What to do when a name you chose as a business name is taken

Author

2,635

May 10, 2011 10:44 AM

Hi.
anybody got any ideas on a new name ?, i had thought of a name Fun-ko (about 3 years ago) and it is used by a toy manufacturer.
anybody got sugestions on a new name, a better name.
Any and All help is Much Appreciated
Thanks.

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ChurchSkiz

1,101

May 10, 2011 10:54 AM

Hi.
anybody got any ideas on a new name ?, i had thought of a name Fun-ko (abiut 3 years ago) and it is used by a toy manufacturer.
anybody got sugestions on a new name, a better name.
Any and All help is Much Appreciated
Thanks.

"The World's Longest Name for a Company" has a nice ring to it.

ryan20fun

Author

2,635

May 10, 2011 11:14 AM

[quote name='ryan20fun' timestamp='1305024284' post='4808905']
Hi.
anybody got any ideas on a new name ?, i had thought of a name Fun-ko (abiut 3 years ago) and it is used by a toy manufacturer.
anybody got sugestions on a new name, a better name.
Any and All help is Much Appreciated
Thanks.

"The World's Longest Name for a Company" has a nice ring to it.
[/quote]

now should i acronym that as:
TWLNFAC - The Worlds Longest Name For a Company
TWLNC - The Worlds Longest Name Company
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TWLCN - The Worlds Longest Company Name
WLCN - Worlds Longest Company Name

good one, but the last one has a ring to it

+ 1 for you :cool:

Never say Never, Because Never comes too soon. - ryan20fun

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Wan

1,366

May 10, 2011 11:27 AM

Fun-ko

Kung-Fun obviously.

szecs

2,990

May 10, 2011 11:48 AM

Fün-kö

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Hardcharger

151

May 10, 2011 12:04 PM

I take my time machine back a few days or months, and do research on existing companies before deciding on and becoming too attached to a name.

way2lazy2care

793

May 10, 2011 12:33 PM

If you are the owner name it after yourself. Then you will be famous.

capn_midnight

1,708

May 10, 2011 01:43 PM

Just change the name. Most company names suck, they're stupid to anyone who didn't come up with the name. So don't sweat it, come up with another one.

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ChurchSkiz

1,101

May 10, 2011 03:00 PM

Just change the name. Most company names suck, they're stupid to anyone who didn't come up with the name. So don't sweat it, come up with another one.

The ChurchSkiz curve of business success. Time spent thinking about company names is inversely proportional to chance of business succeeding. This can also be expressed as a ratio of time spent on company names to actually working on a product.