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How do you come up with names for your products?

What steps do you use for coming up with a product name?

I typically just spam google dictionary and iwantmyname.com with a bunch of different ideas, but maybe there is a better way.

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    https://www.namecheckr.com/ is great for checking .com and social media availability. I have no affil. w/ them, other than as a user.

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    I just built this tool and launched it a few days ago, maybe it'll be useful for you: http://www.nametheory.co

    Still adding more features, but it's free and I'd be happy to help by improving the tool if you have any feedback.

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      Technolojesus...

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    I used to work for a healthcare software company that would name their products after a noun that was somewhat related to the field the product served:

    Cardiology product was named "Cupid"
    Lab product was called "Beaker"
    Dental product was called "Wisdom"
    Orthopedics product was called "Bones"
    And my favorite, the transplant product was called "Phoenix"

    Just something simple like that can make it a lot easier for your customers to remember the different products.

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      Great tip thanks Caitlin, I like the idea of picking a noun as it gives me something to go off.

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    I always try to make name SEO friendly eg. with https://scraperapp.com/ or https://selfcontrol.apki.io/ . Names usually apear in H1 tags and <title> so coming up with something that's an actual keyword could pay off in organic traffic.

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    having seo in mind and keeping it simple

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    Brainstorming with a friend is probably the best source of a good name.

    As tools I commonly use domainr.com and panabee.com to find that precious .com address

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    I spent a couple of weeks coming up with the name of my product. Thesaurus.com was huge for me. I think I ended up buying some 11 domain names before picking one. Key for me was making sure the Twitter handle was available.

    I ended up with https//yaktack.com (launching tomorrow).

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      This is an awesome concept btw Jeremy. Would you support sms in the future?

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        Cheers! Yes. SMS and an Alexa skill. FYI we're live on Product Hunt today (https://www.producthunt.com/posts/yak-tack). Importantly, I'd love feedback about the product.

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      Cool thanks for the insight Jeremy!

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        Wow, good call out. I think most folks will be non-native English speakers. My Croatian friend didn't point this out to me when we talked about the name. But thanks for the heads up.