Konnichi wa!
Welcome to my first post of my Bento Baby blog. Many many months ago when I bought my domain name for my website, I scoured my brain and the web for names for my company. After checking to make sure I wasn't stomping on anyone, I decided on Bento Baby. http://www.bentobaby.com I thought it had a nice ring to it, and it was available on the register website. I was idle for awhile, my designs and ideas were resting neatly in my notebook as I nursed Toby and survived on less sleep than I do now.
Then, a few weeks ago, our cousin Darin, a complete and total computer genius visited, and brought my ideas and designs to life. In about five days, Darin had my website up and running, and we used cafepress as a fulfillment site to get my Japanese inspired baby clothing and products printed with my various designs. I excitedly typed in 'Bento Baby' in Google, and I came up with an absolutely phenomenal site about bento. The bad news... it wasn't mine! Apparently, a very creative and amazing mom is a master at making real bento for her kiddos, and has a wonderful site about it.
Now, my site doesn't even have anything to do with bento, other than having Bento Baby as the name of the company. I don't even have a bento baby character design on my site. I would love to switch the name of my company and website so to avoid any confusion, but I have already purchased my website for five years and registred my company name. So, I am at a crossroads. Do I contact the other Bento mama to let her know I am "out there" too? Do I ignore it? I really respect her site and her creativity. I don't quite know what to do...
I also found another website called Bento Babeys. Spelled just like that. Apparently the collective conciousness was really making a point this year. I don't quite know what to do, other than keep on working on my business with a clear head and conscience and hope that all the Bento Mamas out there are taking care of their Bento Babies in the best way they know how.
Monday, December 17, 2007
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