Brand name testing for EventBrite alternative

[Rob Monster]

Epik has been incubating an alternative to EventBrite at the request of an Epik client who was booted by EventBrite and for which they found EventBrite's 10% commissions to be too high as well as wanted the ability to accept crypto as payment method. We are now finalizing the brand name and would like to invite some domain industry input on name selection.

 

[Rob Monster]

Depending how serious this venture actually is, I would probably look for something better than any of the choices listed.

Of the ones listed, FullVenue.com is the only one I would consider.

Brad

We went with FullVenue.com. We have our winner.

The terms were agreed this morning with the seller. The purchase price was $8,500, comprised of $5000 in cash and $3500 in Epik account credit to the seller. The seller was already in the process of moving to Epik but will now move fully.

Thanks to all for the great input on this difficult search!

 

[Kassey Lee]

Nothing spectacular but I picked Full Venue because it has a positive feeling.

 

[Ategy]

FullVenue is phonetically powerful, easily passes the radio test, has a very smooth word flow, and very positive imagery. It's ideal for what you want because on the event organiser side it implies that using it will help fill their venue .. While on the event participant side it implies successful events at a "Full Venue" with lots of people.

Also, by not including the words "Ticket(s)" or "Event(s)", you also leave the brand open to future expansion into complementary services like reservations and/or table management in restaurants, supper clubs and nightclubs, where "tickets" might not necessarily be involved, nor where it would be for any special "event" (but they all take place at a "venue").

If you really want to include "Ticket", I still have TixStore (//com) .. and with "Event" , I think EventCasa already in the list above has a nice ring to it.

I think FullVenue sounds great for event organizers to rent space for their event.

I think FullVenue also sounds great for a ticket scalping site where people can sell their tickets at inflated prices because the event is sold out.

I don't think FullVenue sounds good for a site for consumers to go to buy tickets because it implies that the event is full, so no tickets would be available.

You wrote the above just as I was replying. I agree on the organiser side. But I disagree on the client side, as I think FullVenue makes it look like it's a happening/popular event/club/resto/venue. Although from what you're saying I suppose the extra benefit is that it could subconsciously make clients rush to get their tickets quicker than usual! lol

 

[wwwweb]

Respectfully as many smart people have said above, none really stand out as a strong brand. I would invest more time, or budget into a better domain for a project with big shoes to fill.

 

[Rob Monster]

A client got booted from EventBrite, so you will build an alternative service as an Epik offering? You're on fire with launching new platforms.

Well, it was actually multiple clients -- when I heard it for the nth time I concluded that there might be a gap in the market.

Meanwhile, the first version is actually on staging and pretty near operational with a full featured event management suite. We need to finalize the brand and the payment gateways, and then integrate crypto payments. However, from my initial testing today, I would say that the guts are all there and it looks promising.

Armored.net, Us.Tv, and even Gab.com are all examples of open source codebases adapted to a requirement.

Other people can do this too with capable engineering talent. It is often a function of marrying a market need to some open source starting codebase that was a commercial project that did not reach financial maturity. The advantage for Epik is that we have some operational efficiency vis-a-vis hosting and development talent.

The other advantage, not to be underestimated, is that there are now tens of millions of people who have, at some point along the way, been disappointed by the providers of mainstream tech and are looking for trusted non Silicon Valley solutions. The act of standing on principle did not go unnoticed by some of these folks.

I believe the future of the Internet is going to be Federated, Decentralized and anti-Fragile. I believe Domain investors can benefit from this trend. Big corporations have the money but were rarely the big ticket buyers. Consider Voice.com -- that is a Blockchain upstart funded by some EOS mad-money.

 

[Vimal Kumar]

I like EventBlitz. Blitz is a common word used in the entertainment field.

 

[Mister Funsky]

All the negative Nancy's here saying none of the names are any good yet virtually no one is putting forth his or her own super duper names. Why...because they don't have any that fit. Try to work on the positive side of life and leave the sour grapes to the half *ss pretentious wanna be wineries popping up everywhere...whew, now I need a nap.

 

[Rob Monster]

One thing that was classy about @Ategy.com is that although we had agreed about the maximum price, we did not work out the details. As such, there was a bit of blind faith there as I somewhat knew that FullVenue.com was the only real contender. We ended up working out a win-win at a fair price. It also turns out that @Ategy.com has a lot of experience with the event marketing industry so this has proven quite useful.

 

[Rob Monster]

Simplii Financial in Canada

Recently launched sub brand of CIBC Bank

The spelling did not seem to bother them

I think Epik is Epic because of the difference and this is common nowadays.

I named my son Kameron instead of Cameron just to set him apart.

An early mentor at Procter & Gamble taught me that "Brands should not work too hard". In other words, you can have an overarching brand that has a certain broad promise that is to a certain audience, but then specific products with specific brands have their own promises.

P&G was a good training ground for me. I was there for 9 years. P&G was and is to shareholders, consumers and employees, as having a certain set of promises. On the other hand, specific brands Pampers, Charmin, Gillette, and Febreze have their own set of promises that tend to be fairly constant even as the product changes.

I view Epik as being a sort of promise -- it is a promise for "Digital Empowerment". Within that promise, we now have a growing suite of products, each with their own set of promises, that sit neatly under the "Brand Umbrella" of Digital Empowerment. The sequencing is very much market-driven.

Epik.com - Registrar and Digital Brand marketplace
Anonymize.com - VPN and Privacy tools
Sibyl.Li - High availability Hosting
Armored.net - Secure File Sharing
Us.Tv - Online Video Publishing
WatchMask.com - Video proxy
TrustRatings.com - Online reviews and ratings service (Q4)
Masterbucks.com - Online payments -- big upgrade on the way.
Chat-Rooms.com - Web-based secure chat (live as beta)

And coming soon:

Signdeck.com - Digital Signatures
FullVenue.com - Online event management
Search aggregator: This is the search engine brand for which we are seeking a brand.

Last but not least, we are working on:

- Smart Desktop: A smart dashboard that brings together the tools as the user's cloud-based, multi-platform, and AI-driven Smart Agent.

You can begin to see the pieces slotting into place with the overarching promise of Digital Empowerment. We are also adding ccTLD accreditations rapidly because we want to bring these bundled technologies to countries through ccTLDs in order to give emerging economies access to best in class solutions for digital empowerment.

@Ala Dadan @Sufyan Alani

 

[frank-germany]

really
that's the only choice??

as you are helping members here with their issues
I will help you

https://leandomainsearch.com/search/?q=event

 

[Rob Monster]

Not wishing to sound over critical but as I opened this post and just the list appeared (not the poster) My first thoughts were . OK another newbie using a survey to highlight his recent entry into the domain market. I'm not going to vote for any because I think you can do far better by just a low to reasonable spend in the after-market

I echo these sentiments.

Great input here from many.

The target audience is of course mainly to the business owners who may need a platform on which to collect personal info and payment for people who book.

As we are domainers, we also WANT people to have their own domains, so the platform should be designed to federate using booking widgets that run on your own site.

So, if you own ABC.com, we don't really need to send you to a site where you can book 10 other things. It should be painless to let folks book right on your site.

The key for consumers is (1) secure and efficient transaction processing, (2) central dispute resolution, and (3) convenience of having saved preferences.

In other words, the experience should be federated but interoperable. This is the opposite of EventBrite, OpenTable and similar centralized models.

Add the overlay of being able to settle in crypto, and we have a candidate for a booking platform for the Decentralized internet but still using domain names as brand identifier.

 

[Abdullah Abdullah]

Why focus on the word event when you can get 5Ls that are unique, pronounceable, and catchy?Unless you can get the best that is there, I believe brandable 5Ls will actually stand out.

 

[Sumeeth]

Frankly speaking, I didn't like any name from the list as a brand however I have voted for EventBlitz.com as there is no None option

Thanks,
Sumeeth

 

[Compassion]

Nothing spectacular but I picked Full Venue because it has a positive feeling.

I echo these sentiments.

 

[Abdullah Abdullah]

I did not see any thing I liked, however, choosing from what is available,
EventsAngel.com. EventCasa is not bad also as I think it means even house with casa being house in Spanish. Full Venue is not suitable in this case

 

[Name Trader]

I selected FullVenue and EventBlitz from the above choices. I didn't much like any of the others. My feelings about these 2 were expressed by others already. I think you should definitely try @frank-germany's suggestion of using leandomainsearch.com before finally making a decision. You might get a bewildering amount of choices. But some of them will be perfect for branding any website. They definitely will broaden your options. IMHO.

 

[NameYourself]

I voted for FullVenue from this batch (not mine).. it is the clearest in my opinion of the several options presented in this batch above, and seems to be the best for describing the type of attributes the site would offer.. full representing more ways to pay, more events without censorship, etc...

All the negative Nancy's here saying none of the names are any good yet virtually no one is putting forth his or her own super duper names. Why...because they don't have any that fit.

In response to this, if you're still open to additional names, I'd propose the following which is mine and think would be fitting & clear in this case.. VenueLand.com

looking forward to hearing the end results, and your final pick, good luck!

 

[NonHipster]

Had it been "Eventized" is "eventize", it would have been the better of the lot. None is the best.

Nothing I like...
But
Eventized is my choice..

Epik has been incubating an alternative to EventBrite at the request of an Epik client who was booted by EventBrite and for which they found EventBrite's 10% commissions to be too high as well as wanted the ability to accept crypto as payment method. We are now finalizing the brand name and would like to invite some domain industry input on name selection.

A BIG Hats Off to Rob for creating some real fun, interest and challenging domaining. We love these opportunities and we Thank You ROB!

 

[Ategy]

FullVenue.com is not a good name for EventBrite.com alternative site. This is an event booking platform and not venue booking site.
UpEvent.com or EventZee.com would make more sense to me

Some voters thought that poll about the best domain name, not the best suitable domain for event business, so upevent is more suitable .

I really don't mean any disrespect .. but is English maybe not your mother tongues? While Up Event isn't a horrible name by any means, but in terms of word flow it doesn't come close to Full Venue (I'd actually feel the more natural way to say it would be UpEvents, although the fact I think both aren't too bad says something in itself). And EventZee completely fails the radio test (unfortunately it doesn't come close to being a possible choice because of the multitude of alternate spelling .. plus there already is an EventBee).

Beyond that .. all events take place in a "Venue", so most definitely the name is 100% appropriate, with the added bonus of the name being more open to potential future expansion into related services. As someone who has worked in events on and off for over 25 years I can safely say FullVenue is an ideal name!

 

[myfavorite]

I go with Eventsangel and fullvenue. Likes the sound of it.

 

[Larion]

none of them.

there are better names freely available...

EventKicker
Eventovo
EventEva
Eventonaut
EventLoving
EventPunch

 

[korganian]

I think fullvenue sounds great for event organizers to rent space for their event.

I think fullvenue also sounds great for a ticket scalping site where people can sell their tickets at inflated prices because the event is sold out.

I don't think fullvenue sounds good for a site for consumers to go to buy tickets because it implies that the event is full, so no tickets would be available.

 

[Vimal Kumar]

FullVenue is phonetically powerful, easily passes the radio test, has a very smooth word flow, and very positive imagery. It's ideal for what you want because on the event organiser side it implies that using it will help fill their venue .. While on the event participant side it implies successful events at a "Full Venue" with lots of people.

Also, by not including the words "Ticket(s)" or "Event(s)", you also leave the brand open to future expansion into complementary services like reservations and/or table management in restaurants, supper clubs and nightclubs, where "tickets" might not necessarily be involved, nor where it would be for any special "event" (but they all take place at a "venue").

If you really want to include "Ticket", I still have TixStore (//com) .. and with "Event" , I think EventCasa already in the list above has a nice ring to it.




You wrote the above just as I was replying. I agree on the organiser side. But I disagree on the client side, as I think FullVenue makes it look like it's a happening/popular event/club/resto/venue. Although from what you're saying I suppose the extra benefit is that it could subconsciously make clients rush to get their tickets quicker than usual! lol

I agree FullVenue is a positive term for a ticketing platform. Clients will consider it a happening event and react positively to it

 

[Blitzpotz]

No name that I could love on first sight, so I voted for three names: FullVenue, Eventized and Tictronic.
I also believe that if you want to compete with EventBrite your brand should be unique and not include the word event though it is the strongest key.