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What is the process related to coming up with your business name? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by _hannibalbarca@alien.top to c/entrepreneur@indiehackers.space

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I'm bouncing ideas for a clothing business (USA). Below are some points that I need help with:

Properly check if business/brand name is avail
Steps to secure business name if its avail
How to properly check if website/domain url is avail
What social media apps should I also check for name availablity: FB/IG/TikTok/Twitter (X)?

Also educate me on anything I'm not thinking about when thinking of a clothing business name.

Thanks

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[–] Istimewa-Ed@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

You can search for US trademarks here.

https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=tess&state=4801:nyqowg.1.1

For your domain go daddy is fine.

Do you research. When we started we didn’t do enough and operated under name for years. A few years later, once we had traction and a real business, a large US company (we are not US based) in a completely different industry threatened to sue us into the under verse, and we had to pivot and change names. not a fun task