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Ask HN: What should we name our startup
We are doing real estate software for property managers. Having trouble coming up with a name
- stephengillie 11y agoReliance Network. Oh wait that's taken. .io domains are all the rage today, how about propert.io? Or pREm.io?
- HunterL 11y agoAdmittedly I totally went with an "io" (even works with the name, looks all fancy). But the challenge is securing that .com for the redirect.
- stephengillie 11y agoAt a certain point, having the .com will be unnecessary. Are we there today? If you're a techie, yes. If you're a relative Luddite, it may be some ways off yet. In RE, you'll need the .com, best of luck.
- HunterL 11y agoFor sure, it definitely depends on the target audience. I think as gTLDs gain more ground, people will stop defaulting to ".com" when they type in an address. But even as a techie I find myself defaulting to that sometimes. I do, of course, kick myself appropriately afterward.
- drallison 11y agoSomething bland, a bit stuffy, no Internet references, not a Domain name, no puns, something that oozes discretion, trust, experience, and service. A name that is derived from a last name or an address often works. There does not need to be a linguistic relationship between your company name and property management or software.
- stephengillie 11y agoThinking of the popular players (that I know about): * Trulia/Zillow * Redfin * Padmapper * 42Floors And there are some dinosaurs like Reliance and IDC Global.
- drallison 11y agoWhat will your popular players business names sound like in 20 years? 30 years? They will be so 2015 and out of date, IMHO.