Coming up with a company name???

[Andrew Bennett]

One idea would be to take your first initial, your wife/partner/mum/dad/ first initial, add what you want to do say clocks cos you make speciality clock faces on the vcam then ltd
so it would be for example j.w.clocks.Ltd

Not original but a start. It limits you to one product of course so you could replace the word clocks with traders/trading/visuals or even vcammprintables.

My mate did his property property services this way using him and his wife to form I.V.property services.

I know other people who who use the first initial thing and put AND in between to form, in my mates case
IAV property services.

just my contribution.

[Nicola McIntosh]

john an idea to go with, use your new company name and have the textile one added as:
joe bloggs signs incorporating jack black textiles so the main company stands out more? 😀

nik

[David Rowland]

remove the L from what Andrew suggested and your right on track 😛 😛 😛 😛 only jokin john

[David Rogers]

quote Dave Rowland:

remove the L from what Andrew suggested and your right on track 😛 😛 😛 😛 only jokin john

J W clocks TD? Sorry Dave, I don’t get it. 😉

[Phill Fenton]

I would keep it simple. Try and say what you do in your business name. e.g if you’re a plumber call yourself JW Plumbing. An electrician would be JW Electrical. For signs simply JW Signs or John Wilson Signs.

I’ve done vans for lots of companies and still don’t know what their core business is. No point in picking an obscure name – say what you do, that’s my take on it 😀

[David Rowland]

well thos who can see john’s webiste. click it…
but the TGTS is his shorten name now, but it does seem a bit lost to someone who doesn’t know him.

So
The Glasgow T? Signs instead of The Glasgow T-Shirt Shop (TGTS) is something he talked with me b4

What could u replace the T with?

[Jason Xuereb]

From a marketing point of view I think you are too small to start branching off different names to cater for different products. It takes time and alot of effort to get a new brand/name recognised and promoted from a recoginition point of view and a website search engine point of view.

I would suggest to keep your abbreviated name and promote the new products to your existing customers and put it on your website under your current name.

When we first started we wanted to take this same approach and it doesn’t work without alot of effort.

What phone numbers will you put down? Will you use one number and answer the phone with your current business name?

There’s alot to think about and you to really make the commitment.

If your worried people think your only in clothing change their perceptions.

[John Wilson]

ok my website was up and running but I removed it and thus it’s my old temp website that is on there while I reload my new one so it’s looking rather naff

I do use a landline and mobile for the business that is separate from my personal

I’ll load the other one up today at some point so you have a better idea

[Robert Lambie]

JW Signs as has been said…
WilsonSigns is a quick solution too mate…
WilSign
JohnWillSign ?
JohnWillDoPrettyMuchAnythingIfThePriceIsRight…Signs :lol1: 😉

[John Wilson]

quote Robert Lambie:

JW Signs as has been said…
WilsonSigns is a quick solution too mate…
WilSign
JohnWillSign ?
JohnWillDoPrettyMuchAnythingIfThePriceIsRight…Signs :lol1: 😉

Wilsign is something that Karen said last night :lol1:

I was thinking of going for something that has nothing to do with my name though…… just makes things easier when I’m passing blame :lol1: :lol1: :lol1:

[John Wilson]

That last part was a joke btw :lol1:

[John Wilson]

Also http://www.wilsign.com is taken already and I’d rather have the .co.uk and the .com of websites

[John Gregson]

http://www.signedbydesign.co.uk

http://www.signedbyjohn.co.uk

http://www.signedbyjw.co.uk

http://www.signsbyjohn.co.uk (SBJ)

http://www.wowsigns.co.uk

http://www.copyrightsigns.co.uk

Cheers John

[Barbara Eden]

Hi John
We had this problem when I started my company-which was clothing based, then, when we added another major item we gave our web site an ‘encompassing’ name i.e. equestrian, and then split the site into horse products and rider products.

As you feel you are mainly known for your clothing, I think I would keep that as the main focus-initially, otherwise your clothing customers might wonder where you’ve gone 🙂

In other words, designs WITH signs rather than the other way round.
Have you thought of looking on the T shirt forum too for ideas?

Barb

[David Rowland]

GlasgowSigns (taken)

GlasSign ?

[John Wilson]

Just ended up going with WilSign 👿 damm wife drives a hard bargain :lol1:

Now I just need to come up with some sort of logo 🙄

[David Rowland]

hmmm an idea

[Neil Speirs]

How about……

Can do you a deal on 20ft illuminated ones 😀

[Chris Wool]

😀 😀

i can’t help thinking i have seen Dave’s before like it though

[David Rowland]

its clothing/football etc. right up john’s way of thinking too….

i like the WaccyD’s

[John Wilson]

Glad you all think this is a joke 👿

:lol1: :lol1: :lol1: :lol1:

[Steve Underhill]

There was a van down here today with wilsign on their van looks like they were from Exeter.

[David Rowland]

So it is http://www.bizwiki.co.uk/signs/1347081/ … estern.htm

and two limited companies from the same address in Exmouth

So Wilsign Scotland

[John Wilson]

Already bought wilsign.co.uk so I’ll just stick with wilsign

Too late now lol

Just trying to come up with the logo now

Got an idea of what I want but just for the life of me can’t get it down right (think it’s for myself)

[David Rowland]

get a photo, stick your arms up in the air… to form a W

[John Wilson]

Hmmm that sounds like a plan……… not!!!

I’m tempted to just leave it to someone else so that I don’t keep at it till i make an ar@e of it