.tv My Interview w. Michael Berkens of TheDomains.com - All about .TV!

Fantastic interview! I always love to hear what people have to say about .TV, especially when they are optimistic regarding the extension. I do agree with Michael regarding maturity and that it will take time for .tv to truly take off. That being said, in just 8 months we went from "lucky to see an xxx sale" to xx,xxx sales nearly every week.

It makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.



Mike

Michael bought Bahamas.tv from me for $XX,XXX and it was a $500 premium as well.

discovernow said:

Michael bought Bahamas.tv from me for $XX,XXX and it was a $500 premium as well.

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...he must know its true worth!

iamkali said:

Fantastic interview! I always love to hear what people have to say about .TV, especially when they are optimistic regarding the extension. I do agree with Michael regarding maturity and that it will take time for .tv to truly take off. That being said, in just 8 months we went from "lucky to see an xxx sale" to xx,xxx sales nearly every week.

It makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.



Mike

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Thanks Mike, glad you enjoyed the interview!

Nicedomains, .TV need more people like you. The more exposure the better, thanks for your time & effort.

Regards,

MANO

Very nice interview, really liked it. Thanks for sharing!

I remember some of the domains Michael picked up back in March, he does indeed have a great collection

Very nice interview, good job!

superb interview

Great interview Mike!

Great interview,

The bit I do not like is this,

"They certainly could go back to a premium price model if they wanted to, there would be nothing stopping them from doing that so I do think it’s a good idea to renew .TV’s as far in advance as possible. Understanding that things could change when that contract gets renegotiated or changes hands completely is something that people need to be aware of."

That bit does worry me from a long term investment business plan.

Any views on what might happen?

blackjack21 said:

Any views on what might happen?

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You could renew all your domains for 10 years in 2015, that'll possibly put you on the safe side until 2025

And again, Tuvalu can't afford to loose the .TV popularity the extension has gained since March. Rebuilding the .TV structure with new premium fees or local presence requirements would be the end of the "good times" in Tuvalu land. I don't see any problem if they increase the registration/renewal fees, but anything else would be a very dumb move.

That's just my two cents.

Great interview and initiative! Thanks!

Nice interview puts things in realistic prospective.
I don't feel threatened for any future premium pricing on my current .tv's.

ThreeD said:

You could renew all your domains for 10 years in 2015, that'll possibly put you on the safe side until 2025

That's just my two cents.

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Funny enough, I had thought about that.

It's just that i have rather alot of them, so this could be quite an outlay.

I will have to see what happens between now and 2015. (either prison, or Millionaire) :wave:

Really a nice interview, thanks for sharing with us

Thanks for the response everyone!! I was really excited to interview Michael. He's a class act all the way. The interview definitely took a while for me to prepare and transcribe but it was a really great experience and I definitely think it will help continue to grow interest in .TV.

freedom30 said:

...he must know its true worth!

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Really, what worth is that?

The alternative may be that a bad decision was made.

snoop said:

Really, what worth is that?

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...feel free to ask him.