and yet another whattya think of my...

[conniebonnie]

So, i had picked out the perfect name, and then abandoned it due to lack of available website.. i apparently wasnt too attatched to it. However, later that day i ended up buy ing a cute giraffe stamp for my business cards and talking to my husband and he told me about the giraffe that toured around france int he 1800s and how her name was zafara, which means lovely one in arabic.. and we decided on that name for my doula services
"zarafa; services for the child bearing year"
what do you think?
also, i am thiking about including placenta preparation (drying and encapsulation) in my birth package, anyone else do this? any thoughts?
and info on birth art- if i want to offer belly casting or henna, does my client pay extra for the supplies, or do i take it out of my fee?
thanks!

[emmabella]

I think anything that is personally meaningful to you will enrich your business and help you build a branding for yourself that you truly identify with. My only concern would be the likeliness for confusion with clients: misspellings and mispronunciations. Not anything that can't be overcome but needs to be expected and accommodated for. For example when I read your post my brain read "zarafa" as "zafara" and I didn't realize I had misread it until I read through it again. When you buy a domain name it might be a good idea to get the correct spelling and then the most likely misspelling and connect them both to your website, that way if anyone accidentally misspells it, they still reach you!

Personally I think it is really unique and has such a cute story to it!