Update: The Arctic Monkeys Myspace page reportedly went for £1,170.00/$2,048.67 although Ebay may have invalidated the sale/auction.
The other day I was reading about the recent surge in people selling their Myspace profiles. Basically, there's actually a market for Myspace profiles or at least the ones with thousands of friends. I guess online marketers view them as being similiar to buying email lists.
With that said, it seems that the Arctic Monkeys Myspace profile is now up for sale. With about 14 hours left it's up to £250 or $304. Here's a bit of the blurb off Ebay:
This auction is to give you the opportunity to take over the running and management of the Arctic Monkeys Myspace Profile. The site was set up in March 2005, before the band rocketed to stardom. The site was set up as a fan site, and know has 50,000 fans, with 711,468 views alone. There are more than 20,000 fans waiting to be added, with other great opportunities to be further explored. I myself have not had enough time due to other commitments to really make the most of the profile, and so now I am looking to pass this site on to someone who will be able to keep the profile up to date and fulfill its true potential.
Here's also a bit about Myspace and the band in an interview that Prefix did with Arctic Monkeys. (Sidenote: Some of the UK press has said that Myspace is responsible for the band's rise to superstardom):
PM: I notice you have a pretty popular site on Myspace.
Arctic Monkeys: We don’t know about that, either.
PM: So that’s not you guys?
Arctic Monkeys: No, no. The other day someone said to us, “I looked at your profile on Myspace.” I said, “I don’t even know what Myspace is.” [When we went number one in England] we were on the news and radio about how Myspace has helped us. But that’s just the perfect example of someone who doesn’t know what the fuck they’re talking about. We actually had no idea what [Myspace] was.
Thanks for the tip Sara!
Related Links:
Prefix interview: Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor / A Certain Romance" (Satuday Night Live / SNL)
Arctic Monkeys Mania
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