A designer's name |
 May 20 2008, 05:00 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Member Posts: 1,237 Joined: May 2008 Member No: 648,123  |
so...because i quit my old job and i really need to get out in the world, i'm looking to get my website up and running within the week (media temple, here i come!)
now i just need a name. it can't be cheesy, it can't be frolicky. it's not going to be like all those myspace layout sites out there (at first it'll probably be similar because i need to start with advertising income). my goal is to actually build a design firm (complete with a penthouse company in NYC), so i need something catchy and attractive. "grrDesigns" won't cut it anymore. what i've come up with so far: fixtatik and that's about it. :D i like the letter "k" places where it shouldn't be (like departika.com). i also like the letter "f." and "x." but if you can come up with something interesting without using those, i'm all for it. and ideas? |
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May 20 2008, 05:03 PM
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 /人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
I've been trying for weeks to think of a good site name.
Mind if I steal one you don't use when some are suggested? |
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May 20 2008, 05:06 PM
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 ;) Group: Duplicate Posts: 2,374 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,760 |
lol, i was actually going through this same problem a few days ago.
for myself, i wanted "vistyx" at first (vis = short for visual, and styx as in the river to cross before going to the underworld - it's supposed to represent crossing over a creative boundary, lol), but it was taken and too many results came up in a search, so then i wanted "vistyxx." Idk, I'm not a fan of double x's, so I ended up going with "exklamity.net." I don't know how I got there, but ... yeah. I'd suggest going here: http://www.morewords.com/combo/ you can play with sounds you like, then find words that go with the sounds, etc. |
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May 20 2008, 05:06 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 1,237 Joined: May 2008 Member No: 648,123 |
^ ha, definitely, go for it. i think my problem is that i always try to do everything on the fly. i should have started freelance design years ago, but i didn't think of it (it was always, "hey i have a cooler layout than you!")...never thought i could actually market it.
and because i do everything on the fly, i'm now jobless :D |
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May 20 2008, 05:23 PM
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/人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
That word generator got me superinvolution. O.o
That word is weird. Lets shrink a uterus! |
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May 20 2008, 05:30 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 1,237 Joined: May 2008 Member No: 648,123 |
length is also a big issue, too. there are so many sites out there that are like, "too-freakin-awesome-designs-for-you.org"
no one's gonna remember that... i think 8 letters is long enough. and easy-to-remember words |
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May 20 2008, 05:31 PM
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/人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
Superchem.com?
Nevermind, thats taken. Parked too. Damn parked domains. Kinkybuttsex.org is available. |
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May 20 2008, 05:39 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 1,237 Joined: May 2008 Member No: 648,123 |
hm...kinkybuttsex.org could be good for a design firm.
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May 20 2008, 05:46 PM
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 Tick tock, Bill Group: Administrator Posts: 8,764 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 333,948 |
Please just don't use anything with "lyt" in it. I know, many people do and I'm truly happy for them, but it bothers me for some reason.
I found my name completely spelling a different one. I like the word "caviller" and I felt cracked one morning so I came up with "crackedcaviller." Unfortunately, I was also very tired so I kept typing "crackedcalliver" and that ended up being the name I went with (it's also my aim, my LJ, etc). |
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May 20 2008, 05:49 PM
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 AIDS at RAVES. Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,386 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 598,878 |
^ Kinkybuttsex? lol :]
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May 20 2008, 05:50 PM
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/人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
QUOTE(grrDesign @ May 20 2008, 05:39 PM)  hm...kinkybuttsex.org could be good for a design firm. I know it could be. kinkybuttsex.org is good for any company. |
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May 20 2008, 05:59 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 1,237 Joined: May 2008 Member No: 648,123 |
QUOTE(superstitious @ May 20 2008, 06:46 PM) Please just don't use anything with "lyt" in it... I felt cracked one morning so I came up with "crackedcaviller." never in my life would i use something with "lyt"...that's just horrible. i think it's the whole internet stupidity and so many people ignoring vowels these days that bugs the hell out of me. i think i like new words formed from double words than i do straight up double words. |
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May 20 2008, 06:18 PM
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AIDS at RAVES. Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,386 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 598,878 |
oo and I need a new site name also:] do you think I could like merge?:] lol :]
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May 20 2008, 06:40 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 1,237 Joined: May 2008 Member No: 648,123 |
oh, but of course. i think it's good we all need a name, but no one knows of a name :]
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May 20 2008, 06:42 PM
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AIDS at RAVES. Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,386 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 598,878 |
I think I like acidarcade :]
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May 20 2008, 08:40 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 1,237 Joined: May 2008 Member No: 648,123 |
haha, i've been trying that for a few days. all the words i translated (i was doing japanese, german, polish (hooray for the letter k!), french, spanish, russian...). all the foreign words were boring.
i think i'll have to look into it some more, though. |
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May 20 2008, 09:51 PM
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AIDS at RAVES. Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,386 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 598,878 |
I think Im either going to go with six25.net or acidarcade.net, because Im not planning to start a media firm, lol:]
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May 20 2008, 11:42 PM
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;) Group: Duplicate Posts: 2,374 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,760 |
lol, i like putting words together and making new words. that's pretty much how i got all of my old usernames.
expoised = expose + poised effection = affection + effect ... idk why. heartquasm = heart-attack + spasm vistyx = visual + the River Styx exklamity = i don't remember the two words, but it had something to do with going against something else in a bold way. |
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May 21 2008, 02:20 PM
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 Queue Trainer Group: Duplicate Posts: 30 Joined: May 2008 Member No: 650,383 |
^haha, its things like that, that make me register really cool names I ORIGINALLY think of >_>
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May 21 2008, 06:20 PM
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AIDS at RAVES. Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,386 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 598,878 |
^^ yea shes not using it anymore, but thinking about it I dont want a rep for jocking or anything so Im going with six25.net :]
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May 24 2008, 05:37 AM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 156 Joined: Feb 2008 Member No: 618,573 |
how bout something simple like e or idesigns. ummm fdesignerworld, xworldesigns
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May 28 2008, 04:27 AM
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 "Did I scare you?" Group: Member Posts: 179 Joined: Sep 2006 Member No: 468,620 |
you could also have acidrain?
or lunastella (moon and stars in italian joined together with an a on the end to make it flow) stickytape? lol. ok... maybe not. Im pants at making up names. It took me days to come up with "vintaged" lol. ohh.. I had another one which I was going to use.. retroh. As in retro and oh. lol. Ok.. I officially suck. |
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May 28 2008, 03:33 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 1,237 Joined: May 2008 Member No: 648,123 |
QUOTE(rockable @ May 28 2008, 05:27 AM) ...I had another one which I was going to use.. retroh. As in retro and oh. lol. they seem really mainstream. i decided to go with "fixtatik," though. :] |
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