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Help me choose a name

Bogdan Popa
13 replies
I am building a product that will deliver 5 to 10 minutes stories via email address. The purpose is to provide free and accessible reading to anyone with any device that can log in to an email account. In order to do so, I need help in deciding what name would work best for the product. I did some research and arrived at a few options, but I need your help in choosing the name that fits best with this product.
Alfread
Chapter
Droplet
Paperclip
Parsley
Plethora
Vellum

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Derek Duban
Derek Duban
Programmer with big projects
It's more like I have reasons not to choose the other options. Even so, the "read" in Alfread is irresistible.
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Bogdan Popa
Bogdan Popa
Product Manager
@sclerek Thank you for the feedback. I feel the same way for Alfread, but I'm afraid I might be biased since it was the first option I came up with.
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Stefan Morris
Stefan Morris
I fight for the users
I don't mind Alfread. FYI - my product is called Vellum, lol.
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Ruben Wolff
Ruben Wolff
There's a product for finding people's email addresses called Alfred, that's the first thing Alfread made me think about. I like Chapter and Droplet :)
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Bogdan Popa
Bogdan Popa
Product Manager
@rubenwolff Did not know about that one. There are, however, quite a lot of products named Alfred, including the Spotlight enhancement for macOS.
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Max V
Max V
Droplet is a term used by DigitalOcean.
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Frida Pigny
Frida Pigny
Cosmetics Formulator Enthusiast
How does "5cule" sound? it is from 'five minuscule stories'. I checked that name on Instagram, no taker yet :)
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Bogdan Popa
Bogdan Popa
Product Manager
@frida_pigny It's a bit tricky that one. 5 can be mistaken for S and in my native language "Scule" means "Tools" or, if there are people of dirtier minds, penises 😬
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Guido
Guido
Guy: Sales and Marketing in Miami
@frida_pigny @bpopa is there a Latin, aka Romance language version of chapter or paper lip?
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Bogdan Popa
Bogdan Popa
Product Manager
@frida_pigny @guidomia11 in Romanian (my native language) yes, for both of them. - for chapter is "capitol" (capitulum in latin) which could be easily mistaken for the US Capitol so this is a no-go - for paperclip is "agrafa" which doesn't roll off the tongue in English Other languages also don't roll off the tongue for either word (at least to my non-native English ears).
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Vaibhavi Patil
Vaibhavi Patil
Growth Marketer
Chapter!
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Guido
Guido
Guy: Sales and Marketing in Miami
Chapter seems to fit best but paperclip just sounds better. Sounds like you doing like a “stoytime” but that comes across as for children.
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Bogdan Popa
Bogdan Popa
Product Manager
@guidomia11 chapter fits the bill perfectly, but I feel it's too descriptive. Paperclip sounds better but the image of Clippy always comes to mind 😬
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