On our site we have a login name that ONLY you can see and it lets you log into your account. We also have a SCREEN NAME OR DISPLAY NAME which is the names others see when you post on the site or participate in ANY manner. They can be the same or they can be different. Most find its easier for them to be the same but that is your choice.
Ok so you are new to SingleDivers.com and you registered using your standard non-descript login you use for everything. Only here you quickly realize that people GO BY THESE SCREEN/DISPLAY NAMES as their public identity on this site and now that standard login isn't so appropriate anymore. Unless you really want to be called abc123 or sjones87 or some other combination of letters and numbers.
Soon you are looking around and see people with names like WreckWench, or JesterDiver, or ScubaClint, or sqbagal or uwfan, or fingrabber or scubapunk! Sure we have members with names like Jerrymxz or peterbj7 or even just letters and numbers. In the old days we did not let anyone change their screen names BUT NOW WHEN YOU ARE NEW WE NOT ONLY ALLOW YOU TO CHANGE YOUR NAME BUT WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO as long as you do it before you take a trip!!!

What to do?
1. First off think of several new names OR ASK IN YOUR WELCOME THREAD FOR OTHER MEMBERS TO HELP YOU.
2. Tell us a little about what you do so we can think of names related to your job, your passion or your favorite aspect of SCUBADIVING!!!
3. You can use the Introduction threads to have this discussion or start a new thread if you like.
4. After you or we come up with some names we can help see if those names are available AND we can help to make that change for you.
5. As long as you are new to the site or haven't paid any money...we are happy to change your name. If we already know you by your current screen name we hate to make changes...after all the join is run by a


Here are some examples to help you:
GREAT NAMES:
WreckWench (yeah I know its mine but it shows I love diving wrecks AND I'm down to earth enough to call myself a 'Wench')

Cmdr. Clownfish (which is even better than WreckWench)
MNJoe (not even a real Joe)
ScubaPunk (don't make her go all 'punkie' on you!)
Capn Jack (also not his real name more like as in 'Sparrow')
Mermaid Lady
uwfan
fingrabber
ScubaClint
CoralReefer
ScubaTooth (no not a dentist but a really funny story)
JesterDiver
Buzo Guero (no not 'booze-o'... its Spanish!)
sqbagal
GOOD NAMES:
Jerrymxz
Peterbj7
Racer184
NAMES PERFECT FOR BEING CHANGED:
gmk (she knows we love her but she made payments before we could help her change her name)
abc123
lastname-firstinitial HolmesW
first initial & last name SuziZ
first and middle initial & last name TomTJones
any non-sensical set of letter snd numbers or just letters
ANY name/word that can't really be pronounced as in this is Kamala aka WreckWench when being introduced
HOW TO CHANGE YOUR NAME IF ITS PRIME FOR CHANGE & YOU HAVE NOT MADE ANY PAYMENTS TO SD.com:
You as the member can not change your own screen name. PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Just send an email to admin@singledivers.com and include some suggestions or ask for help. We'll do our best to help you come up with something that has not been taken and make the change for you.
WHY WE DO NOT ALLOW NAME CHANGES AFTER YOU MADE A PAYMENT:
Actually the reason we HAVE to limit changes is our financial system and other underlying databases. Once you have made payments our financial system and other databases track your name and you are then too embedded to be able to change. Its a nightmare for us...when we try to chg your screen name it won't renew properly, and the list of gremlons just goes on and on for months and years after the change. So simply put... we just can't do it!
SO PLEASE CHOOSE A FUN SCREEN NAME WHEN YOU JOIN or shortly thereafter before you go on a trip or make any payments so EVERYONE is happy!
