I need ideas for my bussiness name HELP!!!

[crumpetmuncher]

Well i have applied for the accounts so i can start supplying some really great wedding stationery and i now need to hurry up and get a business name and website set up i honestly cant think of any names id like something which covered all occassions but if its just weddings thats fine too.

all ive found which is still available is aisletoaltar and daperdesigns

any ideas?? i really have gone blank :laugh:

shelly

[crumpetmuncher]

anyone??

[stokey]

ermmmm......

WeddingStationaryOrAnyOtherOccassionYouLike R us ?? :happy72:

[Daffs]

Are you only going to do weddings or will you branch out into other stationery do you think?

[chris]

weddings and more
personalised stationery

erm....someone else add to this!

[Daffs]

The problem is some people can't spell 'stationery' properly and good luck finding a good domain with 'wedding' or 'weddings' in.

I'm still thinking S :happy72:

[funkydorydawn]

I think you need something that tells people what you do, is easy to remember, and easy to spell.

If you're starting out with wedding stationery and are intending to extend the range into other occasions, then maybe something with "occasions", "events" or "celebration" in it.

Think about what search terms people will use to find your product - this may help you.

Do you have an idea of a logo or some kind of "hook"? I have a frog logo (which developed over time), and if I could go back, I would have named the business around the logo because it is more memorable that way. So it would be funky frog party bags or something similar. So if you're going to have a logo which involves a flower or a symbol like a heart, you could use that in your business name.

This has probably complicated things further, but if it might help your thought processes?

dawn
x

This has probably made things more complicated

[chris]

The problem is some people can't spell 'stationery' properly
I'm still thinking S :happy72:

How true - in fact you could have just said 'some people can't spell"!!

[chris]

oh you have got me started!!!
They also want to 'americanise' everything e.g. change 's' to 'z' as in personalized.....
so it depends who you see as your customers as to how to set up your website and domain name.

[Miranda]

I would suggest something alphabetically advantageous, all too often you'll be in a list eg stalls at a wedding fair, you want to be on the front page.
eg alloccasionsdesigns.co.uk (except no-one will spell occasions right and I bet that domain is taken)
or something that is distinctive but has no 'meaning' as such whereby you can hope to be remembered by being 'different' eg allshellys .co.uk as in 'all shelly's own work' (quite like that as it's short and distinctive, easy to remember and spell, and definitely not alphabetically challenged)

[Katiequiggle]

I had the same problem when I was setting up Posh Daisy which is why I settled on that. I think finding the right name is one of the hardest parts of setting up lol

[diddlepops]

"Spe-shell Days" - using your name!! Its crap, I know but its all I can come up with :laugh:

[Milliebeth]

All I can think of is "Love and Marriage, Love and Marriage, goes together
like a horse and carriage........................ dee dee, dee dee dee! :cheesy:

[obscure]

Naming a business is such a hard task! You've had some great advice though.

A couple of things I'd think of in addition is if the domain name is available, but also sound it out - you will most likely be giving the name out over the phone, or wanting people to remember it to type into the pc later.

One of my clients found they had to purchase variants on their name in order to get found - they had chosen Reel Arts (a video company) but it was potentially being miswritten as realarts - luckily both names were available as domains :D

Hope you can find a suitable name :)
Sadie

[crumpetmuncher]

hi everyone sorry i havent been on all day its DH's first day back after the snow and the boys ae being demanding i shall be on more later on. more food for thought ........

sparkle
dazzle
daisy
ruby


theres some words i like i think something with daisy in it would be good as i love gerbras and i know youll get some ejjits who cant spell it so daisy is as good

right off to sort the boys bums out ohhhhh joy :-)

shelly xx

[Candeez]

I would spend some time researching other sites selling the same as you for ideas and what to avoid. Write down a shortlist of keywords or variations of groups of words you like and then run them through a domain name sales site - I use 123reg. That way you will see what is available and what's not. It took a while to come up with Candeez because all my previous ideas had already been taken. When you have whittled your list down to a few put them into google and see what type of similar site they refer to, just in case something unsavoury comes up similar to your chosen name.

[crumpetmuncher]

I would spend some time researching other sites selling the same as you for ideas and what to avoid. Write down a shortlist of keywords or variations of groups of words you like and then run them through a domain name sales site - I use 123reg. That way you will see what is available and what's not. It took a while to come up with Candeez because all my previous ideas had already been taken. When you have whittled your list down to a few put them into google and see what type of similar site they refer to, just in case something unsavoury comes up similar to your chosen name.

thanks hun i shall get working on that tonight now the boys are asleep.

[Spacekids]

Also, a thought is to give your site a sophisticated sounding female name and not make direct reference to the product/business type in the name. I think this can sound a bit more high end, and you can concentrate on your web text and metadata etc to improve your google rankings.

I hope that makes sense. A friend of mine runs a jewellery business which has a made up name which just sounds lovely and sophisticated and a bit posh. it can sound a bit more exclusive than a "come and look at my wedding stationery" type name. You then go along the lines of a sort of Jocasta Innes/Cath Kidston type vibe thing.

Am I making any sense? Probably not. Something like francescasnow.com or some other name that I now can't think of!!

Sorry, I have been thinking about your post all day and this is the best I have managed to come up with!!

[crumpetmuncher]

Am I making any sense? Probably not. Something like francescasnow.com or some other name that I now can't think of!!

Sorry, I have been thinking about your post all day and this is the best I have managed to come up with!!

:happy72: i get what you mean , ive been thinking of something different too although ive come up with nothing.

its so hard

[Miranda]

Daisydazzle ?

[crumpetmuncher]

heres my latest ideas and all are available on 123reg

the orchid collection
confetti collection
the paradise collection
the midnight collection

i love the paradise collection and confetti collection

what do you think ??

[crumpetmuncher]

oh theres a bridal shop somewhere called confetti collection and theres a jewelry company called paradise collection

[crumpetmuncher]

the stationery collection ??? its available and does what it says on the box :-) any good

[crumpetmuncher]

stationery paradise i like this