A bit of historical reference in Domaining circa 2002

[sirengirl]

Found an interesting thread done by someone at Harvard. Eventhough it may date back to 2002, it is a bit of historical reference. The thread is about Top Registrants of Common Nouns in Open ccTLDs. You will find some interesting references, though you may have to dig a little. click on the "Registrations in Open ccTLDs" for more...

SirenGirl

 

[bobdigital]

Here is my favorite from that list


Ying-Chi Sun [email protected] Taipei, TW 12
coon.tv, curse.tv, default.tv, fable.tv, fate.tv, iron.tv, plasma.tv, pudding.tv, reputation.tv, roar.tv, scholar.tv, vanilla.tv

 

[gazzip]

WTF "Finally, pricing policies in certaion open ccTLDs may influence firms' decisions not to register such domains; in particular, the .TV registry charges as much as $1 million (per year) for that registry's so-called "premium names."

this can't be true ???



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[maximum]

SirenGirl,

Thanks for that...And, where was I when those folks were getting down to business?

WTF "Finally, pricing policies in certaion open ccTLDs may influence firms' decisions not to register such domains; in particular, the .TV registry charges as much as $1 million (per year) for that registry's so-called "premium names."

this can't be true ???
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Sady, very true....Annual fees for "premium" names (prices range from $500 to $1,000,000 per-year), where the asking annual price is over $1000 (US$), can be lowered through you making them an "offer". They are not obligated to anything lower than the asking rate listed for the name. A search of the many names they consider "premium" (those unregged so far) can be found at http://www.tv/cgi-bin/premium_search.cgi . The following 2 domains fit in your $1million+year catagory (with the annual fee - asking fee, assume you can negotiate it lower :p ), and are still available if you want them ( :lol: ):

business.tv $ 1,000,000.00 ($US/year)
news.tv $ 1,000,000.00

 

[gazzip]

business.tv $ 1,000,000.00 ($US/year)
news.tv $ 1,000,000.00

I'll take them both :lol: Is this the only extension that operates like this ?


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[fleshas]

They will kill all domainers one day... with "premium" names..

 

[sirengirl]

Eeeek


Found some bargains though...8-X I truly hope other extentions wont follow suit.


" We found 41 Premium Names for $ 50,000.00 - $ 199,999.00 in the Showcase.

Click on a Premium Domain Name to add it to your Shopping Cart"

SG