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Originally Posted by snoop

Need to understand how these names have been priced, the aftermarket really isn't particularly profitable by design. Verisign has tried as much as possible to keep the profits for itself in the primary market, so the extension becoming popular and speculators making money are two quite different things. I think if .tv were twice as popular as it were today speculators still wouldn't be making much from it.

I remember reading the exact same things about .com domains in the 1990s.

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With the premium names (and non premiums to a smaller degree) it is a bit like trying to make money in property be renting a house and releasing it, as opposed to buying it, it isn't going to work most of the time.

The .tv premiums are essentially made for developers, not for speculators, even though many people who bought good .tv premiums have already sold them and made some great ROI.

But in many cases people don't buy .tv premiums to resell them but actually to develop them.

You made the comparison with real estate. But don't many companies rent office space or commercial property in prestigious locations, set up businesses there and make healthy profits ?

Good businessmen can make nice profits even if they have to pay a rent or a premium renewal fee. They benefit hugely from being in prestigious locations and that definitely pays for the rent or the premium fee.