Auctomatic changing its name?

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by vlad • 19 years ago

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aston2• 19 years ago

Optimal Sale is waaaay too straightforward of a name for a YC funded company. Sorry.

michelson01• 19 years ago

don't worry, I'm sure they'll take out a vowel or something, like optimalsal or optimalsle

keiretsu2• 19 years ago

a few more iterations and you'll end up with optimusprime

Harj• 19 years ago

we thought about it but we're sticking with auctomatic.

maxklein• 19 years ago

All I'll say is this - Auctomatic is a really bad name. It's a name that really does not scale. Maybe in English it's half way passable, but try that name in any other language. First of all, it makes no sense (you lose the "auction"-"automatic" link), and you are using letters that are terrible to spell. "Au"? Impossible. "c" - what type of c? The combination of "Au" and "c" is very unusual in many tongues and will lead to a host of misspellings.

Additionally, it's too near to automatic. People slur and others mishear.

Not only that, but it's just a terrible brand name. It's not short or easy to remember, and does not jump out. Maybe it's trendy right now to use such names, but remember, it's trendy only within your bubble. Outside, normal people remember names like salesforce or intel.

You are pre-launch. You can change your name with little consequence. But no, all the cool kids have wierd names, so we gotta have a wierd name too.

You just wait. One fine day when you need to expand, everyone will realise - Maximus actually had a good point.

kul2• 19 years ago

max - i agree with everything you say, which is why we were considering it. turns out though it was too late to change our name for the ebay Live gig so we're sticking with it. OptimalSale may end up being a product name of something we launch.

aston2• 19 years ago

eBay Live?

kul2• 19 years ago

where we launch - June 14th, Boston Convention Center. eBay's annual gig.

mynameishere• 19 years ago

OptimalSale is an awful name, really awful. It sounds like the title of a windshield-wiper-delivered coupon brochure.

keiretsu2• 19 years ago

stick with this name. Auctopus. Alright! Where's my 5% share of the company now?

Auctomatic changing its name?

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