Latest Cheesy Web Money Making Scheme: OnTheMapUS
Posted on January 10, 2007
There's always a new money making idea. This year it looks like OnTheMapUS has an early jump on cheesy web money making schemes. OnTheMapUS promises to sell every town in the U.S. for $100 starting January 11th, 2007. You will have to be a resident of the town in order to "buy it" according to OnTheMapUS.
At the stroke of midnight on January 11th, 2007, every town in the United States will go on sale on a first come, first served basis (for the duration of the Landrush period). Those who Claim a town (zip code is used to define each town) will have an exclusive right to that town, and all the benefits that follow upon it, including the right to create and maintain their town's only Claim Owner's page.Several towns have already been claimed including Avalon, NJ, Aspen, Colorado and Roswell, Georgia. Will it make money? Probably. It's more interesting to "own a town" than a pixel. The idea is cheesy. The virtual clock counting down to the Landrush is cheesy. But OnTheMapUs could really use a cheesy blog bragging about how much money they are making. Hey, even the MillionDollarHomepage guy took the time to write one.The cost to claim a town is $100, and each Claim Owner has the right to sell it, use it to make money (generate income through advertising), tell the world about their town, product, service, art, life, thoughts, political opinions and much more. Each Claim Owner also is granted the right to vote on issues that impact our virtual United States, including which charities will benefit from the funds generated here, as 10% of each dollar taken in will be set aside for charitable giving.
The first come, first served Landrush period will only last for the month of January 2007, after which time, our policy of granting Claims only to verifiable residents of the town will go into effect. We believe this policy to be very important for the integrity of the content on the website, and in the best long-term interest of our Claim Owners.