How do you name your servers and plans?

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How do you come up with the name of your servers and hosting plans?
I found this something very difficult to do, especially when starting out.
I think for the plans a lot of people just choose something “generic” ie. Bronze, gold silver or else Small, Medium or Large.
I think having something more personal which is related to the host either in its name, or something else, seems a lot more attractive and well thought out.

I think it shows that the host has gone to a lot of effort and preparation in setting up their business.
Although this isn’t often the true case, many people that sent a long time in preparation might not have been able to come up with something unique, it’s just the inference I get.

For the server names, I think this isn’t as important as it isn’t really shown to prospective customers, just rather just people that are already your customer.
I think using server names can inspire confidence in your business on a certain level. If you name them something which conveys power, strength, stability then I think it would make your customers surer that they are on a good server which is able to withstand anything.
It may seen far fetched, but I think things like this do have an impact on people’s perception in the back of their mind.

Just think of some of the advertising techniques large companies use and how they try inspire confidence in their product.

Anyway…How do you come up with the names of your servers and plans? And do you think my idea is really that far fetched ;) hehe
 
I try and think of names that will help newer users choose something appropriate for them: the type of site they want to host, the approximate size of their site, what have you. Playing to server power or developer-fu is an option, but Scribehost's target market is not hardcore developers. (They're welcome; but they're also likely to know what features they need / want.)

It's the same logic that goes into naming just about any business or product. If you start a restaurant and name it "Comestible Emporium", people could walk right by without realizing that they can get lunch at your establishment. (The absolute coolest business name I saw, locally, was a delicatessin called Movable Feast. Played on Hemingway's book of the same name, but also gave people a clue that they could get really good meals to go.)
 
» How do you come up with the name of your servers?

All my companies servers are named in latin words giving the image of strength, great power, etc. - to really show power and "greatness". Many companies simply number their servers rather than name them; which can be a lot easier if you do have a lot of servers - and it can also save a lot of hassle thinking of names for each and every single server if you have fifty or so.

I just use latin words for the names of my servers since I like latin; however do not do it for any specific reason. You could name your servers after very large cities or powerful countries; depending on the imagery you want the name of your servers to show. You could even name your servers after flowers, trees, vegetables, types of wood and different fruit.

I think though that anything will work - many people cannot really be bothered to think of names for their servers, and others cannot think of names which are unique enough; but really there is no importance in giving your servers names that are strong and have powerful imagery, unless you work around that to maybe advertise your company and use it to help get the name of your company out.


» How do you come up with the name of your hosting plans?

My company simply uses things like SM11, SM22, SM13, RM11, RM32, RM23, etc. etc. - the first letter (Eg: SM11) shows whether the package is shared hosting, reseller hosting or some other type of web hosting. The second letter and first number (Eg: SM11) show the level of management that comes with that specific package, while the final number (Eg: SM11) shows which package it exactly is. This method won't be used for ever, as clients do find it somewhat confusing at times - however it means that the books are kept very clean and are in good order, and all other papers, files and so on are in order; you really just need to find a method which suits both you and your clients.

Many companies do not really bother with choosing unique names, and so on, and you don't really need to unless - like stated above - you plan to use it to your advantage. I don't think the name of the package is that important; however it should be short and catchy enough so you remember it with what features it has off by heart, and so that your client can remember it off by heart.
 
I origionaly went for ABC as in as easy as, but I'm considering walk, jog & run to show more experience level to include reseller and dedicated :)
 
since i have supersweethosting i'm going to rename my plans like this:
Small cone
Regular
Double
Banana split
etc... :D
 
Keep it simple is my motto: plan names (shared 500, 1000, 3000/reseller sliver, gold, platinum) and I choose the name of fishes for my servers just cause I like to fish... :cool:
 
Mine are pretty boring really,

Starter
Professional
Business
Enterprise
Click to expand...

Changed to that about a year ago, before that I just used Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum

As you are see, I am VERY creative ;)
 
I stick with the tried and true - bronze, silver, gold, starter, value, etc. for one reason - most of my customers are accustomed to it.
 
All my company's servers are in different locations and so we use location names in server names......

Houston
phoenix
etc
 
You can use months(january,february.....) or days
eg: jan.yourserver.com
Or
Can use alpha,beta gamma, delta.......
Or
Can use short form of your Ip's fourth octet
................................
 
My servers are named after butterflies. No special reason, but I find the "real" names to be unique. It is doubtful they are duplicated by somebody else and you can always find another butterfly when you add a new server.
 
There are plenty of butterflies to everybody. I guess I can share. When they run out I can go to caterpillars. :cheers:
 
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