Ask HN: Come up with a name for a new project
I am working on a Patreon-like project and I am having really tough time coming up with a name. Mostly because "patron" is close to a catch-all word for this type of project and Patreon cornered the entire market(like coca-cola did with "cola"), plus complete lack of .com domain(non-negotiable for this type of project) and lastly, the name cannot start with a "p" and end with "on" to avoid any similarity to Patreon's name(I don't want to infringe on anyone's IP).
This is one of the toughest task I have faced so far when it comes to naming a project. I had some though nuts to crack in the past but I think this one is at the top of the list of difficulty. I have browsed lexicons, tried various latin, and other, translations but the task, so far, proved to be too difficult. It might not look like it until you actually try.
So give it a go if you want. In case you come up with a good name that I will like and I will be able to register the domain, I will forever credit you for it.
You can send me an email with the name to nonpcnpc@email.cz if you want, to prevent the domain name to be "stolen" before I have a chance to get it.
One more obstacle - the name cannot be registered trademark (check via https://www.tmdn.org/tmview), at least not in EU where the representing legal entity is based.
Patreon's main competitors are subscribestar.com and now also locals.com. I think that joining two words together, like insta-gram, micro-soft... is the way to go but not a requirement.
The project will be more advanced than these platforms. It will be more social and with more multi-media content and interaction. It is not a simple copy. It's just a flavour of these types of projects but in essence it is about connecting creators and their supporters and subscribers/consumers of their content.