Question about naming

Hey, everybody! I'm making a service that will guide beginners through the first steps of making their projects(like validating ideas, talking to users, getting feedback and so on) and it's time to choose a name. I'm thinking about "Maker Fellow", but as a not native English speaker I'm not sure is "fellow" appropriate in the name of a product. Can you please help? Thanks!

Mudassir Ahmed

fellow means "a boy or a person" , it's not bad to use. But, I think name should serve the purpose of the product. For now i came up with "MakersGuide".

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Slava Korolev Author

Thanks! MakersGuide is another option I'm considering, unfortunately, makersguide.com is not available, so it will be getmakersguide.com and it seems to be a bit long for me

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Blair Rorani

This sounds exactly like a design sprint (search: design sprint jake knapp). Maybe call it “Maker Sprint” because sprint is a buzz word 😂

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Slava Korolev Author

Thanks! Maker Sprint sounds nice 😊

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Blair Rorani

@korolvs Or just think of a name in your native language - less likely to be taken. Not all names need to be descriptive / literal.

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Peter Thaleikis

I like your idea!

Have you thought about doing a bit keyword research to maybe find name which potentially helps with SEO? Ubersuggest is a free tool for this. No registration needed. You can type in your ideas and see how many monthly searches are done for the term. It also gives you suggestions for alternative names. Just an idea.

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Slava Korolev Author

Wow, this page is really useful! As well as startupnamecheck.com 😉

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Luca

In my opinion, when looking for a name, you should find one that is brandable so that you can be the first google search result for your own name. In this way, if people forget or mistype your URL they can still find you. it will also be easier to have the social handlings, if you need them. Another thing, there are so many maker+word outthere that it is becoming harder and harder to remember.

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Blair Rorani

Can you share an example that shows this is true?

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Luca

@blairrorani what do you mean for "this"? I can answer with a question. How many huge companies have what they do in their name?

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Blair Rorani

@luka FaceBook, Twitter, Twitch, Apple, Google, Amazon (none of these are descriptive). Like I said, any examples?

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