Mental note #2 to myself: Next time lock the game name BEFORE you start spinning subdomains, banners, social media attention… But why to do things easily when you can do it the hard way?
This blog article contains probably nothing you already don’t know, but I thought that this might be entertaining to know…
BOUNCE inc.
I thought I was soooooo clever, when I invented the name Bounce inc. to my game. I was pretty convinced, that nobody would have NEVER thought of the same name. Again – how wrong can you be.
http://www.bounceinc.com
If I had ran this simple test BEFORE naming the app, I would have saved two days of headache trying to figure the next best name for the app. For your entertainment, here are my candidates – all taken as company names, product names or somehow unsuitable, because they already existed in some form.
<copy paste from my evernote>
- www.bounceinc.com – florida, kids bounce rental company.
- bounceville – kids R&R place at Hendersonville – company?
- Bounce (r) – cleaning, by procter & gamble.
- bounce limited – company in england
- bounce international – finance & investment company
- mbounce – hong kong company
- bouncely – company, “tracks amazon SES bounces” – whatever that means…
- bouncebros – www.bouncebros.com, bounce rentals
- bouncee – bouncee.net service
- 2bounce – house rental company
- bounce4 – prefix used in too many cases.
- bouncefever – bounce rentals for kids
- bounceparty – same as prev.
- bounceday – not taken, refers to moon bounce day —- CANDIDATE
- bouncead – as in bounce a.d. - BOUNCE AD IS THE PROPERTY BRANDEL, INC.
- bouncington – Game, http://www.boombotworld.com/preview/211189
- bouncenow.com – “Welcome to Bounce Brothers Inc”
- bouncer.com – tons of references, domain taken by domain hogger.
- bounced.com – Basic Online Utility for Network Computerized Electronic Diplomacy
- bouncy.com - bouncy networks GbR
- bouncelife.com – taken by domain hoggers, Calgary training expert.
- bounzed.com – Twitter account exists —- CANDIDATE. I don’t like the spelling.
- bounceup – twitter… + couple of games.
- bouncebounce – company in England
- bounceway.com – taken. US & England, different companies
- bounce4eva – my favorite, but an existing game
- bouncea3 – adidas shoe model. I am scared of adidas lawyers.
- bouncedlx - same as prev + at least one game
- bounce4u – english bounce rentals
- bounceworks – existing iPhone game
- bouncecraft.com – domain hoggers
- bounce plus – indoor trampoline park boston.
- bounce street – taken
- bounceling – CANDIDATE, but refers to hobbits. not good one.
- bounce & sons – does not exist, but & is not fit for domain name.
- bounceart – CANDIDATE — could be good if did a gallery, not for a game.
- bouncemen – CANDIDATE – too formal
- bouncedays – CANDIDATE – four letters in the postfix, too long.
- bounceexp – CANDIDATE — postfix cannot start with an “e” .. does not look good
- bouncedaze – CANDIDATE — four letters….
- bounce4hire – CANDIDATE — good, but…
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BOUNCE dy.
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bouncedy.com –> free
bouncedelivery.com –> taken, but not in use.
Learned anything?
- Google with the app name before locking it.
- Domain name search (like instant domain search) is your friend.
- If the name contains acronyms, check the other meanings for that acronym.
- Do this BEFORE you start creating websites, promotional images, tweeting, socializing etc.
- Don’t make a game which starts with the word “bounce”. As there is now one less option for you to use…
All the brands pictured on the featured image and named in text are owned by their respective companies. Sadly.
