Company Name Archive
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Choosing Business Names – Does Length Matter?
Posted on August 6, 2012 | 2 CommentsStandard advice when choosing a domain name for your business is to not go for anything over 15 characters. The reasoning being that the name needs to be catchy and memorable. The standard view in psychology is that the limits of human short term memory... -
What does your Company Name Mean?
Posted on June 21, 2012 | No CommentsIf people are searching for a plumber and they find a company called “Smith & Sons Plumbers” they know what they are getting. However there are a number of successful companies who have deliberately gone the other way and chosen company names with little or... -
Online Company Name Generators – A source of good company names or a waste of time?
Posted on May 10, 2012 | 7 CommentsWe have talked before about the minefield of choosing company names. As well as the marketing implications there are a whole range of legal restrictions to consider. Sometimes people are just stuck for an idea or find that the company name they had set their... -
Unfortunate Domain Names
Posted on July 1, 2010 | No CommentsI previously wrote an article on Amusing and Rude Company Names it has recently come to my attention that amusing names is not limited purely to company names.A number of newly formed limited companies and individuals have picked some rather unfortunate domain names for their... -
"Trading As" – Company and Business Names
Posted on February 18, 2010 | 56 CommentsIt is quite a common occurrence in the UK for Limited Companies to adopt a “trading” name to run their business with. Having already carried out a company formation and registered a company with one name they find that they would rather run the business...



