advice Name For Brandable Marketplace

[Galleshem]

Hey,

I'm interested to work on a brandable marketplace of my own, since I own more than 400 brandables now.

I bought the domain CosmicNames.com a few months ago in case I'd want to do this, so I just wanted to hear your opinions about this name.

I would obviously prefer a good Brand+Word but there are none available for registration and the ones on the aftermarket are too expensive for my budget.

The only thing I don't like about CosmicNames is the c+n next to each other, it's not so visually appealing, besides that I personally like it.

So what do you think CosmicNames.com, is this a good name for my marketplace?

Thanks!

Gal

 

[Name Trader]

I think it's fine, because it's a brand you will be developing. But seeing as you are specializing in brandables, you probably have an alternative, already in your portfolio. If you are going the brandable route.

 

[doubleU]

It's fine, it has instant meaning to non-domainers and easy to remember !

 

[biggie]

if i didn't know about domains, i'd think it had something to do with the cosmos.

imo...

 

[KickstartNames]

personally I would probably consider a name that had the words "brand" or " names" as part of the name.

for us working with domains , it is obvious what your proposed name means but for investors or entrepreneurs I do not think it's as natural to associate your proposed name with potential brands.

I myself made the same journey as you are now thinking about, and i realize in hindsight that i certainly could have invested in an even better name for my marketplace , but now a year later ,I have several keywords on page one, all the social accounts same name etc, and then it is more difficult to change

I will not advertise in this thread but for myself i very well could imagine switching to one of my own brandables that contain the word "brand" if it wasn't for all the work i already put in my marketplace already.

So my humble advice is think again, if not the name for your marketplace can be worth investing a little more.

 

[TimCulpepper]

BrandInsights.com expired last month and is on auction at GD today.

18 years old...

 

[wwwweb]

BrandInsights.com expired last month and is on auction at GD today.

18 years old...

Nice catch, it looks to sell for close to $1K pricing the buyer here out. Stuff is pricey on aftermarkets sometimes going for close to end user.

 

[TimCulpepper]

Nice catch, it looks to sell for close to $1K pricing the buyer here out. Stuff is pricey on aftermarkets sometimes going for close to end user.

Yes, "brand" names are getting really expensive. If the OP can scrape together $1000, then this is a great opportunity...

 

[Galleshem]

BrandInsights.com expired last month and is on auction at GD today.

18 years old...

Yes, "brand" names are getting really expensive. If the OP can scrape together $1000, then this is a great opportunity...

I don't have a $1k budget for this name unfortunately. Although I think it's a great name, I don't think it's a great one for a brandable names marketplace. Brand Insights would be a great name for a blog about brand names or something similar, but for a brandable marketplace I think BrandBox, BrandBucket, BrandCenter, BrandStation, BrandLab, etc would be better imo.

 

[ulasbbtr]

Hello Galleshem,

I also have similar plan and checked a lot of brandsomething combinations but all taken. Actually, I don't like cosmicnames because it sounds like you are selling something out of this world. By the way, for listing your domains. which script will you use?

 

[GoKaizen]

Name sounds ok. You can keep looking.

Main challenge is SEO/traffic.

 

[Galleshem]

Hello Galleshem,

I also have similar plan and checked a lot of brandsomething combinations but all taken. Actually, I don't like cosmicnames because it sounds like you are selling something out of this world. By the way, for listing your domains. which script will you use?

Actually, if I would go with this name, my tagline would probably be "Brandable Names From Other Planets" or something similar.

I wanted to try doing the website myself in html/css, something relatively simple, but I quickly understand that it will be too hard for me. I'll maybe go with the new Efty marketplace, but I still don't really know.

 

[KickstartNames]

Actually, if I would go with this name, my tagline would probably be "Brandable Names From Other Planets" or something similar.

I wanted to try doing the website myself in html/css, something relatively simple, but I quickly understand that it will be too hard for me. I'll maybe go with the new Efty marketplace, but I still don't really know.

FWIW My site is Wordpress Avada theme, its ok for small portfolios and if you are ok with doing some handwork, but i am looking into transfer it to a more database driven system.

Since you have about 400 names i personally would recommend that you already from start pick something database driven where you don´t have to manually edit every name/post when you want to edit layouts or common text etc.

 

[boker]

I was looking some time ago for a name for myself and I have registered more, some with pretty good amount of views: craftednames, brandingunit, brandingdevice and others...so maybe you get new ideas, but I think that you could build a brand from 'cosmicnames' as well.

 

[Joe N]

I like CosmicNames, but yeah... it's not immediately apparent what the purpose of the site is until you visit.

I registered BrandSail and Brandagio recently after seeing them on the deleted lists. I particularly like the sound of the first, as well as the play on words (sail/sale). Hoping to use that one for myself eventually with a tagline along the lines of, "Brand names to buoy your business" (work in progress... lol)

 

[aramyus]

While cosmicnames is perfectly ok, I am not sure of what would be my perception if I were a startup looking for a domain name.

You'll have to spend time and money to establish your brand and get startups visit your site. If I were in your shoes, I would probably look for something shorter even if it means nothing.

Just curiosity (and it's not quite the subject of the thread): how do you plan to get traffic to your site ?

 

[Cal2]

Hey,

I'm interested to work on a brandable marketplace of my own, since I own more than 400 brandables now.

I bought the domain CosmicNames.com a few months ago in case I'd want to do this, so I just wanted to hear your opinions about this name.

Other than it being a bit longer than 'Names', is there a reason why 'Brandables' can't/shouldn't be used? Eg. CosmicBrandables?

 

[DNScholar]

I like the name, gives broader impression.

 

[WilsonM]

Interesting suggestions.

Let me throw in my first impressions.

It is definitely a 'unique' name - CosmicNames.com.

However, it instantly takes me visually to astronauts, space, moon, space stations, planets, stars, space craft, aliens ....

Or perhaps that is just me.

Nevertheless, as a name for a brandable marketplace it is certainly perhaps edgy and even quirky.

On a scale of 1 to 10, i will give 8.