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Where does the name come from? Because in French it sounds like the word "putsch" meaning "military coup" or "takeover" and in English it does not seem to mean anything except if you look to "to pout" or "a pouch" ?

How would you pronounce it and are you sure that someone hearing you would understand how to write the name of the application and reach the website or email you easily?

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The meaning behind it comes from the german word "putsch" ... a coup d'etat. But we feel that U.S. people will have a hard time with the "ou" of poutsch as well as with the "sch". Hence my question...

Yeah ok so it is the same word as in French. I'm not a native english but I'd say that adding the "O" changes the pronounciation you're looking for if you target an English market. And having T-S-C-H at the end of the word seems a bit "too-much" because the word "pouch" in english should have the exact pronounciation you want so people might write that and be confused.

Thks... we'll see what we can do with pouch.com

Don't change your name just based on my comment! At least wait for some other opinions! Moreover, using "pouch" you will lose the original meaning your were going for and people might think you sell small bags or something (which is the meaning of the word "pouch").

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