clicky poll: etsy store naming help please

[heelibrarian]

I'm terrified but I'm getting the ball rolling for my store (thanks for the help kames12 and nudging nachellebeck).  I hope my stuff is good enough!  I went back to March and took out some of the names y'all suggested from a thread and also tentatively checked for these names on etsy (but not the web in general because mornings, kids, etc)--if you have more awesome suggestions, lemme have em!

[nachellebeck]

Ha. I love StitchPlease

[heelibrarian]

Jun 16, 2015 9:14:48 GMT -5 nachellebeck said:

Ha. I love StitchPlease

I just looked and found a Stitch Please shop, but StitchesPlease is still in the running! (don't know how to edit poll)

[musicalsilver]

Wobbly Bobbin is too cute!

[cl8badb]

My first instinct was to go with stitch please or stitches be crazy but then i thought that something that isnt a play on bitch may be more professioal in the long run. So i also chose wobbly bobbin. I thought it sounded really cute.

I still like the idea of using a library term but dont love literate stitcher.

Thats my 2 cents.

[nachellebeck]

Jun 16, 2015 9:19:11 GMT -5 heelibrarian said:

Jun 16, 2015 9:14:48 GMT -5 nachellebeck said:

Ha. I love StitchPlease

I just looked and found a Stitch Please shop, but StitchesPlease is still in the running! (don't know how to edit poll)

I changed my vote to Stitches Be Crazy, but I also love the Sleepy Stitcher, although most people may not get the reference & assume you do sloppy work. haha

[heelibrarian]

Jun 16, 2015 9:27:51 GMT -5 cl8badb said:

My first instinct was to go with stitch please or stitches be crazy but then i thought that something that isnt a play on bitch may be more professioal in the long run. So i also chose wobbly bobbin. I thought it sounded really cute.

I still like the idea of using a library term but dont love literate stitcher.

Thats my 2 cents.

That's what I was thinking, too.

There was a Wobbly Bobbins blog but she hadn't posted in years...no etsy store by that name that I can find yet.  I picked it cause that was the problem with one of my machines--the bobbin would wobble!

[heelibrarian]

Jun 16, 2015 9:31:40 GMT -5 nachellebeck said:

Jun 16, 2015 9:19:11 GMT -5 heelibrarian said:

I just looked and found a Stitch Please shop, but StitchesPlease is still in the running! (don't know how to edit poll)

I changed my vote to Stitches Be Crazy, but I also love the Sleepy Stitcher, although most people may not get the reference & assume you do sloppy work. haha

True!  There's a SleepyStitcher on etsy but opened in 2008, with nothing there.  boo.

[cl8badb]

Here are some words that i think could work if you combine them with a sewing term...
Bound
Binding
Stacks
Index
Reference
Footnotes

The Stitch That Binds?
Stitch Stacks?
Sewn(?) Footnotes?
The Sewing Index?

Just quick combos off the top of my head.

[cl8badb]

Play on bitchy but... The Stitchy Librarian

[heelibrarian]

Jun 16, 2015 10:06:29 GMT -5 cl8badb said:

Play on bitchy but... The Stitchy Librarian

That's a good one-- no store or blog for that!  

[hellooldfriend]

So proud of you, your stuff is good enough for sure!

[heelibrarian]

Jun 16, 2015 10:31:30 GMT -5 hellooldfriend said:

So proud of you, your stuff is good enough for sure!

Aww, thank you!!  (blushes)

[sctiger]

Jun 16, 2015 10:06:29 GMT -5 cl8badb said:

Play on bitchy but... The Stitchy Librarian

I like this one!

[subliminalrabbit]

The Wobbly Bobbin, hands-down!

[heelibrarian]

Jun 16, 2015 12:27:27 GMT -5 subliminalrabbit said:

The Wobbly Bobbin, hands-down!

Oh, yay, I hoped you'd weigh in!  Question: what's the etiquette, then, of a name when someone has it as their blog title but hasn't used said blog since 2013 (and previously 2011, 2010).  I really like it but I wouldn't want to do something wrong.  

[pkp2]

I like The Stitch that Binds or Wobbly Bobbin.
I wouldn't get sewing stuff from The Stitchy Librarian.

[cl8badb]

Jun 16, 2015 12:31:33 GMT -5 heelibrarian said:

Jun 16, 2015 12:27:27 GMT -5 subliminalrabbit said:

The Wobbly Bobbin, hands-down!

Oh, yay, I hoped you'd weigh in!  Question: what's the etiquette, then, of a name when someone has it as their blog title but hasn't used said blog since 2013 (and previously 2011, 2010).  I really like it but I wouldn't want to do something wrong.  

Im not an expert but i think if its for a different thing you can use it.
If you were starting a blog i think it would be an issue.

If theres a furniture store called The Couch i believe i can still start a magazine called The Couch. I just cant open a furniture store.

[lizzybizzy]

There's a way to search registered, active trademarks on the uspto website.

So glad you are opening a store!

[skk]

Another vote for wobbly bobbin and I'm glad you're getting your etsy store up soon!

[heelibrarian]

Jun 16, 2015 13:23:37 GMT -5 lizzybizzy said:

There's a way to search registered, active trademarks on the uspto website.

So glad you are opening a store!

Thanks, I had forgotten about that! A search found a lot of other Bobbin things but none wobbly

[heelibrarian]

Jun 16, 2015 11:42:20 GMT -5 @theformerwren said:

I will be the first to leave a glowing review at your etsy store . Every person who has seen G in the dino dress has asked me where I got it! I just say I know someone super talented. And the fishies were a hit at her bday party!

Thanks so much!!

[kames12]

I can't wait till your store is up!

[smittie]

Congrats! Your stuff is beyond good enough. Best of luck to you!!

[heelibrarian]

Hm. So. Starting the process on etsy and "TheWobblyBobbin" is not available but "WobblyBobbin" is. My original search didn't turn this up but it can't be a username or storename. Maybe someone's name or store that hasn't been active in a while? 

Also I am sorry for being a PW about all this today!

[heelibrarian]

Jun 16, 2015 17:10:25 GMT -5 mcbush said:

Jun 16, 2015 16:49:16 GMT -5 heelibrarian said:

Hm. So. Starting the process on etsy and "TheWobblyBobbin" is not available but "WobblyBobbin" is. My original search didn't turn this up but it can't be a username or storename. Maybe someone's name or store that hasn't been active in a while? 

Also I am sorry for being a PW about all this today!

There's a wobblybobbins store:

www.etsy.com/shop/WobblyBobbins

Thanks for finding that!  It wasn't coming up in my searches.  I am poor at searching today.  And I am overwhelmed.

[heelibrarian]

What about just using my username? That's not taken.

MamaBeer's ____________

I was thinking Sewn Goods

[pkp2]

Jun 16, 2015 12:38:39 GMT -5 pkp2 said:

I like The Stitch that Binds or Wobbly Bobbin.
I wouldn't get sewing stuff from The Stitchy Librarian.

Quoting myself cause I re-read it and it doesn't read how I mean it. :-)
Seeing the name The Stitchy Librarian does not make me think of sewing.
I can't wait for you to get a store up! All your things are awesome.

[michelin82]

Yay! I'm so excited for you to get up and running! I wish you lots of luck!
And ftr- I have no opinion on a name. I'm terrible with that kind of stuff!

[subliminalrabbit]

I wouldn't go with what feels like a very unique shop name on etsy if a very similar one already exists -- it'll create consumer confusion if you get great buzz / word of mouth and then they search for you without a direct link.