The website concept developed from the complex task of naming a new business, product, or website. It's not easy. With all of the good business, product, and domain names already taken, it can be quite challenging to come up with a creative name for your new venture. We, at Naming Force's parent company, 32nd Degree, have had success at naming our products, but it's definitely the toughest part of completing a great idea. We thought a website designed to help people create names would be very useful. We have partnered with the public to create a large resource for entrepreneurs who need to put a name to an idea. Naming Force is a crowdsourcing naming website.
. We host naming contests for individuals where the public, who we recruit, submits the name suggestions.
How do I get a name?
Click the "Get a Name" tab at the top of the website. Fill out the details about your new venture. Choose an award that will be offered to the public for the winning name. Once the contest is created the public can start creating names for you.
How long are Naming Contests active?
Naming Contests appear on Naming Force for 15 days. We do not force clients to choose a name in this time period, but the naming contest is taken off the active list after 15 days. No new names can be submitted after 15 days. If a client does not find an adequate name they should simply delete the naming contest to start the refund process.
If you do not find a suitable name you are entitled to get your award amount refunded. To request a refund, sign in, select your naming contest, click the Edit button, then Delete the contest (not your account). The refund process will then begin. You can only get a refund within 50 days of your original transaction. After your contest runs for the period of 15 days you have 35 days to delete your name to receive your refund. After the 35 days you will not receive a refund. Only the award amount is refundable, not any additional fees. If you set your contest as GUARANTEED you cannot get a refund. As long as you meet these regulations the refund is no-questions-asked.
What is the voting?
If a client chooses they can turn on voting for the names on their contest. The client will have to share the custom voting URL in order for the select people to be allowed to vote. The voting is to allow the client to get votes from friends, family, co-workers, and employees on their naming options. It plays no part in the award payout.
When we choose a name who owns rights to the name?
All namers have accepted the Naming Force terms of user agreement that requires them to relinquish all rights they may have to a name when it is chosen on Naming Force. They have agreed that they no longer have any rights to the name once it has been chosen on Naming Force. Naming Force assumes no rights to any names submitted on the website.
Does Naming Force check the availability of a name? Can I use the submitted names without worrying about trademark/legal issues?
We do not do background research on names submitted on Naming Force. Our site does perform a simple domain check on submitted DOMAIN NAMES and the results are shown to the client when they are signed in to their contest page. Clients are instructed to do their own name research. It's important to note that business names do not have to be 100% unique in most scenarios. The uniquness of the name often depends on the industry and jurisdiction of your name registration. For example, you can have a "32nd Degree LLC" registered in every state of the U.S., but only one "32nd Degree Inc." We do not offer any advice on this matter beyond what is in this FAQ.
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What exactly is this website for?
The website concept developed from the complex task of naming a new business, product, or website. It's not easy. With all of the good business, product, and domain names already taken, it can be quite challenging to come up with a creative name for your new venture. We, at Naming Force's parent company, 32nd Degree, have had success at naming our products, but it's definitely the toughest part of completing a great idea. We thought a website designed to help people create names would be very useful. We have partnered with the public to create a large resource for entrepreneurs who need to put a name to an idea. Naming Force is a crowdsourcing naming website.
. We host naming contests for individuals where the public, who we recruit, submits the name suggestions.
Naming Contests appear on Naming Force for 15 days. We do not force clients to choose a name in this time period, but the naming contest is taken off the active list after 15 days. We give a client infinite time to decide on a name to increase the chances that a namer's name is eventually chosen.
How do I start naming so I can make some money?
Click the "Join the Force" tab and register with us. You will then be able to browse the naming contests by award amount, category, or tags to find contests to submit names for. We only make award payments via PayPal and only to individuals in the U.S. 18 or older who fill out a W9 tax form.
How will I be notified if my name is chosen?
If your name is chosen you will be emailed.
What are the consolation prizes?
We offer a cash prize to the "best" name, chosen by the client, even if the client decides to not use any of the names that were submitted. Even if your name is not used you could win cold hard cash.
As a user, exactly how will I be paid?
We will send payments via PayPal to the PayPal email address specified in your account. This address can be changed in the Profile section of the site.
Do I have to submit a W9 in order to get paid?
Yes. We do require a W9 before any payments are made. This is the best way for us to stay straight with Uncle Sam. A link to the W9 will be sent when your name is chosen. W9's can be sent to us through fax or email. All this information is emailed to the user when their name is chosen.
How can I be sure a client won't use a name on Naming Force without awarding the winner?
We collect the award money from the client up front. We collect the money up front for two reasons. First, this gaurantees that we are only dealing with the serious clients who are willing to enter their credit card information and make a payment. Secondly, this means that when the client is forced with a decision of saying "Yes, we found a name" or "No, we didn't find a name" they are not at that time asked to make a payment. It's just a yes or no decision. This decreases the chances that a client will, for whatever reason, decide to not choose a name as it would result in them needing to fund an award. The award amount is already funded up front. Clients can only get their award amount refunded if they delete their naming contest, saying that they did not find a suitable name. We trust our clients, but collecting the award up front helps to ensure that a client doesn't just use a name without awarding the winning user.
I live outside of the U.S. Can I get paid to name things?
Unfortunately, no. It's an income tax issue. Our accounting department has suggest we avoid this to maintain the site operations simplicity. Sorry!
Where can I see whose name was chosen on the contests?
All contests where a namer-submitted name has been chosen, that was not designated as a private contest, are posted to the success page. These contests are also posted to Twitter and Facebook.
