sacked.me looking like a good buy?

12 Feb 2009

Tags: .me, business, Recession, Sacked
Posted in Work | 3 Comments

Last year, when the .me extensions came out, i picked up a few. Have yet to do anything with them but i knew i’d have 2 years to come up with something before they expired.

Sacked.me is looking like a shrewd buy. There’s no better time to get that domain out there and in to the public eye. A global recession is good for sacked.me’s value.

photo credit: Dysalot

Right now, i have a pretty simple idea in mind for it and i’m going to try and investigate it more – see if i can pull it off by myself. If any of you guys have ideas or suggestions for it let me know

I’m DEFINITELY going to keep it as simple as possible – i don’t want it turning in to another huge project which requires oodles of cash and time.

But the domain alone has potential and there’s no better time to launch it

http://www.barryhand.ie Barry Hand

You could use an auto subdomain function to create a portal for employees sacked by a organisation – dell.sacked.me where those who were let go in Limerick could contribute.

Or use it as somewhere for people to let off some steam in a Father Ted’s “Henry Sellers” type way they.sacked.me

Probably some legal implications in there somewhere.
http://www.smemon.com smemon

Cheers Barry – i remember when i bought it, the subdomain idea was the first thing that stood out for me…

Allowing people to let off steam against ex employers isn’t something i’d be comfortable with though – i’d need legal advice on that one and it would just be too much hassle…

But that raises an interesting question – can you legally use a trademark in a subdomain? If so, it might open up a few doors for me.
http://www.barryhand.ie Barry Hand

Actually, that would be really messy as you can’t use a trademark term in a domain name, otherwise it would be a cypersquatting nightmare.