starting up a small online business

[pauljoels]

My first thought was to the band as well, so am not sure on it. I would also beware of it, because you may be fighting an uphill struggle in terms of search engine optimisation and getting Google to find it, because of the band's presence.

How woud you describe your jewellery? What inspires the jewllery you design and make? If you tell us a few more things about you or your jewellery more people may be able to help, but it is very difficult to come up with a name as others have said - it can be a very personal thing and at the end of the day only you will know if something is right.

Don't rule out your own name - look at Paul Smith - quite a dull name really, but recognised globally. Ema Takahashi produces some lovely designs and I think her name stands out because it is foreign. I guess I 'm tyring to say the designers own name is good - simple, or more complicated.

[Di Sandland]

The other thing to think about here, Silver Girl, is copyright. You might find that the band get a bit miffed to find a jewellery maker using their name!

[pauljoels]

I'm not sure. I think you would get away with it since the industries are different enough, but I may be wrong and it's always worth checking these things.

I would say, before getting too excited about any name, I would always do a quick domain check on it using one of the many services you can find whilst Googling.

My last company were setting up a company based on an old clockmaking name, and we found that an American had registered the name and was using it for a blog that was out of date by a year or so...we were pretty miffed, but it just meant we had to get clever with it and find another solution.

[Solunar Silver Studio]

If you look at the dictionary definition of the word it might be a bit of a weird one to associate with jewellery...

evanescence - definition of evanescence by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
evanescence
1. the process of vanishing or fading away.
2. the condition of being transitory.

[Boo]

I'd also recommend typing your chosen name out as it would appear as a domain name on business cards etc. - tricky words merged together with no spaces or capitals to differentiate them can, at best, be hard to make sense of and remember - at worst, say something you really didn't intend.

Imagine the business the Antiques Exchange; antiquesexchange.co.uk

[Di Sandland]

Imagine the business the Antiques Exchange; antiquesexchange.co.uk

PMSL

[fi79]

Hehehe!

[mizgeorge]

Here's a few more favourites

Who Represents” is where you can find the name of the agent that represents any celebrity. Their Web site is www.whorepresents.com

Experts Exchange is a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice and views at www.expertsexchange.com

Looking for a pen? Look no further than Pen Island at www.penisland.com

Need a therapist? Try Therapist Finder at www.therapistfinder.com

There’s the Italian Power Generator company, www.powergenitalia.com

And don’t forget the Mole Station Native Nursery in New South Wales , www.molestationnursery.com

If you’re looking for IP computer software, there’s always www.ipanywhere.com

The First Cumming Methodist Church Web site is www.cummingfirst.com

And the designers at Speed of Art await you at their wacky Web site, www.speedofart.com

[pauljoels]

I cannot believe some of those!

[Jayne]

that was funny!!
J x