Is this a joke?

[Get Shirts]

I get a ton of emails from random ASI companies, but this one takes the cake.  Is this a joke?  Someone tell me this is a joke?  This product is called a SHART, come on.

[StuJohnston]

Seems like "shame" would be a better fit.

[mk162]

i just posted that in the shoutbox...just plain dumb

[kingscreen]

This outlines the necessity of Googling a name before you use it. 

[Frog]

Actually, someone on one of the now dead forums, posted this as a great use of old wooden frames. Just cut a piece of rigid foam just a hair smaller than the inside dimensions. Great way to display samples in your customer area.

Now, kick yourself for dumping those old frames!

And actually, displaying a shirt as art, what else could you call it (except probably overpriced)?

[Get Shirts]

I don't know, seems insane to think that this is not a term widely used between the ages of 8-14 for the past 100 years. 

[Frog]

Maybe they should have gone with Tart.

[Homer]

when this guy came up with the name, not ONE of his friends spoke up and said uhhh, nooo....?..this guy's friends are jackasses


i don't care what it does, i'm not buying it because it's called a shart....

I can hear it now, book keeper says hey J, what is a shart and why did you pay 35 bucks for it?

[Gilligan]

Never trust a fart.

[sqslabs]

Intrigued by the Shart, I did a bit of research and found an explanation direct from the owner of the company in a reply to an Amazon review:

I appreciate the high rating and opinion regarding our name. Believe me, it wasn't an easy choice. Here's how it happened:

Once we developed our shirt frame, I began looking for the best name to set us apart from our competitors. As I thought about what we were attempting to do, it struck me. We were turning shirts into pieces of art. Not too long into the process, I thought shirt art. Naturally, that led to shart.

My wife and I discussed it at length and we decided that it would either be the best or worst business name ever and probably nothing in between. Additionally, after developing the product and website, we knew we would not have much left in the tank for an advertising/marketing budget. We knew it was risky but figured it was memorable and that we would not have to print brochures or business cards.

After some research and negotiation, I was fortunate to purchase shart.com for a reasonable price and the rest is history.

In hindsight, I think it's one of the best decisions we've made. High quality, patent-pending product that is fun to market. Please see our youtube channel for our videos - http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAN4DQrqF3d__-RT_UzP4eA

If you have any questions or would like more information, please let me know. Thanks again!

Todd

http://www.amazon.com/gp/review/R1IE9XK5MELT1P/ref=cm_cr_pr_cmt_btn?ASIN=B00FD69LNI#wasThisHelpful

[sqslabs]

Also, this: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-UBNMTZPXM

and this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD1CZMBTg7w&list=UUAN4DQrqF3d__-RT_UzP4eA&index=18

And a lot more pretty hilarious videos on their YouTube channel.

[balloonguy]

I love these guys... but they did not buy those balloons from me. The are dead to me!

[ebscreen]

After some research and negotiation, I was fortunate to purchase shart.com for a reasonable price and the rest is history.

 

Terribly curious as to what the owner of that domain name had planned for it originally.
 Effing negotiating over shart.com...

[Frog]

After some research and negotiation, I was fortunate to purchase shart.com for a reasonable price and the rest is history.

 

Terribly curious as to what the owner of that domain name had planned for it originally.
 Effing negotiating over shart.com...

I used to work in a pretty much defunct type of business, at least in California, a service station. At this particular station, another archaic institution, a pay toilet, apparently inspired one patron to express himself through the medium of fingerpainting. That could have probably also been called shart.

[StuJohnston]

After some research and negotiation, I was fortunate to purchase shart.com for a reasonable price and the rest is history.

 

Terribly curious as to what the owner of that domain name had planned for it originally.
 Effing negotiating over shart.com...

I had a web design teacher that would register domain names that he thought were funny. Maybe it was him?