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Old 09-27-2006, 01:05 PM   · #1
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Hey guys,

I was amazed it was available.

It was $1,000/year but www.tv runs some promo which allows to negotiate on yearly price. So it is $500 for me.

What you guys think?


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Old 09-27-2006, 01:57 PM   · #2
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Should be good for those who have had too many buds and can't type all three letters
You will need something on your site to distract the typical 'bud-drinker' who typos into your site if you know what I mean!!
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Old 09-27-2006, 02:11 PM   · #3
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Old 09-27-2006, 02:23 PM   · #4
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Well, not counting that BU is also a good acronym. A lot of universities including Bostons, etc.

typing 2 letters out of 3 is not that bad chance.

Check ao.com or ms.com - typo of missing last letter is consider as one of the best, if no "oo" to "o" available.

Well, time will show.
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Old 09-27-2006, 02:50 PM   · #5
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"What is BU TV?

With the launch of BU TV this fall, Bucknell students will now have access to television programming in individual residence hall rooms. BU TV will offer 57 channels of commercial television programming with an additional five channels slated for international programming. Our wide-ranging channel line-up was selected specifically for Bucknell to balance the entertainment and educational content needs of the campus community.

This totally digital service takes advantage of the university's high-speed data network and will be available to students living in all university residence halls, special interest houses, and university owned fraternity houses. In order to connect to BU TV, each room will need to purchase a set top box which allows the viewer to easily view the programming guide and switch between channels."
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Old 09-27-2006, 02:54 PM   · #6
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Even more potential.

If someone didn't get it main idea was to grab best possible traffic from upcoming bud.tv which had 30mil invested into it and will launch in february.
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Old 09-27-2006, 02:57 PM   · #7
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Hmmmmmmmm

Originally Posted by stillgreen
Well, not counting that BU is also a good acronym. A lot of universities including Bostons, etc.

typing 2 letters out of 3 is not that bad chance.

Check ao.com or ms.com - typo of missing last letter is consider as one of the best, if no "oo" to "o" available.

Well, time will show.



Stillgreen,

Why BU over any other available LL reg.......hope you didn't use typos for this - I learned some time ago that typos belongs to .com and .com only - at least for the next decade or so......

I don't want to burst your bubble......I wish you well with it...but I am interested what made BU so enticing?

Best of luck with it anyway....

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Old 09-27-2006, 03:01 PM   · #8
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Read about bud.tv in tv names forum.
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Old 09-27-2006, 03:10 PM   · #9
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i personally think you could have done better than BU with no business plan in mind. bu.com and bu.net are parked pages so little potential to have them express interest.

good mistypes are a little more complex than simply purchasing a condensed version of a particular domain, bud.tv in this instance. since you alternate your hands to go from "b" to "u" and then back to "d" i see VERY LITTLE mistype traffic. typically the shorter the domain, the less likely there will be mistypes. if available, for mistype purposes, "bus" "byd" or even "vud" would have been better choices........
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Old 09-27-2006, 03:12 PM   · #10
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Well, time will show what is what.

Also for example take aim.com

aim.com - 258727
ai.com - 521
am.com - 500
ain.com - 196
aum.com - 119
aun.com - 30

As you can see missing last letter is best here. Also you can check many others LLL typos which made into good LL score.

I just sold poho.com - typo of a huge pogo.com - which was receiving ONLY 40 uniques a day. Even though it had ovt w/ext ~50-60. At the same time pog.com is 721 ovt and I bet theres like 2,000 uniques a day or about that.

bd.tv - was taken.

And I didn't consider any LLL.tv typos.

Also BU has strenght itself. From Boston University to 44 other acronyms. Any B**** U***** might be interested in going into youtube analog. And TV is going to be the best place for that in the close future though.

So it is what it is.

Let's see how it goes. $500/year is not much. Going to renew for 5 years with discount for just $1,750 I think.

Thanks for the info you provided though. I bet you sold many typos in xx,xxx range. Since I sold like ~30 in low x,xxx range. And 1 typo for 3,2k yesterday. But well, I am just a newbie, you know.

And yes, BU is BU on it's own. Not a microsotf or something.

So traffic will only give more value to the name. But you are right I do have a plan to develop into something interesting in 2007.
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Old 09-27-2006, 09:00 PM   · #12
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OK but expensive.

The best value in .tv is currently in idns where you can reg single characters ( if any appropriate matching the extension still available)

The cost is only reg fee!
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Old 09-28-2006, 07:00 AM   · #13
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Originally Posted by stillgreen
Hey guys,

I was amazed it was available.

It was $1,000/year but www.tv runs some promo which allows to negotiate on yearly price. So it is $500 for me.

What you guys think?



i doubt it is a huge typo name, but definitely very brandable.

Someone will buy it off you at some point - i have no doubt about that.

The only question is how much in reg fees in the meantime!
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Old 09-29-2006, 03:35 AM   · #14
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Old 09-29-2006, 05:10 AM   · #16
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Old 09-29-2006, 06:27 AM   · #17
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perhaps you could tie in with them in the same way Berkeley has just done with Google Video

http://video.google.com/ucberkeley.html
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Old 09-29-2006, 06:38 AM   · #18
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That is what I have in my mind.

But I will wait a bit, until february where bud.tv oriented traffic "21-27" years will start coming. Perfect aged people for university?
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Stillgreen, why did you release your domain into auction with such a low reserve?
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IM confused.. I thought they have not released the "premium" names.
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Get some students from Boston University to post videos and get a social networking thing going.
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Too late, it is in auction and reserve is met.
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