The MySpace economy continues to blossom. MyChingo is a service for posting audio comments to MySpace, Blogger and social networks - you can see a demo here. The free account allows your visitors to leave a message of up to 2 minutes, while the paid account extends the limit to 30 minutes for $3.95/month or $45/year.
The comment recorder is pretty basic, but offers some customization options - like changing the color, title and background image. There are also RSS feeds for your audio comments and email notifications when a new message is left. Unsurprisingly, they're seeing lots of use from podcasters and radio stations, with a handful of players popping up on MySpace so far. The service is the work of a developer Michael Bailey, based in Independence, Missouri. Michael plans to merge MyChingo with his MobaTalk comments system later this year.
MyChingo isn't pretty, and the feature set isn't complex, but I think it's a neat idea. However, it feels like one of those side projects that might not be around forever - podcasting service Odeo has a similar audio comments feature that will likely be more reliable. A number of other services have sprung up in this space, too - SayNow is enables MySpace musicians to accept cellphone messages from their fans, while Snapvine provides a similar service for the average user. Related services from EQO and Supcast allow the page owner to dial in their own voice messages. MyChingo may have proven the concept, but well-funded startups will probably take this ball and run with it.
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