program to give you ideas.

regards
Jeff

[darrenwis]

Darren

See the point. Have you tried using a domain name generator, lots of hosting sites have them. Alternatively, you could try using the thesaurus facility in your wp program to give you ideas.

regards
Jeff

I have a bit but with limited success! Really i need to get it sorted if i want to catch a few sales for christmas. Hopefully by mid November we will be up and promoting. Maybe a discount for anybody who can help aswell.

[Yourlocaltrades]

Hi All.

Not 100% sure why i'm posting this but i'm struggling to find a name to call my business. I am setting up a website offering board games, childrens activity sets, teddies, childrens watches, stationary etc. Aswell as products for babies like nursery toys.

I obviously need something catchy and rememorable yet relevant to the market and products.

Any ideas? Anything used or that helped me to make a decision will get a discount on an order :) .

Darren

All4kidz
All4kids
Totz2Kidz
Etotz
Ekids
ALLTOYZ
Joytoy
Whatkidswant
Probablythebestkidstoysintheworld

Thats me out!!

[England-Villages]

Best thing to do is to see if the domain name is available for whatever you call your business, and better yet if you can find the .com and the .co.uk to go along with each other in case you experience rapid international expansion in the future.

As someone else suggested above, look on google for a domain suggestion tool and then check with Overture to see how many times those keywords in your title are actually searched for. Anything over 2000 is very good.

Try to find too a name which is short and snappy, easy to remember and ideally can be developed into your brand name.

Making a mistake with this could be costly, especially as you want to take advantage of the christmas trade, although with the web site, I fear you may have left this a bit late.

When you have your name sorted out and your domain/s registered through a reputable registrar (Weycrest.co.uk are very good) and your site is up and running, try to get as many one way links pointing to it as possible. This will hopefully, among many other factors increase your traffic and unique views by visitors.

Of the name itself, try to keep under 20 letters excluding the http and prefix chosen. Do not use numericals if you possibly can or hyphens. Most one word names have gone already, so your best bet in this regard is to go for a two name brand name and website address.

If you need any help, just post up again or get in touch and I'll throw in half an hour to see what I can come up with.

All the best!

Mark

[England-Villages]

Just sent you a pm message with a two word one fitting the criteria above, which is still available on both prefixes.

If you don't snap it up very quickly, I'll add it to my portfolio of names, since I know I could get about $700 for that.

Happy to help.

Kindest regards.

Mark

[darrenwis]

Just sent you a pm message with a two word one fitting the criteria above, which is still available on both prefixes.

If you don't snap it up very quickly, I'll add it to my portfolio of names, since I know I could get about $700 for that.

Happy to help.

Kindest regards.

Mark

Thanks Mark,

Sent a PM back and look forward to your reply.

Darren

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Hi Jeff,

To answer your question we will be priding ourself on our service and constantly looking for ways to promote our business. The USP has been a problem for us as some products are sourced through a dropshipper.

I don't think priding yourself on your service is enough. Most people do and there is a restricted amount that most businesses can do.

Your site will have an image based on its look and the range you carry. This is true whether you have planned it or not.

If you plan it then you can control it and contribute to it to enhance it. The idea being that this will increase sales - margins - profits.

For example if your target market is war games then this is different from the "other" board games market. 10 to 17 years old is different from 16 to 21 years old etc etc. Trying to be all things to all people is often not the best way to go about it unless you really are ALL things to ALL people.

So when thinking of your name also think of the image that you are trying to project. www.traditionalboardgames.com (http://www.traditionalboardgames.com) will have a different "feel" to it from www.justreleasedboardgames.com (http://www.justreleasedboardgames.com) and from www.famousboardgames.com (http://www.famousboardgames.com).

[darrenwis]

I don't think priding yourself on your service is enough. Most people do and there is a restricted amount that most businesses can do.

Your site will have an image based on its look and the range you carry. This is true whether you have planned it or not.

If you plan it then you can control it and contribute to it to enhance it. The idea being that this will increase sales - margins - profits.

For example if your target market is war games then this is different from the "other" board games market. 10 to 17 years old is different from 16 to 21 years old etc etc. Trying to be all things to all people is often not the best way to go about it unless you really are ALL things to ALL people.

So when thinking of you name also think of the image that you are trying to project. www.traditionalboardgames.com (http://www.traditionalboardgames.com) will have a different "feel" to it from www.justreleasedboardgames.com (http://www.justreleasedboardgames.com) and from www.famousboardgames.com. (http://www.famousboardgames.com.)

I agree, we have a range of products ready to go. Some of there include:

Nursery toys > 117 products
Kids Accessories > 40 products
Kids Activity Toys > 8 Products
Kids Puzzle Toys > 36 Products
Kids Activity Sets > 60 Products
Kids Bags > 33 Products
Kids Dolls & Dolls Prams> 12 products
Floor Puzzles > 23 products
Kids design > 17 products
Kids Games > 9 products
Kids Games > 9 products
Learning toys > 7 products
Stationary and art > 100+ products
Kids watches > 17 products
Beanie toys > 11 products
Children’s software > 50+

I think this should be quite a good range to start with. what do others think?

[boho]

Word of warning, there are people out there trawling for threads such as these to scout for names and hold them to ransom, whatever you do don't make public your preferred choices, and get them secured as quickly as possible.

Make sure your name contains words relating to what you do, and try to use something which fits but which is not too restrictive as you may find that if you use dropshippers that you alter your product offering over time, so don't want to end up with a name that becomes out of date. Don't choose anything overly quirky (i.e not containing a related product) unless you have a lot of money to throw at building the brand itself.