Naming consultancy · est. in domains 1994

Most businesses are named wrong.
Yours doesn't have to be.

Named Right doesn't generate name ideas — it delivers names that pass the tests most founders don't know exist, with the .com secured before you fall in love. Three decades of pricing, vetting, and selling premium names, now working for yours.

5-day evaluation turnaround 9-factor weighted method Top dollar — every sale since '94
Name Scanner live heuristic

// awaiting input — every name has a score.
// most founders never check theirs.

Instant heuristic, six surface factors only. The real evaluation scores nine weighted factors — including trademark knockout & domain acquisition cost. Run the real one →

The problem

A weak name is a tax you pay forever.

You'll pay it in ad spend explaining who you are.

In customers who can't spell it, can't say it, or can't find it.

In the trademark dispute that arrives eighteen months after launch.

In the .com you couldn't get — so you settled for a hyphen, a misspelling, or a .biz, and handed your traffic to whoever owns the real thing.

The Wrong-Name Tax · compounding
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Lost traffic, wasted ad dollars, legal exposure — invisible on day one, expensive by day five hundred.

Services

Three ways to get named right.

Start with the evaluation, or go straight to a full engagement. Every tier ends the same way: a name you can own, protect, and grow.

Full Naming Engagement

You need a name. We find the right one.
from $3,500

Discovery session, then 15–25 candidates — every one pre-screened for .com availability or acquisition cost, and run through a trademark knockout before you ever see it. No falling in love with a name you can't own.

  • Vetted candidate list, 15–25 names
  • Shortlist workshop + pressure tests
  • Final recommendation report
  • 3–4 week turnaround
Book a Discovery Call

Name + Domain Acquisition

The name you want is taken. We get it.
Custom

Most agencies hand you a name and leave you to negotiate alone against owners who do this for a living. We've spent decades on the other side of that table. We know how owners price, when they're anchoring high, and what a name is actually worth.

  • Stealth acquisition — no tipped hands
  • Appraisal-backed negotiation
  • Domain transferred to you, done
Tell Us What You're After
The Named Right Method

Kill the heartbreakers early.

Four stages, in this order, every time. The order is the point — vetting happens before you see a single candidate, not after you've committed to one.

Diagnose

Every engagement starts with what the name must do — the market, the customer, the ambition. A great name for a law firm is a terrible name for an energy drink.

Vet before you see it

No candidate reaches your shortlist unless the .com is available or acquirable at a sane price, and it survives a trademark knockout search.

Pressure-test

Radio test. Spelling test. Bar test — can you say it in a loud room? International gut-check. We try to break every finalist before you commit.

Secure it

The name isn't yours until the domain is. We handle registration or acquisition so the day you choose is the day you own.

Proof

We know what names are worth,
because we've been paid it.

Since 1994 we've registered, developed, appraised, and sold premium domain names. We didn't sell often — we sold right. When our names moved, they moved at top dollar, because we knew exactly what made each one valuable and held out until a buyer did too.

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Curated & pre-vetted

Names ready to own this week.

A small, hand-picked set from our portfolio — each one already screened the way we'd screen it for a client.

Questions

Straight answers.

That's exactly when it's worth it. Liking your name and being able to own, protect, and grow it are different things. The evaluation either confirms you're on solid ground — useful before you spend on branding — or catches a problem while it's still cheap to fix.

No. We do one thing: names. We're happy to refer designers once you're named right.

Rush delivery (48 hours) is available for an additional $150.

No — it's a knockout search that catches obvious conflicts before you invest in a name. For final clearance you'll want a trademark attorney, and a name that survives our screen makes that conversation shorter and cheaper.

Thirty minutes, free, no pitch theater. You tell us about the business; we tell you honestly whether a full engagement makes sense or whether an evaluation — or nothing — is the smarter spend.

Named Right

Stop auditioning names.
Start owning the right one.

Tell us the name and where to send the verdict. We'll reply within one business day with payment details and your intake questionnaire.

5-day turnaround · written verdict · nine weighted factors

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Your request is in. Watch your inbox — the intake questionnaire is on its way.