# About

## What this tool does

Name check is a free, preliminary screen for a product name: it helps you find possible name conflicts, risks, and similar products. It is not legal advice or trademark clearance. A promising result does not mean a name is safe to use.

Results reflect the sources you review and the ratings you choose. Check official registries or ask a qualified professional before making important decisions. What is sent where: [Privacy](https://namecheck.jakub.page/privacy/). The rules: [Terms of use](https://namecheck.jakub.page/terms/).

## What it asks of a name

The lookups come in five parts, each a question. Inside a part, sections split the lookups by country, language or kind of product, so you can exclude what doesn't apply to you.

- [Domains](https://namecheck.jakub.page/why/#why-domains): Is the address taken?
- [Legal](https://namecheck.jakub.page/why/#why-legal): Can I own it?
- [In use](https://namecheck.jakub.page/why/#why-inUse): Is someone already using it?
- [Accounts](https://namecheck.jakub.page/why/#why-accounts): Can I get the name?
- [Language](https://namecheck.jakub.page/why/#why-language): What does it say?

## Where it fits in naming

Naming a product usually goes through these steps:

1. **Brief:** who the product is for, which markets, what the name must do.
2. **Generate:** many candidates, by hand, with a team or with AI.
3. **Knockout:** drop the candidates with obvious conflicts — the name already in use, a trademark, a taken .com. This is where Name check works.
4. **Deeper screen:** trademarks by class of goods and country, a native speaker, saying the name aloud. Name check's Legal and Language parts give you the starting points.
5. **Test:** show the shortlist to customers.
6. **Legal clearance:** a trademark attorney's full search and opinion.
7. **Secure:** file the trademark and register the domains, accounts and company name before you announce. The Domains and Accounts parts list where.
8. **Launch.**

Name check helps with the knockout and the start of the deeper screen. It does not replace legal clearance.

## Who made it

Made by [Jakub Szczepaniak](https://jakub.page/en/)

Questions, bugs or ideas: [jakub.page](https://jakub.page/).