Tips for catchy online shop names The shop is almost ready, the product labels you want to feature has been finalized, the strategy is decided, everything is in place….but for the name. What about the name? that one is a bit of a problem, you have been unable to zero in on a great name for the domain. You have tried penning different names upon names but still nothing seems catchy enough. what will you do now? Picking a catchy name for your shop is a relatively tricky endeavor not only do you need to make sure potential visitors will understand and remember the name you must also do research to ensure the name you end up with is viable. Take the following steps of picking concise unique name, thinking about the future and researching potential names and you will be able to get catchy domain shop name that will work for you. Choose a short memorable name. Short domain names are very vital in getting a catchy shop name, they present you a simple memorable word or two that is unique to your shop. For example if you want to run a cloth store, a name like myclothes.com is way better than “myclothesforsaleonline.com”. if you want a catchy name simply keep that name short and punchy. It is also important to avoid generic names. Creating a short memorable name can involve tying two different words together for example “jones” and “noodle” gives “jonoodle.com”, another example could be adding two words together like “clothe and “lover” to give “clothelover.com”. The lesser the characters the better, Internet experts suggest using one or two words if possible. The average number of characters in the names of top 100,000 websites is 9, sites like Amazon.com, eBay.com fall under this category unlike a website thebestonlinecandystore.com which is well above 9 and clearly isn’t attractive enough (catchy). When trying to keep names simple • Do not use numbers: potential visitors may forget the number or even confuse your shop with another. • Stay away from hyphen: they are easily forgotten.