Top Naming Services and Suppliers
Choosing the best name for a company, product, brand or service is becoming more and more of a challenge. There are around 600,000 entries in the Oxford English Dictionary, many fewer words than there are businesses. You wanted a matching website address/URL? That makes it even more of a challenge. There are free tools, service and people you can hire to help with this process.
These articles will help
- Top Website Domain Name Suppliers - this article covers the top suppliers who can help you find and register a website name.
- How to Choose a Website address - has specific tips on what to consider when brainstorming and evaluating options
- Naming - consolidates all the articles on MarketingZone about naming a company, product or service
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If you need a name, you probably also want a logo, tagline and are also thinking about branding.
- How to Create a Logo and Logo Design Tips will help there.
- Taglines covers how to come up with a meaningful tagline
Top Naming Services and Suppliers
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Free services
- These companies use keyword association and random generators to come up with possible names. They do not guarantee the names are available although some sites offer a quick method of checking availability. Use them to start your brainstorming but remember you do not need to register or host a name with a company even if you found it there.
- Naming.net
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WordLab.com
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BusinessNameGenerator.com
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CompanyNameGenerator.com
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There are ~50 companies that specialize in naming
- Many are branding and visual identity firms that have incorporated branding into their services. Others focus just on naming. They generally work for F500 companies. Here are a few to consider that have helpful information about naming on their websites and are recognized as leaders in this field:
- ABC Namebank is a New York-based consulting firm that specializes in naming. www.abcnamebank.com
- Tungsten Branding, a business naming firm in Brevard, North Carolina. www.puretungsten.com
- Igor, a San Francisco-based naming and branding agency. They offer a free book on naming on their website. www.igorinternational.com
- DMOZ, the Internet Open Directory Project, is a source to look at for these type of companies.
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