Anyone help me decide on a new name?

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Hello everyone!

So I am proud to say that I am ready to open up a shop! Woohoo! Haha.

Well, I'm having a hard time choosing a new name for my business. Dark Computer Services sounds too....well...."dark", and shady.

I have the beginning of the name, but am unsure of what to add on.

I'm currently thinking of Synergy "something".

We will primarily offer web design, computer repair, and a custom computer line. I was thinking something like Synergy Solutions, or something like that. I don't want to call it Synergy Computer Repairs, because it's too specific.

Any ideas?
 
Personally I don't like synergy solutions, I read that and I have NO idea what your business is about. I don't even know if it's IT related at all. I appreciate you don't want it tied down too closely to a particular section of IT but that seems to be going in the opposite extreme. IMO.
 
After spending a few months rebranding myself, I can tell you that you can avoid using "Technology" or "Tech" in your name. Man there's a lot of names out there that are already taken.

Not a big fan of synergy myself. I look at it as a word that most people would have difficulty spelling.

Good luck. You're going to spend some time knocking your head against the wall. Oh, and discount everything everyone says (even me) "I don't like this" "That doesn't sound right". You're going to hear it no matter what you pick. When you narrow it down, ask your top three clients what THEY think. After all, you want more clients like them.
 
I was checking your website out and it said your company was closing, I have to ask why you wouldn't want to retain your current customers since your going to be opening up a store front ?
 
Taken from Wii page:
-Ability to play backup burned games, play DVD movies.

- Load Wii & Gamecube games from a external hard drive.

- Run emulators to play games from legacy systems such as SNES, N64, NES, etc..

- Listen to online radio, watch downloaded movies, and more!


Loading games from an external HDD doesnt sound very legal.
 
All warranties that have been previously given our are no longer valid. We will not honor any refunds, returns, warranties, or such matters.

No offense, but are you asking for law suits? Just because you close a business doesn't mean you can stop honoring warranties. When Monarch went out, they still had to honor warranties till their expiration. And how is it you were in business 6 years when, according to your intro here http://www.technibble.com/forums/showpost.php?p=149269&postcount=1, you're only 19 years old now?

I may be way off here, maybe not getting the whole picture, but something smells fishy. Usually when I see a business do what you're doing (closing then opening under a new name), it's because they're trying to duck a lot of problems. So what's going on here, Pedro?
 
No offense, but are you asking for law suits? Just because you close a business doesn't mean you can stop honoring warranties. When Monarch went out, they still had to honor warranties till their expiration. And how is it you were in business 6 years when, according to your intro here you're only 19 years old now?

I may be way off here, maybe not getting the whole picture, but something smells fishy. Usually when I see a business do what you're doing (closing then opening under a new name), it's because they're trying to duck a lot of problems. So what's going on here, Pedro?

I like the warranty box on the right of every page too.

With any computer repair, upgrade, and custom build, we offer a 30 Day warranty on labor.

You mean if the upgrade you supply and fit dies within 30 days of sale, too bad, they have to buy a new one, but you'll happily fit the replacement for nothing?

And your WII modification process is "fullproof"?? You mean its so easy a "full" could do it? :)
 
Taken from Wii page:
-Ability to play backup burned games, play DVD movies.

- Load Wii & Gamecube games from a external hard drive.

- Run emulators to play games from legacy systems such as SNES, N64, NES, etc..

- Listen to online radio, watch downloaded movies, and more!


Loading games from an external HDD doesnt sound very legal.

It's legal as long as you own the games. I believe console modding is (unfortunately) a legal grey area. If I remember correctly it is legal to perform modifications yourself but once you provide that service as a business you can be sued by the console makers.

To the op your decision to not honor existing warranties is going to come back to haunt you. Also get rid of the stuff about closing. Simply state that you are in the process of rebranding and be done with it.
 
No offense, but are you asking for law suits? Just because you close a business doesn't mean you can stop honoring warranties. When Monarch went out, they still had to honor warranties till their expiration. And how is it you were in business 6 years when, according to your intro here http://www.technibble.com/forums/showpost.php?p=149269&postcount=1, you're only 19 years old now?

I may be way off here, maybe not getting the whole picture, but something smells fishy. Usually when I see a business do what you're doing (closing then opening under a new name), it's because they're trying to duck a lot of problems. So what's going on here, Pedro?

Hello everyone, I have not been here in a while, so sorry I was not able to respond back to all of your concerns. I'll make sure to address them all.

To begin, I offer a 3 month warranty on all work. I will agree that I had some typos in certain areas, that you guys caught for me. My business offered a 3 month warranty, and I was sure to wait until all warranties had expired before that notice went up.

As for being in business for over 6 years, I can say that this one was a bit fudged up. Every since I was younger, I was into computers heavily, and fixed computers for family members, they then referred me to friends, and I always got paid something. It's been going on for 6 years. So, technically not legally in business for 6 years, but doing this line of work for 6 years. Definitely understand you there.

I can assure you all, we have no standing problems with anyone. No money is due, no property is in our possession, and we have only had 4 customer complaints which were resolved in the last 2 years. Our customers always had proof of all work and purchases, they checked out everything before leaving, and always received their old parts, when they were replaced.

The reason I "closed" the business was because about 3 months ago, I received an opportunity for a career I could not pass up. I sent out mail notices to all my customers 3 months ago. The notice on the website went 3 months after the mailing. I was making quite a nice chunk of change with my computer business, and a friend of mine came up to me and told me about a position as a regional system administrator for a local company, and their branches. I went through the whole process and got the job, and busted my ass left and right to make sure to do the work perfectly. No one ever had a complaint, and my job was always completed as asked. Well, the useless person who hired me failed to inform me that I needed a Bachelor's degree, even though I told him during the interview that I currently WAS working towards a degree, but had not completed yet. He said there was no issue with that, since my friend vouched for me (He also worked in the IT department). 2 weeks after I got the job, they came to me, told me about the requirement, and said they could only pay me $9/hr at a lower position. No way I would do that.

So, in short, I closed down my business because of an opportunity that was going to be better, and more consistent for me, only to be screwed over due to someone's stupidity. Now, I want to restore my business, but I wish to change my name because you're right, "Dark" computer services sounded bad. It didn't sound good, even though my customers were always treated with the highest respect and quality standard.
 
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Taken from Wii page:
-Ability to play backup burned games, play DVD movies.

- Load Wii & Gamecube games from a external hard drive.

- Run emulators to play games from legacy systems such as SNES, N64, NES, etc..

- Listen to online radio, watch downloaded movies, and more!


Loading games from an external HDD doesnt sound very legal.

You're very right, it is illegal, in one way. We never supported illegal game copying, we simply unlocked an ability in the system. According to U.S law, you are allowed to make a copy and play it on a modified console if you own the original game. We simply "unlocked" the console. We never added any games for anyone, and didn't even have games to add. The only way we would download a game and add it to a hard drive would be if the customer provided a real copy of the game.

We made it very clear to our customers that we did not support or condone illegal activity, but supported the ability to backup our own games.
 
I like the warranty box on the right of every page too.



You mean if the upgrade you supply and fit dies within 30 days of sale, too bad, they have to buy a new one, but you'll happily fit the replacement for nothing?

And your WII modification process is "fullproof"?? You mean its so easy a "full" could do it? :)

Not at all. What that meant was that the part would be covered through us for 30 days. For 30 days, if it messed up, we would get another drive and deal with the warranty claim ourselves. Of course, we would install it for free. But after 30 days, the customer would have to return the part to the manufacturer and request a replacement, which we would then also install for free.
 
I've been having trouble with a name, too. I decided on a name that some people seemed to like and other seemed to think was horrible, so now I'm back at square one. When picking a name, how much does it matter if there's another similar business already using it (assuming it's not trademarked) on the other side of the country? Would doing so negatively impact my Google rank or SEO? I ask because pretty much every name that's not way outside the box is already a registered .com and/or is being used by someone to do business under somewhere. I need to get to work and I just can't afford to waste anymore time.
 
Have you thought about clarifying what you do in a tagline or slogan? You could then use 'synergy' or whatever. i.e. synergy-tri-county's technology specialist, or synergy-powerful technology solutions. The description doesn't necessarily have to be in the company name, the tag could be designed into the logo or whatever.
 
Have you thought about clarifying what you do in a tagline or slogan? You could then use 'synergy' or whatever. i.e. synergy-tri-county's technology specialist, or synergy-powerful technology solutions. The description doesn't necessarily have to be in the company name, the tag could be designed into the logo or whatever.

That's definitely a good idea. Thanks for that thought :) I always tend to want to say it all in the title, and in order to be creative, you can't do that. Definitely deserving of some rep.

Thanks!
 
Hello everybody-

I see that Mr. Santos is using the Synergy Computer name on Craig's List....

I'm the owner of Synergy Computer Systems in Telford, PA USA. We're just a short drive south of Bethlehem and have a decent amount of customers in that area.

My company specializes in computer sales, service and training along with security and HIPAA compliance, consulting and much more. Some of the things we do are proprietary and I cannot discuss them here.

We've been serving the Philadelphia suburbs (Bucks-Mont area and north into Allentown and Bethlehem) since 1991. We've got several hundred active and satisfied customers from NE Philly all the way up into the Allentown area.

Personally, I've got 20 years of real-world, hands-on hardware and software experience along with IT management, help desk call center and corporate training expertise.

It's great to be here. We will be watching this thread VERY closely.

Thanks, Jeff
 
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Hello everybody-

I see that Mr. Santos is using the Synergy Computer name on Craig's List....

I'm the owner of Synergy Computer Systems in Telford, PA USA. We're just a short drive south of Bethlehem and have a decent amount of customers in that area.
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We've been serving the Philadelphia suburbs (Bucks-Mont area and north into Allentown and Bethlehem) since 1991. We've got several hundred active and satisfied customers from NE Philly all the way up into the Allentown area.

Personally, I've got 20 years of real-world, hands-on hardware and software experience along with IT management, help desk call center and corporate training expertise.

It's great to be here. We will be watching this thread VERY closely.

Thanks, Jeff

Jeff, you can watch it as closely as you like but it seems like you registered just to post a veiled threat publicly. If you have an issue with the name being used, be civil enough to contact the person directly without passively-aggressively airing your grievance.


Edit: Just want to add that I'm not taking sides on this. I don't know either party from Adam; I just think this should have stayed a private matter.
 
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