Should Dogster Be Worried About MyDogSpace?

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 4, 2007

MyDogSpace and MyCatSpace are a couple of pet social networks owned by NextPulse Ventures, which also owns a plethora of other companies that involve animals in the names. This includes DateMyPet.com, DomainMonkey.com, and MyFatKat.com.

These social networks compete against Ted Rheingold’s Dogster and Catster. Dogster has about 310,000 users and Catster has about 129,000 users. Dogster launched in January 2004 and Catster launched in August 2004. Dogster had received funding from investors such as Michael Parekh and Michael Arrington.

However, MyDogSpace and MyCatSpace are benefitting from a name that is similar to MySpace so it is easy to remember from a branding perspective.