.tv USA.tv sold for 125K

Congratulations!
Simon Cowell can easily accept $150000 to $250000, if you ask for it.

It is not about how much someone could pay. It is about combination of how much someone could pay and how hard he wants that exact domain name.
Warren Buffet could pay $50 million for WB.com but I doubt he would do that.

I believe this sale turned out good for both

Great news for .TV domain names. Congratulations!

We're getting more traction on GMA.TV and enjoying the generic traffic.

Congrats bro :D !!!

Congrats!!! $$$

donnied79 said:

Hi guys,
as promised in the other thread I can now update you on the Usa.tv sale that have been closed for 125K.
I have an NDA on the buyer identity and the negotiation, but sale will be reported by me to DNJ.
I can only say thanks to all of you for the suggestions and the tips I've received in these days.
I'm happy with the price I've got, even if in the future it will only increase. In comparison to when I received the 75K offer euro is far way lower on dollar, and this had a big impact on my decision.
I think is also a very good news for the extension, that is a complex one but always give satisfaction.

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Many Congratulations on the sale.

anybody ask him what he will do with it…on twitter?

nice sale!

Bravo !!!

Awesome job and sale!

simon cowell has owner usa.tv, has redirect to his twitter

donnied79 said:

Hi guys,
as promised in the other thread I can now update you on the Usa.tv sale that have been closed for 125K.
I have an NDA on the buyer identity and the negotiation, but sale will be reported by me to DNJ.
I can only say thanks to all of you for the suggestions and the tips I've received in these days.
I'm happy with the price I've got, even if in the future it will only increase. In comparison to when I received the 75K offer euro is far way lower on dollar, and this had a big impact on my decision.
I think is also a very good news for the extension, that is a complex one but always give satisfaction.

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lol very good news man. congratz!

Good sale. Congrats!

Congrats. Big applause for u

Wow!! Just an awesome sale! Congrats brother!

Does the buyer know that .TV is the Country Code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) for Tuvalu, and that the implication that it means "television" is mere marketing? Does the buyer understand that, and the possible ramifications that come with it?

HeyNow said:

Does the buyer know that .TV is the Country Code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) for Tuvalu, and that the implication that it means "television" is mere marketing? Does the buyer understand that, and the possible ramifications that come with it?

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Really?

donnied79 said:

Really?

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Yes. Really.

So you're guessing that someone invested 125K without knowing what he was buying?
Honestly it's a little bit rude and offensive for the buyer.

HeyNow said:

Does the buyer know that .TV is the Country Code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) for Tuvalu, and that the implication that it means "television" is mere marketing? Does the buyer understand that, and the possible ramifications that come with it?

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I am pretty sure the buyer has had some success and experience with " mere marketing" and knows exactly what he is doing.

donnied79 said:

So you're guessing that someone invested 125K without knowing what he was buying?
Honestly it's a little bit rude and offensive for the buyer.

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So you're saying the buyer must surely know that the island-nation of Tuvalu has ultimate control over the .TV ccTLD? .TV is only being leased from Tuvalu. Tuvalu owns it, retaining ultimate control. I doubt the buyer is that educated about it. Heck, lots of domainers don't know what it is and think it means "television."

HeyNow said:

So you're saying the buyer must surely know that the island-nation of Tuvalu has ultimate control over the .TV ccTLD? .TV is only being leased from Tuvalu. Tuvalu owns it, retaining ultimate control. I doubt the buyer is that educated about it. Heck, lots of domainers don't know what it is and think it means "television."

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Errr.. and you think dot COM and the rest of xTLD are not owned by an entity and you're not leasing it?!

crypt2coin said:

Errr.. and you think dot COM and the rest of xTLD are not owned by an entity and you're not leasing it?!

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Okay, I'll spell it out for those of you who are challenged about this sort of thing.

ICANN controls .com, .net, and .org. ICANN is in the USA. Okay, that's the first important fact.

ICANN doesn't control .TV, Tuvalu does.
ICANN doesn't control .US, the US Government does.
ICANN doesn't control .CO, Columbia does.

ccTLDs are controlled by the countries they represent.
ICANN controls the gTLDs.

Some countries, like Tuvalu, lease those rights to another company which in turn markets the TLD any way they see fit. Then the registrars sell them to you and I, any way they can. In the case of .TV, the marketing ploy is "television."

When we "buy" a domain name, we indeed are merely renting it until renewal time again. The registrar (or registry for that matter) can yank it away from us at any time (but they'll have to show cause if it goes to court). Any one of us registering a domain name is by far different than a company buying the temporary rights to a ccTLD like Idealab did back in 1999 with .TV. When the temporary rights expire, if no one else has picked them up, then guess what? The country of origin (in this case, the third-world island-nation of Tuvalu) is again in control.

Enjoy your .TV names folks, and rest easy knowing a company known for island exports such as weaved baskets is ultimately the controlling entity of .TV, should any deal along the way fall apart.

Go ahead, fork out that cash. After all, crypt2coin appears to think it's the same as registering a .com or .org.

HeyNow said:

Okay, I'll spell it out for those of you who are challenged about this sort of thing.

ICANN controls .com, .net, and .org. ICANN is in the USA. Okay, that's the first important fact.

ICANN doesn't control .TV, Tuvalu does.
ICANN doesn't control .US, the US Government does.
ICANN doesn't control .CO, Columbia does.

ccTLDs are controlled by the countries they represent.
ICANN controls the gTLDs.

Some countries, like Tuvalu, lease those rights to another company which in turn markets the TLD any way they see fit. Then the registrars sell them to you and I, any way they can. In the case of .TV, the marketing ploy is "television."

When we "buy" a domain name, we indeed are merely renting it until renewal time again. The registrar (or registry for that matter) can yank it away from us at any time (but they'll have to show cause if it goes to court). Any one of us registering a domain name is by far different than a company buying the temporary rights to a ccTLD like Idealab did back in 1999 with .TV. When the temporary rights expire, if no one else has picked them up, then guess what? The country of origin (in this case, the third-world island-nation of Tuvalu) is again in control.

Enjoy your .TV names folks, and rest easy knowing a company known for island exports such as weaved baskets is ultimately the controlling entity of .TV, should any deal along the way fall apart.

Go ahead, fork out that cash. After all, crypt2coin appears to think it's the same as registering a .com or .org.

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Thanks for educating us HeyNow and confirming that all domains are controlled by a body and they are leased.

Just be happy and please show some respect to the buyer and seller as it's new year after all!