I kick myself to this day when I think about the start of the internet and how much potential for earning some extra cash I would have in my pocket right now if I knew better. Investments rather.
3 letter domain names go for hundreds and thousands of dollars. A domain name! If I jumped on this when domain names first started, I would be swimming in cash. The good ones are being eaten up faster than I can type this. Domain names are huge when it comes to marketing and branding a company. Are domain names important? They sure the hell are. It’s the final stamp on your branding endeavor.
So yesterday I began to ponder something. Myspace is huge right? More and more companies are joining this online social network to build a reputation and clientele. You sometimes see commercials with a URL at the bottom of the screen telling you to visit their Myspace URL (i.e. myspace.com/companyname). We have also heard DJs on the radio spout off to listeners asking to friend them on their Myspace. Small companies keep their client base going, while also expanding it, by using Myspace to run contest and give away prizes (http://myspace.com/tshirthell). Bands, mainstream and underground, both use Myspace to expand and connect. Large companies advertise movies on Myspace as well (http://myspace.com/spiderman, http://myspace.com/simpsonsmovie)
Alright that’s enough explaining to get down to my final point:
Are Myspace URL’s going to be worth something in the future? Think about it. You can make your Myspace URL whatever you’d like. There’s really no limit.
Here are the top taken Myspace URL’s that I discovered while brainstorming:
http://myspace.com/cocacola
http://myspace.com/sprite
http://myspace.com/ford
http://myspace.com/toyota
http://myspace.com/ipod
http://myspace.com/apple
http://myspace.com/iphone
http://myspace.com/realestate
http://myspace.com/superbowl
http://myspace.com/doritos
http://myspace.com/pepsi
Smart guys who got in early:
http://myspace.com/microsoft
http://myspace.com/spiderman
http://myspace.com/simpsonsmovie
http://myspace.com/mattcutts
Let me know if you find anyone else on the smart guy list. I could be here all day searching for top names. So what I’m wondering is if these goobers we are seeing on these Myspace pages are our future domain name selling “thousand-airs.”
I don’t know about you, but I think I could be on to something.
The problem there I think is you don’t actually own it, MySpace does. I’d imagine they would quickly stop anyone trying to profit off their name. That’s not to say it wouldn’t go on, but not like the domain resellers.
There will always be a point in time in our lives when we ask ourselfs, “Why Didn’t I…”. For most of our generation the domain potential is that “Why Didn’t I…”.
MySpace is a great example of snatching up some great URL’s. You might also consider MyBlogLog.com. This is a good post Melinda, keep up the good work.
My $0.02
I would say that MySpace domains were once worth something, but now it would be hard to make any money out of them.
I would bet that most good names are already taken and the fact that all links change to mysplinks.com/fhkashfksdf cuts out the whole Pagerank clientèle. I would recommend you do this for Twitter (which is fairly new).
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