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Ask HN: Help Name Our Company - Get $1,000

9 points by jme27 15y ago

Hey HN, We're a start up in the social gaming space founded about 3 years ago. We're growing quickly and looking to rebrand with a great consumer facing company name. We need your help! The Reward: $1,000 via Paypal to the person who suggests the name we end up using. We're looking for a name that's short, catchy, and memorable. It doesn't need to be related to social gaming, though it can be. Our only requirements are that the .com be available (or seemingly available) for $10K or less and that there are no outstanding trademarks on the name that we'd have to worry about. We'll choose the best name by Friday, May 20th and post the winner. Show us your awesome creativity HN! Looking forward to your suggestions! Please send your submissions to nameourcompany at gmail.com

klaut 15y ago
don't want to split hairs, but Friday 17th May does not exist ;)
- jme27 15y ago
  Corrected, thanks.
phlux 15y ago
Can you probife more info on the type of games you make?
- jme27 15y ago
  We create games for the broad casual audience with the right mix of skill and chance. Our games provide sensational audio/visual feedback and are simple to play / difficult to master.
  - phlux 15y ago
    casusgames.com Available Casus == accident, chance, fortune gamefors.com Available fors == fors fortis : chance, luck, fortune
phlux 15y ago
Enpyr.com en-pire, latin for to bring fire/flame
- solipsist 15y ago
  ...or a spin-off of Ludus (latin for game)
- bartonfink 15y ago
  It's actually Greek, sed cui significat?
bo_Olean 15y ago
try soffit.com
captaincrunch 15y ago
verelo.com (I own it, along with verelo.org/.net)
veyron 15y ago
othelloinc.com <-- if i remember, the byline to the game othello was "A minute to learn ... A lifetime to master"
lclaude01 15y ago
What about inxx.com
Andrew_Quentin 15y ago
sfuga or suga as in sugar dont know if there are trademarks or if url is available tho
pclark 15y ago
I really want someone to use ombop.com
- phlux 15y ago
  Maybe you can sell it to the Hansen brothers
niico 15y ago
I have Vuvuu.com if you are interested
grep 15y ago
mutify.com
abbasmehdi 15y ago
Play on Zynga: BadDoggie ;) Think its for sale.
- nametoremember 15y ago
  Remember NaughtyDog?
  - abbasmehdi 15y ago
    Yea, that always sounded dirty to me. Everybody (dudes) wants to be a Bad Doggie! NaughtyDog tells more about the founders than the customers.
tigerpunch 15y ago
tapthatgames.com "you know you want to" "Can you tap that?" I own the domain. Short, easy to remeber/spell, memorable, good branding/design potential, a little cheeky, "tap" relation to tapping game buttons etc.
- Killah911 15y ago
  I don't know... "TapThat" has kind of a slang aspect to it that a company might not want to identify with. Unless it's an online social/dating type site...
  - tigerpunch 15y ago
    you definitely don't want to associate TapThat with online social/dating, it might come across as "sleazy" It just depends on how and who you market it to. We used it in class and the ad concept we presented was a nerdy guy going up to a good looking girl on a phone and asking "can I...tap that?" and she goes sure and passes her phone and they play a game. We got some good feedback and it was described as edgy, viral and memorable. I guess its matter of context and presentation.
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pcubed 15y ago
PlayAlong.com Can't tell how much it'll cost, but it's just parked there for now. The name is like "Come, play along with me!"
hansy 15y ago
Hmmm could this also be a way to get early signups?
tritogeneia 15y ago
www.buttonmash.com is available.
nametoremember 15y ago
Voath
trin_ 15y ago
gameo pronounced ga-me-o
- sentinel 15y ago
  gay-me-oh
jparicka 15y ago
Anything short .io http://www.nic.io http://www.nic.io Now can I have $1000 please? :)
tnorthcutt 15y ago
Our only requirements are that the .com be available (or seemingly available) for $10K or less How do you propose that someone making a suggestion verify this?
metalpower 15y ago
did you find a name yet? I own jumpduck.com
drallison 15y ago
PRESUMABLY, THE COMPETITION ENDED ON FRIDAY, MAY 20TH. Sorry I did not get to play.

9 points by jme27 15y ago

klaut 15y ago

don't want to split hairs, but Friday 17th May does not exist ;)

jme27 15y ago
Corrected, thanks.

phlux 15y ago

Can you probife more info on the type of games you make?

jme27 15y ago
We create games for the broad casual audience with the right mix of skill and chance. Our games provide sensational audio/visual feedback and are simple to play / difficult to master.
- phlux 15y ago
  casusgames.com Available Casus == accident, chance, fortune gamefors.com Available fors == fors fortis : chance, luck, fortune

phlux 15y ago

Enpyr.com en-pire, latin for to bring fire/flame

solipsist 15y ago
...or a spin-off of Ludus (latin for game)
bartonfink 15y ago
It's actually Greek, sed cui significat?

bo_Olean 15y ago

try soffit.com

captaincrunch 15y ago

verelo.com (I own it, along with verelo.org/.net)

veyron 15y ago

othelloinc.com <-- if i remember, the byline to the game othello was "A minute to learn ... A lifetime to master"

lclaude01 15y ago

What about inxx.com

Andrew_Quentin 15y ago

sfuga or suga as in sugar dont know if there are trademarks or if url is available tho

pclark 15y ago

I really want someone to use ombop.com

phlux 15y ago
Maybe you can sell it to the Hansen brothers

niico 15y ago

I have Vuvuu.com if you are interested

grep 15y ago

mutify.com

abbasmehdi 15y ago

Play on Zynga: BadDoggie ;) Think its for sale.

nametoremember 15y ago
Remember NaughtyDog?
- abbasmehdi 15y ago
  Yea, that always sounded dirty to me. Everybody (dudes) wants to be a Bad Doggie! NaughtyDog tells more about the founders than the customers.

tigerpunch 15y ago

tapthatgames.com "you know you want to" "Can you tap that?" I own the domain. Short, easy to remeber/spell, memorable, good branding/design potential, a little cheeky, "tap" relation to tapping game buttons etc.

Killah911 15y ago
I don't know... "TapThat" has kind of a slang aspect to it that a company might not want to identify with. Unless it's an online social/dating type site...
- tigerpunch 15y ago
  you definitely don't want to associate TapThat with online social/dating, it might come across as "sleazy" It just depends on how and who you market it to. We used it in class and the ad concept we presented was a nerdy guy going up to a good looking girl on a phone and asking "can I...tap that?" and she goes sure and passes her phone and they play a game. We got some good feedback and it was described as edgy, viral and memorable. I guess its matter of context and presentation.

deleted 15y ago

[deleted]

pcubed 15y ago

PlayAlong.com Can't tell how much it'll cost, but it's just parked there for now. The name is like "Come, play along with me!"

hansy 15y ago

Hmmm could this also be a way to get early signups?

tritogeneia 15y ago

www.buttonmash.com is available.

nametoremember 15y ago

Voath

trin_ 15y ago

gameo pronounced ga-me-o

sentinel 15y ago
gay-me-oh

jparicka 15y ago

Anything short .io http://www.nic.io http://www.nic.io Now can I have $1000 please? :)

tnorthcutt 15y ago

Our only requirements are that the .com be available (or seemingly available) for $10K or less How do you propose that someone making a suggestion verify this?

metalpower 15y ago

did you find a name yet? I own jumpduck.com

drallison 15y ago

PRESUMABLY, THE COMPETITION ENDED ON FRIDAY, MAY 20TH. Sorry I did not get to play.