Need Help with Woodworking Business Name

[John Morris]

Howdy folks, my family and I here sitting around and throwing out names for my business restart up.

For years, the last 25 years I have had the name Courtland Woodworks and I owned the url www.courtlandwoodworks.com

 

I lost the url, and I want my business name to be the same as my url for a website showcasing my work. I have to have Courtland in the name somewhere, it's my grand dad's name. And it's my middle name.

 

The main production of my shop is chairs, and other furniture accessories, but mainly chairs.

 

So I am putting out a calling to you guys, can you help me with some business name ideas?

Here are some we came up with, none of them sound appealing to me.

 

• courtlandcrafts.com (business name, Courtland Crafts)
• courtlandartsandcrafts.com (business name, Courtland Arts and Crafts)
• courtlandrockers.com (business name, Courtland Rockers)
• courtlandchairs.com (business name, Courtland Chairs)

One I was partial too, but my family struck it down, was courtlandwoods.com or Courtland Woods.

Any and all suggestions are greatly appreciated, don't be afraid to get wild, the more creativity the better!

Hey, if we end up using your idea, we'll throw a one year subscription for Woodcraft Magazine your way!

 

Thanks for any ideas folks!

[Allen Worsham]

How about  courtlandwoodcrafts.com as it is similar. You could also hyphenate it courtland-woodcrafts.com

[lew]

I'd reverse some of the names to "Chairs by Courtland" or "Rockers by Courtland". Folks looking for a specific item might find it faster if Google hits the specific item first.

[Dadio]

I think Lew is onto something here.

Herb

[Stick486]

23 minutes ago, Dadio said:

I think Lew is onto something here.

Herb

 

yup...

[Dadio]

Traditional Rockers and chairs by Courtland,

 

Antique chairs and rockers by Coutland,

Timeless rockers and chairs by Courtland,

Courtland Early American High Back Chair Company

 

The Courtland Highback Chair Company

Exclusive design chairs by Courtland

 

 

[Cal]

I think if you go with "chair something" or "something chair" you are limiting your offerings and limiting the people that will find you on the web.  I also think if you go with "arts & crafts" you are doing the same.  When I think a&c, I do not think about fine furniture and such - likewise, when I think fine furniture I do not think about bird houses and cutting boards.  If you want all of the web hits to investigate further, imho you need to be generic enough to make them come to your site to begin with.

 

I like John Courtland Woodworks; subdivided into two (or more) branches - Fine Furniture by JCW specializing in chairs, tables and furniture accessories and Arts & Crafts by JCW specializing in beautiful craft items, etc. etc.

 

Good luck with it John,

Cal

[DAB]

John Morris Woodworking 

 

see Sam Maloof for comparison. 

[Chips N Dust]

I like Lew's idea or the Courtland Rockers. Maybe look at Courtland Rocking Chairs

[Grandpadave52]

CourtlandFineChairs-Woodworking

CourtlandChairReproductions

CourtlandMorrisWoodworking

CourtlandFamliyWoodworking

Courtland-MorrisFamily-FineWoodworking

 

I'll get a coffee and think about it some more...

[John Morris]

8 hours ago, John Morris said:

I want my business name to be the same as my url

Just to make things more complicated, the business name should be the same as the url, so not too long, with not too many words in the name. Sheesh, demands demands demands right!

I love the ideas coming in, thanks so much guys.

 

Some of the suggestions above would be too long for an url. Since I do not have a brick and mortar for folks to walk into, virtually all sales will be done via internet. So the name of the business must fit into the url as well.

courtlandwoodworks.com was so catchy, but like I said, it's gone.

We are mulling over your suggestions, thanks guys! Keep em coming please!

[Gene Howe]

John, ya might want to spend a few boring hours reading up on Google's algorithms. Then, choose your moniker and website wording accordingly. 

[PeteM]

Play "customer":  how do they find you?  Not the familiar, but the strangers.  Search for yourself, or better yet have someone who doesn't know wood suggest how they would search.  Use their key words on several search engines.  What pops up?  Add "Courtland" in there somewhere.

[HandyDan]

My vote would be for your Courtland Rockers.  You could make it Courtland Wood Rockers.

[John Morris]

18 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

John, ya might want to spend a few boring hours reading up on Google's algorithms. Then, choose your moniker and website wording accordingly. 

Nooooo! Gene, what you are asking is not sane. First of all, their algorithms are a mystery to anyone, if anyone states they have cracked the code to Google search, they are lying. If I start researching their stuff, it'll be a rabbit hole I do not want to go down.

 

I do have a good handle on what works though. The name in a url is not as important as the content. I could have a website named chevymotors.com, but if it's packed full of content for woodworking, anyone who searches for woodworking, will get to me. I do know this, Google puts 99% emphasis on content, 1% on url .com name.

[John Morris]

15 minutes ago, PeteM said:

Play "customer":  how do they find you?  Not the familiar, but the strangers.  Search for yourself, or better yet have someone who doesn't know wood suggest how they would search.  Use their key words on several search engines.  What pops up?  Add "Courtland" in there somewhere.

Thanks Pete!!!!

 

[Chips N Dust]

I have a slogan for you too: "Are you ready to ROCK? Visit CourtlandRockers.com

[John Morris]

Ok gents, new rules, throw aside any concerns for search words, googling, etc. Don't worry about that stuff.

Just a cool name is all I need from yall!

 

I'll take care of how to get folks to my website. I'm counting on yall!

[Fred W. Hargis Jr]

I'm partial to Courtlandwoodcrafts if that fits the URL criteria, if not then Courtlandcrafts.

[John Morris]

We love all the suggestions coming in guys, they are spurring more creativity in our own ideas as well, thanks completely! Keep em coming if you can.