Jennifer B. Davis
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.
2 Responses
  1. Jim Kukral Says:

    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


  2. 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!