Comments on: Choosing a name for your Craft Business

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:41:51 +0000

I wanted to comment and thank the author, good stuff

By: mark anderson

mark anderson — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:20:09 +0000

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By: chris roller

chris roller — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:45:52 +0000

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By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:34:19 +0000

This is good information. I chose my business name already. Great post and I am sure others will find this information useful.

By: Lisa Lam

Lisa Lam — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:30:15 +0000

@ Heidi Elliott:

Thanks for the helpful comment Heidi. Being based in the UK I wouldn’t known about that so it’s very nice of you comment. We don’t have those kind of rules in the UK.

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:20:23 +0000

LOVE,LOVE,LOVE your adivise. I have pain stakingly been trying to come up with a name. My problem is trying to come up with something catchy but will later look professional enough for a trade show for example. It has been very helpful to ask everyone around me what they think about it. Also how it looks on paper has been a huge deciding factor. The last advise I personally would give from a person in the process right now is, stop stressin’. Nothing will sound right if you are so fearful of that you are not meeting every tiny bit of criteria you have for your company. Frankly you start psyching yourself out, and the creative juices come to a screeching halt instead of flow. I thank you enough for this blog, it has truly given me the confidence to know that a handcrafted business can and will work.

By: macati

macati — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:58:57 +0000

hi!
I chose my name (macati) because it has the first 2 syllabes of my name… and it has the word cat in it because I love cats and make crocheted cats… not that I have a shop now but it’s in my plans!!!

love reading both of your blogs

By: Melanie

Melanie — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:01:29 +0000

That’s some really good advice. I think I failed on a couple (keep it simple and see how it looks on paper), while i like my name, I wish I had thought of those first. This is also a good reminder for me that I need to get a logo happening.

Oh, and I wanted to ask, what is a “strap-line”?

Melanies last blog post..Matsumoto Tanabata Dolls

By: Heidi Elliott

Heidi Elliott — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:41:40 +0000

Each state in the U.S. has a different set of rules for how to register your business with the state. Some times the type of business your are, sole proprietor, corporation, limited liability corporation, etc., dictates what you can name your business. For example, in order to be a sole proprietor type of business, I had to have my name in my business name. I would check out the regulations in your state before you buy a domain and name your business. Heidi Elliotts last blog post..Yarn Adventure

By: Lisa Lam

Lisa Lam — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:12:23 +0000

@ Risa:

Thanks for your helpful comment. I know that folks will find your info useful

By: Risa

Risa — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:34:48 +0000

Hi Lisa, I’m probably biased because I’m a website designer, but I think your first point is the most important one – “check if the domain name is available…Even if you are not ready for your own website now you may well be in the near future.” Every business should have a website – even if it’s a one page website. And finding a domain name that’s available can dictate what your business name will be. It shouldn’t be too long, or difficult to spell. It’s also not a bad idea to do keyword research to find out all the variations of searches done for your type of business and get these words into your domain name. So many domains are taken, but with creativity, you can find a good domain – even if it means adding your initials or your state to the domain name. For ex. years ago, my client (actually my first website which I volunteered to do) found that potterswheel.com was taken, so she reserved the domain, http://www.potterswheelny.com. But for my own e-commerce sites, I named my business the exact name of the domain.

By: Carrie S.

Carrie S. — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:59:58 +0000

I think it’s also important to forecast any business changes down the road. I wasn’t entirely crazy about my business name when I started (9 years ago), but I reasoned that the name would still work even if my direction changed. Which is exactly what happened.

Carrie S.s last blog post..Business Talk: getting ready for a trade show

By: mÃ©ri

Smart advices! For an English world! ))
Or, thinking better the principles are the same in each place!