So 'New Crayon' is the name of my forthcoming games company (I may go with 'New Crayon Games', but people will probably shorten it mentally to 'New Crayon' anyways).
It's a solid name, but not a great one, IMO. Not as strong as PopTop. But the problem these days is that if you want to make a game company that will do substantial business on the 'net (i.e. many/most game companies), you need an available URL address with the .COM extension. Use .INFO, or a bunch of dashes in your name, and no one will find your site.
It is extremely hard to find short, reasonably catchy names with an available .COM address. Here's some that came out of my brainstorming, all with the .COM address taken.
blueturtle jellydonut babybumper bigocean dogbelly dontbeblue fishfight fivefish fivefrogs fourfrogs funnymonkey furryfrog greencrayon happyhappyjoyjoy jellybear mamabear maybebaby mississippimud mudbug onegoodgame purplepenguin quack quackers redbear redotter ripemango rivermonkey rubberducky softstone turtleshell waxworld wonderwell friendlyfrog mamallama bigmoose bighippo bigfrog electricboogie leapinlizard onewhale whalebone indiaink printingpress babybear twofish fastfish fishstone grapejelly funion sweetcake olivebread stonefish wideriver monkeytown babybear babyhippo bestbear bigbear bigblueocean bigoak bitbear bitmotor bluebear bluebug bluecat bluefrog blueotter brownbear browncat catbelly cattoy cattoys clearfrog cookiejar creekline doubledog fastfish fastfrog fastsnail fastturtle flyingpig fourfish freshdonut freshdonuts frogbelly funfarm funnyfarm funnyfish funnyfish funnyfrog furryfish gatewaygamer gatewaygames glassfrog glassgorilla goodgame goodgames gooseberry gotgame gotgames grayseal greencat greenfrog greenstone greenturtle greyseal happymonkey hattrick heartland honeywheat hothouse joyberry joytoy mango manicmonkey manymonkeys muddyriver nightlight nitelight oneocean oneriver passionfruit purplecat purpleparrot quickcat quickquack redcat redcrayon redfrog redriver riverfish riverotter roundcake roundhouse rubberbaby rubberduck singingfrog smalldog somefun toycat toydog toyjoy turtle twinturtles walkingfish wellspring whitestone yellowfrog zebrazoo supergenius funmachine gamegarden greenlight greenlightgames gorillagames bananafarm bananatree coconuttree coconuts coffeehouse friendlyfish mamamoose mommamoose dodo dodobird redeel greeneel bigdodo bigrhino bigbug electriceel bodyelectric electricdonut lemonlizard purplepanda papapanda lionsandtigers doubleeagle mcmoose mcmonkey leapinglizard leapinlizards leapinglizards minimouse fishinabarrel redraisin realdeal frogbog luckylizard anteater aardvark quarry spoken print redclay purplepuffin puffin wishfish fishfish slowfish gofish fishcandy jellybowl jellycake funone honeybread olivetree stonefrog donutfactory lighthouse goodgames coffeeshop ninetynine dogwood onefish redfish bluefish fishburger purplecrayon flyinghippo cookiefactory happyhappy joyjoy Brainstorm Lightbulb RubyRed StoneSoup GreenEgg Gumball Ink Opus Graphite Garden Green Gadget RedRuby Grand Egg Gumbo Gooseberry Strawberry Wax BrownEgg Acorn Eureka Blue Bard Glow Gemstone Gimick Gogo Gorilla Granite Graphic Gringo Manymore Rooftop Bounce Bowwow Zoom Glib Garbanzo Pinewood Maplewood Oakwood BigBell Puzzlement Fuddle Agog BigBook Gatepost Gazebo Gesundheit Glass GoldFish Graceful Grapevine Grapefruit Grassland Greenbelt Lampshade PlusPlus Twig Warm Beeswax Bowow Bark WoofWoof Woof EggYolk EggWhites Zookeeper Gaffer Iguana Gaga Glowing Gambit Greenhouse Gaucho Getaway Glide Greenwood Muchmore Pulp Ruby Pure PrePaid Sumo Verb Zoo IceCream Head Grape Automatic Good Neon BigIdea AcornGames EurekaGames BlueGames BardGames GlowGames GemstoneGames GimickGames GogoGames GorillaGames GraniteGames GraphicGames GringoGames ManymoreGames RooftopGames BounceGames BowwowGames ZoomGames
For about 2/3 of these, there is no site at the address - still it's hard to find someone on the other side to quote you a price to buy it. For the ones that will offer to sell, prices are pretty outrageous, ranging from $2,000 to $30,000 for names that I consider just marginal, at best (i.e. greengorilla.com was $2K, heartland.com was $30K, others were similar)
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| Anonymous | Posted: 2005/8/15 12:03 Updated: 2005/8/15 12:03 |
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www.froglint.com is available... :)
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| Anonymous | Posted: 2005/8/15 13:43 Updated: 2005/8/15 13:43 |
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Oh, yes, I went through the same problem back when I first decided to go indie. It took me forever to come up with a name that I liked AND had an available URL. I finally decided on Viridian Games and bought the URL and some web space...and then got hired by a commercial game company, so my indie plans got put on hold. Right now, the site just holds my blog, which is at http://www.viridiangames.com/blog/ , but there's a chance I'll be starting my indie stuff back up in the near future.
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| Anonymous | Posted: 2005/8/16 3:26 Updated: 2005/8/16 3:26 |
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LOL. Reminds me the time when I was choosing a name for my current project. My impression was: there's no word that has no website.
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