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Originally Posted by PornHero
Yes bad idea,
I've made hundreds of thousands of $$$ over the years using domains with the sponsors name in it. Slowly but surely over the years the sponsors changed names, went out of business or more commonly, demanded the domain name (then did nothing with it! Ouch!)
The best thing for you to do is spend that time building your own brand (own the twitter, facebook etc if u can).
You can still target the sponsor of your choice with your SEO skills, just that having the domain name in the url is bound to backfire eventually.
All those hours you spend on the domain name will eventually stop bringing you income. Build something you can own, control and will make you money for a lifetime  |
Back in the early 2000's I had a site that was dedicated to a specific solo girl. The sponsor told me they were fine with me using her name in the domain. I built up the site, did some SEO and eventually landed at #1 on google for that girl's name. Things were great for several months. Then the program was sold to a different company and they demanded I turn the domain over to them. There wasn't much I could so I did. Then they threatened to sue me because I didn't include the site with it. I told them for a fair price I would sell them the site, but all they were entitled to was the domain. The kept the domain, did nothing with it, and eventually let it expire.