Publish a website where the URL is an incomplete sentence. Get people to pay you $1 to have their name on a personalized site to complete the sentence. Make a million dollars. Why didn't I think of it?
Actually, makes me wonder what other sites could be started up in this fashion. Perhaps some of these are real, but here are my ideas:
[name].isajerk.com
[name].iscool.com
[name].isthesmartestpersonIknow.com
[name].blowsmymind.com
[name].hasagreatproduct.com
[name].takesgreatpictures.com
[name].makesmusic.com
[name].isgrateful.com
[name].lovesgardening.com
[name].lovesU2.com
Now, some of these could have more features than a "certificate," perhaps even getting into syndicated web content. The "lovesU2.com" could be linked in to a band fan club or the like. Sounds like a new business opportunity. Anyone? Anyone?
P.S. I learned about this one from Andy Wibbels who is andy.isreallyawesome.com, apparently.
Actually, makes me wonder what other sites could be started up in this fashion. Perhaps some of these are real, but here are my ideas:
[name].isajerk.com
[name].iscool.com
[name].isthesmartestpersonIknow.com
[name].blowsmymind.com
[name].hasagreatproduct.com
[name].takesgreatpictures.com
[name].makesmusic.com
[name].isgrateful.com
[name].lovesgardening.com
[name].lovesU2.com
Now, some of these could have more features than a "certificate," perhaps even getting into syndicated web content. The "lovesU2.com" could be linked in to a band fan club or the like. Sounds like a new business opportunity. Anyone? Anyone?
P.S. I learned about this one from Andy Wibbels who is andy.isreallyawesome.com, apparently.
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Yes, all those ideas are great, and I bet someone will do them.
But they still won't be really awesome! :)
Awesome Jim
www.awesomemillion.com
So, thinking about this in a broader sense, what if instead of selling mini-sites on a single URL (again, like the you.areawesome.com idea), you had an easy way to charge for people to set up their own domains of this type. The list that I mentioned in the original post could not be executed without some programming smarts, some server space and uptime management, etc. What if someone set up an ASP model, leveraging a common backend, but to host a variety of sites for a small fee each year (or perhaps free if the web traffic got to a certain point and you allowed AdWords).
Then people could really go crazy.
[name].DislikesParisHilton.com
[name].LovesHisiPod.com
[pet's name].IsMyCat.com
[name].ForPresident.com
The possibilities are endless and if the set-up of these sites were frictionless, they could really catch on!