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Change of auction handle/ID and Web Site Name

I finally have merged nearly all my photos from my old web site to my NEW Site. I found out on the internet (doing random searches) that the former handle/ID I used on eBay was the title of a magazine (no longer in publication). Since this was a (once publicated magazine and copryrighted name), I decided to change my handle/id and web site to a different name a little over a year ago. Being that many items tend to be listed alphabetically, and that my beads/pendants are much different than I once made, that is how I arrived at the name Adorned Clay Jewels.

I am just curious how some of you come about deciding on a ID/Business handle for your web site or auctions? D.Jean (Adorned Clay Jewels)

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CrystalLuv
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vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@excite.com (CrystalLuv) :

]D.Jean (Adorned Clay Jewels)

uhm . . . vickijean.com

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vj

I wanted kalera.com, but some web designer already has it... so I chose beadwife.com because I liked the connotations of someone who tends to beads, like a midwife.

My site's not up yet, though, so it's moot at the moment...

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Kalera Stratton

I picked "seriousbeader" for my eBay handle cause I thought it was funny, and also said I wasn't just playin' around with beads, if ya know what i mean, and also because eBay recommended not using your email address.

I probably should have picked "aunt molly" like my first website, but what I found is that I would rather have people know me by "mary tafoya" than "aunt molly" (though IRL I am known by both names...). So I put "AM's" in front of all my auction descriptions, don't know if people even search by that or not...

But the thing is, I personally think jewelry designers, lampworkers, etc. should just go by their darned real names, and make that their business name. Otherwise your customers have to remember 2 or 3 things instead of one -- your name. I think it's better if they associate your product with your name, rather than a more anonymous company name, if you're an artist. For me it's kinda too late but I'm tryin'... LOL.

So why *do* people choose a fancy jewelry line name?

JMHO, Mary T. 8-)

Aunt Molly's Bead Street

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and JustBeads: seriousbeader

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Mary Tafoya

I'm just setting up a business, and it covers a wide variety of pursuits, not just jewelry. I struggled with the name (still am, in fact). Like Celine, I thought my RL name (Cindy) was just a bit too pedestrian, not to mention that almost no one I deal with can *both* accurately spell and pronounce my last name (Lantier). Also there was a sense of wanting a name separate from mine, because for me, this has to do with liberation or self-creation. This move is very much not within the realm of Cindy, to most people who know me. I needed it to be different from me, in order to give myself permission to do it.

Can't answer for others, but that's why I do it.

Jewitch

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Jewitch

I also suspect there's a sexual element here. I don't think there are nearly as many men who call themselves MoonGazer or LusciousListings or what not. For a long time it has been frown on for women to be professional artists. Authors took men's names. Heck, my father wanted my mother to continue writing, but as Mrs Frank Steffensen (very old-fashioned). Personally, I just feel a better sense of integrations, by identifying myself by who I am.

Tina

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Christina Peterson

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