.tv Best way to sell .tv

[renek]

Hi guys,

I just started experimenting with .tv and picked up

myst.tv
worldwar.tv

I would love to know which marketplace is good for selling .tv?

regards,

 

[DnEbook]

there is always sedo but i think the good sales are made by the pro active people here in .tv land

 

[snoop]

Good names sell themselves, you could try being "pro active" but I think it becomes more an occupation than an investment.

With the two names above I think you will struggle, who are the obvious buyers who might want these names?

 

[renek]

Good points, I have listed them in the auction que at namepros at low xx bin.

We'll see if anyone here is interested.

 

[bmugford]

Good names sell themselves, you could try being "pro active" but I think it becomes more an occupation than an investment.

With the two names above I think you will struggle, who are the obvious buyers who might want these names?

Whether you sell .TV or another extension, many people buy and sell domains for a living, therefore it is an occupation.

To make it in the domain world today it does take work one way or another.

Brad

 

[snoop]

Whether you sell .TV or another extension, many people buy and sell domains for a living, therefore it is an occupation.

To make it in the domain world today it does take work one way or another.

Brad

Just pointing out the reality of it,

Either you can buy names with real value -->investment or
Buy names that need "hard work" to be sold -->an occupation

There is no right or wrong.

This person is looking for "a good marketplace" to sell .tv names, in that case the names need to be worth something.

Personally I don't think the names suit either of the models above though.

 

[Keith]

This person is looking for "a good marketplace" to sell .tv names, in that case the names need to be worth something.

Agree. Start with the cream if you want a solid return on your investment! Instead of buying 10 lackluster names, buy 1 premium within your budget

 

[MicroGuy]

Agree. Start with the cream if you want a solid return on your investment! Instead of buying 10 lackluster names, buy 1 premium within your budget

This makes so much sense. Instead of registering available names (names nobody wanted in the first place) and then trying to sell them, "invest" in good names and look for realistic returns.

 

[rokoroko]

This makes so much sense. Instead of registering available names (names nobody wanted in the first place) and then trying to sell them, "invest" in good names and look for realistic returns.

I dont see any problem with registering available names.Every DN was at some time available.You can be the first who catch the DN in techno industry ,which became a mainstream generic term in the future.Example : AmoledTV.com

 

[snoop]

I dont see any problem with registering available names.Every DN was at some time available.You can be the first who catch the DN in techno industry ,which became a mainstream generic term in the future.Example : AmoledTV.com

Most people lose when registering names, because the chance of it being worth more than the reg fee is low.

I wouldn't say the same for buying aftermarket names, there is generally some capital value if bought in a competitive marketplace. In my view registering names fresh it is a strategy suitable for very experienced domainers only.

Trying to pick trends is even more high risk in my view. It is about the easiest way to lose money in domains.

 

[Kate]

There are not many ways around it.
To sell domains, they must be quality/desirable and preferably in a strong extension. If you venture in secondary extensions it's going to be more difficult. Fresh regs: probably were available for a reason.

 

[rokoroko]

Fresh regs: probably were available for a reason.

I am not speaking about fresh registered DNs ,which would make a profit immidiatelly.
I am speaking about a handregistering future trend domain names in com ,which will mature at least several years in case they will be a desirable keyword in some niche industry.Of course it is not easy, otherwise could do it everybody, but if you are an expert in some field with the sense of guessing the trend you can hand register pretty good DNs too.
like fr example 3Dchannel.com or other 3D keywords coms,which have value of XX.XXX on the market today, registered few years ago.

the opportunity for handregged coms is there, you must just to wait till your DN mature in case you hit the bulleye.I agree there could be a quite big dropout of the names as not every promissing technology will catch the mainstream in the future like "HDDVD" for example even after some company pupmped a lot of money in it already.

but the opportunity for XXX.XXX for X reg fee is still there !

 

[snoop]

I am not speaking about fresh registered DNs ,which would make a profit immidiatelly.
I am speaking about a handregistering future trend domain names in com ,which will mature at least several years in case they will be a desirable keyword in some niche industry.Of course it is not easy, otherwise could do it everybody, but if you are an expert in some field with the sense of guessing the trend you can hand register pretty good DNs too.
like fr example 3Dchannel.com or other 3D keywords coms,which have value of XX.XXX on the market today, registered few years ago.

Let's be realistic, the 3d domain that are worth are significant amounts today are largely names registered last century, not names registered "a few years" ago.

To take your 3dchannel.com example, that went in 1999, though I'm not sure it is worth 5 figures either. In 1999 there was lots of names available that today would be worth high 3 figures or low 4 figures and I think this is one of them.

The 3d names registered in recent year are pretty much all rubbish, it is people chasing a trend that the taxi cab drivers have been talking about for some time, rather than people registering with foresight.

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but the opportunity for XXX.XXX for X reg fee is still there !

Can you give an example of someone who has hand registered a freely available name (not a drop) and then sold it for 6 figures within a reasonable timeframe? This kind of thing doesn't happen in today's world.

There was a domainer who did a study on this a few years ago to prove it plotting 5/6/7 figures sales and when they were registered.

Take a look at say a years worth of dnjournal sales and see if you can see any domains in that category,

http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2010/2010-final-ytd-sales-charts.htm

The only one that really springs to mind is camroulette.com which had a tonne of typo style traffic rather than being a foresight registration.

 

[DU]

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[snoop]

But for everyone that says "invest" in solid aftermarket names? It's total BS advice and helps no one. Everyone listen! Snoop and Microguy suggest you buy GOOD names for LESS and sell them for MORE. Good idea guys. You should have blogs. OH wait you do.. that's right, I end up at one when Namepros is Down (good SEO work)

I'm suggest people start out buying names that are definitely worth something, not high risk stuff that is probably worth nothing. Go to the auctions, go to the forums, don't go to the registrars. Going to the registrars is for people who really know what they are doing in my view.

Of course you think differently, because you've registered a whole lot of reg fee names.

You don't have to look much past Cats.net, or any LLL.com to see that the market for good premium names goes down.

About 20% of the names I've sold in the last couple of years have been at a loss, and about 80% at a profit. In my view domain names *typically* do go up in value, not always, and not every name, but most of the time they do. However there needs to be some value there for it to increase. $0 x 10 still equals $0.

Most people who lose money in domains lose because their portfolio is saddled with high reg fees compared to the names they hold. They've got names that might sell in the aftermarket for $3 which have $10 annual renewal fees. Of course they probably think the name is worth hundreds or thousands "to the right buyer" but reality hits eventually.

 

[Kate]

Also, in my HONEST opinion - a number of the experienced domainers take advantage of the newer domainers in the after market. Who do you think has sold the most .CO's recently? Who do you think has sold the most 3D domains recently?

Could be, but there is lots of pumping for .tv domains too.
People shouldn't have to resort to sneaky tactics to enhance their names. Because good names speak for themselves. I don't like it when newbies are taken for a ride but when people want to believe, there is little you can do. Sometimes it's nearly like they want to be abused to learn

 

[DU]

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[renek]

This sparked quite an interesting discussion.
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