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Sometimes Shorter Is Not Better: StreetHub.com Rebrands to Trouva.com

October 19, 2015 by Michael Berkens

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TechCrunch.com published a post about a UK startup, Streethub.com raising another $2.4 Million in funding.

StreetHub.com “helps independent shops and boutiques be discovered and sell online,  including offering ‘click and collect’ functionality via its mobile app and 90 minute local delivery”.

“It’s also launching a new brand and consumer-facing offering: Trouva is an e-commerce site that promises to curate and make available items to buy from its 350-strong network of independent shops and boutiques.”

Later in the story TechCrunch notes that the domain name StreetHub.com is being redirected to Trouva.com, so it appears to be a rebrand as their site indicates.

This brings us back to the premise of our headline that StreetHub.com which is two words and 9 characters is a much better more memorable URL IMHO, than the six character  domain, Trouva.com which I’m sure badly fails the radio test.

Moreover the company as of yet failed to secure what will no doubt be a common typo of the domain, Trovua.com which is available as of publication, doesn’t own the domain name Truva.com which has been registered since 2000 nor do they own Trova.com, another probable  typo which has been registered since 1998 and which goes to a warning page at the moment that you would not want to be associated with:

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The term itself is listed on wiktionary.org, is a French Verb:

“Third-person singular past historic of trouver”

Which might be fine if your a French company looking for French customers but for me its a total rebranding Fail!

Finally the company just raised $2.4 Million more,  meaning it has the means to go out and spend a few bucks for a real brandable domain name which is what they should have done.

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Filed Under: Branding, Domain Names, Domains

About Michael Berkens

Michael Berkens, Esq. is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of TheDomains.com. Michael is also the co-founder of Worldwide Media Inc. which sold around 70K domain to Godaddy.com in December 2015 and now owns around 8K domain names . Michael was also one of the 5 Judges selected for the the Verisign 30th Anniversary .Com contest.

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Comments

  1. Garth says

    October 19, 2015 at 10:05 am

    With you, StreetHub.com means something (to the lay person).

  2. Gordon says

    October 19, 2015 at 11:00 am

    I don’t think StreetHub is good, but I also agree with Trouva being bad. I think Truva.com is the most common Typo and they don’t seem to own that.

  3. Xavier Lemay says

    October 19, 2015 at 11:08 am

    Trouva est horrible!
    “He found” “Il trouva”

    Truva.com is more brandable. No confusion with the french verb and also can be a unique new word like “envato”.

    N’importe quoi!

    • Dan says

      October 19, 2015 at 11:32 am

      The people at StreetHub may have thought “Trouva” is a cute and clever way to brand a site where users can “find” shops and boutiques. lol

  4. Dan says

    October 19, 2015 at 11:27 am

    When I saw “Trouva” I immediately thought of Truvia (truvia.com), a product marketed as a natural sweetener.

  5. Steve says

    October 19, 2015 at 11:31 am

    I’m not keen on StreetHub.com or Trouva.com ( a neologism suggesting “find, trove”) But looks like there could have been some trademark issues with Streethub. Also maybe the new investors didn’t like the name Streethub and requested a name change.

  6. striker says

    October 20, 2015 at 10:39 am

    Trowuva? Seriously? Why not just call it poopyhead, or greentreebark.

    People are funny.


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