Help me name my online store!
July 10, 2013 2:53 PM Subscribe
Dear People Of MetaFilter Who Are Good At Naming Cats And Things: I'm about to open an online store but I can't seem to come up with a name.
I'll be selling my artwork (collages and photography) and estate sale finds. There will be vintage cameras and supplies, found photos from the 50s-60s, ephemera, weird little figurines, quirky stuff, etc.
I'm usually good at brainstorming, but am getting nowhere with this. My personal website will have a mid-60s theme (since that's the stuff I'm drawn to) so maybe it could tie in with that. Somehow. Or not. I'm lost. Hope me!
Funny names are good. I was thinking Rinky-Dink, but I'm not 100% sold on it.
I'll be selling my artwork (collages and photography) and estate sale finds. There will be vintage cameras and supplies, found photos from the 50s-60s, ephemera, weird little figurines, quirky stuff, etc.
I'm usually good at brainstorming, but am getting nowhere with this. My personal website will have a mid-60s theme (since that's the stuff I'm drawn to) so maybe it could tie in with that. Somehow. Or not. I'm lost. Hope me!
Funny names are good. I was thinking Rinky-Dink, but I'm not 100% sold on it.
Fetish Invasion (a riff on British Invasion, a 60s thing).
posted by seemoreglass at 2:58 PM on July 10, 2013
posted by seemoreglass at 2:58 PM on July 10, 2013
Old Tat.
... or, y'know, just this huge, simple logo:
TAT
posted by scruss at 3:01 PM on July 10, 2013
... or, y'know, just this huge, simple logo:
TAT
posted by scruss at 3:01 PM on July 10, 2013
Mid-centurinalia
posted by itstheclamsname at 3:07 PM on July 10, 2013
posted by itstheclamsname at 3:07 PM on July 10, 2013
Quirk & Vintage
Prints & Curiosities
Funky Juju
posted by Glinn at 3:07 PM on July 10, 2013 [2 favorites]
Prints & Curiosities
Funky Juju
posted by Glinn at 3:07 PM on July 10, 2013 [2 favorites]
Modstalgia
posted by oceanjesse at 3:08 PM on July 10, 2013 [6 favorites]
posted by oceanjesse at 3:08 PM on July 10, 2013 [6 favorites]
Are you planning to run an Etsy version of this store at the same time? (It seems like a great match!) If so, you might want to check your chosen name isn't being used there already, just to avoid confusion.
posted by DarlingBri at 3:26 PM on July 10, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by DarlingBri at 3:26 PM on July 10, 2013 [1 favorite]
Bazaar Unique
posted by gnossos at 3:27 PM on July 10, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by gnossos at 3:27 PM on July 10, 2013 [1 favorite]
The Roll Top Curiosity Shop
posted by seanmpuckett at 3:30 PM on July 10, 2013
posted by seanmpuckett at 3:30 PM on July 10, 2013
How about the made up word "Venerabilia", a combination of venerable and memorabilia. The domain is available.
posted by Dansaman at 4:05 PM on July 10, 2013
posted by Dansaman at 4:05 PM on July 10, 2013
Response by poster: Thanks for the suggestions! These are fun. Keep 'em coming!
DarlingBri - I was planning on opening this shop on a site similar to Etsy. I have an Etsy store but kind of abandoned it. Anyway, there's already an Etsy store with Rinky Dink in it (+one word) so I should probably nix that idea. Boo.
rhizome - Thanks for the tune! Now there's a soundtrack to all of this brainstorming.
Thinking about watching 60s TV shows for inspiration...or Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970, but close enough AND WEIRD enough)
posted by pea_shoot at 5:06 PM on July 10, 2013
DarlingBri - I was planning on opening this shop on a site similar to Etsy. I have an Etsy store but kind of abandoned it. Anyway, there's already an Etsy store with Rinky Dink in it (+one word) so I should probably nix that idea. Boo.
rhizome - Thanks for the tune! Now there's a soundtrack to all of this brainstorming.
Thinking about watching 60s TV shows for inspiration...or Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970, but close enough AND WEIRD enough)
posted by pea_shoot at 5:06 PM on July 10, 2013
Cheesecake
Stuffploitation
You've Never Seen Anything Like It
The Amazing Amazing!
posted by haplesschild at 3:33 PM on July 11, 2013
Stuffploitation
You've Never Seen Anything Like It
The Amazing Amazing!
posted by haplesschild at 3:33 PM on July 11, 2013
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posted by MuffinMan at 2:57 PM on July 10, 2013 [1 favorite]