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I’ve seen the talk about MUSIC.tv and just thought I should state three very obvious facts:
As you may know I recently sold US.tv - so the extra sale of MUSIC.tv is definitely a good start to the year. Actually, it's a pretty good start to the rest of the decade!
I have not asked the buyer of MUSIC tv if they want to disclose the amount it was purchased for, so all I can say is I am very happy and I think they are too. They were certainly good guys with a lot of ideas and I wish them well.
...and in a beautiful case of deja vu I can definitively confirm that the buyer is NOT Simon Cowell.
The negotiations began an incredible TWO years ago.
Since I announced the breakdown of much of my .tv portfolio I’ve also had a lot of smaller private $1k, $2k, $3k, $4k, $5k .tv sales in the past few weeks - most of which I have originated from my getting in touch with old contacts and friends here at NP and elsewhere. Many of these have been mentioned in the US.tv thread
In further developments I have also had a case of incredible good fortune/coincidence/research-proof/hardwork when completely out of the blue I was hit by a good five figure sale to add to the list.
This was from a German company for a name that I can’t mention other than to say it was a .tv name that I had previously come to the conclusion there was only me in the world who saw its value.
The deal has been escrowed by SEDO but the paperwork says it is not being publicised. No doubt at the request of the buyer.
Sorry to be so vague - but this is about professional respect to buyers tempered with my desire to let my fellow NPers know that sometimes good things do happen if you own good names - and the only thing wrong with many of people’s names is simply ‘their time to sell isn’t yet’.
But boy, when they do sell, things can change pretty quickly.
For those who are interested, from the 825 names I had at the time of the US.tv sale last month, I’m NOT yet down to the magic 25 ‘develop me’ names goal - but the figure now stands at an energetic 748.
I'm not a sales person and never have been, but in sales terms I've been really kissing those proverbial frogs and found it quite liberating.
This, of course does mean that I am still happy to listen to offers for some of my more interesting .tv names such as SCHOOL, WEEKEND, STUNT, RECRUITMENT, MILK, PARKING, FUNDING, even DEUTSCHLAND and STUDENT - oh yeah, and INTERESTING.TV
I know I said it before but it needs to be said again:
“Good domains are winning lottery tickets with the dates missing!”
Best wishes to all.
- Not a lot happens in the domain world that gets missed - as my fellow NPers are pretty up to date on that WHOIS thingy and don’t miss a trick
- Yes, as the seller I can confirm that MUSIC.tv has been sold - and to some very nice chaps
- The old saying ‘you wait ages for a bus, and then three come at once’ is very, very, very true.
As you may know I recently sold US.tv - so the extra sale of MUSIC.tv is definitely a good start to the year. Actually, it's a pretty good start to the rest of the decade!
I have not asked the buyer of MUSIC tv if they want to disclose the amount it was purchased for, so all I can say is I am very happy and I think they are too. They were certainly good guys with a lot of ideas and I wish them well.
...and in a beautiful case of deja vu I can definitively confirm that the buyer is NOT Simon Cowell.
The negotiations began an incredible TWO years ago.
Since I announced the breakdown of much of my .tv portfolio I’ve also had a lot of smaller private $1k, $2k, $3k, $4k, $5k .tv sales in the past few weeks - most of which I have originated from my getting in touch with old contacts and friends here at NP and elsewhere. Many of these have been mentioned in the US.tv thread
In further developments I have also had a case of incredible good fortune/coincidence/research-proof/hardwork when completely out of the blue I was hit by a good five figure sale to add to the list.
This was from a German company for a name that I can’t mention other than to say it was a .tv name that I had previously come to the conclusion there was only me in the world who saw its value.
The deal has been escrowed by SEDO but the paperwork says it is not being publicised. No doubt at the request of the buyer.
Sorry to be so vague - but this is about professional respect to buyers tempered with my desire to let my fellow NPers know that sometimes good things do happen if you own good names - and the only thing wrong with many of people’s names is simply ‘their time to sell isn’t yet’.
But boy, when they do sell, things can change pretty quickly.
For those who are interested, from the 825 names I had at the time of the US.tv sale last month, I’m NOT yet down to the magic 25 ‘develop me’ names goal - but the figure now stands at an energetic 748.
I'm not a sales person and never have been, but in sales terms I've been really kissing those proverbial frogs and found it quite liberating.
This, of course does mean that I am still happy to listen to offers for some of my more interesting .tv names such as SCHOOL, WEEKEND, STUNT, RECRUITMENT, MILK, PARKING, FUNDING, even DEUTSCHLAND and STUDENT - oh yeah, and INTERESTING.TV
I know I said it before but it needs to be said again:
“Good domains are winning lottery tickets with the dates missing!”
Best wishes to all.
