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Right, so... before I slap the topic on another forum more appropriate, I want to see what the folk here thinks.

As two or three members already know, I am changing my business look. This was only to take effect in a couple months but I have decided to do it sooner rather than later.

After endless headaches searching for a name with an available .com or .net domain, I ended up with the following. The name's origin is a little obvious

I am no Michelangelo or Leonardo de Vinci. So any criticism welcome.

So...

Where is the name? Or am I being blonde?

Unless we're both being blonde, I don't see it either

Yay, its not just me . Here I thought night shift has finally taken its toll on me...

Oh fudge! I am the blonde, sorry...

TygerTech

Trying to keep it simple, yet professional

The name is good but as soon as I saw the logo it reminded me of Tiger wheels & tires even though the colors are different. What products will you be selling?

Would you tattoo her name on your arm

Anyway, The name is simple and easy to remember. Pro.

No-one is going to associate Tech and Tyger. Con.

Looks good IMHO

Oh yes! I think it looks good too

In Afrikaans, that immediately made me think you are from the Tyger area, Cape Town region.
Is that the case?

The first question that springs to mind is: "Why 'Tyger' ?"

uhm... he's from KZN...
and Tiger is his gfs nickname/or something....

Crits:
the name: people are stupid and will forever be spelling it "tigertech.net".
the logo: well balanced and good colors, but it is a bit boring and easily forgettable.

Suggestions:
thename: techtiger.com is available
the logo: need more cowbell m8. go to http://www.logopond.com or http://www.logomoose.com for some inspiration. But think of the great memorable brands of the world, they all have something VERY unique. eg. Apple, Mercedes, Nike etc. If you don't like a symbol, then you need to make to logo type special eg. coca cola.

senile wrote:The name is good but as soon as I saw the logo it reminded me of Tiger wheels & tires even though the colors are different. What products will you be selling?

Thanks! Yea, I did see that. Did check often on their site to make sure I didn't make it too alike. I do mostly support and troubleshooting. Trying to push more into other areas like sales, hosting, etc. This is why the new business look. Had a client last week buy about 10 laptops elsewhere because they didn't know they could get the same laptops through me for cheaper.

D3PART3D wrote:Would you tattoo her name on your arm

Anyway, The name is simple and easy to remember. Pro.

No-one is going to associate Tech and Tyger. Con.

Tempting!

GreyWolf wrote:Crits:
the name: people are stupid and will forever be spelling it "tigertech.net".
the logo: well balanced and good colors, but it is a bit boring and easily forgettable.

Suggestions:
thename: techtiger.com is available
the logo: need more cowbell m8. go to http://www.logopond.com or http://www.logomoose.com for some inspiration. But think of the great memorable brands of the world, they all have something VERY unique. eg. Apple, Mercedes, Nike etc. If you don't like a symbol, then you need to make to logo type special eg. coca cola.

I did try playing around, but my artistic ability only goes so far. I am even thinking of just paying for a graphics consultant to do it for me. Just worried what the going rates for these guys are?

I checked the techtiger.com domain, seems to be registered under some lady in California? That's according to whois.com though.

Checked out those sites, pretty awsome. I would never be able to do something like that though.

Bladerunner wrote:The first question that springs to mind is: "Why 'Tyger' ?"

As KK answered. But also I been playing with many combination of names that sound ok together. Then finding there is not .com or .net domain. Eventually had to settle on something. Was becoming a little frustrated!

Where in KZN are you from? I could probably get family discount through my cousins graphic design business...

as for the name, I'm sure all of us can come up with a good, catchy name for the business!

KatrynKat wrote:and Tiger is his gfs nickname/or something....

Oh, of course, silly me. I've just never met her and therefore had no idea.

Koko_Lion wrote: As KK answered. But also I been playing with many combination of names that sound ok together. Then finding there is not .com or .net domain. Eventually had to settle on something. Was becoming a little frustrated!

Well Tyger is unique I guess, but as someone else stated, since it's kind of plain, you need not only a name but also a logo. Or a mascot. (So either have your girlfriend pose or stick a tiger in there. Alternatively slap some tiger stripes on the name itself.)

see if you like any of these:

That 1st logo caught my attention. Did you just make those logos coz they're really really good!

Yes, thank you very much for the complement.

Wow Greywolf! Thats really awsome! How did you get the text to change colour like that in the first example? I tried doing the exact same thing with the claw symbol. Obviously I had no luck.

Wow those are brilliant.

I like the bottom one best

Slimshaedy wrote:That 1st logo caught my attention. Did you just make those logos coz they're really really good!

+1

Yeah, really good GW
I like the 3rd one best.

Ja, great job on the first one there, GW. A real attention-grabber for sure!

You could perhaps use a combination of 1 and 3. 3 is more business like and would look great on letterheads and such. The other would look great on your car.