New venture - name needed!

[kevin.doran]

Hi guys

A bookkeeper by trade, I'm very possibly about to delve into pastures new by setting up with a friend as an 'installer' under the Green Deal.

Whilst there's still plenty to put in place, deciding upon a name is something we need to address immediately - yet neither of us are particularly creative!

If at all possible we would like to use words such as green / deal / eco / energy / project / solution etc. My would be partner would also quite like the world action in there too to link into his current business but I'm not so fussed

I must have stuck a million different variations into 123reg already and they're all taken - very annoying!!

So, I'm calling on you creative genius' out there - HELP!!

Thanks,

Kevin

 

[degadar]

I own greenplanetsolar.co.uk - would be happy to discuss parting with it at the right price.

And also greenplaneteco.co.uk ...

 

[Alan]

Trouble is if we put up something, someone else will register it!

 

[kevin.doran]

Ha, so you're one of the culprits buying up all the 'green' names then??!

Would like to keep certain costs to a minimum at this stage...

 

[degadar]

I'm afraid so. If you like I'll check through the catalogue and see what I've got tomorrow that we don't really want. The days of squatting on domains in the hope of making mega bucks are long gone.

Like roibot says, don't post up good domain ideas online before you register them. Someone like me will be in there like a shot - only takes about 10 seconds to do.

 

[Keen2clean]

Also, be careful which domain/webhosting sites you use to check availbility, i tried mybdomain name, could have purchased it for a couple of quid, I didnt, went back cpl days later to be told it was now owned by could be purchased for £70

 

[degadar]

And also whoever you use, read the small print.

Nominet charges registrars, people like 123-reg and fasthosts and my company £5 to register a uk domain for 2 years. .com domains cost about $6 per year.

If someone is selling domains for less than this then there is a gotcha in the small print. Guaranteed.

 

[kevin.doran]

Well, this didn't exactly go as planned! Ha.

Graham, if you so get a moment that would be great. As for the rest of you, feel free to PM me any ideas that come to you!!

 

[Dan_Kesher]

...deciding upon a name is something we need to address immediately - yet neither of us are particularly creative!

Hi Kevin,

Take a look at these websites.

http://www.namestation.com/ has a Domain Name Generator that allows you to search for specific words and it combines them with related words to find you an available domain. Once you've found one you want, you can register it anywhere. I've used it quite a few times and found it very useful.

If you can't find anything on the above link, try https://auctions.godaddy.com/ There may be a low cost domain that you like.

 

[degadar]

Well, this didn't exactly go as planned! Ha.

Graham, if you so get a moment that would be great. As for the rest of you, feel free to PM me any ideas that come to you!!

Sorry - the only two I have free that are really relevant are greenplanetsolar.co.uk and greenplaneteco.co.uk

You can have them for £15 each if you like them or £20 for the pair.

G.

 

[kevin.doran]

Cheers for the links Dan, much appreciated.

I'll have a ponder Graham and get back to you.

Who'd have thought picking a name would be so hard eh?!

 

[KeithP]

I started adding my two-penneth to this discussion but as my contribution rambled on and on, I though it might make more sense to create a blog post about the subject.

Hope it helps - Creating A Name For Your Business