Language problem.. Store or Shop

[ChooksinChoppers]

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Oh..if that's the case then I would use Shop. Yeah, Shop..thats my final vote

 

[mulia24]

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Me, too.

Thank you sharing your opinion..

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harder to me to determine then....

thank you for the full analytic.

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but, how many seller in Jack's Market?

if there are more than one, then it's appropriate. Goal I'm trying to reach is to find a good 'extension' to put next to Asia Baru, while Asia Baru is the name of business and that name didn't represent what it sell.

thank you for sharing your opininon..

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you're right..

people's here with common English knowledge here will LOL when I put the name Asia Baru Market, since market means a place where several merchants selling variate goods. But it really make sense to use market word if I've this little (hmm.. tiny fit the most

) business in US. thank you LittleChickenLady..

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vote casted

thank you for sharing your opinion..

any opinion always welcomed..

 

[welsummerchicks]

OK, it's Asia Baru Shop for Indonesia.

That makes more sense because 'market' means something different.

Any time you get a chance to write more about Indonesia and about living there, please feel free to do so here!!!!!!

 

[KlaHaYa Gardens]

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Actually I'm planning to use only my business real name "Asia Baru", but since that name has already taken by other people for example for domain name and social networking username, I don't have choice than adding another 'extension' next to the business name. Perhaps you can have another suggestion to make a different between my business with the other one?

I can't change my business name anymore since this name already used decades by my family.

Thank you.
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Asia Baru "Market" sounds nice, says what it is, and does not sound "cheap" or "faddish" or ignorant. That works nicely.

Good luck!

 

[LittleChickenLady]

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Actually I'm planning to use only my business real name "Asia Baru", but since that name has already taken by other people for example for domain name and social networking username, I don't have choice than adding another 'extension' next to the business name. Perhaps you can have another suggestion to make a different between my business with the other one?

I can't change my business name anymore since this name already used decades by my family.

Thank you.
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Asia Baru "Market" sounds nice, says what it is, and does not sound "cheap" or "faddish" or ignorant. That works nicely.

Good luck!

They can't use Market..
Where they're from it means that multiple people get together to sell goods, so it's doesn't make sense for them to call their business a market.

 

[I have WHAT in my yard?]

I didn't read all of the thread but I would leave Tux out all together for fear of confusing people. What's wrong with Mark's Market?

 

[SourRoses]

Yes.. since in your country, 'Market' has a wider conotation.. I would just simplify it with 'Shop'.
For those from other english countries, Market would be more clear to them.. but it is not worth confusing your current customers.. who you likely have a much higher majority of. So I would vote for Shop, because Store sounds like a large and varied place to me.
In America.. Places where many different sellers get together to sell is called a Flea Market. Where many farmers sell produce and meat is called a Farmers Market... but we depend on those words that come before to tell us that it is a multiple seller market, otherwise to most of us, a Market means that little store where we buy convenience items, and its often open long after the larger stores have closed.

I feel for you... such a complicated task!

If I was really set on the Market word.. I might call it a Mini-Market... LOL! Asia Baru Mini-Market is quite a mouthful... then people might end up calling it the Mini-Market only... So I still vote for Shop!

I hope you have fun putting your website together, and your marketing (

) is sucessful!

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

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You should be a consultant- great analysis!

Also I am impressed by the others' posts!

 

[KlaHaYa Gardens]

Welsummerchicks put it well.


Regionally speaking . . .

I suppose that "market" could have a different connotation depending on the region. So, it would be advisable to know your locality and how "market" would be interpreted there.

I know that there are differences west coast, mid west, east coast, New England, south, etc.

It my area, we are quite spoiled when it comes to shops, markets, grocery stores, etc. Any time I travel throughout the U.S., the thing I miss the most are the quality of our grocery stores. My expectations are much different -- and higher -- than the stores I've visited in the midwest and in the south west.

There are some places where you can "define" your own meaning with certain names. Market, for instance, is a name that would work well in the Seattle area, and more -- YOU can define your type of market.


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My personal opinion . . .

I am fussy. There are certain shops, stores, businesses that I won't enter for no other reason than I dislike the name. I don't even bother to find out anything about the business because the name doesn't appeal to me. There has to be an overriding reason that draws me in to "discover what I've been missing".

For example:

I I prefer vegan and gluten free foods. I don't like fried foods either. (They taste good, but they are not good for me.) In my town, I am very disappointed with choices for breakfast if I want to eat out.

One day, I was bitterly complaining to my daughter about the lack of healthy choices in town. She said why don't you go to xxx xxxx. The name of the restaurant is the name of a beast and has a cheesy logo on the door. It is one of three in a small national chain. I never even looked past the name or the door in two years, but I desperately looked for a place to eat that met my needs. I "relented" and followed my daughter's lead. It was and is FABULOUS. They have organic, non GMO,vegan and gluten free and raw foods and home made -- truly homemade -- soups. (Meat, too for meat lovers.) I am good friends with the owner now. I also told her that I would have gone in a long time ago had it not been for the name.

The problem with the name for me was that it didn't reflect what the business offered, I didn't recognize it as local, and the cheesy logo seemed phony, verses authentic, original, and local. Those were contradictions with the food I was looking for: original, local, authentic.

(As an aside, the only draw back to this restaurant is they only serve breakfast one day. If any of you recall Jack Nicholson in As Good as it Gets, you may recall he required the same restaurant, table, and waitress for lunch and the lengths he went to ensure he got them. Well, suffice it to say, the owner will open a few hours early -- just for me -- so I can have the breakfast I want!

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Moral of the story . . . pick a good name that is tailored to the customers you want.

 

[KlaHaYa Gardens]

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Maybe I'm missing something. Which country will this store/market/shop be in?


I am familiar with "going to market". I lived in another country as a child. We would "go to market" and "barter".


Using "market" depends upon the region, the country, and the intended customer. If it's in the US, market works. If it's in another country and the customers are Americans predominantly, "market" still works.

I guess more information is needed OR, if I missed the post, would someone point it out to me, please? Thx.