Thats great but it didnt take me that long to figure it out either.
No, no one should be told what to do with there domains, you should do what you want.
However, my argument is, they are setting a pricing structure which in my opinion says "we want to encourage buyers who are serious developers" not domain investors who park and resell.
This is why I dont care what the premium fee's are.
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yeah, they want developers. Not all developers have that kind of money. Do you ever think about new developers (with limited funds) that really interested in dot TV?
Sure, and according to Equity 78, Im one of the new ones, and thats life, yes it sucks to not have enough, we all dont get what we want.
But instead of bitching and complaining, and rolling around in the swill,
I try to be innovative and make do with what I have.
There were plenty of great non-premium reggs available, even up until a little while ago.
My cars is having issues and im still regging!!!
Maybe that is because im from Maine and im use to it...
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Well if someone wants to develop and they have a great idea they don't need the Generic Premium IMO. If you have a great idea to develop then reg a domain or look for a non premium here post a domain wanted ad.
I am not sure how many people here are "rich" I certainly am not. I have always said to people Quality over Quantity. I own 2 premiums CMT SIX and 4 WET YAA($50) TFW ($50) SD they are apart of Equity BLue which is westblock and my LLC. I just sold Mudwrestling.tv for $650. a domain I think by Demand Media's standard could have been a $500 premium.
I approached .tv as an extension I thought would have traffic I regged LCD.tv for $30 a classic mistake on Verisign's part I sold that and regged SIX.tv which should have been $5000 a year by Verisigns pricing seven.tv four.tv nine.tv (Nine Now regged) were all $5000
Six.tv makes $7 to $12 a day PPC pays for itself CMT and then some.
I own only 20 others I never believed in owning 50 ,100 200 + not for me good luck to those who do I have friends here that do and I wish them well with a bigger portfolio.
This is a different extension pricing , expectations on development etc...
The high priced premium renewals is an old story PRICING SUBJECT TO CHANGE IS A NEW STORY
I was suprised that you dint know the premium pricing the day you started the thread one hour before the release. Then I take the pain of explaining the premium pricing for you and you act as if you were really grateful and felt stupid about trying to register premiums.
[quote = cybertonic] "But I thought it was not real because the pricing was so absurd, I simply thought they was trying to convince me to not buy because maybe I will purchase the name they wanted, I was another competitor." [/quote]
Who the hell cares what you buy and there are so many premiums. You are no competitor unless you could have bought all of them before the release. How would you even be a competitor when you din't know about the .TV pricing ?
And for the last time .TV is only for developers, we need not be millionaires to own a few premium domains. I have loads of plans for my domain energy.tv (I would have had to shell in a couple of 100 thousand dollars to buy it if there was no premium pricing-- some domainer would have bought it and parked it for eternity). This premium pricing has given me an opportunity to pick up the domains I like for development.
The only problem I have is renewal fee going beyond my limit. I seriously dont see it happening. But, I shall cross the bridge when I come to it.
Vimal, all I can say is good for you, your logic is very sound.
These pricing's have encourage development and protected against the majority of the good names being parked.
Good Luck with energy.TV that is a great name!
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Still worried about renewal, before you know it all .TV are all gone for you to invest. I owned some .TV before the relaunch and still paying the same renewal fees.
I know the concern of unknown renewal cost, but I believe eNom will not close their doors because of few $$$$ renewal issue. They still have the "real" premium names e.g. business.tv, news.tv, usa.tv and many more to milk the cow.
IMO
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I do not know if it's due to the mess I did but I have just been REFUNDED for all the Premiums purchased after May 1th.
ENOM Response:
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Typically, there are no refunds for domain registrations. On the page where you clicked the "buy now" button we do display a note that lets you know the renewal is the same as the buy now price as well as prices are subject to change.
We do want to work with you to resolve this issue and therefore have refunded your orders less a $240 processing fee.
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I confirm they did it.
So thanks Enom/Demand Media for having be honnest/fair.
Now if you read here think about all the others future premium buyers that can do the same mistakes:
Put in bold and red the fact the renewal is the same as the acquisition price!
Because this high renewal pricing is NOT USUAL for the other extensions so nobody can imagine it.
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Im glad you were able to get a refund, I think that shows class on the side of company, and reconfirms (at least for this situation) that the company is trying to operate with good business principals.
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Bad precedent to set, the fine print is there for all to read if you don't read well sorry but is not enom, Demand Media or anyone elses fault but your own in my opinion.
I hope a thankyou is sent to QDaly as I am sure she would have had something to do with the refund after reading what was being said here.
I would have bet the house that CYBERTONIC would not have got a refund...so really glad I didn't!!
There is a huge difference between checking out renewal fees and seeking clarification on subject to change wording......
The fact is, Cybertonic was told by members of this forum what the deal was before he bought, and really is getting off the hook here when he shouldn't.
That being said, I am happy for him cause he got a great outcome for himself and why not allow him that peace of mind if he can get it......
Enom/DM is now bending over backwards to be accomodating - even when they would be fully justified not to in this case........I personally owe it to DM/Enom to recognise their new outlook on customer sevice since I was one of those who took a big swing at them in defence of OWNTHISDOMAINNOW!!
The irony of it all is that I was on DM's side on this case 100% already - they were under absolutely no obligation to return those premium payments......but perhaps by returning the money - DM is doing something beyond the individual customer - and that is - sending a message to all of us that they are taking their clients seriously ....and that is worth a whole lot more than what was refunded to CYBERTONIC
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a lot of you are giving DM "pats on the back" for giving him a refund...
don't you think it was APPROPRIATE since language on the registration page was changed (during the initial 3 days following launch) and the renewal price fiasco (getting mixed answers from staff and still unclear future pricing)?
perhaps DM doesn't want bad press... or lawyers... or blogosphere... or did I already mention "bad press" for the TLD? perhaps it was easier for them to give him a refund to to let him run loose... not all "bad publicity" is "good publicity"... especially for a re-launched TLD...
or perhaps he could've received a refund through his bank with or without DEMAND's approval? anyone think about that...
my bank told me that was my option if I chose to pursue it. I am getting less response from DM and spent considerably more than cybertonic (from what he's told me via pm)
tomorrow will be my final call to ENOM before I make my final decision on this TLD.
I like what they have planned for the future in terms of ME.TV, marketing, etc... I just don't know whether or not I fit into their vision of the future.
worst part is, I have some damn fine generics too...
Good for you Cybertonic, I personally feel the powers that be are doing nothing positive for this extension with their rights to charge such high fees and doing just that. Even if I were rich, I wouldnt buy any of those premiums at those rediculous prices with renewals to match. As someone has mentioned, I'd use a non premium and work on buidling that up. And with the extra funds saved thats alot of advertising dollars. Youtube certainly wasnt a premium at reg date. Who needs em
Ok..now we have all heard about you not being interested in registering premium names again & again...and about the 'RICH' in this thread and other threads...can you actually contribute anything other than this for a healthy discussion....
Demand Media Great Job !!!! though it was totally not required for you to do it..
