I am starting an online live auction company. I am in quest of
suggestions for a name. I am interested in names that denote the
concepts of gaming entertainment, excitement, speed, energy,
interaction, etc. Creative responses apreciated.

Dear comicmonkey,


Among the names suggested in the comments below this answer, the most
striking are hammertime, 123sold, and dGulf. Unfortunately, the .com
domain for each of these has already been taken. You are strongly advised
not to use anything other than a .com suffix, for users will reflexively
enter .com no matter which domain is actually yours.

I offer for your consideration the following names, all of which are
currently available as a .com domain.


    hurry2bid

    hurrytobid

    breeze2bid

    breezetobid

    easybreezybid

    auctionbuzzard

    auctionburst

    auctioncatapult

    bidfortress

    mightymightybid

    ohmybidness

    bidlikenow

    auctionbabyauction

    itsanauction

    bidlikecrazy

    soldmyshirt

    bidmegaphone

    shoutmyauction

    screamingauction

    mach5auction

    mach10auction

    zipzipauction

    bidderfruit

    bidderalmond

    bidderending

    biddertruth

    almightyauction

    sterlingbid

    stellarbid

    dollarhammer

    buckhammer

    buckvault

    garagebuck

    mobybuck

    bucktorrent

    buckblitz


It has been a pleasure to address this question on your behalf.

Regards,

leapinglizard

Hmmm. A snappy, catchy name for such an enterprise could mean the
difference between make & break. It ought to be worth a lot more than
fifty bucks.

Experience has taught us that these "name my (whatever)" questions are
almost always futile. However, I'll take a shot because I simply have
nothing better to do.

How about ?Vendor Emptor?? (Latin meaning: Buyer/Seller) Your logo
could be a mighty Roman gladiator (or shield, sword, helmet or the
like) in the style of the statues seen on the promenade at Caesar?s
Palace in Las Vegas.

tutuzdad-ga

Actually it's Latin meaning: Seller/Buyer, in that order, but you get
my meaning, I'm sure.

QED,
Fact is, that the price on this kind of question is immaterial.  For
$50, maybe a Researcher will post a long list of names, or a very
savvy suggestion of what needs to be considered when choosing a name,
but at best there is some brainstorming - more or less entertaining. 
(I wonder the slogan for that S. American harbor is?).
Why was eBay named eBay?
Anyway,  "snappy, catchy" is good recommendation. :)
Myoarin

How about "Saturnalia"

Saturnalia was the festival of Saturn. It was celebrated in ancient
Rome at the end of the vintage and harvesting to honor Saturn, the god
of agriculture. For one day only, as part of the festivities, masters
served their slaves--an acknowledgment of the equality of rank and
lack of class distinctions. How might this apply to your auction site?
Well, other observances of Saturnalia included the exchanging of gifts
, offering of sacrifices (buying and selling of products in your
site's case), and unrestrained merrymaking (the finding of great
deals, using your auction site). The concept invokes entertainment,
excitement, energy, and interaction on a huge scale.

tutuzdad-ga

Transphotact.  Transact with part of photon in the middle.

I have two suggestions:

Bid Bang Boom, and
Abuzz.

Anniebb

dGulf

the gollden rule is "keep it simple".
I suggest "OLAC", for Online Live Auction Company

"AucLine" - <Auc>tion On<line>.

how about " hammertime"

what's wrong with ebay!!!

"Le bido"

--OnLive!--

On - because it's online, Live - from live auction, a play on th word
"online". And with the exclamation point, because it adds excitement,
energy.

I could see that name making a good logo and being catchy too.

txgirl-ga

123 sold - sounds to me like a good, dynamic name.

I have to admit, I like tutuzdad's suggestion of Emptor / Vendor.  You
could even use the slogan "Cogito ergo emptor." (I think, therefore I
buy - I'm not sure... could be a slap to Descarte, but no worse than
Cogito ergo zoom - I think therefore I go fast used by Car and
Driver).

Perhaps you could use a "Trekish" sort of engergy excitement sort of
thing.  Gene's been dead long enough now, someone should be exploiting
that in a new way.  You could work in a "beaming" or a "transporting"
for shipping.  Delightfully "geeky" yet completely unrefined.

...oh, BTW I believe the original meaning of eBay was to imply it was
a virtual electronic auction bay.  What is wrong with eBay?  GREED! 
Needs competition.

I am sticking with the simple as well, what about E-Bid.  E for
electronic, excitement, entertainment, energy, and bid, well because
it is an on-line auction site?