I’m looking for a domain name that I can use as an umbrella for various projects that I get involved in; these include productions for radio, short films, graphics/artwork, audio-visual materials, live audio/video mixing etc.
It may be a tall order, but I’m looking for something fairly short, snappy and memorable; for the radio projects, for example, I was surprised to see that something as short as xyzfm.com was still available, but I need something that covers more than just the radio.
Really needs to be .com, but I’ll consider alternatives, if they’re outstanding names.
Anyone want to help? (BTW, I’m looking for suggestions that have actually been checked for availability - sites like http://easyspace.co.uk have a domain availability checker).
For something that varied you’re not likely to get an umbrella term that hasn’t already been taken. I’d say your best bet is to just take a noun that sounds intelligent/smart/snazzy and stick it with some completely unrelated but equally funky adjective.
Rules to follow;
short words
nothing that might be tricky or ambiguous to spell, no unusual spellings
no hyphens!
something that lends itself to a nice visual logo.
humour is good, humour is memorable. As long as it’s not so dumb that it casts doubt on your professionalism.
Animals are always a good noun and with radio and graphics something like a parrot would be good; talks, is colourful.
it’s just an umbrella company/organisation; the name doesn’t have to be descriptive of the output (which is likely to change over time anyway - I’m thinking of something along the thoughtlines of Rubber Chicken Productions (but obviously not exactly that, as it belongs to soneone else)
Thanks for the suggestions though; parrot would be good, as it would make a good logo… although perhaps a chicken/cockerel type image would work…
mangetout
I’d say keep it short. My domain name is (for the one person that doesn’t know it) www.1728.com
I would agree with you that the name does NOT necessarily have to relate to the type of business.
Think of Amazon.com. Does it have anything to do with female warriors or jungle rivers?
And monster.com has nothing to do with Boris Karloff, the wolfman or even Aileen Woronos (sp?)
Just speaking off tthe cuff I’d say one word domain names are ALL taken. A few years ago I tried to find a word that wasn’t taken and could only find “entireness.com” - wow that’s a catchy domain name. (Needless to say I didn’t register it).
