For sale by the owner
Chicks That Fix
Two .com domains, one ready-made brand for women who fix things. ChicksThatFix.com and ChixThatFix.com are for sale together, offered directly by the owner.
Why the name works
Say it once and it sticks. Chicks That Fix rhymes, it names the work (repair, trades, hands-on skill) and it carries an attitude: capable, unbothered, a little cheeky. That is a lot for three words to do, and it does it without a tagline.
It is already a show title, a shop sign, a hashtag, a tool line and a podcast name, with no explaining required. Women-run repair services, women in the trades and women-led DIY channels are no longer a niche story. The name that owns this space should be short, memorable and unmistakably theirs.
Two spellings, one owner. ChicksThatFix.com is the formal name; ChixThatFix.com is the one people type on a phone and the one that fits a social handle. Buying both means nobody else can trade on the shorter spelling, and both resolve wherever you decide.
Both spellings end in the same letter, and that letter is the logo. The X is two crossed wrenches: it works at the size of a van and at the size of a favicon, and it belongs to whoever owns these two names.
ChicksThatFi
Chi That Fi
- Safety orange
- Oil
- Steel
- Concrete
- Canvas
Type: Barlow Condensed for the mark and the headlines, Barlow for everything else. Both are open fonts, free to use anywhere.
What the name becomes
Six places the name could live, drawn for this page. None of these exist yet; the point is how little explaining any of them needs.
On the side of a service van. As a series title card. On the toolbox. On the crew's caps. As a channel, with the short spelling as the handle. Over the door.
Who it fits
Anyone whose audience already says the words. The name does the positioning; the owner just has to show up.
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A television or streaming series about women in the trades.
The title is already written, and it reads the same on a poster and in a program guide.
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A creator with a repair, DIY or auto channel.
A brand name that outgrows a personal handle and can carry merchandise, courses and a crew.
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A tool, workwear or hardware brand launching a line for women.
A name customers repeat to each other without a campaign behind it.
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A handywoman, auto-repair or home-services company.
A shop sign people remember from the street, and a web address they can spell after hearing it once.
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A nonprofit or trade school teaching skills to women and girls.
A banner that says exactly who it is for, in words that make people smile.
What is included
- Domains
- ChicksThatFix.com and ChixThatFix.com
- Extension
- .com, both
- Registrar
- GoDaddy
- Status
- Held privately by the registrant, sold as one package
- Payment
- Escrow.com
- Transfer
- Into your GoDaddy account, or by authorization code to any registrar
How a sale works
- Email an offer.
Include the figure you have in mind and, if you like, what you plan to build. You will hear back from the owner, not a broker.
- Agree the price in writing.
There is no commission on the seller's side, so the number you agree is the number you pay, plus the Escrow.com fee as agreed between us.
- Pay through Escrow.com.
Your funds are held by a licensed third party and released only when both domains are in your account.
- Take ownership.
The transfer starts as soon as Escrow.com confirms your payment: an account change if you are at GoDaddy, or an authorization code for any other registrar.
Make an offer
Send the figure you have in mind to
douglas.boynton [at] gmail [dot] com
One email starts it. Say what you would pay and, if you like, what you would build; the owner replies personally. Both domains are sold together.
What to put in the email
- The figure you have in mind, in US dollars.
- What you plan to build, if you want to say.
- Your name and, if there is one, your company.
The subject line is filled in for you when you use the button.