Business Name

[poolplayer]

I like Mad River also. I am going to check on the trade name thing. I am also a Licenced Land Surveyor to. So I am looking for a nanme for a company. I have been working kust ubder my name. I might use Mad River for that to

[pete]

8-BALL Leatherworks

could be a nice and simple stamp It wouldn't turn me off if I wasn't a pool player nor made the connection. Leaves you open to tack

[Eric Pikey]

I'm also thinking of starting a small time business and I'll need a name too. So my question is, once you have a name, how do you go about checking to see if that name is already taken? I would think a Google search would be a good start, but is there a more comprehensive list to check?

[JLSleather]

Up here, you'd need to contact the county recorder to make sure no one else has registered that business name. There are income limits (forget what they are) but under "so much" is a "hobby" and not required to register. Then, you'll have a sole proprietorship, a partnership, an LLC, an S corporation, a couple kinds of C corporation....

Most of which is aimed at you getting a pretty name to make you not feel so bad about Uncle Sam getting his cut

OH, yeah ... business names ... there's a fella here in town, pretty good carpenter from what I hear. Used his last name for the business. I've never said anything, but "Doolittle Constructon" just doesn't inspire a lot of confidence. Plus, gettin' socked inna eye kinda sucks ...

[terrahyd]

<P>chosing a name can be tuff ..who do you want to be know as????</P>

Edited February 17, 2010 by terrahyd

[Luke Hatley]

a bussiness name ..........a very long time ago i received a refund check from a known supplier.

I went to the bank that i have an account with to cash the check , the account is in my name,

the bank has no account for "Wolf River Leather". It turned into a long drawn out process to get the check cashed. So i just use my given name.something to think about.

[gary]

A couple of points that I have come across in the UK are that, if you open a business bank account the bank charges you for every transaction and action they take (like paying-in cheques or cash, counting coins, etc). If you open a personal account, the majority of banking services are free (not that anything is really 'free' - but they don't charge over and above the normal account charges). If your business has a business name, it's obviously a business account and they charge accordingly. So if your business is just 'J Smith', you can open a personal account without the charges. Though I don't think this is illegal, it is seen as 'sharp practice'.

Second, if you have a business as a sole trader/proprietor you have to clearly state on any business cards, letterheads, etc, who you are, such as 'Whiplash Leatherworks - Proprietor J Smith' or 'J Smith trading as Whiplash Leatherworks'.

It's probably all different over your way anyhow but I thought it was worth mentioning.

Gary

[poolplayer]

I use my Name for my Land Survey business. I am a sole proprietor. but I don't want to use my name for a leather business. In NH you can use a DBA (doing business as). I think I can still have checks made out to Mad River and deposit them that way. Will have to check it out. I think you can go to the State web site and do a business name check.

[dirtclod]

I just checked and madriver.com is taken incase you wanted a web site using that name. You check domain names here www.register.com .

[Cyrex]

I just checked and madriver.com is taken incase you wanted a web site using that name. You check domain names here www.register.com .

I'm voting for Mad River too.

Are you on AZ Billiards by chance? Some great pool cue case makers that do some posting there as well. I got in to leather crafting just to make cue cases. The minute I sat down to do some tooling I loved it. Best wishes!