defaultuser

Maybe if the internet was focused on delivering warm bread or protection for the feet and not media content you'd have a point.
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Unfortunately your use of analogies is a failing more than a support. Try again. "Instead of worthless analogies and unrealistic comparisons lets look at the facts, what is really happening and make decisions based on that."

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snoop

The analogy wasn't supposed to be a good one, it is pointing out the absurdity of stating .tv is mainstream because tv is.

.tv is not a mainstream extension, it is a niche extension. If it were mainstream prices wouldn't be what they are. The market is screaming that it isn't mainstream.

equity78

I would say the extension for the consumer is mainstream.(At least for the English speaking world) Whether that brings about more sales is another thing.

Let me ask you is .net mainstream? It certainly did not help you with cats and dogs.net.

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defaultuser

I'm not sure how reverting to nonsense analogies supposedly helps your argument.

You're the only person using the word mainstream in this thread.

What is the market screaming?

You're dropping .net after cats and dogs (I noticed that dogbreeds.net went for much more than dogs.net though).
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You say lll.com are a bad investment after AJY.com and VNQ.com sold at a loss (I think I recall this right...I may be wrong).

You say business.com shows a failure for business?

You poo-poo .co.

You make fun of IA, Solar, 3D....

What is the market screaming that's positive?

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snoop

I think so, it is used by a wide variety of sites (rather than being used in a couple of specific areas) and I think known and used by the majority of Internet users.
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That doesn't make it a great extension though, but it isn't a niche extension.

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You aren't reading my posts correctly if that is what you think it boils down to. I told people to get out of LLL.com years ago, in mid 2008, I sold all mine except one, and took a profit on 11 out of 12. That market made no sense, it makes more sense now but still I would not buy these names at current levels.

So I didn't say that niche was bad after those two sales, I pointed out those sales as showing further declines in that niche despite all the hype that these were improving or had bottomed out. They are now selling for less than at the worst part of the financial crisis in my view.

I questioned where the business model was and said it wasn't a good sign for business.tv.

If you think this is good area to put money in then good luck to you.
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Again...good luck, these are fad investments.......not the technology, the domains. Actually I'm not even sure what "IA" is.

Now you can go into these areas that is great, but I bet within 2-3 years you'll be nowhere to be seen in this industry.

Don't worry if I'm right no one will say anything because nobody will care or remember. That is how it goes with most of the people who buy faddy stuff in this industry. The .mobi people are hanging up the boots now or have already disappeared to do something else (paint fences, buy lottery tickets, become a blackjack dealer...).

Personally I've been selling domains for a while, not buying, so that should tell you my thoughts on the current market. Things change over time. Personally I haven't seen a lot of value in the market for a while.

defaultuser

Maybe you should be encouraging people to buy then

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finster

Wow. You really are one of the densest people I've ever ran into.

I did not say that TV and .tv were the same thing. In fact I did not make an argument at all, I merely asked a very simple and straight forward question:

Is TV universally recognized by everyone everywhere as TELEVISION?

I do not ask you to make elaborations on a greater meaning or to go on to argue against a position i am not making, like the crap you bring up regarding .mobi - just simply answer the quiz yes or no.

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K lets keep this on topic