YourKidsName.com

The internet is the new frontier for this millenium. It is extremely important to put a stake in and claim your piece of internet real estate. Now imagine what it will be like for your kids when they are 10, 18, 21, 30 years old? Domain names are being snatched up, squated on and sold for big profits to multi-billion dollar corporations. And despite what people tell you, a .com is still better than any other suffix. So. I suggest once you choose a name, you purchase the domain of your child”s name ASAP. And while you are at it, reserve the AIM screen name, MySpace link, and anything else you can get your hands on.

I purchased my daughter”s domain and use the space to post pictures on the web for our family. It”s a good thing too because her name is the same name as a popular model and World Poker Tour player. Of course at the time of my daughter”s birth, this woman did not have a website. She has since contacted me to purchase it and I have declined her offer. It is too important to me for my kids to have a reserved space at their disposal. When it came to my son, we knew his gender and name well before his birth and I snagged his domain name before birth. My wife and I have gotten offers for his domain as well.

Are my kid”s names too popular? Doubtful. But the internet has millions of users around the world. The odds are extremely high that there are at least 50,000 people in this world that share your name. Just google yourself for proof.

You don”t need to put stuff on the site either. Just buy the domain name and sit on it. You”ll be glad you did.

But if you do want to put something up there are a lot of great resources to do it easily. My favorite is About My Baby.com. You can post pictures, videos, anddiary entries quickly and painlessly.