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Agree on the spirit of the post. The name really doesn't matter as much. But there are considerations to think about nonetheless. For example, is the name's do
by drchiu 11y ago
Agree on the spirit of the post. The name really doesn't matter as much. But there are considerations to think about nonetheless.
For example, is the name's domain name available?
Can the domain name be misrepresented? eg. expertsexchange.com (Experts Exchange vs Expert Sex Change)
How about social media names (eg. twitter.com/<name you want>)?
I think nowadays, considerations on names really should centre on availability of the desired name across domain names, social media pages, and avoiding existing trademarks.
Incidentally I blogged about this recently: http://simononstartups.com/blog/2015/05/31/9-lessons-for-finding-a-good-startup-domain-name/ http://simononstartups.com/blog/2015/05/31/9-lessons-for-fin...
PS. People criticizing Twitter pointed out at the beginning how "twit" or "tw*t" were bad names to associate with the product too.
- iamlolz 11y agoI'm in two minds whether or not to consider if the domain is available when choosing a name. On the one hand I don't think it should be a factor, on the other hand I know I'll be checking anyway.
- jamesrom 11y agoWhy don't you think it should be a factor? I think it's pretty much the only factor. Domain name. Not too weird. Less than 10 characters. Done.
- iamlolz 11y agoBecause a business shouldn't constrained to fit an available domain. Dropbox originally registered getdropbox.com because dropbox.com wasn't available. If they'd worried about an available domain name they wouldn't have ended up with something nearly as fitting.
- k__ 11y agoAlso there are a bunch of top-level domains available and ever growing. So availability shouldn't be a big issue. People should be more concerned about not choosing common words. Mozilla and Google can pull off Rust and Go, but you probably can't.
- DonHopkins 11y agoI worked on porting a product named "Software Express VideoTex" to the Apple ][, and I came up with a plausibly deniable way to write the name in fixed width text or scrabble pieces in an "S" shaped logo, scoring a double subliminal "sex" bonus: Software E x p r e s s VideoTex https://books.google.nl/books?id=zvLd5Aw2T3YC&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&dq=%22Software+Express+VideoTex%22&source=bl&ots=9XNQFLK_f2&sig=LXP2xKIyGPY_I-eB70LViD4-_Sc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PYlxVcOGAci1UfjQgvAB&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Software%20Express%20VideoTex%22&f=false https://books.google.nl/books?id=zvLd5Aw2T3YC&pg=PA38&lpg=PA...