.tv Breaking News for Premium .tv Domains

[gorilla_bob]

Hello,

Wanted to be the first to let you know.

Coming soon, your Premium .tv domain names will be transferable to other premium .tv registars.

That's right you heard it first from Gorilla_Bob!

Bob

 

[equity78]

I have received confirmation from Verisign. It is true.

Thank you for contacting Verisign Support.
That is correct, all premium .tv domain name will be able to be transfer. This will be in effect July 29, 2014.

You may receive a Customer Satisfaction Survey after this case has been closed. We value your feedback and appreciate your input on our products and services.

If you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Best Regards,

Cool Ammar, that's funny phone reps doing one thing, email another.

 

[equity78]

Simon said changes were coming, I said, So more than the premium transfer ? He said, Yes.

I blogged this with credit to Gorilla, Ammar and this thread.

http://tldinvestors.com/2014/06/verisign-to-allow-premium-tv-transfers-effective-july-29.html

 

[dr manos]

Great new for the normal renewal fee prems (after 18-Mar-2010).

Not sure though that is good idea the removal of transfer barrier for legacy prems.

All legacy prems till now are only at ENOM so if a .tv is at any other registrar it has 100%
normal renewal fee.

If legacy prems can be at other registrars that hold normal premiums like dynadot.com and name.com
then i think it will make a mess as any good single word that is registered before 10-Mar-2010 and
is at registrars like dynadot,name,hexonet etc can be assumed from possible buyers that has
high renewal fee.

 

[DU]

Haha! Verisign has .tv (dot-Tuvalu) customers flipping out over arbitrary pricing of "premium" names. This is great. The selling of snake oil and the clamor resulting from the snake oil salesman's pricing policy. Like gasoline, the prices of .tv (dot-Tuvalu) names seem to change like gas station fuel prices - daily.

No one flipped out. Nothing changed in pricing.
I think you may be confused.

P.S. Tuvala Welcomes All Trolls

 

[DU]

So it looks like there are pricing changes - to match the new GTLDs.

Below is a .TV pricing clip from Name.com

 

[gorilla_bob]

Yep, Effective July 29, 2014.

 

[Joseph Green]

Awesome! About time!

 

[equity78]

Gorilla I take it you got some info from Verisign because of your business. Because a Kat at Verisign said I can't tell you that's true, I would not run with that. It shows how screwed up this company truly is.

 

[equity78]

Now what I always do with Verisign call back, got another person Simon, he seemed to be agreeing with what I was saying like he knew what I was talking about. He said he can't say anything and I said so maybe this is the poster on Namepros due to their business relationship in a sense got a sneak peek but you can't say official yet, he said yes but did not dispute it and said more changes are coming, we have heard what our customers wanted he said. I said one week, two weeks or no timetable ? He said next month he would guess.

 

[mckennaronnie]

I agree with Manos on this.
While it's good to see they are looking at making changes in how the ext is managed, this change could well do little but create confusion. imho

Lets see what else they have planned though.

 

[DU]

Why would you want to move your eNom legacy premium .tv's out of eNom?

The vague hope that this messes up the pricing

 

[DU]

I can understand the consolidation argument, but why pick out eNom in particular for any transfer nightmare, inability to transfer. Surely that is the same at every registrar for these legacy premiums? I also thought these legacy premiums were priced the same at every registrar? Are you saying eNom legacy premium renewal prices are higher than elsewhere?

Legacy premiums are *only* at Enom. Dr Manos explains above that this is one of the ways you can tell a domain is not a legacy - if it's not registered at Enom.

These are the domains that were anything from $50 - $XX,XXX a year and are different to just the normal post 2010 premiums (has it really been 4 years already???). The post 2010 premiums have standard renewal and thus the price varies from registrar to registrar. It's not the premium/per year of the old legacy ones.

 

[equity78]

For premiums with normal fee is very good we can clear these strange WHOIS of circ.us sunmounta.in etc that confuse even sedo and transfer all to dynadot (my fav) or name.com or hex and manage easier.

The fact that can be transferred only to registrars that already hold prems is a big minus as marketplaces can not remove the text regarding the transfer barrier, even if i do not like at all, godaddy is most people's choice.

As for legacy premiums with higher than normal renewal fee, wrote already that so far we have the base point that if a name is not at ENOM then it has 100% normal renewal fee, so after removal of transfer barrier of legacy prems how we and buyers will know that a name at name.com, or dynadot etc has no high renewal fee if registered before March of 2010. In my opinion renewal fees of legacy prems are locked by Verisign and will be same at all registrars.

Good points Manos, it would be nice for Verisign to put some effort into this. They should update all whois records and denote premium renewal in the whois. Might take some work but in long run its worth it for the extension. I know they won't do that.

 

[DU]

This should have been in place a long time ago..

Was going to say.. Jeff, as happy as ever but I waited too long

 

[*AllThings.tv*]

Has anyone transferred anything yet?

 

[dr manos]

Yea did yesterday a prem from name to dynadot, all fine

 

[DU]

Renewal greater than registration even!

Looks like this is only legacy premiums so consider yourself lucky if you got in when you got in and this is the case (I have no idea - I just dabble ). My non-legacy premiums are unchanged.

 

[dr manos]

i think it is a glitch of name.com, there are no premium renewals for premiums
registered after 18 - March - 2010

Can you pm me the names?

 

[Ammudamus]

Excellent news! We have been advocating this for a long time. Is this directly from Verisign?

A

 

[garptrader]

I don't have any premium renewals but have a few names stuck at ENOM with $50 renewals. I'm sure it doesn't help when selling to have to mention you cannot transfer this name to another registrar.

 

[Ammudamus]

Gorilla,
While I appreciate the news, seems like a surprise. Most Verisign folks can't commit to anything. I am assuming this is not for legacy premiums, but just ones after March 18th, correct?

A

 

[Ammudamus]

I have received confirmation from Verisign. It is true.

Thank you for contacting Verisign Support.
That is correct, all premium .tv domain name will be able to be transfer. This will be in effect July 29, 2014.

You may receive a Customer Satisfaction Survey after this case has been closed. We value your feedback and appreciate your input on our products and services.

If you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Best Regards,

 

[Ammudamus]

Cool Ammar, that's funny phone reps doing one thing, email another.

Doesn't surprise me. I would want to know what other changes are since we have been advocating for a long time.

A

 

[Ammudamus]

Simon said changes were coming, I said, So more than the premium transfer ? He said, Yes.

I blogged this with credit to Gorilla, Ammar and this thread.

http://tldinvestors.com/2014/06/verisign-to-allow-premium-tv-transfers-effective-july-29.html

Thank you. I wonder what other changes there are..... They need to change the disclosures on Sedo and other platforms about premium disclosure.

A