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Re: Would You Pay for a Facebook Vanity URL?

Lydia Eventa — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:07:59 -0000

Not for my personal account, but I would certainly consider buying a memorable one for some of my businesses.

Re: Would You Pay for a Facebook Vanity URL?

Anthony Proulx — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:54:26 -0000

Nah, I wouldn't pay for my personal one, it already shows up easy enough in searches, but for my business http://insphyreperformance.com I maybe would of paid for facebook.com/insphyre but I already got it so I wouldn't obviously pay at this point.

Re: Would You Pay for a Facebook Vanity URL?

Anthony Proulx — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:54:00 -0000

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Anthony Proulx — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:50:46 -0000

Re: Would You Pay for a Facebook Vanity URL?

CarlosX360 — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:53:27 -0000

Not a chance. Sorry, facebook. You're not getting my cash just for url's

Re: Would You Pay for a Facebook Vanity URL?

Paracademia — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:44:33 -0000

Absolutely not. But then, I don't really care about vanity URLs; in many ways, I prefer not to have one as it makes me less 'guessable'.

Re: Would You Pay for a Facebook Vanity URL?

Matt D. Smith — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:59:59 -0000

can't get the facebook vanity url you want or don't have 1,000 fans on your page? here's an alternative way to get what you want. http://blog.studiomds.com/

Re: Would You Pay for a Facebook Vanity URL?

Dr Radcliffe — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:16:12 -0000

Yes I would pay for a Facebook Vanity URL .It makes sense and Facebook usernames will be a big player in google search rankings since Google wave is set to come out and Facebook wants to probably go for more of a real time technology like that of twitter.
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Re: Would You Pay for a Facebook Vanity URL?

Hanna — Mon, 25 May 2009 10:58:04 -0000

No way in hell I'd pay for a vanity URL. I switched to Myspace because it wasn't about all that stupid change your background, font, colors etc. crap. I wanted to be apart of something a little more mature and for my age group. At the time it was for College students only. Which was great! Then they insulted us by adding those stupid HS kids into the mix and Facebook became a little too much like Myspace. Honestly, after that I stopped using it as much. It's supposed to be social networking.... not who has the coolest URL.

Re: Would You Pay for a Facebook Vanity URL?

Erwin1974 — Sun, 03 May 2009 09:50:15 -0000

I think this is a stupid idea. Every social site on the planet offers you a vanity URL for free (if they have that option at all) Why should Facebook be different? What do they offer extra? I can understand a paid plus account, but the benefits should be like statistics, detailed info on who visited your profile and other innovative functions. Vanity URL's should NOT be a part of any such package.

Re: Would You Pay for a Facebook Vanity URL?

Whitney Pannell — Fri, 01 May 2009 19:17:41 -0000

My guess is large companies will pay.

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Antonio Castro — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:04:20 -0000

Well, really .... Pay for something that i consider to be such a defective ( intended or not ) issue? No way Jose ...

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Jonny "the Heartbreaker" — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:45:48 -0000

yeah, for sho' that sounds awsome

Re: Would You Pay for a Facebook Vanity URL?

Djtwin — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:34:01 -0000

I have my own version called a subdomain. :P I wouldnt pay for it

Re: Would You Pay for a Facebook Vanity URL?

redsoxmaniac — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:55:24 -0000

You will then have to put in the SEO work to get anyone to notice you. At least you will have some clout on Facebook's network.

Redirecting means nothing if no one sees your site on Google. And if they do see your site on Google, then you probably have no need for added marketing campaigns. But other people do.

Re: Would You Pay for a Facebook Vanity URL?

redsoxmaniac — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:48:22 -0000

Totally agree.

If they can get conglomerate partnerships ( vanities for corporations , big companies ), like lets say $40,000 a year with a little bit of ad inventory and marketing perks for 200 companies ( ABC/Disney, Comcast ) that alone would be worth $8 million a year.

I think the model is suited to smaller companies and people, with small yearly fees ( like $15 year ), and I do wonder how it would play out.

Re: Would You Pay for a Facebook Vanity URL?

redsoxmaniac — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:44:18 -0000

Its called value. Think of it as a party at college. There are parties that have free beer, and there are parties that you have to pay.

But the paid parties are closer, and have way cooler people, the other parties, not so much. So yes, some people ( not all ) would be willing to pay. How much? We'll see.

Re: Would You Pay for a Facebook Vanity URL?

redsoxmaniac — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:42:17 -0000

But you are attached to a social system, which is also a passive form of expanding a name. I have my own named website, but 100X more people go to my wordpress.com site. The domain purchasing is good, but Facebook isn't competing in this market.

The vanity market is essentially an extra advertising/marketing/exposure function of Facebook. I don't think it would reach a huge point ( unless the vanity became something that was hard to get ) of success, but I do see the viability.

There are other options, and Facebook is making a run at adding another for web users. Plus, most of their users don't even know how to sign up for a domain name, let alone create their own website, network, work on SEO, or domain forwarding.

Re: Would You Pay for a Facebook Vanity URL?

redsoxmaniac — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:38:55 -0000

They ddin't miss any boat; 99.9999999999% of their users don't know what BudUrl is. They just have to market vanity names attached to the facebook brand. They probably could get nice corporate money for this.

If you were ESPN.com and needed to network to many users, are you going to show a commercial with Budurl.com/espn or Facebook.com/espn.

Understand the market viability.

Re: Would You Pay for a Facebook Vanity URL?

tom martin — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:47:02 -0000

Agree. If I want a Vanity URL for Facebook, I just create a BudURL like this one: www.budurl.com/TomMartin and the bonus plan... I get tracking data. Facebook missed this boat... but that said, I'm sure lots of folks will rush to get theirs.

Re: Would You Pay for a Facebook Vanity URL?

Nic — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 10:49:53 -0000

NO!

It's not that important, and if they start separating features and creating a "premium service" that means I get to use it in less ways that I am now, I would just delete the account. I have both facebook and myspace. I will not pay for social networking, especially when myspace isn't charging for anything for any of its features, and in fact provides some features for free that apparently facebook is considering charging for. This is not a good idea for facebook. The moment they mention "charge" to anyone, people are going to turn and run - Rightfully so.

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kombizz — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:31:13 -0000

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Anna — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:16:05 -0000

I think that I would pay (a small fee), simply because it's a lot more convenient and easier for ppl to find you on FB, especially if you're a business.

Re: Would You Pay for a Facebook Vanity URL?

scotepi — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:56:37 -0000

I own and run http://tinyfb.com a facebook link shorting site. Right now it works on profiles, but in the next few weeks i'm going to expand it into accepting groups and pages

Re: Would You Pay for a Facebook Vanity URL?

Xander — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:12:34 -0000

Maybe, if it was only a few dollars or something. Any more than that and it's not worth it.