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DomainTools Tattoo
December 14th, 2007 by 
Jay Westerdal
What a brilliant way to get your brand out there. A Tattoo is a source of pride and a conversation starter. So I thought I would make the offer of a free Gold Membership for life to any member that wanted to come to Seattle and get a DomainTools logo tattooed on themselves. You will become a marketing engine for our company and everywhere you show off your tattoo people will learn about our company.
After watching Inked on A&E I know there are enough people out there that get tattoos. So my proposal is for those domainers out there that want to show off their DomainTools pride and also get a permanent page on our site where we document the whole process and have lots of pictures of the event is to come and get the tattoo.
We are basically paying people $0.50 a day for the rest of their life (via the free Gold membership) and covering the tattoo costs, plus airfare and hotel. Flights within North America only. Airfare and Hotel are only valid for the first person that gets the tattoo.
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December 14th, 2007 at 3:47 pm
I’m ready, willing, and available! Where do I sign up?
UPDATE BY JAY: Ok Paul, I will email you and set it up.
December 14th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
Man, I would seriously consider doing this if Paul didn’t beat me to it. Just for a trip to Seattle, which I have always wanted to visit. Plus your logo is pretty dang sweet as a tattoo!
Mark Fulton
http://DotSauce.com Magazine
December 14th, 2007 at 3:51 pm
SAAAAAD idea!
PLease… Stick to billboards
December 14th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
UGH!
I guess that shows my age.
I recently saw a young girl with her boyfriend’s name tattooed on her neck; I thought I would vomit.
Trust me, 30 years from when your body parts go south, your tattoos will follow.
Ms Domainer
December 14th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
Ms – can you just see some of these gals with “Born to Be Wild” tattooed on their butts – in 40 years being lifted onto a bed pan in the nursing home?
December 14th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
The logo isn’t bad, as long as it doesn’t say “HAY CHECK OUT DOMAINTOOLS.COM
YEAH!”. But yeah, no tattoos for me, especially advertisements.
December 14th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
That must have been one heck of a holiday office party! Forget the tattoo; I want to see the pictures.
Mike
December 14th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
Alright! I’m psyched! Seattle here I come.
“That’s right, you heard right, the Secret Word for tonight is Mud Shark!”
December 14th, 2007 at 7:40 pm
Well Jay,
Nothing wrong with the Tattoo idea but……
Wouldn’t it be better to put a “We use Domain Tools” banner on a bunch of websites? I’m sure you guys could code up something useful real quick that many of us would put on our pages and place your banner there also.
December 15th, 2007 at 7:39 am
My Dear Sir Jay , greeting hi ,
i think : :::::
”"”" may b[be] better than
tattooing with pure text ““`DomainTools.com
tattooing with ‘the graphiccal logo
tattooing with pure text ““`DomainTools.com
”"”" may b[be] even better
”"”"
than
the combination o’[of]
that-graphiccal-logo +
the text ““`DomainTools.com
thence ,
very instantly
the people kan to type in DomainTools.com
just my own humble opinion
cheers ThANKye 2w
December 15th, 2007 at 7:57 am
I know!!! You could sponsor one of the Monster Trucks whose owners hang out on my Monster Truck Trading Center web board. Those guys/gals really get your name out there. Picture your vinyl logo and domain on a monster truck.
That would be cooler than a Tattoo anyday! IMHO
http://www.MonsterTruckTradingCenter.com
December 15th, 2007 at 9:49 am
Great idea Jay!
Are you limiting it to ONE person? If not, sign me up too.
December 15th, 2007 at 11:13 pm
Jay, I’m in…
I’ll do it if you reimburse me for airfare and hotel
and I’ll give you 1 link from all my sites life
80+ PR1 to PR7 sites
: )
December 15th, 2007 at 11:15 pm
correction:
Jay, I’m in…
I’ll do it if you reimburse me for airfare and hotel
and I’ll give you 1 link from all my sites for eternity and then some…
80+ PR1 to PR7 sites
: )
December 16th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
Don’t look now folks, but that “logo” is almost exactly a Microsoft Icon.
Check it out in change Icon in XP.
December 16th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Gramma,
You crack me up!
Back in the day (Vietnam era), my grandmother had one edict to her grandsons going into the service: No tattoos.
Young women didn’t get tattoos back then: only sailors and tramps.
How times have changed.
Back in the mid-80’s, my then-teen son wanted to get a mohawk, and I said, “Fine,” but had he asked for a tattoo, I would have nixed it.
A mohawk will eventually grow out, but an impulsive tattoo is forever, and like Gramma says, when your children and grandchildren see that “Born to be Wild” wrinkled and sagging on your butt, woo! hoo!
Ms Domainer
December 16th, 2007 at 7:44 pm
man, I’m on vacation all this week too! the timing would have been perfect! let me know if Paul chickens out and can put me in his place!
December 16th, 2007 at 8:23 pm
Well I am friends with the guy that had tattooed logos on his forehead, known as 007 on dnf, but he only did 30 day tats, not permanant ones.
December 17th, 2007 at 6:41 am
Is anyone considering the possibility that if Domain Tools is at some future date unable to honor their commitment to a lifetime Gold Membership, the tattoo will be of absolutely no value. Anyone receiving a Domain Tools tattoo should, under contract, requite that an escrow account be established to pay for the removal of the tattoo if Domain Tools is unable to fulfill their part of the agreement.
Has the ambulance-chaser retained by Domain Tools had the opportunity to review this “lifetime” offer? Most of the lawyers I know develop uncontrollable twitches at the mention of “lifetime” anything.
Mike
December 17th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Maybe I’m old school, but tattooing seems to be sleazy way to advertise an otherwise sophisticated product. Motorcycles or Beer maybe…, but a whois tool?
From the users point of view, I wonder if there are any people out there with tattoos from AltaVista, Pets.com
, Compuserve, NameWinner.com
or even Registerfly.com
or Enron who may have had a change of heart. In internet terms, what’s hot or reputable today, can change quickly with changing markets, buyouts, and simply changes in management.
Whois as we now know it may not even exist in 10 years, so why make a lifetime commitment. Domaintools itself seems to be evolving from a whois tool to an auction house and and conference promoter.
December 17th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
I’m down, e-mail me all the information.
December 18th, 2007 at 5:55 am
I think this is a great PR idea. I agree with AdoptableDomains though that you want to check the small print.
Maybe this is an idea – make your company logo something that would be very cool as a tattoo so everyone wants it inked. For instance – the Apple logo makes a reasonable tattoo – and I’m pretty sure a lot of people are wearing that.
December 18th, 2007 at 6:20 pm
My ears got cold yesterday inspite of all my long hair! How about a Domain Tools Toboggan Hat?
December 27th, 2007 at 3:11 pm
Did Paul ever do this?
December 27th, 2007 at 6:07 pm
I’m heading over to Seattle next week so stop back and see the pix and read all about my trip.
I plan to visit the Experience Music Project and drink a lot of coffee during my stay.
I’d appreciate any other “can’t miss” suggestions too.
February 21st, 2008 at 3:12 am
It is amazing to me that someone would want to wear a tattoo of someone else’s logo – even for compensation since removal of a tattoo is both painful and costly. So be it, different strokes for different folks. Paul should read about tattoo after care before he gets his tattoo so he will know what to expect. Anyone with an older tattoo should also check out tattoo after care as well as older tattoos also require some care.