In anticipation of creating a website…I recently secured several domain names…now…the first rule of marketing…will tell you…always…read that…always…secure…your name dot com…whether you use it or not…only problem is…when I type in…Jane Carroll…I get a message…this domain is already taken…try again…
This isn’t a new problem…it’s been happening to me for years…she’s had that one for a long time…and…she ain’t sharing…but…it did set my mind in a tangent…what if…it were that way for our names…
Having worked in Maternity Wards for a number of years…and having given birth a couple of times…it’s easy for me to envision this scenario…
Mother…in hospital gown…proudly holding newborn infant…when the birth certificate tech comes in…and…asks the name of the baby…mother…declares the chosen name…Homer
Smith…the tech enters it into a laptop…only to relate the bad news…that name is already taken…try again…
In frustration…and…desperation…mom begins racking her brain…for an acceptable name…settling…after about an hour…of…no-goes…on…Homer Not of the Odyssey Smith-Baby//2012…
And…little…Homer Not…begins his life…
Now…of course…I did check…and…just as suspected…Homer Smith dot com…is
not available…but…I did check out…Jane Carroll…one more time…and…it is up for auction…for only $$$…I can by my own name…
Hmmm…not this year…maybe next…
Jane
Kay…I do remember the star naming craze…the things we will spend our money on…thanks for featuring the post…it is original for HWT…
Thank YOU!
Cute! You probably know, people make a business of buying domain names and selling them. I hadn’t thought about it from the maternity-ward angle. I wonder if celebrities buy the dot-coms for their children when they give birth. Thanks for the chuckle.
Thanks, Kay…I’m thinking that domain names could be a good birthday present for the grandkids this year…wonder what they’d think?
Yesss! That’s a great idea. Buy grandkids their own domain name (remember when people would pay to have a star named after them?). Hey, I just googled your post and didn’t find it anywhere else, so we’ve featured it on the home page of HWT and I’m posting it on the HWT facebook page right now. Thank you!!!