Thread: choosing a "name" or "brand" any suggestions?

So its got to the point where i have to seriously consider the name of the product i am creating. Just got back from a meeting with a client, and a "series" of short videos are now officially in the works to help promote the website and over the next few months i will be needing to order stickers, key rings, banners, car decals, not to mention actually register the business.

So .. the NAME .. big topic and could potentially make or break my website before its even begun..

first

What is my Product
it is a social networking website for the niche of Cars (think facebook for car enthusiasts, and car clubs) where users can sign up with their car make and model(s) along with their location and it will (based on user generated content) connect that user with others with the same car make/model/generation and within the same area, or as apart of the same club / forums, showing "shouts" other people and clubs have posted, car clubs, meets, events, blogs and everything car related with the goal to be the "facebook" of the car scene, while also acting as an "active" directory for all car meets, events and clubs.

What i need
I need a memorable, self explanatory, short and easy to type/spell URL... something that has not already been taken (.com) and does not require any hyphens or dashes etc.

What i have so far
honestly, its a little embarrassing, but it gets the idea across .. its called "CarClubbed.com" at the moment, of which most of the feedback has been mostly negative (wasn't a huge fan myself to be honest when i first heard it.) but had done its job up until now when i need to lock it down.

Help
So, I'm looking for either flat out suggestions, or services (websites) that will help me generate a good website/company name

One more thing
I plan to scale this website into the Bike community also, so ideally the name has to be interchangeable with bikes or broad enough to encompass bikes within the same name.

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revving, motor, speed, wheels - any of the variations in the thesaurus that are available and still clear and understandable to the masses.

thanks roark, been doing this the last hour now lol, for some reason CarClubbed is still sticking for me, what are your guys opinion on the existing name, I feel that its "dorkyness" kinda works for it as it doesn't try to be "cool" and makes you repeat the name in contemplation, or at least it did me when i first heard it.

Originally Posted by CrysAk

CarClubbed is still sticking for me

You want honest or kind? Pick one

It's a name that makes a bad first impression, but could be not so bad if you spin it in a funny angle.
You have it registered already, so go for it - what I do is register two brands and then start with the weaker one just in case my half-baked launch product damages the brand in any way. I can then after some time 8when it's all fixed and running smoothly) just 301 and bring forward the stronger brand.

Have you researched the .me domains?

that makes sense thanks for the input (i always want honest input, kind wont get me or my product where i want to be)

just looked into .me however i want to stick with .com as it is the "standard" and most well known domain suffix

Carclubbed makes me think of what happens to seals. That being said, my first instinct was carmunity.com but it seems to be a German telecommunications site lol

been trying to think of something that sounds "official" as i have to convince a lot of existing community's and networks to sign up to the website before launch...

something like "the car scene" ? but I'm not 100% on it, sounds a little mundane.
I want something that suggests all car owners are connected without being a "club" as i want the focus to be the clubs that sign up onto the website, not the website being a "club" of its own, but more a means to connect all of the clubs together.

/me goes back to word hunting

Why not think from outside the box and take CAR out of the suffix...i think it will give u more leverage on what you are looking for.

thanks

how about driveaddiction, bike alternative can then be rideaddiction ...

drive* prefix .... i liked the suffix *net also, but all the obvious seem to be taken :/

hmm, keep the inspiration and feddback coming want to lock down the name by the end of the week

Hey CrysAk

One point to add in naming is to consider how people think in terms of language.

The phonological loop in the brain is a great example.

To play to this feature of how names sound, names with a repetitive sound such as alliteration or rhyming are more memorable.

A great easy to understand video to summarise this concept is by Eben Pagan, starts at 1minute 18 …

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thanks

thanks theBiz, it is exactly for that reason that i have rolled with "Car Clubbed" so far.

thanks also RobynM, video makes a lot of sense! will consider this from now on

Ok, first I think you need to let go of the word car since you are planning on adding bikes into the mix, it may send mix signals. How about comotion? Here are a group of words that I like that might help.
Club
Group
Gathering
Wheels
drive
Road
Motion
go
Troop
Mass
gang
Maybe you could use fastlane but I think you would need permission form MJ first, lol

lol don't worry the Biz, i've not just been sitting here all day twiddling my thumbs but know what you mean ^^ (FWIW I'm neck deep in mysql and pushing forward the video while this is happening :P)

regarding the name i have had that attitude since day one, push forward with it and worry about it when the time comes, however that time is getting closer (sooner than expected!) so want to take into consideration the name change one last time before the launch due to the negative first impressions i've got so far.