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    Since we will have a chance to choose a new name on streamate when the daily pay opens up, I've been thinking of what the best way to choose a name would be. I've always tended to choose descriptive names (hence my handle here and my site) rather than real-sounding names but I've read a couple of places where real-sounding ones can be more successful. Seems like every time I try to put together a real-sounding one and I do a search, the name is taken on twitter and everywhere so it's a no-no. I want something unique I can brand so I can be easily found on the web. Any tips for choosing a name that *sounds* real that isn't taken, other t than trying a zillion ones? (already been unsuccessful at making one up that way).

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    Oh god.... definitely do Firstname Lastname format. I did a whole 'persona change' a while back, and I am doing a MILLION times better with my new name now. The change was PAINFUL, so let's help you get it right the first time, mmmmkay?

    Ok.... so your handle is Laurie? You can stick with Laurie as your firstname, or do Lauren (or is it Laura?) ("but you can totally call me Laurie for short, guys! Tee hee!"). ;-)

    Lastnames. Ummmm...... you want to meet the following criteria:

    1) Sounds good with firstname.
    2) Easy to spell.
    3) Not so long that if you want to use it as a screenname, it exceeds the allowable character limit.
    4) Not already being used by another girl.
    5) Something 'American and approachable'.
    6) THE DOMAIN NAME IS AVAILABLE. !!!! (Ummmm.... buy it. Not necessarily in the next five mins, but....)

    That said, here are some suggestions:
    Laurie Robinson
    Lauren Clark
    Laura Evans
    ...... etc. Try this for inspiration (I just googled 'popular last names'):

    http://names.mongabay.com/most_common_surnames.htm

    Good luck!!!


    PS. What "ethnicity" do you say you are, on cam? Something specific, or just 'American'? I always like it when a girl's name matches her 'ethnicity'.... more believable that way. For instance, a camgirl who has a fresh-off-the-boat Asian look, and attracts guys who love that kind of girl, should call herself "Wendy Chang", and not "Ashley Wilson". Right? Anyway... not sure if that applies to you!!! ;-) Likewise, if you are a fiery Latina, and always play salsa music in your room, your name should be Carmen Garcia, rather than HotPussy4u.
    (You're a PERSON, not a pussy. Why do girls do this? Ok wait.... that used to be me, soooo.... nevahmind.) ;-)

    PPS. Remember that certain names 'evoke' a certain feeling, or a memory, or another association. I would stay away from Miller personally, cuz it just reminds me of shitty beer. You could also even use a name associated with a high-end product.... eg. Lauren Harley, if you want to evoke the feeling of a thrilling motorcycle ride. (Ok... lame example, but you get the drift.) Hilton is a good name.... "Laurie Hilton" ... or hell..."Vanderbilt"... ha ha! ;-) Ummm... what else.... Piggyback on the name of a luxury brand, for example. Laurie Klein. ;-) http://www.forbes.com/2008/03/25/bra...hisSpeed=20000
    Shanna Dior has done this. ;-) Obviously you can't use Gucci or Versace, because that's too overt and obvious. But the point is, certain names can evoke certain feelings subconsciously. Use that to your advantage.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jessica1001 View Post
    Oh god.... definitely do Firstname Lastname format. I did a whole 'persona change' a while back, and I am doing a MILLION times better with my new name now. The change was PAINFUL, so let's help you get it right the first time, mmmmkay?

    Ok.... so your handle is Laurie? You can stick with Laurie as your firstname, or do Lauren (or is it Laura?) ("but you can totally call me Laurie for short, guys! Tee hee!&quot. ;-)

    Lastnames. Ummmm...... you want to meet the following criteria:

    1) Sounds good with firstname.
    2) Easy to spell.
    3) Not so long that if you want to use it as a screenname, it exceeds the allowable character limit.
    4) Not already being used by another girl.
    5) Something 'American and approachable'.
    6) THE DOMAIN NAME IS AVAILABLE. !!!! (Ummmm.... buy it. Not necessarily in the next five mins, but....)

    That said, here are some suggestions:
    Laurie Robinson
    Lauren Clark
    Laura Evans
    ...... etc. Try this for inspiration (I just googled 'popular last names'):

    http://names.mongabay.com/most_common_surnames.htm

    Good luck!!!


    PS. What "ethnicity" do you say you are, on cam? Something specific, or just 'American'? I always like it when a girl's name matches her 'ethnicity'.... more believable that way. For instance, a camgirl who has a fresh-off-the-boat Asian look, and attracts guys who love that kind of girl, should call herself "Wendy Chang", and not "Ashley Wilson". Right? Anyway... not sure if that applies to you!!! ;-) Likewise, if you are a fiery Latina, and always play salsa music in your room, your name should be Carmen Garcia, rather than HotPussy4u.
    (You're a PERSON, not a pussy. Why do girls do this? Ok wait.... that used to be me, soooo.... nevahmind.) ;-)

    PPS. Remember that certain names 'evoke' a certain feeling, or a memory, or another association. I would stay away from Miller personally, cuz it just reminds me of shitty beer. You could also even use a name associated with a high-end product.... eg. Lauren Harley, if you want to evoke the feeling of a thrilling motorcycle ride. (Ok... lame example, but you get the drift.) Hilton is a good name.... "Laurie Hilton" ... or hell..."Vanderbilt"... ha ha! ;-) Ummm... what else.... Piggyback on the name of a luxury brand, for example. Laurie Klein. ;-) http://www.forbes.com/2008/03/25/bra...hisSpeed=20000
    Shanna Dior has done this. ;-) Obviously you can't use Gucci or Versace, because that's too overt and obvious. But the point is, certain names can evoke certain feelings subconsciously. Use that to your advantage.
    Thanks so much! I LOVE the idea of conveying luxury. As far as ethnicity I just say I'm American - very pale skin and red hair, though I have a lot of different ethnicities mixed in there, native American, German, Irish so I don't really identify as any of those. What do you gals do about the fact that it seems like there are already identical names on social networking sites for every name combination out there? I thought of maybe adding a middle name too, but that would make it harder to remember I think...plus the character count problem too.

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    Here's something else to consider if you are looking to really brand your name....

    Laurie doesnt work since it can be spelled Lori or Laurie which means it will double the amount of domain names you will need. You can certainly purchase LaurieBigTits.com but I can guaranty you that if you become popular someone will buy LoriBigTits.com and pick up all your misspelled traffic. Further you are going to have to get the .net, .biz, .info and .org versions of your name and misspellings as well or someone will buy them and buy content of you and put up false websites pretending to be you.

    And yes you should buy all the domain names even before you EVER tell anyone else or it will be gone. There are people that just buy and sell domain names and love to get domains of pornstars and now cam girls.

    So buy them now.....

    And chose a name that can only be spelled one way...

    As for the advice to pick popular names... again not a good idea. If you are going to hope Google will send you traffic if you pick LoriRobinson.com I can pretty much tell you there's a lot of Lori Robinsons on Twitter, FB and Myspace that will compete with you for the top 10 search results. This is also a good reason not to choose names like Paris, Mercedes and Dallas. You will get lost amongst the real non-adult results.

    I tell my clients to do Google searches, domain name searches, trademark searches, Twitter, FB and Myspace searches and choose a name that doesnt compete with anyone or anything else.

    And once you do make sure you create profiles everywhere so now one else can pretend to be you....

    Good-luck !

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    Fuck. I think I just let my .net and .org expire, last month. :-( Thanks for the reminder of how the big-leaguers do it, Pornlaw.

    Not everyone aims to be a superstar cammer, but for those who DO, that's solid advice.

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    Exactly! I just bought my .com because I wasn't really sure how big I was aiming, but my situation just changed last night (in an amazing way) and now Im free to aim as high as I want! So I may be buying the others soon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jessica1001 View Post
    a high-end product.... eg. Lauren Harley, if you want to evoke the feeling of a thrilling motorcycle ride. (Ok... lame example, but you get the drift.) Hilton is a good name.... "Laurie Hilton" ... or hell..."Vanderbilt"... ha ha! ;-) Ummm... what else.... Piggyback on the name of a luxury brand, for example. Laurie Klein. ;-)
    Shanna Dior has done this. ;-) Obviously you can't use Gucci or Versace, because that's too overt and obvious. But the point is, certain names can evoke certain feelings subconsciously. Use that to your advantage.

    Beulah Whitecastle?

    Gertrude Dollargeneral?

    Sheila SummersEve?


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    lol....

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    I cant wait for the results of your new name.

    I changed my name last year, but my domain is the same as what people know me as "PPG" (well not that exactly, but I dont want tracking here)and My new name is a real name.

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    CamWhore, what does "I don't want tracking here" mean? Sorry to be dumb.... over my head!

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    If you want a name just to cam with and no worry about the marketing and "fame" here is an article that can help

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jessica1001 View Post
    CamWhore, what does "I don't want tracking here" mean? Sorry to be dumb.... over my head!
    Just basically if a guy googles my name he wont find me here thats all. We kinda dont want guys to see our secrets...lol

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    so the link minnie posted had a great namecheck link in one of the articles

    http://namechk.com/ <---------LOVE IT(let's you search ALL social networking sites and omg there are many!)
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    I know this sounds lame, but somebody once told me to think back on all the streets I've lived on, and to think back on all of my pets names that I've had in my life, and see if I could come up with some sort of first name, last name that way. It actually worked, LoL! I have an awesome name up my sleeve, on the back burner for now, I can always use in the future

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    ^^^ LOL, I'm thinking of going to Fluffy Misty St. HAHAH!!!
    May I also suggest taking a stroll through male porn stars to get a few ideas. There are soooo many "Star", "Heart", etc. That doesn't mean that those names are wrong, but already in use....a Ton! When branding you have to consider original something to standout. And that can be a bit hard at times I'm sure!
    With my name I picked a male female combo and always get a lot of guy's saying they like my name. For example Tessa Thorne, Stella Wild, Frannie Fucx, Jenny Max.... Just a bunch of made up names, but male female combo.
    YAY!!! I am so interested on what you pick. Fun fun!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by CamWhore View Post
    Just basically if a guy googles my name he wont find me here thats all. We kinda dont want guys to see our secrets...lol
    Ohhhhh duh. Thanks! ;-)

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    Middle name and street you live on...

    think of your persona...now what is THAT girl named?

    lots of ways to get names...and as said earlier...Domains and Social Networking are important...

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    Come up with anything good yet?

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    Haha. I have a very non-personal handle but it is unique, simple and to the point. And no, it's not hotpussy4u or anything related to pussy or horny or sex lol. But it is easy to spell, remember and search, and like, NO ONE else uses anything quite like it.

    unique
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    easy to spell
    memorable

    If you can meet those criteria, whether or not your handle sounds "normal", I reckon you'll have a winner. Mine sure works for me.


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    I used the name of a character from Lost when I created my new MFC account. I like the sound of it and I had a lot of Lost nerds coming into my room talking about it.

    Of course, the only downside is that when people Google the name, Lost websites pop up. Although my Twitter is ranked on the first page. I don't really care, I don't plan on having a website any time soon anyway.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gabrielle_xoxo View Post
    I know this sounds lame, but somebody once told me to think back on all the streets I've lived on, and to think back on all of my pets names that I've had in my life, and see if I could come up with some sort of first name, last name that way. It actually worked, LoL! I have an awesome name up my sleeve, on the back burner for now, I can always use in the future
    When I was a youngin,I had a cat named Gertie and lived on Weed Lane
    Gertie Weed....has a sexy ring to it, no?

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    ^^Omg that is hilarious! I suppose it would be a great name to use if you posted on any 420 boards

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bambalina View Post
    Come up with anything good yet?
    Still working on it.

    I'm trying to take my time and do it right this time. In the past I did such a quick slapped together name and website and this time I want to do it right, make sure it's available on twitter and facebook and the domain name and everything in order before I jump

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bambalina View Post
    Beulah Whitecastle?

    Gertrude Dollargeneral?

    Sheila SummersEve?


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    Now I want to change my name to Beulah Whitecastle...

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    ^^^My grandmothers name was Beulah, LoL! It's too close to home for me, so no worries dear, I wont steal it from you!

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