# Is IChooseYou building a monopoly on names? **URL:** \ **Category:** Market Discussions\ **Created:** [June 29, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-ichooseyou-building-a-monopoly-on-names/7905 "2017-06-29T20:08:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yellow\_parasol](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/yellow_parasol/32/10455_2.png) [@yellow\_parasol](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/yellow_parasol)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-ichooseyou-building-a-monopoly-on-names/7905/1 "2017-06-29T20:08:35Z")
When I’ve first heard about Ascension a few months before it got released, I talked to my buddy about how a market for Characters will eventually change into a market of **Names** (and maybe Looks). Names are the only unique item a character has. Everything else can be replaced by spending ISK. It has base (or post-drainage) SP, and his only actual value is his name (and maybe the looks), because SP can be switched out at will. > **[⭐ IChooseYou - Buying all pilots. Instant isk! Available now!](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ichooseyou-buying-all-pilots/3959)** > > I am buying all pilots. Here is a general pricing guide (edit: these prices have not been updated since June. I am willing to pay a little more now): 20 mil sp —\> 11b 30 mil sp —\> 19b 40 mil sp —\> 26b 50 mil sp —\> 35b 60mil... And he’s not the only one doing it. The outcome of this, as I predict it, is a market where people choose characters based on **names** (and looks) and **order them with a pre-configured, or chosen set of skillpoints**. What do you think? 😁 ---
**Author:** ![IChooseYou](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ichooseyou/32/189940_2.png) [@IChooseYou](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/IChooseYou)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-ichooseyou-building-a-monopoly-on-names/7905/2 "2017-06-29T20:57:53Z")
🙂 ---
**Author:** ![yellow\_parasol](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/yellow_parasol/32/10455_2.png) [@yellow\_parasol](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/yellow_parasol)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-ichooseyou-building-a-monopoly-on-names/7905/3 "2017-06-29T21:12:19Z")
i do wonder if you somehow are directly, or indirectly, connected to my buddy. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Merias\_Tylar\_al-Akhwa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/merias_tylar_al-akhwa/32/4477_2.png) [@Merias\_Tylar\_al-Akhwa](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Merias_Tylar_al-Akhwa)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-ichooseyou-building-a-monopoly-on-names/7905/4 "2017-06-29T21:26:45Z")
That sounds like a valuable and useful service to offer. I could imagine purchasing characters from someone on those terms and paying a little extra. ---
**Author:** ![Jethro\_Kerensky](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jethro_kerensky/32/67837_2.png) [@Jethro\_Kerensky](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Jethro_Kerensky)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-ichooseyou-building-a-monopoly-on-names/7905/5 "2017-06-29T22:10:15Z")
But i can just add xX and Xx to bookend my names… Checkmate ---
**Author:** ![yellow\_parasol](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/yellow_parasol/32/10455_2.png) [@yellow\_parasol](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/yellow_parasol)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 11:30pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-ichooseyou-building-a-monopoly-on-names/7905/6 "2017-06-29T23:30:03Z")
you totally don’t sound like an alt. 😄 i agree, though. it’s the way to go and there’s no turning hack. ---
**Author:** ![DrMaddog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/drmaddog/32/469405_2.png) [@DrMaddog](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/DrMaddog)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-ichooseyou-building-a-monopoly-on-names/7905/7 "2017-06-30T08:28:17Z")
Taken from the pages of marketing and advertising 101. Generate controversy and hype. Get everyone talking. ??? Profit ---
**Author:** ![yellow\_parasol](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/yellow_parasol/32/10455_2.png) [@yellow\_parasol](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/yellow_parasol)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 8:43am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-ichooseyou-building-a-monopoly-on-names/7905/8 "2017-06-30T08:43:39Z")
i have no stakes in the matter. And that actually bothers me a bit sometimes, but i don’t execute ideas, i just deliver them. 😁 odd how low the traffic here is. i thought the topic would gain more interest. ---
**Author:** ![Keno\_Skir](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/keno_skir/32/460582_2.png) [@Keno\_Skir](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Keno_Skir)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-ichooseyou-building-a-monopoly-on-names/7905/10 "2017-07-12T18:09:52Z")
> [@Jethro\_Kerensky](#): > > But i can just add xX and Xx to bookend my names… > Checkmate I dunno it depends if you’re happy for everyone to think you’re a 12 year old girl for the rest of your EvE career. ---
**Author:** ![Francis\_Raven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/francis_raven/32/478168_2.png) [@Francis\_Raven](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Francis_Raven)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-ichooseyou-building-a-monopoly-on-names/7905/11 "2017-07-28T18:31:31Z")
Think of it as website domain names. The good/memorable ones fetch top dollar, and are often traded. I think this would be a good thing to pursue. Once you have a small stockpile, throw up a forum post with names and race (I say race due to some people wanting to keep the character alpha?), and bid them away! ---
**Author:** ![yellow\_parasol](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/yellow_parasol/32/10455_2.png) [@yellow\_parasol](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/yellow_parasol)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 8:04pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-ichooseyou-building-a-monopoly-on-names/7905/12 "2017-07-28T20:04:02Z")
yeap, exactly what i had in mind. i suggested it to a friend as mentioned above, now i wonder if iChooseYou is somehow, indirectly, his work. (that sonofacucumberbarrel… lol) i foresaw a huge market waiting to happen. what i didn’t consider was that charsales cost actual money now. i’m not sure that was a thing when i had the idea. vOv anyone making billions may feel free to give me a 1% cut, because i’m a nice guy giving you ideas. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![Francis\_Raven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/francis_raven/32/478168_2.png) [@Francis\_Raven](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Francis_Raven)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-ichooseyou-building-a-monopoly-on-names/7905/13 "2017-07-31T16:13:21Z")
Just add character sale cost to the bid price, that way the character sale fees are covered. Say a character fetches 3b. Add the transfer fee (I have no idea what it is) to is. Therefore the buyer ends up paying 3,000,000,000.00 + transfer fees worth of isk.