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Re:Show HN: I'll help you name your next startup/product for... by edw519 on Thursday February 24, 2011 @08:22AM (#2257780)
startupgods.com? I dunno, you look like a plumber with a leaky faucet. I'd have a little more confidence if you had a name more like "PerfectNameFinder.com" or something like that.
Re:Show HN: I'll help you name your next startup/product for... by jwomers on Thursday February 24, 2011 @08:46AM (#2257837)
I much prefer Startupgods.com, it's interesting and memorable.
Re:Show HN: I'll help you name your next startup/product for... by huhtenberg on Thursday February 24, 2011 @02:54PM (#2259555)
It is still off. It should really be StartupNamingGods.com or LetMeNameYourStartup.com or something else that indicates it is about naming. StartupGods is more like a cocky alias for YC :)
Re:Show HN: I'll help you name your next startup/product for... by chaosmachine on Thursday February 24, 2011 @08:25AM (#2257785)
I own PerfectAlias.com as well, but I felt StartupGods.com was more brandable, and would capture the attention of my target audience.
Re:Show HN: I'll help you name your next startup/product for... by xutopia on Thursday February 24, 2011 @09:11AM (#2257938)
StartupGods > PerfectAlias. Perhaps it is because my first language isn't English but French. To me alias means second name.
Re:Show HN: I'll help you name your next startup/product for... by Dobbs on Thursday February 24, 2011 @11:37AM (#2258624)
It means the same to those of us with English as a first language.
Re:Show HN: I'll help you name your next startup/product for... by adrianwaj on Thursday February 24, 2011 @09:33AM (#2258047)
I prefer bangnames.com and it's unregistered.

Once you have monotheistic power, you'll be better at naming The Name.

Re:Show HN: I'll help you name your next startup/product for... by demoo on Thursday February 24, 2011 @10:41AM (#2258346)
That sounds more like a Porn-name-generator type of site.
Re:Show HN: I'll help you name your next startup/product for... by stcredzero on Thursday February 24, 2011 @11:15AM (#2258512)
You could make money off of drunk people with that. Add automated fake DVD box or site creation.
Re:Show HN: I'll help you name your next startup/product for... by adrianwaj on Friday February 25, 2011 @03:49AM (#2261564)
I didn't think of that aspect.
Re:Show HN: I'll help you name your next startup/product for... by kingsidharth on Thursday February 24, 2011 @09:23AM (#2257997)
IMO, None of them are good for branding. The best one is which has nothing to do with your business. (Example: Apple has nothing to do with computers, Adidas has nothing to do with sports equipments)

It gives you leverage to take business in any direction. For example, if your naming business becomes huge success and you want to start naming more things - like OpenSource Projects or simple apps - the word "Startup" in your name is gonna make you think twice.

I wonder what names you'd give out when you yourself have a bad name, IMO. Any sample names you've created?

Re:Show HN: I'll help you name your next startup/product for... by wlievens on Thursday February 24, 2011 @11:06AM (#2258467)
I'm not sure. I would associate PerfectNameFinder.com somehow with "shady dating site" and that's no good.
Re:Show HN: I'll help you name your next startup/product for... by rararational on Thursday February 24, 2011 @02:27PM (#2259426)
I think he was making a joke about it :)