.tv .TV Auction May 20 At ABW

In conjunction with Abestweb.com, the .TV forum of Namepros.com is pleased to announce a crossover auction, to occur in the Abestweb.com Chat Room on May 20th, 2008, at 3:00 P.M., Eastern Standard Time. This auction will consist of many of the top domains from the .TV extension, and offers an opportunity for participants to grab premium product and media related domains at exceptional pricing. This is your chance to pick up a primary keyword in an extension whose popularity is exploding!


1. More and more people are turning to their computer to watch tv. Video is becoming the venue of choice. Do a search on 2008 trends - read where the web is going. Are you heading in the same profitable direction? You can be with the right name and extension. .TV is the domain extension already geared for this massive expansion. Corporations, media and networks, sports, fitness, auto, food- you name it, all are utilizing .tv.

2. TV is one of the most recognized abbreviations in the world - a true global extension in every sense of the word. This is the one extension that coincides with the immediate future direction of the internet and all that it will entail.

3. Some .TV Facts:
+ .TV has had more sales in 2007 than any year in its history.
+.TV has had more registrations in 2007 than the previous years combined that Verisign has owned the .tv corp.
+ .TV has had more spots in the DN JOURNAL TOP 100 cctld list than it did in any previous year.
+ Some .TV premium names recently sold:

Welcome.tv $10,000
Fussball.tv $28,000
Automotive.tv $7000.00
Comedians.tv $5000.00
Caps.tv $250.00
indianews.tv $1,800
Luxembourg.tv $3130.00

4. Some of the many companies/websites using .tv:
Emmys.tv, Cuisine.tv, Fiction.tv, Jersey.tv, Boston.tv, Public.tv, Tnt.tv, Tru.tv, Hollywood.tv, Fuse.tv, Stageside.tv (CocaCola), Howard.tv, CarsonDaly.tv, Mercedes-Benz.tv and many, many more.... In fact, another company utilizing .tv is Hewlett Packard. They are including their Next.tv in their consumer notebooks, and it will be available for download this year to the public.

5. The social interaction of an online auction is sure to be entertaining, so come have fun with fellow ABWers and NPers. Don't forget, free door prizes will be given during the auction, only those present will win!

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HOW TO SUBMIT A DOMAIN
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+ Domains may be submitted for consideration to Tom Rice, [email protected], no later than May 5th, 2008.
+ A small review board will pick which domains to accept for auction. Because we want to give as many people as possible a chance to participate, and because we want this auction to feature quality domains in the appropriate price range, we will limit the number of domains accepted to 3 per person.
+ With each domain you submit, also include a couple of sentences about how that domain might be used, what markets might be found for reselling it or for affiliate development, etc. We will edit all description to fit the same general look and feel.
+ Include the registrar, expiration date, and, most importantly, the cost of renewal. We need to be UP FRONT regarding premium or standard reg fee. We also need the reserve price, which is the auction start price, the minimum cost you will sell at. As we want to make sure this is a successful auction - and by successful we mean that domains SELL - the reserve price should be kept as low as possible, preferably less than $100, and certainly no more than $1,000.
+ If your domain/s are accepted, there will be a one time charge of $10, to cover the auction fees. That is, one $10 charge total, regardless of the quantity of domains accepted. 1 Accepted, $10. 3 accepted, $10. This money is used to pay the auctioneer for his time ( the last auction took 5 hours ), ABW for their space, and to filter out sub-par domain submisisons.

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HOW THE AUCTION WORKS
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+ Participants will need to register as a member of the www.abestweb.com forum.
+ On the given day, login to the chat room at ABW, where you will find a room set up specifically for the auction.
+ Before the auction begins, I will review the house rules for behavior within the auction. In essence, everyone will need to be as 'quiet' as possible, in order to watch the progress of the auction. Once I have introduced the Auctioneer, he will run the show.
+ For each item, our Auctioneer will write out the domain name, and all related info, including a couple of ideas regarding the potential use of the domain.
+ Once the information has been given, the Auctioneer will start out at the reserve price for the domain. If no bids are given before he types out "going once, going twice, SOLD", then the domain does not sell. If there is a bid from one of the chat room members, Auctioneer will continue to move the auction along as smoothly as possible.
+ By bidding on a domain, you are making a verbal/written contract with that seller.
+ Neither Namepros.com nor Abestweb.com assumes any financial interest in the collection of/distribution of monies or property within this auction. In essence, once the bidding is closed, it will be up to the buyer/seller to contact eachother with appropriate information for completing the transaction externally to the forum. Because both buyer/sellers will be members of ABW, there will be some modicum of security against false bidding, but no responsibility is assumed by either forums.
+ Once the auction is concluded, a summary will be posted on both forums.
+ During each auction, keep 'talking' to a minimum, unless it is in regards to a question about the current auction.
+ The Auctioneer, while he will try to make sure all bidding is complete before auction is closed, has the final say in how the overall process occurs.
+ Domains will be posted several days before auction begins, in order to allow for pre-bidding.

There will be several door prizes given away during the auction process, as a way to break up the event, and give the auctioneer an occasional break. These prizes are substantial, and the specific merchants will be posted within this thread shortly.

Any additional questions should be addressed to Tom, who will post additional information, if necessary, here.

.TV - Go ahead, turn it on.

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This is similar to the announcement that will be posted at ABW shortly.

The idea is to market our domains at another forum, so as to put new money onto the table. As affiliate marketers and merchants ( many of whom hang out there ) are in need of quality domains, my hope is that we will find some endusers that recognize the potential that these domains hold.