I had a gift basket biz about 10 years ago...word of mouth, friends and family only. I feel called to start it up again and am struggling with choosing the right name. Friends think the word 'basket' needs to be in the name and web address to indicate what my business is all about for searching purposes. The group concensus is for "Heaven In A Gift Basket" with www.heaveninagiftbasket.com as the potential website. Is the name too long?

Ideas: halo with the name for logo, include angel ornament/magnet in each basket, use "Every good and perfect gift is from above" James 1:17 on business cards, etc.

Your honest opinions are appreciated!

Gratefully,
Lori

I do think the name is a bit long. I personally prefer short names. But trying to find an available unique domain names is challenging.

basketofheaven.com and
basketsofheaven.com
are available.

Also, who is your target market? Are they receptive to the "heavenly" concept? Are you marketing just to women or also to men? If you are marketing to businesses, for them to purchase them as gifts for their clients, you might want to broaden your appeal with a diffent name like:

Basket/s of Bounty
(basketsofbounty.com and basketofbounty.com-both available)

Or think about what your clients want in a gift basket? Do they want a little slice of heaven? Do they want versatility and options? Do they want to be able to customize it themselves? Think about what benefit your customer is looking for and choose a name that speaks to them on that level.

*GG*

I agree with GalaGal - that name is too long. Also, I don't necessarily think it really sends the right message because, as GalaGal said, you want the baskets to appeal to a wide variety of people. And while you yourself may be religious, businesses don't necessarily want to push that on their clients (some do though).

I would venture on the conservative and stick to something simple like lorisgiftbaskets.com - although that name is taken. You could consider yourcitynamegiftbaskets.com.

Good luck! I know finding domain names can be quite challenging.

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