With the American economy on the verge of collapse, if you have some extra $$ it might be a strong play to pick up some premiums and hold for the long term.
On the other hand, it may be best to keep your $$ in a safe at home too.
I think it is a stretch to say the american ecomomy is "on the verge of collapse". At anytime I think it is a good idea to pick up some premiums if the price is right.
The economy is certainly slowing and the housing market is bad, I do not think whether the economy great or not is a call on .tv premiums, outside of maybe 2000 people worldwide the rest of the world could care less about Premium .tv
Secondly why would a negative economy be good to pick some premium .tv up ? Pricing has gone up not down. Demand Media has been raising premium pricing so IMO NO unless you need the domain for a project, NO
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If you are thinking that people might give up names on the cheap because money is tight, hey that's possible, but I think a somewhat narrow pool of sellers to choose from as most will hold onto their prize domains.
This fall will see, IMO, the largest price increases in years for every single niche, so online retail sites may do rather well, as families conserve gas by shopping online.
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Maybe gas will go up to $10.00 a gallon and nobody will want to drive and all they will do is sit at there computer and type in .tv all day and all our portfolio's will explode
Last edited by discovernow : 07-22-2008 at 03:19 PM.
With the American economy going into recession now is probably about the worst time possible to be buying premium .tv's. Agree with what Equity has said.
Buy names with certain capital value, not speculative names with high holding costs.
I heard that you will be able to purchase products right from your TV screen while the commercial is playing. Click, click, click. No more driving to the mall. The internet-tv-mobile trinity is real and coming faster than I expected.
Vladimir may have been just comparing a fragile American Economy(recession, depression etc.) to one that he has endured previously in the USSR, and found that our weak economy was quite strong by comparison.
Hey Snoop, put the umbrella away when its not raining, why don't ja? If you only come here to contribute negative energy your battery is starting to get low, as your contributive value here is starting to diminish at an accelerated pace.
You are better than that and I am sure that you have good things to say about the .tv extension, if what you say is true and you have so many .tv names. So share already.
Sorry to tell you but not everyone shares your optimism for speculation in this extension. Personally I think this along with .mobi is about the worst area for domainers investors to be putting money into. It is a good extension for niche development and a bad one for domaining in, especially for the premium names. There is plenty of people here who will tell you "good things" about .tv, I'm not one of them. Like I have said in the past I only have a couple of dozen .tv and they are only junky typo style ones.
I agree with snoop here. We need to hear both sides of the coin. If we sit on this forum about how great the .tv extension is, and bash anybody for saying something negative, then how accurate can our perspective really be? There are a lot of negative things to say about the extension and I for one applaud anybody here who has the hutzpah to say something against the current.
I personally do see potential in this extension, and I believe it is going to grow more popular in the years to come - but that is just a belief (partially based on evidence, and partially based on raw optimism). However, one of my biggest regrets in domaining has been spending way too much energy on .tv on the false belief that it is the biggest and hottest thing in domain investing. I am ashamed of some of the opportunities I have missed in the past few years because my mind was clouded by the notion that .tv will make us all rich.
bulls balls?
it doesnt take any sort of bulls balls to state the obvious- it doesnt take bulls balls to simply echo that which is not only already known, but the same sentiment has been voiced by the very members here who do share any .tv optimism- premiums out of whack, .tv costs a whopping $6.00 - $10.00 more to reg than a .com-
all been said, nothing new being brought to the table.
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Criticism Based On Facts Makes Sense And Should Be A Vital Part Of This Forum, Criticism Based Upon Sweeping Prejudices Without Any Facts To Base It On Is Trolling
I Have Made Close To 100k From The .tv Ext - 90% From Premiums, If I Agreed To Sell All My Premiums At Low Level Pricing, I Will Be Welll Over 100k.....
I Am Not Showing Off, I Am Trying To Dismiss Snoop's Myth That A Domainer Is Making A Poor Choice By Getting Involved In The .tv Ext......
Stay In Touch With The Free Research Provided By Members Like Jimbo And Michael.com And That Is Called Opinions Backed Up By Facts....
Snoop's Comments Usually Are Short , Cutting And Hardly Ever Backed Up With Facts.......if He Would Mix His Act Up A Bit, He May Gain Respect Rather Than Ridicule..........
My premiums have received offers totaling over $100,000 all which I turned down. They are Actor.tv, Religion.tv, Espanol.tv, Pelicula.tv, Actress.tv.
Total investment under $5,000. Now explain to me how that is a bad investment???
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