Thank you both. The renewal is only $250, as far as premiums go I don't think it is too high. In anycase the guy never got back to me so I think I scared him off with my $7200 counter offer.
I am in the middle of a huge genealogy project right now, both for people, and then a seperate site dedicated to all breeds of animals. Really, it is a huge script, eating my time, my life and eating into my scotch intake. The script I am working from allows media uploads like videos and what not, so hoping .tv will want it as well.
It is a large market, although I honestly am not sure what videos you would use for it, except for home movies. Which would be an awesome site to develop as well.
"Upload your home videos and link with your ancestors".
I would say actually it is worth way more developed then undeveloped. Undev'd. it is surely only good for low to mid $x,xxx to an end user with cash.
If it were me, I would get a site going. The script I am working from allows media uploads like videos and what not.
well i just got a 3rd offer for $500 for it and then it went up to $1k. 3 offers in the last 10 days on it. Maybe when it gets higher I would send it to auction, but I still feel it is worth more than $5k in todays market and will go up to much more in a couple more years.
Genealogy is big business! Most sites give you a little taster and then charge a fee for membership. Depends what you want for it but as Bulldog say's developed it could be a goldmine. Personally I would put it in the featured domains section on Sedo and see what kind of offers I get to give me a feel of what it is worth.
Genealogy is most definitely big business. Fully developed by the right company it could really be a goldmine indeed.
However I think you would struggle to get more than low $x,xxx from resellers in the current market.
I think it's a great name with a huge potential, but I also think that it would require actually quite a lot of investment and specialized staff to develop it to its full potential. It's not as easy as it seems to develop it.
If you want to get more than low $x,xxx, you probably will have to go after endusers. You could possibly contact some of the major genealogy sites on the web.
If you manage to find the right enduser and if they understand what .tv is all about, you could get a very nice sale.
Genealogy.tv is now officially on auction! The reserve has been met at $2750.00. I decided to take a chance and see if SEDO will be a good place to get the bids up. Does anyone know how I can feature the name on the home page?
Hey Searching.. goodluck with your name.. I think you should get mid xxxx for this name... in regards to getting the auction featured sedo does not feature .TV domains.. dont ask me why... but they dont.. the best you would be able to do is get it featured in the "Featured Domain Section".
If your domain is already on auction it will not appear in the "Featured Domain Section".
If you have a domain in there and you put it on auction then it is automatically withdrawn from that section. From this point the auction itself is your "Showcase".
you have 5 days richard- it would not hurt to sit in google and pull up a bunch of major genealogy sites and drop them a note- let them know the name is on sedo auction, and will go to a new owner in just a few days, in case they want the chance to bid on this fine name :-)
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Funny thing when you type in Genealogy.com from the UK you get redirected to Ancestry.co.uk - their sister site for the UK market. Oh the incestuous nature of genealogy and ancestry. Here is to hoping they want to be united with their dynamic .tv sibling
one thing i just noticed and wanted see what the current price was that its at parked.com parked.
to show case this name and auction price you should change your nameservers to sedo and park it.
it is another way of drawing interested people and would show stats and price for this name.
besides, i believe your commission would be cheaper if you did this since your using sedo parking but i am not sure. i have only sold 2 .tv names.
one other note is this.your high profile names if your trying to flip you should have them parked at sedo...only do this if your names draw traffic and domainers like to see traffic on names. sure sedo parking revenues suck and there designs on parked pages but if this name has stats and monthly revenues and traffic that would be a benefit.
just something to consider richard
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