Trying to register new shop name, but ebay says it's duplicated. It's not.

[beausew]

I'm trying to register a new shop name, but ebay says I can't use a duplicate name. But I have searched for it and it does not exist.

What should I do?

[digital*ghost]

When you searched for the name, did you just search store names or member ID's as well? (Store names can't be the same as a member's ID, so if you only searched one or the other, you might find it's being used in a different way).

Other than that, you can try making minor modifications to the name, using similar words, slightly different spelling (if it would suit), and / or adding characters like an exclamation mark or asterisk. 

[lyndal1838]

There is also the possibility that the name only recently stopped being used.  Ebay will usually not allow it to be reused immediately.

[phorum_junkie*]

I had used my store name for years, when I closed my store in April a couple of years ago when I came to re open it in November somebody in the US had created an id with my store name so I could no longer use it. I had another same as the store id with a 2 after it so I just added a 1 to the original store.