I'm going to be in Brazil this month, and will then be traveling to Los Angeles in early march before I head over to Sydney, Australia, where I'll be calling home for at least the next few years. I'm going to look into doing some crazy advertising for my domain here in the land of Samba and "Futebol" before I leave. I'm going to call the Maracana Stadium, the largest in the world seating approximately 200,000 people, to see if they'd be open to letting me advertise my domain on their field using soccer balls, in exchange for a pledge to the charity of their choice. It will be interesting to see what they say, as I'm sure they've never had such a request. If they're up for it, I'll be traveling to Rio de Janeiro, before I leave Brazil, to get the job done..

Anyone catch the Super Bowl yesterday?  I'm sure MILLIONS of you did, so congratulations to all the Pittsburgh Steelers for winning their 5th title. What did you guys thing of the commercials? The Budweiser commercials are always the best, although I still think these companies would get a lot more bang for their publicity buck if they bough this domain and put one of their Ads on here! :) Only time will tell...

As I had mentioned before, this domain is undergoing MASSIVE changes, but none of it will be revealed until it is complete. Hang in there!

Also, expect MASSIVE changes to this site in the coming weeks. I've been working hard with Vinnie, the new Web Designer, on the new version of the site that will look a whole lot better, provide an official response to the $12 million dollar sale of Sex.com, and invite even MORE supporters to help break this damn record! There will be a very big change to this concept when the new site is launched, so stay tuned for that awesome surprise.

And please don't forget about the charities! If there are any charities you think could really use the money from the sale of this domain, check out the charity page and suggest it!

I'll be talking about our new Graphic Designer, and what they have in store for this domain, in my next Blog entry. Until then, find out if you've won one of last month's random prizes!

The reason for all these headlines is a new article from Reuters, which claims that Sex.com actually sold for "$12 million and involved cash and stock, as well as requirements that the business meet certain performance targets." This is $2 million less than had been reported by Xbiz originally. There is also speculation that the previous owner of Sex.com also maintained a minority stake in it, so he didn't sell all of it. This goes to show what I mentioned in my previous blog entry, that we need to wait until the dust settles to see the exact details of this sale (I'm sure they will change again). Like I said before, if the Sex.com is confirmed and accepted by the general public, I will have to make the appropriate changes to ensure my domain remains TheRecordBreakingDomain.com

So keep supporting the feat, ladies and gentlemen, because this game just got a whole lot more interesting!

In other news, I have rescheduled my "domain in the sky" for this weekend (finally!), so if mother nature cooperates, my domain should be flying sky high in a few days. I will have cameras ready to record the event, which of course, I will post up here.

Regardless, however, if other independent sources come out confirming the deal, then I will have to respond accordingly. Because even if the Sex.com dealmakers are not willing to prove it to Guinness, the public will know that Sex.com sold for $14 million, due to all the publicity this sale has already generated. And no potential buyer of this domain would feel comfortable paying $7,500,001 knowing that another domain recently sold for $14 million because it opens the door for other domains to sell for more than $7,500,001.

This is not bad news for this domain, however. If you think about it, no other domain name could conceivably sell for more than Sex.com under normal circumstances...sex sells more than anything, we already know that, so anyone actually willing to break the alleged Sex.com record (think this domain) would in all likelihood maintain the world record virtually for ever. The only domain names that might be worth more than Sex.com, are the ones that are a part of well-established businesses, such as Google.com, which would never be put for sale because they are part of a trademark and make a lot more money (billions) from the services they provide than any sale of their domain name could generate.

So nothing is going to change about this domain until the details of this deal surface and the exact numbers revealed. The only thing I can say for sure is that this domain is the only record-breaking domain name in the world, and I plan on keeping it that way no matter what. Stay tuned...

In other news, I've rescheduled my "domain in the sky" advertising for next weekend since the weather has been so awful here lately. The weather has improved today, so that's a good sign. I just hope that Joseph Lewis, a British-born, Bermuda-based, self-made billionaire who's visiting Punta del Este in his 60 meter (200 foot) Yacht, stays long enough to see my domain in the sky because he just might be interested in buying my little domain! He keeps a pretty low profile so I don't really know if he would buy my domain, especially after exposing him here, but you never know. He is NOT the richest man in the world (by far), does NOT own the most expensive or biggest boat (by far), so this could be a perfect opportunity for him to make it into the record books! My fingers are crossed...Oh, and if I see his $50 million boat, I'll take a picture of it and post it on here because I know you guys are curious.

Also, I have a new web designer for TheRecordBreakingDomain.com. Vincent Valentine from DefinitiveLabs.com has chosen to sponsor my record attempt and become part of this awesome record-breaking team. So stay tuned for a re-design of this entire site! Thanks Vinnie for joining the team!

What are you still doing reading this? Go vote for your favorite t-shirt!

Anyway, remember that tomorrow is the deadline for the entries for the Graphic Design contest, so make sure you submit your designs to me by then. I will post them up on Monday for everyone to vote to choose the best design! I'm looking forward to seeing all the designs and thanks again to everyone who's participating to support this feat.

Now all I need is for the weather to improve...

I've started to post up the translations of the site that one of my sponsor has been working on. So the Spanish-speaking crowd here in Punta del Este should be able to understand what this is all about when they click on the "Español" link on the homepage. Eventually, this site will be in Chinese, Dutch, German, Portuguese, Korean, Spanish, French, Italian, and Japanese (and English of course!). This is a WORLD record attempt, so it has to be in the world languages for everyone to understand and support!

I'm also in talks with a Web Designer to be the Official TheRecordBreakingDomain.com web designer and turn this whole site into a more serious venture and get rid of that "get rich quick" feel to it. I got the idea of a re-design from people in the Forum, which has been very active lately, thanks to Tino and Fred 5000, the new moderators. I want the Forum to become a more central part of the site and to be the reason people come back, so I'm going to be working hard on making it so.

I just hope it's sunny tomorrow...

I'm glad to announce that TheRecordBreakingDomain.com has two new Forum Moderators to help make the forum more active, fun, and clean so everyone can participate, meet new people, discuss new ideas, and have fun. Martin MacRae and Alex Penman have given up the opportunity of winning the $50,000 Forum Grand Prize to become the Moderators of the Forum and win a cool $7,000 when I sell this domain. I think now that the Forum has 2 other moderators to help keep it active will make it even more so. So I wanted to say thanks to the two of them for their help with this. Remember that since no one won the $2,500 monthly forum prize last month, this month's forum prize has been bumped up to $5,000, so join the forum and keep posting! We have over 50 pioneers in the forum building a long-lasting community around this whole record-breaking concept and helping support this domain!

Speaking of which, the support from people has been growing tremendously. More and more people are signing my guestbook, linking to my domain, telling friends about it, joining the forum and registering domains from my site. In fact, the 100,000 visitor mark is fast approaching, which I think may be a convenient time for another Press Release about this domain. It is absolutely humbling and flattering to see all this support only 2 months since I launched my little idea. It already looks like this domain is well on it's way to building a record-sized, record-breaking team! Remember, we're all in this together, let's show the world what we can do!

And please, do not doubt for one second that this domain is not going to (or can't) break this world record. This week Alex Tew from the Million Dollar Homepage put his last 1,000 pixels up for auction (which I think was another brilliant idea) and they have already been bid up to over $38,000 (that's over $38 per pixel!). If that doesn't prove the value of good publicity, then I don't know what does. I mean, if someone is willing to pay $38,000 for 1,000 pixels that are surrounded by literally 999,000 other pixels, then it is not THAT far-fetched to imagine someone paying 200 times more for 1,000 times more publicity, especially considering the amount of support this domain is already building BEFORE the sale!

And that support will grow exponentially soon when people all over the world start walking around with cool TheRecordBreakingDomain.com merchandise, automatically spreading the word wherever they go. So don't forget about the Graphic Design contest and the opportunity to show the world your creative spark! Four graphic designers have already submitted their designs and I suspect I'll be getting even more designs as the deadline of January 15 approaches! The voting for best T-shirt design will begin on January 16, so get your eyes ready for some serious evaluating!

I'm going to break this record if it's the last thing I do! Mark my words...

I would have updated my blog sooner, but I was having problems with the Internet here in Uruguay which is somewhat unstable, so please bear with me. Fear not, however, as I have been hard at work on the site. I've announced the December Monthly Prize winners, so check out the Support the Feat page to see if you're a winner! I've had to replace the Donations Award with the soon-to-be-launched Merchandise Award because offering financial compensation for any kind of donation is a big PayPal no-no. I'm still accepting donations, I just can't offer any financial award in return (don't worry, I'm still figuring out what other incentives I can offer). I need as many donations as I can get, though, to be able to advertise my domain in extreme (think "expensive") ways...like that plane idea I mentioned last week...I still haven't found how to advertise on there (I can't exactly yell out and ask the pilot) but I have a feeling it's going to be expensive since the local Casino keeps advertising there. I need to advertise this domain heavily wherever I am to give it the worldwide pre-publicity it needs to break the record, so help make it happen!

Also, don't forget about the Graphic Design contest. The deadline is January 15, so make sure you submit your entries before then. I want to thank everyone getting involved, this whole contest is going to be a lot of fun. Oh, and before I forget, I have a new Sound Engineer! That's right, soon your visits to this domain will enjoy an exceptional auditory experience thanks to 808talk.com's very own Jim "BigDaddy" Plummer who had the idea. Thank's Jim! This reminds me, I've allocated more money for miscellaneous help since I had to cancel the donation prizes, so if you have an idea about how to make this site better, let me know and win some cash!

In the meantime, if you have any suggestions about how I can advertise my record-breaking domain on the beach, drop me a line, I'd love to give it a shot. As always, keep supporting the feat, I'm surer now more than ever that TheRecordBreakingDomain.com is going to soon become the Most Expensive Internet Domain Name in History!

The support from everyone these past 2 months has been absolutely inspiring. It is incredible how many people can get behind an idea so quickly and help propel it forward. Take The Million Dollar Homepage for example. Alex Tew's is hours away from reaching the million-dollar mark no one thought possible 4 months ago. And as a result of it being featured on CNN, Yahoo News, and elsewhere, hits to every pixel on there, including those linking to my domain, have increased exponentially in the past few days. That says it all folks, these types of ideas work and they work exceptionally well thanks to the global accessibility the internet provides. The Million Dollar Homepage has become a black hole of publicity, sucking in all the attention that goes near it, while giving all the advertisers quick enough to have gotten a spot on there an incredibly good value for their money. If you think about it, The Million Dollar Homepage has given a lot of publicity to hundreds of advertisers on there. My domain, on the other hand, will be giving unparalleled publicity to only ONE advertiser bold enough to make it happen.

As everyone knows, to help break this record as soon as possible, I'm looking for a Graphic Designer to design all the merchandise that will help spread this domain all over the world. The initial response to my Wanted Ad was better than expected, so I've decided to turn it into a full-on contest and let YOU, the public, my visitors, my supporters, decide who will be The Record-Breaking Designer. All the details can be found on the Contest Page. This competition will help create record-breaking merchandise, which will be made available starting the 2nd week of February.

That's it for 2005. Try to stick to your New Year's Resolutions. I know I will this time around.

I've also given my site a bit of a Matrix makeover with the blue pill/red pill dilemma to compel new readers to actually read my argument for why this domain will sell to avoid people brushing this idea off as "stupid" without really understanding what it's all about. I'm hoping this will get even more people to believe in this idea and support it all the way!t all the way!

In other news, I got an e-mail from PayPal saying that I cannot use their services for any "games/contests involving the distribution of prizes or monetary compensation" and so I had to remove the PayPal donation buttons. I'm looking into this, but I may have to remove the prizes for the Donations so I can continue to accept them without PayPal giving me any heat. Donations are important at this stage because they help me raise money to pay for new and creative ways of advertising my idea (like the airplane advertisement I mentioned before). I'm also looking into doing some merchandising to raise money and create walking billboards. This is a cool idea because if people are walking around with TheRecordBreakingDomain.com t-shirts and caps, then more and more people will find out about my idea. I found this one site called cafepress.com that seems to do it all and requires no money up-front, so it looks ideal (it's the same company the people from SaveToby.com used). I know you guys won't wear them if I don't make them cool, so I'm going to spend these next few days designing the t-shirts and stuff so you guys actually buy them! If you have any ideas or suggestions regarding this, please drop me a line.

Well, 2005 is almost over and I hope everyone's year has been awesome. For me it has certainly been a thrill of a ride. 2006 is now upon us and I can't help but wonder with utter excitement what it has in store for this little domain...I have a feeling it's going to be something big...very big...seven-figures big.

Kids, please don't try this at home.

For a few hours, we were the main tourist attraction in Bariloche as buses, cars, and pedestrians stopped and watched in awe, wondering what that car was doing reenacting a scene from Finding Nemo. Twenty-nine hours ago I was arguing with the car rental company whether this was a roll-over, for insurance purposes (look at the roof, it clearly isn't...I think I would know...). Twenty-eight hours ago I was in a local police station, still drenched in pristine waters, filing the police report. Twenty-five hours ago I was on an airplane, imagining the worst (complete engine failure at 32,000 feet), still in a bit of shock over my first experience in a car accident (caused by enjoying the scenery a little too much and missing a 90-degree curve, probably breaking the world record for most "spaced out" human). Twenty-three hours ago I arrived in Buenos Aires. Twenty hours ago I was sound asleep, in utter disbelief and complete amazement that I was actually alive and enjoying the comfort of a very inviting pillow. Then, three hours ago, I was doing a live phone interview with Gary Burbank in Cincinnati from Buenos Aires, talking at my modest pace of 3,400 words per minute (those who heard it, know what I mean). Now I'm off to my Uncle's birthday party...

If surreal does not describe my last 30 hours on this planet, then I need to go back to school. To top it all off, I've already surpassed the 40,000 visitor mark. Hopefully my interview today will further multiply that. I had to cancel my podcast interview last night with Hawaii's very own 808talk.com for obvious reasons, but it was rescheduled for tomorrow, so stay tuned for that.

Damn, I love living on the edge...someone please pinch me, I'M ALIVE!! And remember, always wear your seatbelt.

I also got a new suggestion to donate to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, so I've decided to pledge $25,000 to help protect "our civil liberties in the networked world." My life is now spent mostly online, so this is something I want to help protect and maintain. If you have any charities or foundations you would like me to donate to once I sell this domain, just visit the charities section above and make your suggestion.

I'm still in Bariloche, Argentina enjoying the fresh mountain summer air surrounded by crystal clear lakes. The other day I climbed up one of the highest mountains in this region, Cerro Catedral. It felt like being on top of the world, probably what it will feel like the day I sell my domain:

On top of the world.

Then, I got the cool idea of advertising my domain in this very secluded and exclusive place, so with the awesome help of my very patient girlfriend, I wrote out TheRecordBreakingDomain.com in stones on the summit of the mountain so that every future visitor who makes it up there will know I've been there.

Advertising my domain 2,000 meters above sea level.

If that did not break the record for the highest altitude domain name, then it definitely broke the record for the highest altitude domain name written in stones!

This was a lot harder than it looks!

Anyone who reaches the summit of Cerro Catedral in Bariloche, Argentina will see these stones, walk over to them, wonder what the heck a domain name is doing written in stones that high up, then visit this site just to find out what it's all about, and connect in a very unique and long-lasting way to this very domain name which they will never, ever forget. This is the very same curiosity principle that will attract millions of visitors to this site once this domain breaks the record.

Does anyone still think I'm joking here?

I arrived in Buenos Aires, Argentina yesterday and will be traveling to beautiful Bariloche today. I will try and post a few pictures of this magical place in the Andes mountain range as soon as I can. I'm taking my laptop with me so I'll be in touch from there.

If you look at the winners of last month's prizes, you can tell that this is truly a WORLD record attempt with worldwide support! The random winners were people literally from all over the world: New Zealand, Sweden, India, Venezuela, United Kingdom, and the US! That's the beauty of the internet, it lets us all come together regardless of our geographical location. So if you want to support this feat because you believe we can break this record, then you could be a winner no matter where in the world you are!

I've awarded $33,500 in November and there is still plenty to go around, so keep supporting this record attempt! Remember that the monthly prizes will be paid out when I break this record, so if you won, keep supporting the feat and make it happen! Also, let me remind you that no matter when I sell this domain, I'm giving away $2 million to my supporters. So if I sell this domain before I've awarded all the money, then those who already won will actually get their proportional share of what's left on top of what they have already won! So the SOONER you make it happen, the MORE you will get!

If you're just joining the party, or did not win this time around, don't worry cuz I'm giving away another $33,500 in December, and every month until 2008. Support the feat and YOU could be a well-deserved winner too! Be a part of a once-in-a-lifetime world record-breaking team!

Thanks to everyone for believing in my idea, it means a lot. I'm glad to be able to share the wealth with those who had so much faith in me so early in the game!

Keep it up!

I was really busy this Thanksgiving weekend re-working my entire site. I've made the site wider and the menu buttons bigger so it's easier to navigate. I've removed the initial clutter from my homepage and added a cute little light bulb [I've since changed the light bulb to a more thought-provoking handicapped sign] with a very daring question: "Do you think I'm delusional?" I thought it would be fun to pose this question to every visitor on my site considering that if you search for my name, Andres Kello, on Google, the first result is a guys blog asking himself if I'm delusional. In all seriousness, if you read what I want to accomplish, yes, at first it seems completely unrealistic and makes me look a bit - delusional - but if you've read my arguments for the value of this domain, and gave it some time to sink in, I think you'd start to see the real diamond in the rough this domain represents. I have a feeling that a lot of people who think I won't sell this domain are not actually reading through my site and are just blowing the idea off without really giving it any thought, so I decided to make it a bit more interactive and interesting so people read through until the end.

So, do YOU think I'm delusional?

I have a lot of good news. This week I closed my first sponsorship deal with my good friend Gabriel Fairman, owner of the international and very prestigious Bureau Translation Services company. His company is based in Brazil (with offices in New York) and offers very competitively-priced translation services to clients all over the world. His company will be translating my site into about 10 different languages, ranging from French to Chinese! That should give this world-record attempt the international appeal it deserves. People from all over the world will be able to understand the magnitude of what exactly I am trying to achieve and how they can help out and make it happen. The translations should be completed by the end of the year. Keep your eyes opened for Bureau's logo, it should appear shortly in the Sponsors section.

In other interesting news, today I purchased 900 pixels on the MillionDollarHomepage.com which has been getting even more traffic lately thanks to Alex's US media tour. That should help me get a lot of new incoming visitors who will hopefully love this idea, tell all their friends about it, and support the feat!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

I was experiencing some "technical difficulties" with my Tell-a-Friend service provider, Tell-a-Friend-Wizard.com, which I do not recommend to anyone. You'd think a paid service for something so simple wouldn't have any problems, yet this service simply stopped working a few days ago. It doesn't matter though because I have already switched to a much better service, Tell-a-Friend-King.com. I apologize to those who were wanting to tell a friend. That feature is now back up. Use it to support the feat and win BIG!

Anyway, I received an interesting e-mail from Liz Stella-Ford who's 6 year old son has a site, www.noahville.com, where he sells posters to raise money to help build 100 houses for Habitat for Humanity. She kindly asked if I would consider pledging an amount to her son's cause. That got me thinking. It would be really cool if people could suggest Charities so I can already pledge an amount for those I accept. As a result, I've added a Charities section to my site and have pledged to buy $10,000 worth of Posters from Noah to help his cause once I sell my domain. Good luck, Noah!

As for my supporters, keep up the awesome work! In 10 days I will announce the first winners of the $2 million giveaway! I've even added a little stats box in each category in the Support the Feat page so you can see what your chances of winning that monthly prize are. I will update these stats daily.

Have fun!

Things have been picking up very quickly a week after the launch! My press release got a lot of attention, more so than I could have hoped for. I have many people talking about my record feat and linking to my page from all over the world, which has increased my daily hit count six-fold! I'm also getting all sorts of advertising offers, which in unexpected this early in the game, although highly welcomed.

The funny thing is, though, more and more people think that I will NOT break this record, according to the polls I have on my site. Even stranger, there's a growing number of people who don't even WANT me to break the record. Now what is that all about? I really don't know. But it doesn't matter because that just makes me want to break it even MORE! I won't break the record...and then I break it? Now THAT would be even more SHOCKING and generate even MORE publicity! Bring it on! And I know my supporters will help me get there. Can you imagine if the majority of the world thinks

Speaking of which, I'm also really grateful to all the people that have been helping me out so far. You're in the minority, and that says a lot about you. I have a growing suspicion that I will get a lot more supporters on board after I announce the November prize winners. When others start seeing real people being awarded a lot of money, they will want their piece of the pie too.

I'm thinking of throwing a huge party for all my supporters after I break this record...not a bad idea, eh? Keep up the awesome work everyone and LET'S BREAK THIS RECORD!! It's going to be a lot of fun...

Oh, and my girlfriend, whom I haven't seen since July, arrives today from Australia. Now THAT'S something to smile about! I have to go pick her up in less than 2 hours...so I might take a little longer than usual to reply to any e-mails...perhaps a few days longer (just kidding).

Today was my busiest day yet!

I launched my Press Release letting the media know about my record-breaking feat and within hours started receiving phone calls for interviews. I'm guessing they liked the idea. My first interview was with Wireless Flash News, a pop culture news wire company with an impressive client roster including "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", "The Late Show with David Letterman", and "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart". My second interview was LIVE with a Seattle Radio Station, KOMO 1000. That one was a lot of fun because it was my first live radio interview (yes, I was a bit nervous!). And I am in Brazil at the moment, so I was talking to Seattle long distance from the southern hemisphere, which is kind of cool. If anyone in the Seattle area heard my interview, please let me know. Steven Dee, from The Morning Skoop, also called me about doing interviews in several morning radio stations that he works with, so I expect that to get the ball rolling even further. Stay tuned for more...

As a result of all this more-than-welcomed attention, I've created a Press section on my site to keep track of all the interviews and stories about my domain. I've also included my contact details.

Hopefully all this exposure will help get a lot of supporters on board. I won't be able to break this record without YOU! For those of you already Supporting the Feat, thank you for being Pioneers. December 1 should be a lot of fun as I'll be announcing the winners of the $33,500 November prizes!

Please tell all your friends about this...and your Uncle's.

OK, it's been 3 days now since the official launch and a lot has happened. I've had a few people sign the guestbook, one guy join the forum in full support, and at least one other guy put my banner on his sites ( www.sendmyip.com and www.blowmeup.com ) with his unique referral code linking to this domain...so that makes me REALLY happy, more so than you can imagine, especially since I don't even know these people. I don't think these supporters will get much competition in November, so they have a really good shot at winning their share of the $33,500 November prize money.

I was talking with a few people on this forum about my idea, and the majority thought I was on drugs, delusional, and 15 years old. Hahaha...I had to laugh not to cry. Most had a hard time believing that this was NOT a joke. Then I had this one guy, who was at first skeptical about my idea, write a post that I think sums everything up. Here it is. Thanks Varlin.

The polls on my site so far show that 2 of every 3 visitor does not think I will break the record, although 4 of every 5 wants me to break it, which is quite interesting. In other words, people want me to do it, but they don't think I'll be able to. I'm just going to have to prove them wrong, won't I?

Another interesting tidbit: last night I experienced my first DoS attack (so early in the game!). It wasn't specifically on my site, just on the server I host with Sitelutions. It happened during the middle of the night and it made my beautiful domain inaccessible...or I should say my site inaccessible (my super domain is untouchable!)...for a a couple of hours. Here's what one of the Sitelutions guy had to say about this attack:

"This is the first time I can remember this big of an attack occurring towards one of our servers."

I'm a really lucky guy, 3 days after my launch and I get the biggest attack they've ever recorded. But it's going to take a lot more than a wimpy DoS attack to defeat this idea!

Anyway, I'm getting side-tracked. In other more relevant news, I finished my Press Release which I'll be officially releasing next Tuesday. That will hopefully get the attention of some of the media who will hopefully start spreading the word. I don't think any big media sources will pick up on this yet, but maybe an obscure small-town publication can get the ball rolling. I just need one journalist to believe that this will be the "next big thing" and things will really start to move forward...

Hey, I don't need convincing that this is going to be HUGE. I just need to convince others...and that's my ONLY obstacle at this point. So please...help me convince others by SUPPORTING THE FEAT!!

Oh, and by the way, this is my first time writing a Blog, so forgive me if it's a little rough around the edges. I'm new at this...at all of this...but I'm learning by the minute, and loving every second of it.

Today is Guinness World Records Day! There is not better day than TODAY to be launching this World Record attempt!

So I had this little idea about a domain name that could break the world record for the most expensive internet domain name. It basically went like this: The most expensive domain name sold for $7,500,000. So all I have to do to break the record is sell it for $1 more than that: $7,500,001. When it breaks the record, it will make headlines all over the world. That news equals a lot of publicity for the buyer. That publicity could well be worth the millions they paid for. Plus, the domain could get a spot in the Guinness World Records book, which is equal to free advertising in the world's all-time best selling book. Not bad for $7,500,001, no?

And the idea was born...

But then I had to come up with a catchy domain name worthy of the price...at first I thought I'd just get the Guinness category for that record, which is "Most Expensive Internet Domain Name" and just make it that DOT COM. But it looked long and ugly...I needed something catchier, something that could be easily remembered and would stick in people heads...and then it hit me...

And TheRecordBreakingDomain.com was born...

But how would I give this little domain that could the pre-publicity it needs to open the eyes of a potential buyer? This was a tough one...and then it hit me again! $7,500,001 is a whole lot of money, and I don't need every cent of it for my next big idea. So I can give a big chunk of it away and get as many people to support this feat as possible. That sounded like a lot of fun! And that's how I came up with the $2 Million Giveaway! Plus another $400,000 to be nice.

Anyway, I kind of fell in love with the idea and quit my day job to invest my time fully into it. I know...HUGE risk...but in life, sometimes you have to go with that ALL-OR-NOTHING attitude, cross your fingers, and hope for the best. No record was ever broken with a half-assed attempt. I'm just curious to see how people react and what kind of feedback I'll get. Whether you find this idea annoying or intriguing, I want you to be talking about it. No one really knows about this yet, so I'm going to start spreading the word. Maybe I'll get Google to help me. Wish me luck...