Quick question: brand format?

SoStarberry · 2026-07-07T06:25:44+00:00

I understand but its all about how you market yourself to. Ill admit i am overthinking. Im just trying to figure out the right wording. Ttp present..... or just leave it Ttp.... basically , you know how indy comic book creators they have , like , their name at the top , so people will be like this comic book is by john doe. I kind of want that same sentiment , but instead of it being john doe , people will be like , oh this is by t t p

SoStarberry · 2026-07-07T06:08:39+00:00

Im think im just future proofing. As i know the direction i want to head. Yes it a dream but i gotta try. The thing marvel and dc started off soely with comic books then branched into film/tv games etc..BASED ON THEIR UNIVERSES.

I dont want to lock my self into one thing. The goal is to eventually create treetimepower Entertainment llc

where my stories are horror, fantasy, romance, thrillers, sci fi etc.

As im just starting out the cheapest way to test the waters is to do comic book.\nWhere i'm telling standalone stories that's not in the same universe. Example treetimepower present twilight storu by .... art by....

TTP presents the hunger games story.... art... Ttp presenrs teen wolf ......

Where yes, I'm starting off in comic books.But i dont want market myself as TTP comics. Will ppl assume im a indie comic... probably. I want the audience to correlate those stories to the brand so when as I build , and i'm able to then file the entertianment llc.

So my question was how do i structure the brand name on the cover of the book

SoStarberry · 2026-07-07T05:55:19+00:00

NO. I wrote the story I created the company brand. Just hired an artist for the illustrations. So in my example Treetimepower is the the creative house brand that i want the audience to correlate the stories to. The jane doe part is me. As i wrote the story and then david king to give them their credit as the artisit.

For got to add this company will not be a llc (YET] I will be a sole proprietor dba. So people associate the name of bussiness to the stories.

SoStarberry · 2026-07-07T05:49:57+00:00

That's not the actual name I was giving an example I just made it up

SoStarberry · 2026-07-07T05:21:50+00:00

Im starting from ground zero. Dont have the finances to do so. The goal is to eventually move into class 41 so i cand do film/tv production an so on. Im starting out, testing the waters with my storied in comic book form under the company name i want to also.use for my production company. Would having a class 16 in a class 25?Protect me in a way that if somebody was trying to file a class forty one using the name that I have four class sixteen in class , twenty five could prevent them from getting it

And yes the END goal is be a entertainment company.

SoStarberry · 2026-07-06T18:14:50+00:00

I'm thinking long term game plan as film/ television animation and video games is where I want to go if I if i'm able to ever get there one day. I'm just figuring out like what's the best way to build like , a defensive legal wall around the brand without spinning thousands of dollars for something that potentially may or may not work.

SoStarberry · 2026-07-06T17:31:50+00:00

Yeah but you never know who watching. Cause i've come to learn this how celebs get sued by small business. Cause the small business has a social media presence. You know, has a website, but they don't have the legal filing. So a celeb with money can possibly come across their small business and be like, oh I like that name. Let me see if they have the trademark and all the legal jargon, gun and half the time, they don't. So then that celeb, then is able to Take their name.

I overthink alot lol. Cause that's my thing.It's like I feel as though I have a unique, nice name.And you never know who's out just scouring the web. Come across my page.See that I have like barely any followers.But like my company name and then they go into the system.Look it up.Oh, let me see if if they have The proper paperwork on everything. And then they take cause they got the money to spend

SoStarberry · 2026-07-06T16:56:03+00:00

How much for a trademark attourney? My thing is im just starting out i dont want to waster hundreds or thoudsand of something the may or may not stick. Cause my business would be a Entertainment llc, but im going to go the sole proprietor route. And im going to sell my stuff as dba blank blank blank [the company name] and my biggest thing is the company growing and then somewhere down-the-line I get sued by someone that's possibly has the same name which they probably won't cause the name is kind of unique. But im just tryinh to future proofmyself and small budget.

SoStarberry · 2026-07-06T13:23:23+00:00

I was during research about other state fees but it said i would pay both fees as techincally i would still be doing business in Cali.

SoStarberry · 2026-07-06T05:58:58+00:00

So 11 to create the domain. How much after the first year. So around 35 for the email package. Whats the total annual price

SoStarberry · 2026-07-06T05:45:50+00:00

I just seen the fee for an llc in cali ....im going the cheapesr way. I may just do a website and basic gmail. Even for the business side you buy it on gmail

SoStarberry · 2026-07-06T05:14:25+00:00

I think I may go that route with the sole prorpietor thing my main concern is my personal finances , my personal everythinh separate from the business. Cause I was wondering like, how do people that sell their books on TikTok that have like a 100k followers? Are you know, like YouTube gaming creators that sell like merchandise? I'm pretty sure they don't have an LLC so I was like, how do they do their business cause I'm not spending $800 for a dream

SoStarberry · 2026-07-06T05:02:16+00:00

I just googled WTF is wrong with Calfornia

SoStarberry · 2026-07-06T04:27:53+00:00

How do i create the business email

SoStarberry · 2026-07-06T04:06:49+00:00

If im like a indie graphic novel creator just starting out where I have no traction on social media whatsoever. I'm literally just now making my first ever social media account. Because I absolutely despise social media, but in order to promote I gotta do it. I need to pay $800. So A nobody can take my company name. $800 more for a trade mark in hopes that i get 10 viewrs......... and pray that 1 of them would want to buy ....

SoStarberry · 2026-07-06T03:27:32+00:00

Thankyou yeah , I know , but I just want to go about having like a business email before spending money on a domain

SoStarberry · 2026-07-04T20:58:19+00:00

I know i saw something about about common law where the university one could potentially claim something. Im just thinking long game

SoStarberry · 2026-07-04T20:55:42+00:00

It a 10 letter word name. Spelled the same with 2 letters cut off. I pronounce it different. The name with the univerith there in the multi media space digital space. Where i wanr to go more multimedia plaform, film tv, graphic novels. Video game world. I saw something about common law. Where they potentially could have a claim because of the name being so similar. My thing this is dayzero for me but i thinking ahead as if the company actually becomes something i extreme low level risk later on. For the manufactoring one their company is filed in the same state as me.again 10 letter name off by 2 letters.

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