How did you come up with the name for your startup?
Mark Sachintha
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We just launched ZAPMAIL: https://www.producthunt.com/post...
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Well this was tough yea. 😮💨 It changed quite a few times. It went from bix, to Bixchat to now Zapmail.
We searched around for some names, and we knew we liked the letter Z. At the time, the main thing we could do from the product was mail. So we had a poll with a few names, took a vote from the team, and here we are with Zapmail.
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We had a rough 3 step approach:
- Used GPT-4 to give us an initial list of 100 names which were 4-5 letters long and ended with O and U. Our other two criteria was that it had to be simple, and should be easy to spell (and hard to misspell).
- Once we had an initial list, we shortlisted the 10 that we liked the most. For each of the 10, we checked its domain availability, whether there were any existing trademarks, and how competitive the SEO namespace was.
- This eliminated about 8 out of the 10. Then, out of the remaining 2, we picked the one which resonated more with us.
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@marksachintha To be honest I have only used it to brain storm names for some opensource projects. But I feel it generates a lot of ideas etc. like Steve Jobs said: Creativity is just connecting things ✨
i just thought of 6 letter names that remotely made sense, and checked if the domain was available. Enter Hubalz.
@kahveciderin That's awesome, btw what does your product do?
@marksachintha It's a great question!
Tbh, I do not remember clearly how it's come to my mind, but I wanted something playful and unique and we came up with l00kin, where zeros replaced with the eyes emoji and the last letter is missing as it sounds in a speech. Lately, we figure out that eyes amplify the name 😇
As always all ideas in bathroom :D
Coming up with the name of a startup can be a creative and fun process, but also a challenging one.
You want a name that reflects your vision, values, and uniqueness, but also appeals to your target audience and stands out from the competition.
@deluar_001 Yes, and that's what makes it most challenging because you always feel like one of those is missing
@arbaazio I named with the combination of three "vision, values, and uniqueness" one of my startup name is SHAHEB a men fashion shop in Bangladesh.
I pick this name from an arabic word 'Shab/Shabab' that's means 'Youth' and in Bangladesh the words meaning of 'SHAHEB' is a very honorable, respectful and good looking man.
As my vision is working with youths and this name is very unique and have values in Bangladesh so I named it :)
Absolutely randomly, I relied on associations🤫
nice question) we were more about seeking free domain names with some short nice words)
@serhii_uspenskyi Yes finding a short domain is becoming harder and harder even with all the new domain extensions
Funny enough, I developed a free tool that helps with exactly that 😆
I always struggled to find cool names for my projects. Tools like Namelix are fun, but they feel more like a gallery of names that you can buy.
So, I first used ChatGPT to generate names for me, and then thought, well, I could build a small tool out of it to make the experience nicer and instantly also check the domain availability. This was quite tedious with ChatGPT, because I had to copy and paste the names into a domain checker.
You can find it on my profile, launched today 🥳, or here: https://www.producthunt.com/post...
@derzerstampfer pretty cool - I tired it! Funny how I like and don't like the domain availability search - it finds good names but also shows they're unavailable. lol
But good stuff Pau! God bless you!
Acronyms are a great way to come up with brand names. For eg, even in our case, Wylo stands for what you love. :)
My very first business is the one I tried to be creative with the name.
The rest were usually very straightforward to what problem they were solving (or to how they solve it)
@julien_fayad Any reason to switch back from creative names to direct ones?
@marksachintha having a creative name did not really make much difference on the bottom line.
I think this can make a lot of sense for B2C businesses but all the companies I launched/participated in were B2B.
I lately made an investment in a company that was B2C which carried a creative name, but that was decided before I joined :-)
Choose a distinct and captivating name that embodies your vision, values, and individuality, while resonating with your target audience and distinguishing you from competitors.
This time...Just chat gpt and google search.
@luigigoulianos That's cool out of curiosity, what's the name of the startups?
I just wrote down ideas until something stuck. Also the domain was available..
@truesteel23 @marksachintha the worse pain is social media platforms availability once the domain is available
Your brand name must be unique, never used, must be s.e.o integrated, have many personality and facets. Especially not used on social networks. It's really hard ^^
I wanted some short name that is unique, easy to remember, also looks good in the URL and of course also has some kind of meaning.
So I just brainstormed some names and then kind of tried out my short listed names for a couple of days before deciding (e.g. designed logos, used them in text and conversations etc.).
Finally I chose Srive (srive.co) that is a creative adaptation of the word thrive and reflects the product objective namely helping companies to thrive.
You need a) unique enough so you come up on the 1st page of googling and b) easy enough to remember so people can type it without looking at your biz card.
So we have created a list what we think is good and then test it ourselves and on our friends
I and my friend just talked looked for fancy words and joined them up :p
To be honest, I didn't want to do any naming at all, so I settled on the first name that a colleague suggested - qualyfid.ai
It resonated with our field - quality assurance, which was enough for me:)