Random Ideas to Maximize the Potential of .TV

MicroGuy · 10-16-2009, 11:24 AM

I'm sitting here listening to a DJ on blip.fm and thinking about .TV. One idea that popped into my head relates back to my uStream.tv Registration Protocol idea. Here is that thought and a few others.....
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/dot-tv/617064-random-ideas-to-maximize-potential-tv.html

1. Development is the best route. Name flipping in this space is a high risk, low return gamble. I have managed to make a few decent sales but due to the fact that most generics are premium makes this route challenging.

2. Use .TV to standout from the crowd. Blip.fm is a great example of how to exploit the unique nature of an alternative TLD. When someone hears ".fm", it strikes a different part of their brain and stands out from the blah, blah .com crowd.

3. Keep your overhead low and use returns to roll back into your business. I started a website 18 months ago with $500 and it has grown into a site generating revenues sufficient to pay for a dedicated server, two part-time employees, and then some. It's a .COM, but the principles apply to any TLD.

4. Use subscription based model when possible. Find/create a premium content or premium service and charge something like $4.95 per month. Add a social portion like a forum to help retain customers. Make them feel like part of a big family. Then focus on growing subscribers and value adding. My goal is 5000 monthly subscribers.

5. When looking at .TVs to register, pick one that does NOT have an active .com. It probably won't be practical to buy the .com, so just make CERTAIN that the .com is a parked page. Then when you invest money into your brand, that investment won't bleed over into an active website. The other extensions don't matter.

Just some random thoughts....randomness over.

freedom30 · 10-16-2009, 12:07 PM

Smart, logical and no-nonsense input. You have a business head on your shoulders when crunch time comes. Thanks for the ideas and I appreciate your contributions to the board.

I will reread these and see how it can relate to my criteria.

Jimbojimbo · 10-16-2009, 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by freedom30

Smart, logical and no-nonsense input. You have a business head on your shoulders when crunch time comes. Thanks for the ideas and I appreciate your contributions to the board..

I agree with Freedom and certainly appreciate this thread, and dare I say it, the contribution of MicroGuy.

Are there two people using the same account? LOL

Could you PM the name of the site so I can take a look. It sounds VERY impressive.

Thank you

benzdorf · 10-17-2009, 05:18 AM

My setemintZ exactly !

On target 100%

Go get um hippi...im right there with yeah...

the dot stop · 02-06-2010, 03:04 PM

I just discovered this thread, and wanted to give it a little bump.
Great advice MicroGuy...and Congrats.
Any chance you could shoot me the site name.
I would like to see it too.
I need to try this on one of my favorite .tv's.

Thanks.
Rep added.
Well, I tried but it said I recently repped you blah, blah, blah.
It's the thought that counts, right? lol

10-16-2009, 11:24 AM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
MicroGuy Miembro Especial Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The Fourth Density Posts: 6,831	Random Ideas to Maximize the Potential of .TV I'm sitting here listening to a DJ on blip.fm and thinking about .TV. One idea that popped into my head relates back to my uStream.tv Registration Protocol idea. Here is that thought and a few others..... ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/dot-tv/617064-random-ideas-to-maximize-potential-tv.html 1. Development is the best route. Name flipping in this space is a high risk, low return gamble. I have managed to make a few decent sales but due to the fact that most generics are premium makes this route challenging. 2. Use .TV to standout from the crowd. Blip.fm is a great example of how to exploit the unique nature of an alternative TLD. When someone hears ".fm", it strikes a different part of their brain and stands out from the blah, blah .com crowd. 3. Keep your overhead low and use returns to roll back into your business. I started a website 18 months ago with $500 and it has grown into a site generating revenues sufficient to pay for a dedicated server, two part-time employees, and then some. It's a .COM, but the principles apply to any TLD. 4. Use subscription based model when possible. Find/create a premium content or premium service and charge something like $4.95 per month. Add a social portion like a forum to help retain customers. Make them feel like part of a big family. Then focus on growing subscribers and value adding. My goal is 5000 monthly subscribers. 5. When looking at .TVs to register, pick one that does NOT have an active .com. It probably won't be practical to buy the .com, so just make CERTAIN that the .com is a parked page. Then when you invest money into your brand, that investment won't bleed over into an active website. The other extensions don't matter. Just some random thoughts....randomness over. __________________ ...... Astral Projectors Do It In A Vortex! Last edited by MicroGuy; 10-16-2009 at 11:29 AM.

10-17-2009, 05:18 AM	#4 (permalink)
benzdorf The Future Is Now ! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: South Florida & Stuttgart Posts: 620	My setemintZ exactly ! On target 100% Go get um hippi...im right there with yeah... __________________ That's my story and im sticke'n to it ! ollotv.com the LiL brother of ollo.tv the search engine that findz dotTVz

02-06-2010, 03:04 PM	#5 (permalink)
the dot stop Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: DomainSales.TV Posts: 3,585 Follow @thedotstop	I just discovered this thread, and wanted to give it a little bump. Great advice MicroGuy...and Congrats. Any chance you could shoot me the site name. I would like to see it too. I need to try this on one of my favorite .tv's. Thanks. Rep added. Well, I tried but it said I recently repped you blah, blah, blah. It's the thought that counts, right? lol Last edited by the dot stop; 02-06-2010 at 03:09 PM.

10-16-2009, 12:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
freedom30 Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Windy City Posts: 2,437	Smart, logical and no-nonsense input. You have a business head on your shoulders when crunch time comes. Thanks for the ideas and I appreciate your contributions to the board. I will reread these and see how it can relate to my criteria.

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