need a name for my PC tech support business

[hulkster]

so some people at work want me to help them with pc stuff at home and ive made up rates and all that.  ive had my first customer and it went well, but i'm wanting a nice name to go at the top of my bills.  i need a good name.  any suggestions?

[GGKoul]

Hulkster on site... play on Nerds on Site

[hulkster]

well seeing as this is for work type stuff, it needs to be somewhat professional.  a girl at work that is creating the logo had some suggestions but im not sure if i like any of them:

CompuTech
ComputeRx

[Buddabing]

so some people at work want me to help them with pc stuff at home and ive made up rates and all that.

[hulkster]

yeah but i can still get a name for myself right?

[Hoagie_one]

Electro-Man : Adventures in Computer Geekdom

[SOAPboy]

well seeing as this is for work type stuff, it needs to be somewhat professional.

[GGKoul]

Just a couple of things.. are you doing this on the side of your normal job for friends or are you looking to this full time?  Are you just providing tech support/fixing windows and driver issues or are you going to be reselling items to the enduser?

The reason I ask is I used to do this on the side via my own company with a vendors permit.  But I had to stop, as I had NO time to handle the after service support calls.  As I was a one man shop doing this on the side for friends, but when I started doing a couple of friends friends, people I rarely knew.  Then I ran into trouble, because I would do the service and fix or install whatever and leave.  But then I would be getting calls about this not working and that not working... That's when the fun began.  As I would work 9-5 then drive 1 hour home just to work servicing stupid issues for 3/4 hours a night for $25/hr.  And it started to become not worth my time to do this.   So I stopped.

If I were you, I would do this personally and have them pay you cash.  Only if you do work for a business that requires a receipt would I worry about a business name.  As once you collect the revenue, you SHOULD claim the amount on your taxes.

[DrewKaree]

You're in Kentucky.....the perfect name has been sitting in front of you all this time!

High Tech Rednex LTD

[daywane]

You're in Kentucky.....the perfect name has been sitting in front of you all this time!

High Tech Rednex LTD

Hay cool your in KY.
trade you a chicken to fix my Pacard bell 

[Crazy Cooter]

trade you a chicken to fix my Pacard bell

What would he do with another yardbird?

[DrewKaree]

trade you a chicken to fix my Pacard bell

What would he do with another yardbird?

Things he was afraid to do with the first one

trade you a chicken to fix my Pacard bell 

Screw the trade, I'll give you a HAMMER to "fix" your PB.


Hey, has anyone else noticed that I HATE PACKARD BELL?  Sure, it's one of those irrational hatreds, but really, aren't those the best kind?

[paigeoliver]

I used to do this, I had to quit it really fast.

The thing is people somehow think that if you repair their computer one time that it all of a sudden has a lifetime warranty from you. Matter of fact I haven't taken a dime for a computer repair in 4 years and I still have one guy call me every few months expecting me to fix software issues on his computer for free.

It is the worst with the software issues, what you will do most of the time. Your average customer is an idiot when it comes to computers, and (as far as I have seen), is not teachable. You can clean up all their viruses, ad-ware, and useless memory resident programs (and perhaps even talk them into upgrading that 32MB of ram to 256 MB), install all the right safety programs and they will still have their computer ruined and unusable in a month.

I have gone so far as to lock down computers tight for people, make firefox the default, hide all reference to IE, make all IE shortcuts lead to firefox, etc, etc. Have active security programs running, etc. Come back 2 months later and they have 2 dozen ad programs running, 10 other idiot system tray programs, 3 different viruses and 5 or 6 separate AOL installations (when they don't even USE AOL).

[daywane]

I hear you brother.
No kidding . 100% been there.
I have lied and told every one I switched to Linux to get them off my back.
I built my father in laws PC. wish I never did.
That man can wipe out windows as soon as I leave.
FREAKING CLICK happy.
I have fixed maybe 20 PC for friends at work. FOR FREE
They keep coming back and after a few times they acted like it was my fault they are PC illiterate, or if hard drive crashes
1 person had a PC she was going to toss. window me crashed. Bios was set to go to Hard drive only. She had 2 other people work on it before me.
I told her to bring it to me.
I fixed it in about 1 hr.
1 month later same thing. windows ME crashes.
again I look at it. She has been tinkering with bios again.
virus's and spy wear out the ying yang.
I put XP on it. 1 week goes and PC is locked up. I just told her its the hard drive buy a new PC.
now I am the bad guy.
great. now she leaves me alone 

[hulkster]

well i may run into this, but as of right now, i plan on fixing their pc for them, and then if they screw it up, its not my fault and i charge by the hour again.  no free crap.  if i lose customers, so be it.