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Originally posted by Taboo
Buys? yes. Corporate america, Drug/Pharma, etc. They hire "established" naming firms for 6-7 figures to come up with names like this... check google for naming firms, look at their portfolios and if you say to yourself, "I can do that!" then you give it a shot. But remember you MUST check the uspto.gov trademark database first, then if you have the cash, buy a TM for the name you invented. So when you have clients, they are buying your IP and you can't get backstabbed. Plus having the complete package, Domain + TM, is more attractive for them.
but read the "About Us" or "How we name" sections of the naming firms websites and learn the lingo, the process, etc. Companies will want to see anywhere from 10-100+ names before they decide, and expect you to explain what the name "means", what you were thinking when you coined it. lol.
there is a big market for this, very cutthroat in the naming world. but you can run a successful one person operation. some firms only "name" once a year, and companies line up to buy/bid on that one "name". no joke.
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Thanks for the info, I'm not looking to start a naming company myself, I just own some 1 word domains that would make great brand names like Viagra, Pentium, or Sonoma.
My plan is to just keep them until I can get a rediculous price, but I'd like to get the word out there in the naming industry that I own these names and I'm entertaining offers.
I'll definitely be trademarking the names.