Business name

[zan29]

Well I didn't really know where to put this post but here goes: I'm starting a small business of woodworking and carving (of course) and I'm trying to find a name for my business. If you have any suggestions, that would be great! I've ran out of ideas!

[lawrence]

"A chip off the old block" Woodworking

"The Sawdust Factory"

Just my .02 (suggestions)

lawrence

[dbfletcher]

Depending on your state, if you include you name in the Company name it can be easier to get setup for Sales tax. At least in PA, if your name isnt part of the company name (ie, for me Fletcher Computer Solutions and Fletcher Paintball), you have to fill out all the paper for for a fictitious company name. Not saying it is a whole lot more work, but i'm lazy... if i can avoid doing something, I generally try to.

Edit: After i hit submit I noticed you are in an entirely different country... so all of my comments may not apply.

[zan29]

Thanks for the advice about the Square. I was actually thinking about it!

[PCOutlaw]

"A chip off the old block" Woodworking

"The Sawdust Factory"

Just my .02 (suggestions)

lawrence

My Son has been using "The Sawdust Factory" for the last four years or so in NJ.

[lynnfrwd]

Well I didn't really know where to put this post but here goes: I'm starting a small business of woodworking and carving (of course) and I'm trying to find a name for my business. If you have any suggestions, that would be great! I've ran out of ideas!

If you are also going to use social media like facebook, you may want to start your company name with the keyword.

Examples:

"Woodworking by Zan" or "Carved Signs by Zan"

[Bigtyme]

I would suggest the name of the business be as close to what you want to specialize in as possible. There are several folks on the forum that have incorporated their specialty into their name such as sign making and I think it makes it much clearer and certainly helps anyone searching the web. I have had my business for a long time (longer than the net has been around) and just got into carving, so my biz name is a little generic these days

[Proctorw]

When picking a name, check to make sure the url name is also available, preferably with .net, com. My wife makes quilts and specialtiy fabricc items, so we picked
"Wood N Spool Treasures". We purchased the domain names: WoodNSpoolTreasures.com, .net and also WoodenspoolTreasures. and WoodAndSpooltreasures. We setup email accounts. I would stay away from having "Craft" in the title as I have found when folks see the word craft they think of hobby, and hobby = cheap or negotiable. We also registered the name with our County (Texas rules) and set up our company as a "DBA" doing business as. We didn't go the way of an LLC, Limited Liability Corporation because we don't make items(we think) that we would get sued over, such as an "Bunk Beds", someone falls out and they sue you. Probably too much information, but I did quite a bit of research this summer on the topic. If you want more information let me know and I would be happy to call you and let you know what else we have done. I was hoping we would be further along in the revenue side, but somehow work keeps getting in the way.

[zan29]

This is what I found for paypal :
All card swipes and PayPal transactions have the same 2.7% rate in the US. When you manually enter a card number (type it in or scan it with your camera), the transaction rate is slightly higher.

[lynnfrwd]

I moved this thread from the MACHINE section to "The Business of Carving" under the CARVOHOLICS section.