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I'm pregnant :) .. <~~~ evil thoughts are brewing!

by dean20653
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Ok well not ME (since science hasn't come that far yet ) but my girlfriend is ... Been trying for 3 years (persistence was the key here too ) and finally prego ... I am excited I can see the headline "spawn of the marketer is born" ok maybe not that dramatic lol

Ahhhh ... See now I feel that itch .. That money itch .. Is it wrong to exploit and capitalize on my unborn fetus. I see registering their name as a .com .. Posting diary posts .. Pictures .. Sonograms.. MP3 of the heartbeat .. A new mommy click bank products ... And links to a registry so nice rich people can send us congrats presents ...

Well and so new mommies and wanna be mommies can share in the "experience"

Oh but it feels so evil. At least this way when he/she gets older and follows daddy's footsteps in IM ... The .com will be a valuable and priceless tool .. See talking myself out if feeling evil already .. Haha
  • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
    I don't see anything inherently wrong with the idea, but your choice of words is interesting. Using "exploit" to describe the situation suggests (to me anyway) that doing it might conflict with your personal moral code.

    I think you have to decide if it's right or wrong for you. Documenting the pregnancy and using affiliate links to promote products you or your girlfriend have found helpful in some way could actually be useful for others.

    I don't think you'll get strangers wanting to buy you things, but a gift registry might be posted for "family and friends" and anyone who has a mind to can check it out. Without having given it much thought, I think affiliate links would be more profitable than waiting for gifts. And whether that's right or wrong depends on whether you're honest about it.

    The gift registry idea would have a limited shelf life. The affiliate links idea could evolve beyond pregnancy and morph into products for babies, then toddlers, and so forth. It could be a much bigger income stream that lasts far longer than a pregnancy gift registry angle.

    My two cents . . . hope it helps in some way.
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    Nothing wrong with it at face value. What I find objectionable is you laying out your unborn child's future and career with consulting them first. There are a lot of professions that are valuable and profitable and your child may prefer not to be an IMer
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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      You have some good ideas - and some not so good.

      Before doing anything at all - take time to get accustomed to the new-Dad status and past the initial excitement.

      If you can write in an engaging and perhaps humorous way about impending fatherhood and follow up as the child is born and grows - that might have appeal and could be profitable.

      I don't think anyone but you would be interested in your child's sonogram or heartbeat mp3 - and a gift registry is common online but also short-lived.

      The one thing I would caution against is posting images of your child on a public site or blog. I think parents who do this are taking a risk but also not showing respect for their child's privacy. That crosses the "exploitation" line to me as you have no control over who is looking at or using the photos of your son or daughter.

      Registering a .com is fine if the name is available. If I did register a domain I wouldn't tell the kid about it until he was in his teens.
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