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Subject: New company name required for DIY art-as-entertainment businesses
Category: Business and Money > Small Businesses
Asked by: ericfromsydney-ga
List Price: $30.00
Posted: 26 Mar 2003 19:31 PST
Expires: 25 Apr 2003 20:31 PDT
Question ID: 181508
Want some suggestions on a company name. The company will be a holding
company with different distinct operating businesses, all of which
will focus on a DIY art-as-entertainment concept. The business name
should highlight the core essence of the company, which are about:
- the encouragement of artistic and creative abilities
- having fun and bringing a smile to our customers' face
- inclusion, anyone can give it a go
- innovation

Request for Question Clarification by taxmama-ga on 27 Mar 2003 15:01 PST
Hi Eric,

Do you have any objections to DIYing?

DIYing

DIYing to Show   available ==> DIYingtoShow.com

Win, Place and DIY  available ==>  WinPlaceandDIY.com

Prints, Etch,  DIY  available ==>  PrintsEtchDIY.com

Tye, DIY and more  available ==>   TyeDIYandmore.com

Tie, DIY and more  available ==>   TieDIYandmore.com

Just playing around. 

Best wishes,

Your TaxMama-ga

Clarification of Question by ericfromsydney-ga on 27 Mar 2003 16:36 PST
Although conceptually the art/craft would be created by oneself, the
use of DIYing might be a little "limiting" as an overall company name.

Like the play on the word though - DIYing to Show - would probably be
closest...

Request for Question Clarification by taxmama-ga on 27 Mar 2003 17:24 PST
Hi Eric,

I had a feeling. BUT! I have the perfect name and various spellings
of the URLs are available:

Art To Be Fun

art2befun.com
arttobefun.com
artobefun.com

Not to say that I'm not still xarqi's and pinkfreud's 
titles aren't a kick!

Best wishes

Your TaxMama-ga

Request for Question Clarification by taxmama-ga on 27 Mar 2003 17:26 PST
Hi again, Eric

I just did a quick Google search on the title
"Art to be Fun" and don't come up with anyone using that name.

That art to work out well.

Best
TM-ga

Clarification of Question by ericfromsydney-ga on 07 Apr 2003 17:09 PDT
Hi,
Thanks for the response so far. Because the names suggested so far use
relatively generic words, will probably have to play around with
created derivatives of them. The ones I'll probably try now is:

1. Art-2B-Fun Pty. Ltd.
2. Crea8tivity Unlimited Pty. Ltd.

Any more suggestions would be more than welcomed. At this stage, it
looks like I'll have to take up a shell company name first, then
change the name.

Eric

Request for Question Clarification by taxmama-ga on 07 Apr 2003 20:05 PDT
Hi Eric, 

Good to hear from you. It's not clear. Are you 
wanting to create your own word? 

As I remember, it cost the gasoline folks $10,000 back in the late '60s
to come up with EXXON, which had not meaning in any language. People pay
experts 10s of thousands of dollars to do this for them. 

But, that's ok, we Google Researchers will it here, for you, for pocket change.

How's this?

Art to DIY for  ==>  arttodiefor.com is available
Art2DIY4        ==>   art2diy4.com is available

[ArtErtainment   ==> uh, nope, someone's already got that]

[EnterArt       ==>  enterart.com - nope, again.]


I am doing the WhoIs searches on http://betterwhois.com

Does this help?

Best wishes

Your TaxMama-ga
Answer  
Subject: Re: New company name required for DIY art-as-entertainment businesses
Answered By: chellphill-ga on 08 Apr 2003 19:12 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Greetings ericfromsydney-ga!
     It seems as though your question received quite a bit of
responses (in the form of comments) in the beginning, but not much
attention since then. So I will attempt to satisfy you with an answer.
But please do bear in mind that the answer which you seek is not a
fact, or a source that I can just quote. You are asking for someone's
opinion on what your company might be called based on the criteria you
have given. So please keep that in mind when you read my suggestions.
And if the suggestions that I give aren't quite what your looking for,
please feel free to request clarification of my answer, and offer some
input on how I can get you what you want.

Now, as for the company name in which you seek, you stated you wanted
something that would "highlight the core essence of the company, which
are about:
- the encouragement of artistic and creative abilities
- having fun and bringing a smile to our customers' face
- inclusion, anyone can give it a go
- innovation"
I will try to do that, however, most of the time,  company names do
not describe or even begin to describe the purpose of the company.
Often a company is lucky if they can even get a name that even
remotely hints at what exactly it is they do or sell. I believe that
is where "slogans" or catch phrases come in. If you can get a
memorable, unique name, along with a catchy slogan that can sum up the
basic purpose of the company, you would fair much better than having a
long, drawn out name made up of common words, that people will be hard
pressed to remember.
So, here are my suggestions:

1) Artful Innovations- A nice, all encompassing name, that would work
well as a main company name, as well as a part of sub-divisions of
that company, for example; Artful Innovations do-it-yourself kits,
Artful Innovations Instructional Videos, ect.
Potential slogan: Artful Innovations, helping bring out the artist in
you.

2)Artful Nation -or-
  The Artful Nation -or-
  United Artful Nation- Since this is an import export co, I assume
you didn't want to necessarily "brand" the company with any particular
Country. You said you wanted to emphasize "inclusion", and I think
that these name might portray to the potential customers that it's
open to everyone, or that by joining/purchasing from or associating
with, that they are a part of this "artful nation"
Potential slogan: Helping the world create, or Helping you fill the
world with art.

3) Artful Alchemy- an innovative twist on the meaning of alchemy.
Potential slogan: Helping transform people into artists.

4) Artful Explorers-Could potentially be used with a logo or theme
having something to do with "world explorers"
Potential slogan: Discovering the artist in you, or Discovering the
artistic potential in you.

5) World Artistic Inspirations- the word "world" once again, helps to
convey that it's open to anyone.
Potential slogan: The inspiration behind you!

6) Achievement Yours!-Already conveys a positive impression to the
customer before they even try your products/services.
Potential slogan: Everyone can create!

7) Everyone's Art Source- self explanatory

8) Your Art Central- self explanatory

9) A-MUSE For you!-or-aMuse4u- A play on the word "amuse", which will
convey fun, and "muse", conveying inspiration.
Potential slogan: We Will Inspire You! -or- Inspiring creativity

10) Motivation Creations-
Potential slogan: Motivating the world to create -or- Motivating you
to create.

11) Artgenuity- Unique, A combination of art and ingenuity.
Potential slogan: Turning your ingenuity into art.

12)Funbelievable Art -or- Funbelievable Arts- Unique, play on words.
Potential slogan: You wont believe how fun art can be! -or- Believing
in you! -or- Believe in yourself!

13) Funsations Art -or- Funsation-A unique word, made of Fun, and
sensation.
Potential slogan: Art, the new sensation everyone can do

14) United Creative Outlet- Outlet, having a dual meaning, first
emphasizing people can use your products/services as their own
creative outlet, and second, your company is the place, or outlet, to
get what they need to create.

Let me know if any of these will work for you, or if you have more
information that might help me customize these names further.
I did not list whether the names are available as domains since you
did not request that, however I did check them. Most (if not all) of
them are available as .com, and the various other extensions.

I did searches on each of these names with quotes around them to check
and see if there were any other companies using them. There were none
that I found, however I would recommend having a trademark search
service investigate any name which you decide on using.

Thanks so much for your patience,
And good luck to you and your new company!
chellphill-ga

Request for Answer Clarification by ericfromsydney-ga on 08 Apr 2003 21:08 PDT
Thank you chellphill-ga.

I like the direction you have taken. Particulary with the use of the
word "Alchemy" and the thought behind the slogan "transforming people
into artists".

This analogy is great because the concept behind the company and what
we do and produce is really an agent, a catalyst for you yourself to
create something beautiful whilst having fun in the process.

The "inclusion", "united" aspect can be secondary.

Request for Answer Clarification by ericfromsydney-ga on 08 Apr 2003 21:16 PDT
Hello again.

Unfortunately, Creative Alchemy has been registered. But Artistic
Alchemy has not!

You can use the following page to check whether the company name is
registered in Australia or not:
http://www.search.asic.gov.au/gns001.html
Select "Search on All Names"

It will return exact or close matches.

THANKS

Clarification of Answer by chellphill-ga on 09 Apr 2003 13:12 PDT
ericfromsydney-ga,
  Thank you very much for your generous 5 star rating! I am glad that
you were able to make use of some of the ideas. So are you planning on
going with the Alchemy theme? Artistic Alchemy does sound great,
however I did not list that one due to the fact that the domain name
for artisticalchemy.com was already taken, as well as
artisticalchemy.org. That is why I opted to list Artful Alchemy as a
suggestion instead. The company at artisticalchemy.org does use
"artistic alchemy" as its business name, however their services seems
unrelated to that which you are going to offer. Regardless of how it's
used, I always thought the term "Alchemy", when referring to art, was
a clever idea. I used it myself once when doing a seminar on arts &
crafts for home decor. My theme was teaching people that they could
take "ordinary" objects, and "transform" them with a little
creativity. Since I thought your business sounds like a company that
might transform ordinary people into "artists" I thought the term
would be most suitable.

Again, Thank you, and Best of luck!
chellphill-ga
ericfromsydney-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars

Comments  
Subject: Re: New company name required for DIY art-as-entertainment businesses
From: xarqi-ga on 26 Mar 2003 19:53 PST
 
"Artistic Licence"
Subject: Re: New company name required for DIY art-as-entertainment businesses
From: xarqi-ga on 26 Mar 2003 19:55 PST
 
"Creativity: Unlimited!"
Subject: Re: New company name required for DIY art-as-entertainment businesses
From: ericfromsydney-ga on 27 Mar 2003 14:52 PST
 
Wow. Thanks. Love Creativity Unlimited. But unfortunately the name has
already been registered in 2 states here.
Subject: Re: New company name required for DIY art-as-entertainment businesses
From: pinkfreud-ga on 27 Mar 2003 15:06 PST
 
"DIYing Artform."
Subject: Re: New company name required for DIY art-as-entertainment businesses
From: xarqi-ga on 27 Mar 2003 20:17 PST
 
Rats!  Let me stew on it a bit.
Subject: Re: New company name required for DIY art-as-entertainment businesses
From: xarqi-ga on 27 Mar 2003 20:18 PST
 
*tounge firmly in cheek*
How about "Pro-creation"?
Subject: Re: New company name required for DIY art-as-entertainment businesses
From: xarqi-ga on 27 Mar 2003 20:59 PST
 
Art-for-all
Subject: Re: New company name required for DIY art-as-entertainment businesses
From: xarqi-ga on 27 Mar 2003 21:05 PST
 
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