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Topic: Taglines/Names

Need Help With Naming A Puzzle.

Posted by Blaine Wilkerson on 8/24/2004 at 5:53 PM ET 1000 Points
To make a long story short, one of my client's premier products due for release this Christmas Season has encountered a name issue. Apparently, the trademark expired and someone else jumped on it before he could.

Anyway, we have to not only rebrand the most popular puzzle in his line (over 10 years old and well known in the puzzle community by its current name), but rename the website which not only possesses the same name as his puzzle, but has several #1 and #2 Google ranks for key words such as "wood puzzle".

The Puzzles are geometrically shaped (Cube, Orb, Cylinder, Pyramid, Cone), and the names include the shape combined with a prefix that forms a "new" word similar to complex terms (i.e. OrbSticle, PyrPlex, CyliPlex).

We need a new name for the Cube and we need it fast! I was thinking of something catchy like "Cube Fury", or "Cubicon"...especially since it is hitting major retail stores very soon. It has over 54 different tesselated shapes, the most difficult being able to create a 4X4 cube with perfect checkerboard patterns on each side. This puzzle has won many awards, been praised by Jerry Slocum of Beverly Hills Puzzle Foundation, and has over 100,000 orders pending WorlWide and growing everyday.

So you see, this is quite a dilema. WE need a catchy, relevant name for the puzzle AND a new site name that will retain our Google positioning. The puzzle name should contain the word "Cube" (or a synonym) and have a second part/pre-fix indicitive of a perplexing puzzle...a challenge...a "Mind Block" (another name I thought of) etc.

The site name can be "woodpuzzles.com" for all we care since the primary focus is SEO. If you take the time to suggest a site name, I would love you forever if you check the availability before posting it.

Any help you can provide would be most appreciated!
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  • Posted by Blaine Wilkerson on 8/24/2004 at 6:53 PM Author
    Good Ideas!

    I should correct my question: I mean "suffix" instead of "prefix"...although a prefix is not out of the question.
  • Posted by SteveByrneMarketing on 8/24/2004 at 7:25 PM Accepted
    Blaine,

    A very long time ago I named a game product "Qube" – it never took off and I've seen the Qube name since. Maybe …

    The Amazing Qube
    PineQube
    Quzzle

    I’ll be back,

    - Steve
  • Posted by SteveByrneMarketing on 8/24/2004 at 7:40 PM Member
    Dr. Zog's BaffyCube
  • Posted by SteveByrneMarketing on 8/24/2004 at 7:48 PM Member
    or Dr. Wood's BaffyQube
  • Posted by SteveByrneMarketing on 8/24/2004 at 8:06 PM Member
    The JumbleWood Cube
  • Posted by tjh on 8/24/2004 at 8:48 PM Accepted
    rootcube
    cuberoose
    stanley's cuberick
    platonicube
    reprocube
    musecube
    cubelation
    cubelator
    exocube
    cubination
    cubifold
    polycube
    cubisect
    cubicist pro
    multicube
    barbcube



    (lol, just send $$)
  • Posted by SteveByrneMarketing on 8/24/2004 at 9:21 PM Member
    Mr. Baffywood’s Cube

    ok, done for now.
  • Posted by Carl Crawford on 8/24/2004 at 11:32 PM Accepted
    hi jett,

    been thinking about you name,

    how about

    cubetangle
    cube zilla
    cube-a- cool (lol)

    if i think of more i will post

    have a nice day
    and i hope this helps oh great one

    Sweetasman01
  • Posted by Blaine Wilkerson on 8/24/2004 at 11:42 PM Author
    You guys and gals are AWESOME!! Thank you so much for the feedback and great name ideas!

    I am knee deep in it so I will post individual responses later.

    Keep em coming.

    P.S. I just spoke with my client and the first name of the puzzle was "Tesserect" (combo of tesselated and erect). Now the term "erect" has a sexual reference but so does "Erector Set" and "Bungee Balls". etc. LOL.

    For the past 10 years it has been called CalmPlex (combo of calming and perplexing). If you run a google on the name, you will see an herbal medication with the same name, hence the conflict.

    What are your thoughts on this? Keep in mind this puzzle was created for the extreme puzzle fanatics, mathematicians, cubists and the like, so "Tesserect" has an intellectual meaning, but I fear it does not brand the product well for the general public who grew to love the puzzle as well.
  • Posted by tjh on 8/25/2004 at 12:52 AM Accepted
    AlterCube
    (Q)Cubiverse
    (Q)Cubilation
    Cubigon
    Cubetorium
    CubIQ
    Cubeyond
    MagniCube
  • Posted by ReadCopy on 8/25/2004 at 3:31 AM Accepted
    Qube
    ImpossiCube
    IzzyCube
    Cube
    EnigmaCube
    Cuber
    CuteCube

    Its worth noting that there is some research emerging on attractive names, that suggests that men prefer names with lots of vowels and women prefer names with fewer vowels.
    The research hasn't been very scientificly done at the moment, but if you stop to think about it, it becomes a credible arguement.

    If you believe it or not, its interesting reading https://www.mit.edu/~perfors/hotornot.htm
  • Posted by Blaine Wilkerson on 8/25/2004 at 1:37 PM Author
    I can't say for sure that the drug company played a hand in this so let me be clear that I make no negative statement about them or mean to imply they were directly involved.

    All I know so far is there was a trademark issue that went to court and we lost.

    I like the idea of simly changing the spelling. Let me check with my client.

    Hey, does anyone have the link to that website that generates names? They even have a pharmacuetical name generator. Let me know if you find it before I do.

    Thanks everyone!
  • Posted by SteveByrneMarketing on 8/25/2004 at 2:54 PM Accepted
    QuzzleQube
    Mathwood Cube
    CuzzleCube
    Befuddle Cube
    Qbic
    CommPlex
    CalmmPlex
  • Posted by Blaine Wilkerson on 8/25/2004 at 3:01 PM Author
    Michael,

    I like your attitude! LOL. Finally someone as brash as I.

    I DO appreciate every post though. Thank You!!
  • Posted by SRyan ;] on 8/26/2004 at 12:00 AM Member
    Blaine, the name generation site you might be thinking of is Wordlab.com.

    I haven't had much free-radical brain time today... not sure if I'll be able to offer any ideas, but you KNOW how much I enjoy playing the name game! Meanwhile, I hope you get some more good stuff from the other members.

    - S
  • Posted by jcmedinave on 8/26/2004 at 11:01 AM Accepted
    Cube Names: Cubiflex, Cublex, Cubitron, Cube54, 4D Cube, PuzziCube, Cubypher, SuperCube, CubiMax.

    Site Name: It is important to show that this site is the Original, including the world "The Original" or "The Main", "The First".

    Bye,

    Juan carlos
  • Posted by Carl Crawford on 8/28/2004 at 4:04 PM Accepted
    hi jett,

    how about:

    • jett-plex-cube


    • gigacube


    • matrix-cube


    • the googler


    • load of the cubes


    • enigma cube


    • conundrumical


    • perplexycube


      • Hope this helps you

      Have a nice day

      Sweetasman01
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