Comments on: Breeding Bad Domain Names http://www.johnon.com/608/breeding-domains.html I think there's an opinion on that subject lying around here somewhere.... Fri, 24 May 2013 22:06:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Anonymous http://www.johnon.com/608/breeding-domains.html#comment-129503 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:30:47 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/608/breeding-domains.html#comment-129503 I loved your deconstruction of the name — hilarious and spot-on! Yes, it was our stealth-mode name, not the one we’d planned to launch a consumer produce under. We’re still in our beta test phase, so stay tuned. Our last company was also in the business of real-time information alerts, and we called it KnowNow :) I loved your deconstruction of the name — hilarious and spot-on! Yes, it was our stealth-mode name, not the one we’d planned to launch a consumer produce under. We’re still in our beta test phase, so stay tuned. Our last company was also in the business of real-time information alerts, and we called it KnowNow :)

]]> by: Rohit Khare http://www.johnon.com/608/breeding-domains.html#comment-128533 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:24:05 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/608/breeding-domains.html#comment-128533 I loved your deconstruction of the name -- hilarious and spot-on! Yes, it was our stealth-mode name, not the one we'd planned to launch a consumer produce under. We're still in our beta test phase, so stay tuned. Our last company was also in the business of real-time information alerts, and we called it KnowNow :) <em>@rohit thanks for commenting. I'll refrain from reviewing KnowHow.com (especially for the cynical and Chinese markets) and instead note that if you change your name, you should try and buy that Angstro off the company before Marvel Comics creates a nuclear age SuperVillain named  "Angstro". That would rock! </em> I loved your deconstruction of the name — hilarious and spot-on! Yes, it was our stealth-mode name, not the one we’d planned to launch a consumer produce under. We’re still in our beta test phase, so stay tuned. Our last company was also in the business of real-time information alerts, and we called it KnowNow :)

@rohit thanks for commenting. I’ll refrain from reviewing KnowHow.com (especially for the cynical and Chinese markets) and instead note that if you change your name, you should try and buy that Angstro off the company before Marvel Comics creates a nuclear age SuperVillain named  “Angstro”. That would rock!

]]> by: adam http://www.johnon.com/608/breeding-domains.html#comment-128307 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:59:32 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/608/breeding-domains.html#comment-128307 This is so very sad. It costs much much more to re-brand later, but most start-ups bootstrap and the name is unfortunately is either first on the chopping block or an after-thought. Here's a company on techcrunch that did a re-do with one of mine ;) http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/22/the-importance-of-a-good-name-ditching-simulscribe-for-phonetag/ <strong>@Adam:</strong><em> thanks for sharing. People need to see more such stories... $30k for a great domain name like PhoneTag.com that immediately boosts the branding efforts of a growing business backed by nearly $6 million in funding... certainly looks like a bargain in hindsight. Sometimes I wonder why a brand will pay $250k and up for a logo designer with no guarantee of producing an accepted logo design, but balk at buying a domain name that gets to work immediately.</em> This is so very sad. It costs much much more to re-brand later, but most start-ups bootstrap and the name is unfortunately is either first on the chopping block or an after-thought.

Here’s a company on techcrunch that did a re-do with one of mine ;) http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/22/the-importance-of-a-good-name-ditching-simulscribe-for-phonetag/

@Adam: thanks for sharing. People need to see more such stories… $30k for a great domain name like PhoneTag.com that immediately boosts the branding efforts of a growing business backed by nearly $6 million in funding… certainly looks like a bargain in hindsight. Sometimes I wonder why a brand will pay $250k and up for a logo designer with no guarantee of producing an accepted logo design, but balk at buying a domain name that gets to work immediately.

]]> by: Charlie http://www.johnon.com/608/breeding-domains.html#comment-128283 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:19:56 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/608/breeding-domains.html#comment-128283 Hey Andrew, great blog post very funny. You Said to jamesv that you had a great resource for good domain names? Im in the process of setting up a new site but we are very much stuck on this! Could you point me in the right direction, would be very much appreciated! Cheers Charlie Hey Andrew, great blog post very funny. You Said to jamesv that you had a great resource for good domain names? Im in the process of setting up a new site but we are very much stuck on this! Could you point me in the right direction, would be very much appreciated!
Cheers
Charlie

]]> by: john andrews http://www.johnon.com/608/breeding-domains.html#comment-128238 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:49:51 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/608/breeding-domains.html#comment-128238 @jamesv: Thanks for stopping by and best of luck with me-trics.com. When you're ready to shop for a new domain name I'm happy to point you to the best resources I know. Too bad it always costs more tomorrow for domains you could have bought today. @todd: thanks but as you can tell from the typos and the way I gave up re-fixing Wordpress's "fixing" of my paragraphs, I spent enough time on this one. I agree the rest of the list is at least as much fun. Heck, I bet we could go all night with the full 1,000. @jamesv: Thanks for stopping by and best of luck with me-trics.com. When you’re ready to shop for a new domain name I’m happy to point you to the best resources I know. Too bad it always costs more tomorrow for domains you could have bought today.

@todd: thanks but as you can tell from the typos and the way I gave up re-fixing Wordpress’s “fixing” of my paragraphs, I spent enough time on this one. I agree the rest of the list is at least as much fun. Heck, I bet we could go all night with the full 1,000.

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