How do I sell my company name?

[Jokester]

My understanding is that is irrelevant. The Companies House registration is for government administration and taxation purposes, it doesn't give intellectual property rights. That's why there's a separate Trademark Office.

Yeah, you can call your ltd company anything really, and then call the business itself something totally different, so I don't think there's any real value in a cool registered company name.

 

[Cromulent]

Yeah, you can call your ltd company anything really, and then call the business itself something totally different, so I don't think there's any real value in a cool registered company name.

Correct. You can register any name you want and then on your paperwork / website just do Company Name Ltd Trading As Whatever Biz.

 

[Maundie]

Has anyone shown an interest in the name before? How do you know it has any worth?

This, are you assuming it's worth something as it's a cool name or have you actually had someone show an interest in acquiring this name from you?

 

[Quartz]

This, are you assuming it's worth something as it's a cool name or have you actually had someone show an interest in acquiring this name from you?

No one has shown an interest but if you don't ask you don't get.

 

[radderfire]

No one has shown an interest but if you don't ask you don't get.

As above, just the Ltd company name alone does not have value, you need a Trademark, or a domain name, to be able to sell anything.

 

[Vulcan]

I've got "first name".biz which i have owned for years, godaddy valued it in the low thousands the last time I looked

.biz isn't a very desirable domain extension, unless your first name happens to be Dick?

 

[tangey]

No one has shown an interest but if you don't ask you don't get.

I take it you have the corresponding domain name, if so you could list that with a domain seller and see if you get any bites. I'm guessing these days the important thing is the domain name, not the company name.

 

[arknor]

I'd imagine you can't just squat a company name.

if your not using in then you likely have no rights to sell anything.

Isn;t it normally a competitor who buys you out, and not for the name.

 

[Hades]

I'll give you £1m.

 

[Hagar]

.biz isn't a very desirable domain extension, unless your first name happens to be Dick?

It's short and high level and I use it primarily for email.

Similar to [email protected]

 

[Em3bbs]

As above, just the Ltd company name alone does not have value, you need a Trademark, or a domain name, to be able to sell anything.

Exactly, as an example, Amazon aren't trading as 'Amazon Ltd' they are something like Amazon UK Services Ltd.

 

[LuckyBenski]

No one has shown an interest but if you don't ask you don't get.

And has anyone asked if they can get it?

 

[D.P.]

Since you don't have a Trademark then the company name is worthless, but you might be able to sell the domain name.