Questions:
1) Does there not need to be a Russian angle to the name?
2) “... if their submission contains the name we decide to use as our new business name.” By “contains”, is it possible you could for example add “The” to the submitted name and not pay up?
3) If a submitter is told that he has to share the prize because others also thought of the same name, how does he know that’s true?
4) “If you have not received an email after 30 days from your submission ...” There are more than 30 days between now and March 1 (January30 + 30 days). Does that mean you will not necessarily wait until the deadline to pick a winner? Also: why would it be difficult to alert the winner?
5) Is there an easy way to check for USPTO availability?
That’s not good enough. You’ll have to be as specific as possible, in writing.
> What do you recommend?
A combination of two things:
1) Accept only submissions made in public (on third-party blogs/fora, with a time stamp).
2) Accept the first instance of a submitted name.
> But in case there were problems with contacting ...
Fair enough.
But we do need to know exactly who to expect as the domain name registrant.
Hi hrant, Karavan.com and Caravana.com and Dromedary.com are taken.
The Rye Trader has a nice rustic ring to it.. but seems to fit more with a bakery. Rough & Silky sounds a bit too naughty :-P I like Golden Steppes. Not sure if I get the import part of it.. but it does have a sort of rustic grassland ring too it.
I would recommend that you respond to the email provided to protect your submissions. I can’t prevent someone from seeing and registering these names since you’ve posted them publicly.
I can’t protect myself without submitting in public. Registering is cheap (for a company) so I would recommend that you register all strong candidates as soon as you can.
(A combination of Oriens and Arcana. ORIENS: The Latin for rising or east. ARCANA: meaning a hidden thing; a mystery or profound secret. From arca, the Latin for chest.)
>is a (sic) legally eligible to participate in contests based in the United States
How does one become legally eligible?
Arcadian Emporium
Kern Boutique
Tim
btw on the subject of bondage “It is rustic all through. It is moorish, and wild, and knotty as a root of heath.”
Charlotte Brontë 1816-55: on the setting of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, in her own preface to the 1850 edition
17.Nov.2006 2.47pm
Questions:
1) Does there not need to be a Russian angle to the name?
2) “... if their submission contains the name we decide to use as our new business name.” By “contains”, is it possible you could for example add “The” to the submitted name and not pay up?
3) If a submitter is told that he has to share the prize because others also thought of the same name, how does he know that’s true?
4) “If you have not received an email after 30 days from your submission ...” There are more than 30 days between now and March 1 (January30 + 30 days). Does that mean you will not necessarily wait until the deadline to pick a winner? Also: why would it be difficult to alert the winner?
5) Is there an easy way to check for USPTO availability?
hhp
17.Nov.2006 8.04pm
Contests are contemptible.
17.Nov.2006 9.14pm
Decor Essence - dot com is available. Toss the 250 into Typophile’s beer fund, ok?
_________
Hiro
18.Nov.2006 2.45pm
...
18.Nov.2006 2.46pm
Hiro — I responded to your email. Cheers.
18.Nov.2006 3.45pm
Thanks for the full reply.
> We’ll do our best
That’s not good enough. You’ll have to be as specific as possible, in writing.
> What do you recommend?
A combination of two things:
1) Accept only submissions made in public (on third-party blogs/fora, with a time stamp).
2) Accept the first instance of a submitted name.
> But in case there were problems with contacting ...
Fair enough.
But we do need to know exactly who to expect as the domain name registrant.
hhp
18.Nov.2006 8.00pm
...
18.Nov.2006 9.39pm
Karavan
Caravana
Caravan Rustica
Dromedary
The Rye Trader
Merchant of Hennas
Gypsy Market
Rough & Silky
Golden Steppes
18.Nov.2006 10.39pm
Hi hrant, Karavan.com and Caravana.com and Dromedary.com are taken.
The Rye Trader has a nice rustic ring to it.. but seems to fit more with a bakery. Rough & Silky sounds a bit too naughty :-P I like Golden Steppes. Not sure if I get the import part of it.. but it does have a sort of rustic grassland ring too it.
I would recommend that you respond to the email provided to protect your submissions. I can’t prevent someone from seeing and registering these names since you’ve posted them publicly.
19.Nov.2006 7.08am
I can’t protect myself without submitting in public. Registering is cheap (for a company) so I would recommend that you register all strong candidates as soon as you can.
hhp
20.Nov.2006 6.53am
“Pier 2”
20.Nov.2006 11.26am
Market Rustica
Home Rustica
Design Rustica
Arts Rustica
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The pen is mightier than the sword, when the message is written in blood!
21.Nov.2006 4.56am
After aluminum’s suggestion how about...
Pier 2 Pier
Pier to Pier
or
Peer to Pier
21.Nov.2006 7.07am
bullion traders
21.Nov.2006 7.48am
Peerless Traders
Bazaar Trades
Foreign Events
Foreign Exchange
Trade Wins Glow
Afar Piece
Afar Bazaar
Xchangeawait
Duty Free Port
Voyage Village
Voyage Holdings
Port-o-cull
Rustic Rarities
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ChrisL
22.Nov.2006 2.47pm
ORICANA
(A combination of Oriens and Arcana. ORIENS: The Latin for rising or east. ARCANA: meaning a hidden thing; a mystery or profound secret. From arca, the Latin for chest.)
(THE) COMPASS ROSE
(THE) CARAVEL
(THE) WOODEN GLOBE
THE TREASURY
OLD EXOTICA
THE ANTIQUARIAN
HARBOURIANA
THE IMPORT TENT
(THE) SILK ROAD / OCEAN ROAD / STONE ROAD / BRONZE ROAD / JADE ROAD / GILDED ROAD
A three word combination by mixing and matching one word from each of these three groups...
1: WHITE / RED / LONG / EAST / WEST / TRADE / OCEAN
2: STAR / SUN / SKY / OCEAN / ROAD / ROUTE / LINE / FLAG
3: LINE / ROAD / ROUTE / EAST / WEST / TRADE
eg: RED SUN ROAD / WHITE STAR ROAD / EAST ROAD WEST etc
22.Nov.2006 2.58pm
A two-word combination from my dictionary.
hhp
23.Nov.2006 4.58am
Hrant, that’s a brilliant idea. Do you mean any 2 words at random? Like, just for example, maybe...
CHURLISH BORE
Oh dear. It doesn’t seem to work.
24.Nov.2006 7.01pm
I’m going with a variation on Hrant’s idea, but I call all the 3- and 4- word combinations not taken already.
- Lex
P.S. and the 5-word combos too.
25.Nov.2006 5.05am
OBSIDIAN
THE OBSIDIAN WAY
29.Nov.2006 8.30pm
...
29.Nov.2006 9.12pm
Ah. But not cord, yarn, since it also means “A long, often elaborate
narrative of real or fictitious adventures; an entertaining tale.”
The Yarn Merchant
Running Yarn
A Rare Yarn
Yarn Trek
Suq or Saladin
Marco Solo
Marco Polo’s Super Secret Cave
Marco Polo’s Secret Stash
Marco Polo’s Second Coming
Marco Polo Ditto
Marco Polska
Marcopoly
Seacrate
Salamander Crossing
The Pomander
Golden Pomegranate
Pompeii Again
Importistan
hhp
29.Nov.2006 9.34pm
A Distant Yarn
Faraway Yarn
From Timbuktu to Here
From Timbuktu to You
I, Timbuktu
You of Timbuktu
hhp
29.Nov.2006 9.57pm
I rebooted my computer just for this:
Yarn of Yore (abbreviated YOFY or Yofy; pronounced “y of y” or “yofy”)
Note: yofy.com is taken, but by a squatter, and it expires in about two months.
hhp
30.Nov.2006 5.37am
Twine Traders
String Things
Tied and Tide
Tied & True
Freight Crate
Bound & Tagged
Duty Bound
Sheep-Shank
Bundle Trade
Gear 2 Go
ChrisL
30.Nov.2006 7.11am
>is a (sic) legally eligible to participate in contests based in the United States
How does one become legally eligible?
Arcadian Emporium
Kern Boutique
Tim
btw on the subject of bondage
“It is rustic all through. It is moorish, and wild, and knotty as a root of heath.”
Charlotte Brontë 1816-55: on the setting of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, in her own preface to the 1850 edition
30.Nov.2006 7.18am
MoreWickerAndOtherCheesyImportedCrapForYourMcMansion.com
30.Nov.2006 7.20am
Slicker Wicker
:-)
ChrisL
30.Nov.2006 7.47am
>“A long, often elaborate narrative of real or fictitious adventures; an entertaining tale.” :)
Munchausen Mansion, travel by proxy (strapline is free)
Tim
1.Dec.2006 9.07pm
LOL!