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Startup Naming Trends: Prefixes, Suffixes, Length and Word Count

Dionysios Alexopoulos · buycompanyname.com Free Beginner

Before you overpay for the perfect .com, this shows the workaround thousands of funded startups actually used: add a small word and take an available domain. It has real data on which prefixes and suffixes win (get, app, go, my, try, use) and names real companies that shipped this way, from getchorus.com to goshippo.com. Honest bonus: it notes that once they scaled, many bought the clean version later, so a prefix is a fine bridge, not a life sentence.

  • Adding get / app / go / my / try / use to your name is a proven, cheap path to an available domain, and get and app together cover most of the funded examples.
  • Real companies did exactly this (getchorus.com, goshippo.com, curtsyapp.com), so a prefixed domain does not signal a weak brand.
  • Many startups buy the bare .com later once they have money and leverage, so treat the prefix as a starting point you can upgrade, not a permanent compromise.
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