Magnetic Star Stuff

[van]

So, in light of my change in merchandise, I've renamed my Etsy Shop to "Magnetic Star Stuff." I really like the name because I sell magnets and I love space/the cosmos, and everything in existence once was forged in the heart of a star, so we really are all (as Sagan famously said) "made of star-stuff"--including my magnets

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[van]

I do suspect that, down the line, I'll sell some actual star/space inspired designs, but yeah, its definitely not going to be star-themed, and certainly not Lisa Frank style. (I grew up in the 80s! I definitely know her style! XD) It's definitely possible that "Magnetic Star Stuff" is going to initially make people think "star-shaped magnets" because not a lot of people will get/know the Sagan-quote, so that's another concern. However, Etsy does have a fantastic tagging/search system, so even if I sold car parts through "Magnetic Star Stuff" so long as each individual listing was properly tagged with I dunno, "Ford, muffler, 2007, chrome" whatever, it'd come up correctly. So yeah, your shop name DOESN'T have to do with your product, so I'm making a lot out of nothing. Chances are people searching for "Doctor Who magnet" will never even notice my shop name.

Magnetic Cosmic Creations is sort of fun, but a bit of mouthful. Magnetic Universe really just runs into the same problems Magnetic Star Stuff does. Perhaps it should be "Magnetic Star-Stuff" with the hypen. Or maybe I am just worrying about this too darn much, since, like you said, the tags will work far more to my benefit than the shop name.

Still, thank you for the thoughts!!

[nuriko]

The fact that people don't search by store names (I don't even remember the names of the stores I've ordered from) means you can just be creative with it. I say go with your gut.

[van]

Yup, you're totally right. I remember a few store names, but the majority I'm like "I WANT A GROOVY VINTAGE SHIRT THERE'S ONE *PURCHASE*" without ever really paying attention at all to the name...