• June 12, 2009 – TechCrunch: This Is Getting Ridiculous: Startups Already Trying To “Assetize” Facebook Vanity URLs
• June 13, 2009 – TechCrunch: Hands Down, The Best Facebook Vanity URL
• June 15, 2009 – NY Times: Celebrity, Product and Joke Names Grabbed as Facebook Vanity URLs

Not a lot of love, huh? :) We’ve seen comments on various other sites that are for and against selling accounts. What are your thoughts on it? Add a comment and let us know.

Talk soon,
Saif

First, a little background: In the last few months, we noticed a few things happening that led us to launch Assetize.  For example:

1) Andrew Baron put his Twitter account up for sale on eBay, and bidding reached > $1,000 before he deleted the auction
2) CNN acquired the @cnnbrk Twitter account
3) The Facebook “Kisses” Page was sold to OraBrush, which beat Hershey’s in a bidding war

Since online social accounts were already being sold in private transactions, we figured that a visible, public marketplace made sense; and after spending a couple of months throwing together a functional site, Assetize was born.

Sorry it took us so long to get this blog up, but we’ll try and update it on a regular basis with news and thoughts. We’d also love your feedback on how to get better. Feel free to comment on our posts, email us at info [at] assetize.com, or use the Feedback button on our homepage. We look forward to hearing from you.

Talk soon,
Saif