Photography business name

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fttm

Original Poster:

3,686 posts

135 months

Tuesday 21st February 2017
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My wife runs a custom picture framing and printing business which also encompasses her photography work , we'd like to separate them so the photography side stands alone . We have a few ideas floating around but would welcome suggestions for names , main focus of work is equine/rodeo ,animals , and sport , but don't want to limit ourselves through the name .
Tnx in advance .

DibblyDobbler

11,271 posts

197 months

Tuesday 21st February 2017
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Where are you based? That could be built into the name I guess...

fttm

Original Poster:

3,686 posts

135 months

Tuesday 21st February 2017
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Canadian Prairies , Lumsden Valley Saskatchewan to be precise .

DibblyDobbler

11,271 posts

197 months

Tuesday 21st February 2017
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scratchchin Hmm - not really coming up with anything very original to be honest so will bow out.

Good luck though smile

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

255 months

Tuesday 21st February 2017
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Australia, eh?

Tie Me Donkey Down Tight, Sport...

See how I got the sport angle in there?

Lynchie999

3,423 posts

153 months

Tuesday 21st February 2017
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mybrainhurts said:
Australia, eh?

Tie Me Donkey Down Tight, Sport...

See how I got the sport angle in there?
err ....

confused

laugh

thebraketester

14,231 posts

138 months

Tuesday 21st February 2017
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Neigh-kon photography.

DUMBO100

1,878 posts

184 months

Tuesday 21st February 2017
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Probably best not to use Seskwaatchean in the name as people will have problems finding it on Internet searches

Wacky Racer

38,162 posts

247 months

Tuesday 21st February 2017
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mybrainhurts said:
Australia, eh?

Tie Me Donkey Down Tight, Sport...

See how I got the sport angle in there?
Since when has Canada been near Australia?

laugh

williredale

2,866 posts

152 months

Tuesday 21st February 2017
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We shoot animals? Or athletes?

weshootanimals.ca and weshootathletes.ca are both available!


Sorry. biggrin

singlecoil

33,610 posts

246 months

Tuesday 21st February 2017
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Just use her name, people will be hiring her, not a company name. Use a different name for the framing etc.

fttm

Original Poster:

3,686 posts

135 months

Tuesday 21st February 2017
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williredale said:
We shoot animals? Or athletes?

weshootanimals.ca and weshootathletes.ca are both available!


Sorry. biggrin
biggrin We like it , could get us into trouble though .Keep 'em coming

Thought this was an MBH free zone ?

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

255 months

Tuesday 21st February 2017
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Wacky Racer said:
mybrainhurts said:
Australia, eh?

Tie Me Donkey Down Tight, Sport...

See how I got the sport angle in there?
Since when has Canada been near Australia?

laugh
Moved last week. Try to keep up, FFS....

HOGEPH

5,249 posts

186 months

Tuesday 21st February 2017
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Derek Smith

45,660 posts

248 months

Wednesday 22nd February 2017
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Don't use a pun as the URL. Keep it short. Ensure the name is not one frequently spelt incorrectly. Avoid characters that require a shift key depressed. Don't use a pun. Make sure it is easily remembered. Keep it familiar. Have a name where the logo is a clue to the name. Don't make it too clever. Don't make it too similar to a competitor's.

There are other choices that cause problems, but I haven't made those mistakes yet.

And don't use a pun.


PoisonJam

36 posts

133 months

Monday 27th February 2017
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Most professional portrait photographers I see use some variant of their name + photography/studio/type of photography modifier. Whether that's your full name, first name, surname or acronym. For many photographers their name is their brand and it's something a lot of past clients might already be familiar with.

Landscape photographers and sometimes wedding photographers are more likely to use the location.

Having keywords in your domain name is nowhere near as useful for SEO as it once was, but it can be good re-enforcement for people searching that they're getting a photographer in the location or field they're looking.

The main thing is as others have said is that's short, memorable and easy to spell/type. Most people will type it straight into goole/address bar though, which is obviously more forgiving of typos.