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I need a name for my new business. Help pls

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cobbingstones
cobbingstones Posts: 1,011 Forumite
in Boost your income
Hi all

I'm really wanting to start up my own small DIY business, but every name I come up with has been already taken.

Any ideas please?
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  • jhp
    jhp Posts: 2,342 Forumite
    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=27
  • happy_but_skint
    happy_but_skint Posts: 777 Forumite
    Could you use your name/initials or work area to form the name?
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  • crazyguy
    crazyguy Posts: 5,495 Forumite
    DIY r US !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • missterryshopper
    missterryshopper Posts: 135 Forumite
    What are you specifically going to sell/do.
  • crazyguy
    crazyguy Posts: 5,495 Forumite
    missterryshopper wrote: »
    What are you specifically going to sell/do.


    The clue is in the name, DIY !!!!!!

    Not trying to be rude but its there
  • tomewer
    tomewer Posts: 72 Forumite
    crazyguy wrote: »
    The clue is in the name, DIY !!!!!!

    Not trying to be rude but its there

    I'm not sure it is that obvious. Are you selling DIY products? Or will you be doing people's DIY jobs for them? Or something else?
    I am developing a community of likeminded people with a common goal - to build sustainable and scalable online incomes.
  • crazyguy
    crazyguy Posts: 5,495 Forumite
    tomewer wrote: »
    I'm not sure it is that obvious. Are you selling DIY products? Or will you be doing people's DIY jobs for them? Or something else?


    Well he is hardly looking to open a pizza parlour with DIY in the name ?

    To me its more than obvious what it means !
  • Biggles
    Biggles Posts: 8,209 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    crazyguy wrote: »
    The clue is in the name, DIY !!!!!!

    Not trying to be rude but its there
    Not really.

    Like Tomewer says, are you selling DIY stuff? That would be a DIY business.

    If you're a general handyman, why not say so, that wouldn't be a DIY business (DIY is when I do it!).

    If the latter, do you have any specialist areas, like carpentry, plumbing, gardening?

    And, as per the first reply, you might be best to try the Small Biz forum.
  • loucroft
    loucroft Posts: 423 Forumite
    Here's my idea, ran it through a keyword tool and then had an idea:

    thediyproject.co.uk
    - Available


    You could also have it as thekentdiyproject or thesouthdiyproject to target the area you are planning to cover...

    And if you decide to go for it let me know, might be able to help you with your website copy!
    You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt

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  • Polly
    Polly Posts: 898 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    On a slightly wider issue, I'm trying to come up with a generic name for a beauty products business and would like to know how to check if a particular word has a different meaning in other languages. Short of googling particular words, does anyone know a website that I could enter words into for a 'quick check'?
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