how did you...

come up with your business name? What made you choose the name you have? How long did it take you to decide on a business name?

I've been thinking of names to use when I eventually do get into breeding bp's, but picking a name seems to stump me. Its so permanent, and I want it to reflect me, as well as what I'm selling. :rolleye2: I'm getting whoozy trying to think of a decent name. So share your story and decision making please. thanx.

It took me over a year to come up with Wildmorphs I started with something else then when I tried to register it that name had been taken

So I though HMMMM something that stands out and I tried loads of different combos of different play on words and so on before finding Wildmorph Pythons.

I want to breed ball pythons as well and eventually make a small business out of it (maybe...we'll see :rolleyes:)

My fiance and I were thinking about just using our last name. Clarke and since we probably won't limit ourselves to JUST ball pythons (cause I like other kinds of reptiles too. :D, even though we will primarily breed balls) to use Reptiles instead of Ball Pythons as part of our name. So we came up with Clarke Reptiles. How boring and unoriginal can you get? :D:rolleye2:

I just bought JWExotics.com. If I ever get a business license for a sole propriety I wanted my name to be in the title. Since I'm propagating orchids and breeding frogs and ball pythons (and geckos once I move) I called it Jake Wallace Exotics instead of Jake Wallace Ball Pythons.

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Do you have to have a license to breed snakes? Or better question, do you have to have a license to make a business out of breeding snakes?

thanx for the comments so far everyone, keep em coming. and I like the banners that are being shown in conjunction with their chosen business name. Jay, I know what you mean.. I want to have something simple yet unique as a business name, but thats whats stumping me :rolleye2: as for having a license to breed snakes.. no I dont think so although checking with your state is the best course of action, but I do think you need a business license for tax purposes.. not sure how that works, something else I have to look into.

Try something with Cold Blooded in it...That seems to be a hit!!!

it is important to get a business license in your state not only so you can pay your taxes but also so you can get your sweet business expense deductions :)

it helps to pick a name for which the .com is available, plus you will need to pick a unique name in your state
other than that, pick something short, memorable, and that you like :)

Does anyone know if Clarke Reptiles is taken. lol. How do you go about getting a business license and what kind of deductions?

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it is important to get a business license in your state not only so you can pay your taxes but also so you can get your sweet business expense deductions :)

it helps to pick a name for which the .com is available, plus you will need to pick a unique name in your state
other than that, pick something short, memorable, and that you like :)

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Do you really need a business license to pay/collect axes for a profitable hobby?

http://law.freeadvice.com/general_pr...d_business.htm

check your local laws, as always :)


I believe that to sell on KS you need to either have a license OR be operating under your own name. Something to consider if you want to advertise there.

You are all so lucky! I don't just have to come up with a name, but have to come up with a name that fits well as a domain name, is in english and can be pronounced so that a person who doesn't speak english can understand how it is written by the pronounciation. ARGH! :taz:

RogueStar Reptiles would be a good one, but... Star is easy but the word "Rogue"... Oh the mother of all evil words... ;)

I don't have a breeding business per se. It is a hobby to me.. and if I sell some of the offspring that I produce, that is great. But I am not registered as a business oficially. "Ginevive" is a nickname that I have had/used online for awhile. I had a bunch of names thought-up, but really, any reputation that I have online is attached to "Ginevive" and so I decided to use it as my handle as well. Any ads that I post will of course have my legal name, as I don't want to be thought of as shady or anonymous.. I have the domain name ginevive.com (I consider myself lucky to have gotten it!) I know that my site says Toadwood, but that is in general the "farm name" that I use for where we live and my other animal "ventures", and eventually once we own a farm, that'll be the name. But I can't edit my website because my editor was on the computer that we rebooted.. gotta DL it again!
Lady Dragon Ball Pythons sounds cool to me! :)
Wow, sorry that I rambled so much here.
Thinking up biz names is hassling, but fun too. My husband's construction company is called House MD; a play on a popular TV show, and also pretty accurate. His former property management company was PMS! (Prop. Mngmnt Srvcs.) I still wear that jacket with "PMS" emblazoned on it and I get alot of funny looks!

My soon to be breeding business is Ballistic Pythons Just kinda rolls off the tongue well lol and my Alarm company is JLV Systems (logo is on the website). J for my son Joey L for my daughter Lili and V for our last name. Every state is different for the requirements to register a business name in NH it's nice and easy 50 bucks and you are the proud owner of a company Live free or Die! :gj:

Well, I would LOVE to use my last name and be Abernethy Reptiles (and now you can see why I'm rabernet), the problem is - no one will spell my last name correctly to find me. So, I'm stuck. I've thought of Royals by Robin, or Robin's Royals and have a logo similar to Rolls Royce, but since most people in the States don't call ball pythons royals, so I'm still stuck. I'm creatively challenged. Then someone will come up with a business name and I'll go - damn! that's a great name, why didn't I think of it first????

we dont have a registered business and were awhile out before we can say were "operating" as a company but my husband came up with DNA Reptiles, for Darren and Ashley as well as DNA since were working with morphs. It seems easy enough to remember and say. I own my domain name ABCaptures (ashley b captures, for photography) so it wont be long before we purchase the domain for DNA Reptiles too. weve already started a myspace and aol account so no one can snag the name, we figure by the time we get some babies hatching the name will be familiar. :gj:

I chose Royal Q Pythons, LLC.

The royal python part is obvious and the Q is for my last name....

I wanted "screwball pythons" with some kind of baseball in the logo but I figured nobody would take that seriously...lol

I have a computer consulting business not a reptile related one. I just used my initials "pc" and services to get some an idea of what it is all about if they heard the name. "BD PC Services" doesn't get much more generic and simplistic than that.

Now if I were get into reptiles as a business I'd want something more eye catching. But that might take forever since it took me almost 3 weeks to come up with BD PC Services. Sad I know.

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Well, I would LOVE to use my last name and be Abernethy Reptiles (and now you can see why I'm rabernet), the problem is - no one will spell my last name correctly to find me. So, I'm stuck. I've thought of Royals by Robin, or Robin's Royals and have a logo similar to Rolls Royce, but since most people in the States don't call ball pythons royals, so I'm still stuck. I'm creatively challenged. Then someone will come up with a business name and I'll go - damn! that's a great name, why didn't I think of it first????

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This worries me too. Even my own mom mis-spells my email address (Ginevive)! This is why yes.. if/when I do get into this more and breed larger-scale. I just plan on using my legal first/last name. Kind of like Bob Clark or Graziani Reptiles.. but of course not as grand!

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Well, I would LOVE to use my last name and be Abernethy Reptiles (and now you can see why I'm rabernet), the problem is - no one will spell my last name correctly to find me. So, I'm stuck. I've thought of Royals by Robin, or Robin's Royals and have a logo similar to Rolls Royce, but since most people in the States don't call ball pythons royals, so I'm still stuck. I'm creatively challenged. Then someone will come up with a business name and I'll go - damn! that's a great name, why didn't I think of it first????

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Regardless of what people call ball pythons in the states, I love the Royals by Robin idea (with the logo). It sounds so catchy.

Speaking of websites. I need to get one. I have no idea on how to go about getting the domain name and space and all that jazz. Oy, to be technologically challenged.

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Speaking of websites. I need to get one. I have no idea on how to go about getting the domain name and space and all that jazz. Oy, to be technologically challenged.

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Check out godaddy.com

I've looked at godaddy but I have no idea how to actually design the site and make it look professional.

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Speaking of websites. I need to get one. I have no idea on how to go about getting the domain name and space and all that jazz. Oy, to be technologically challenged.

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cough.. "Nathan Ledet" cough..

1 and 1 is great, I've used them for YEARS.

Until I figure out what I'm going to do for a nice site, I'm using freewebs temporarily. Right now its just going to have basic info and pictures of my snakes. When I start breeding I will put up all the info on the breeding season and available snakes. When I'm done putting this one together I'm going to have people rate it to see where i can better it for the actual professional looking site.

I chose Lunar Boids for a few reasons... The first is pretty simple, I just really like the moon. My first name is Diana, who is also a moon goddess. I thought it fit well with snakes since the ones I am working with are nocturnal species. I can imagine them slithering around in the moonlight in their natural habitat. I chose 'Boids' because boas and pythons are what I plan on working with long term. I realised afterward that the name doesn't quite roll off the tongue, and a few people don't know what either of the words mean... hahaha... but I think as long as I always offer quality animals everything else will fall into place.

thanx everyone.. keep em coming.. glad to know that Im not the only one stuck on thinking up a name.

Robin - I like the idea of Royals by Robin or Robin's Royals. It is very catchy.
Jaybunny - I too was thinking of using freewebs until I can figure out what I want.. here's to us getting our acts together :D
Jen - I liked the name of Toadwood Acres you had chosen.
Jake - can't get more exotic than orchids and animals.. nice logo too.
Diana - I like your bus. name too, and I most certainley made the lunar connection.

I've been thinking of a few names, but I'm still undecided... hhmm maybe I should do a poll?

Polls are always fun. If you want to see how I'm doing with my 'site' here's the link.

http://www.freewebs.com/clarkereptile/index.htm

Its in no way done. I'm just getting started and putting in the basics of everything. The ball python at the top is our lovely Jora. :)

I chose Fire Ball Reptiles. Chose the fire because Im a firefighter and ball for obvious reasons. Fire Ball Pythons was already taken plus I don't even own a fire...yet.

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