Check if your e(Firstname).com is available. Seriously...

[Jaco]

This is like the best $8 I've spent on a domain name since the 2003.

Last night, at a get together; got to talking with a pretty cute girl, hit the point in the conversation where we exchanged email addys. She asked for mine:

"It's (MyFirstName)@e(MyFirstName).com..." which apparently shocked her, which in turn beget an epic conversation between me, her and four of her ridiculously attractive friends about email, domain names, having your own email, etc.

Didn't think much of it- checked mail this morning and three of the five broads had emailed, with two noting how they could "remember" my email so easily, including the one who initiated the whole thing... Now, I'm no super-attractive guy- by any stretch- but apparently, the novely of the email stuck in their minds and actually inspired them to message.

This thing is gold. GOLD, I tell ya. .999 fine, gold plated gold. Probably the next best thing to [email protected], which are pretty much limited to a handful of guys who were into domain buying in the early 90's.

If you have a really common first name, you're probably screwed since eCommonFirstName.com's seem to be gone, but in checking a few random names, there are surprisingly many still out there. Spend this $8, set up an email on it and start using it- trust me. It will pay dividends.

 

[seven]

Do you use your host's webmail? I use a sucky email - @sbcglobal.net because it's easier for me to check or else I would use [email protected].

 

[werty]

I used the idea on this thread and bought today my: FirstName/LastName.Com. My name is not common so it wasn't registered. Anyways I think it's good to own my name as a domain. You never know. I might use a future email address: [email protected]

 

[lincolndsp]

cute idea Dongsman, thanks. you inspired me to look for my own name.

my name is taken in almost every tld and I got iFirstname.com.
eFirstname has been taken. Lucky I am.lol

 

[tkstark]

Do you use your host's webmail? I use a sucky email - @sbcglobal.net because it's easier for me to check or else I would use [email protected].

are you unable to use [email protected] and forward it to your sbglobal email? i recently registered a domain for a friend's business. he still signs into sbglobal to write and check his email, but he gives out the business email address i set up for him (the 'pretty one,' i call it). now that i think about it, tho, when he writes emails they all still carry the ugly address. i thought it was because he didn't know how to create a new identity, but maybe sbglobal doesn't allow it.