.tv C'mon NamePros, push some .tv's...

[Vito]

So, I was just over at Sedo, looking at some of the auctions running.
I jumped into the .tv auction marketplace.
In 10 hours and 47 minutes, there will only be "1" .tv in auction!
What the ???!!!
Start-up.tv is ending then, and that will only leave avon.tv in auction!
I dont remember ever having seen only 1 .tv in Sedo auction.
Thats pathetic for an extension, that I have more and more faith in on a daily basis.

I just needed to vent.
I'm done.

 

[-REECE-]

The good .tv sales largely seem to be from domainer to enduser, not D2D. There doesn't seem to be a lot of good D2D sales with .tv, whereas an extension like dotcom frequently sees $XXXX+ sales from one domainer to another.

So, I was just over at Sedo, looking at some of the auctions running.
I jumped into the .tv auction marketplace.
In 10 hours and 47 minutes, there will only be "1" .tv in auction!
What the ???!!!
Start-up.tv is ending then, and that will only leave avon.tv in auction!
I dont remember ever having seen only 1 .tv in Sedo auction.
Thats pathetic for an extension, that I have more and more faith in on a daily basis.

I just needed to vent.
I'm done.

 

[plaggypig]

I agree, there doesn't seem to be a very active market. I listed taxpayer.tv (which I won in a competition) in the .tv marketplace, and I've slashed the price several times.. still no bites, no inquiries. Strikes me this is a strong topical name and ought to appeal to .tv enthusiasts. Doesn't look good.

 

[Len]

I think many domainers are not really seeing the full picture when it comes to .tv (no pun intended!)
Many think that the reg fee's are too high and are unwilling to pay approx $25 to reg killer keywords.......What's with that?? A decent domain in .tv will cost approx $2/mth, compare that with the price you would have to pay for a domain of similar quality in the dot com!!

There is no denying that there are some ridiculously priced premiums, but there are many, many great domains that are not.

It baffles me to see some of the junk that comes up in the appraisals forum that people are buying because it is a .com when for just a little more than the price of a couple of .com's they could have a nice, one word .tv.

Yes, many of the .tv sales are to enduser's because they get it.....Simple as that. Some domainers also get it...and many in future will wish they had!

 

[-REECE-]

Agree. I think a lot of domainers (myself included) wouldn't have the least clue what to do with a .tv. You can't park it, most of us ordinary domainers wouldn't have a clue how to develop it, other domainers don't want them, and most of us are too lazy to reach out to endusers... I see it the same way as you -- if I only had say $100 or less for a domain I wanted to develop, I would much rather go with an alternative extension than something terrible but in dotcom.

I think many domainers are not really seeing the full picture when it comes to .tv (no pun intended!)
Many think that the reg fee's are too high and are unwilling to pay approx $25 to reg killer keywords.......What's with that?? A decent domain in .tv will cost approx $2/mth, compare that with the price you would have to pay for a domain of similar quality in the dot com!!

There is no denying that there are some ridiculously priced premiums, but there are many, many great domains that are not.

It baffles me to see some of the junk that comes up in the appraisals forum that people are buying because it is a .com when for just a little more than the price of a couple of .com's they could have a nice, one word .tv.

Yes, many of the .tv sales are to enduser's because they get it.....Simple as that. Some domainers also get it...and many in future will wish they had!

 

[Vito]

It baffles me to see some of the junk that comes up in the appraisals forum that people are buying because it is a .com when for just a little more than the price of a couple of .com's they could have a nice, one word .tv.

Yes, many of the .tv sales are to enduser's because they get it.....Simple as that. Some domainers also get it...and many in future will wish they had!

If I could take one quote and say it the way I wish I would have said it, this is it.
Len, you hit the nail on the head.

AND
one more item added to that...

The matter of the extension shouldn't matter.
This is the only extension outside of the big 3...com, net, and org, that isnt country specific.
Please dont come into the thread and say well, what about .info, .mobi, .tel, or whatever else.

Im not here to debate on which extension is better.
My mind is made up.
.tv is most definitely the future.
as are other extensions, but forget about what is good, better, and best.

.tv to our online future is HUGE, and I just wish people would see that.

This isn't rocket science,
or psychic babbling...
It seems like a no-brainer to me!
lol

 

[Len]

Agree. I think a lot of domainers (myself included) wouldn't have the least clue what to do with a .tv. You can't park it, most of us ordinary domainers wouldn't have a clue how to develop it, other domainers don't want them, and most of us are too lazy to reach out to endusers... I see it the same way as you -- if I only had say $100 or less for a domain I wanted to develop, I would much rather go with an alternative extension than something terrible but in dotcom.

Where did you get the idea that you cannot park .tv's?
I have all mine parked at Sedo.

 

[-REECE-]

I mean that on a dollar per dollar basis, you aren't going to see anything like the return you'll see on a .com. A $10,000 .tv is not going to make $1000+ in annual parking revenue is what I meant -- most of them won't make enough parked to cover their renewal fee hence the revenue generated is likely negative if not developed.

Where did you get the idea that you cannot park .tv's?
I have all mine parked at Sedo.

 

[garptrader]

SEDO's 2008 Domain Market Study showed that about 3/4 of GTLD sales were .COM domains and that of the .CCTLD domains .TV did not make the top eight. The primary advantage of alternate extension domains is that they can be acquired at much lower prices than the equivalent .COM while for search engine positioning purposes the search engines don't care about the extension. Alternate extension domains generate little parking income and are more difficult to sell. They can be developed however. For a developed site $35/year is not a big deal. Premium .TVs are a different story however.

http://www.sedo.co.uk/press/domainmarketstudy2008.pdf

In January/February we promoted some of our better domains to end users including several .TV domains. Not one offer resulted. Per Google adwords these exact keywords have the following MONTHLY global search volume...

corredor 165K (runner/broker in Spanish)
corredores 110K (runners/brokers in Spanish)
vestidos 3.3 million (dresses in Spanish)
vestidos de novia 368K (wedding dresses in Spanish-now a developed site)
floristeria 90K (florist in Spanish)
bootcamps 15k (bootcamp has 673K)

https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal?defaultView=3

 

[Ms Domainer]

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I realized this was off topic.

Sorry.


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[hullswingerscom]

maybe no body realy wants them....but it is good to see a post about tv in the discussion forum.they do tend to be moved to the tv forum but then all you get is a blinkered view,

 

[stutter]

I agree, there doesn't seem to be a very active market. I listed taxpayer.tv (which I won in a competition) in the .tv marketplace, and I've slashed the price several times.. still no bites, no inquiries. Strikes me this is a strong topical name and ought to appeal to .tv enthusiasts. Doesn't look good.

I do not think taxpayer.tv is a good example.. what would you use it for? lets be honest, it would be a boring site.. people paying taxes or talking about taxes?

 

[DnEbook]

you could possibly make a noomle minisite that at least offers the chance to include video content ..... instead of non visual parking sites

i think awareness comes with names being developed

 

[mckennaronnie]

maybe no body realy wants them....but it is good to see a post about tv in the discussion forum.they do tend to be moved to the tv forum but then all you get is a blinkered view,

Correct me if i'm wrong Hull's but have you not made 3,4 $x,xxx sales and rejected a fair few more offers for domains in this extension that 'nobody really wants them'

Domainers don't really want them when it involves much more than low $xxx but domainer are not the whole market.
As there is virtually no domainer to domainer market in .tv's then domainers do tend to complain but one look at the Enduser sales & the current developments in .tv sites should give most .tv owners the confidence to see past the lack of domainer 2 domainer sales & concentrate on selling to Endusers.

All IMHO though.

---------- Post added at 12:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:19 PM ----------

I think many domainers are not really seeing the full picture when it comes to .tv (no pun intended!)
Many think that the reg fee's are too high and are unwilling to pay approx $25 to reg killer keywords.......What's with that?? A decent domain in .tv will cost approx $2/mth, compare that with the price you would have to pay for a domain of similar quality in the dot com!!

There is no denying that there are some ridiculously priced premiums, but there are many, many great domains that are not.

It baffles me to see some of the junk that comes up in the appraisals forum that people are buying because it is a .com when for just a little more than the price of a couple of .com's they could have a nice, one word .tv.

Yes, many of the .tv sales are to enduser's because they get it.....Simple as that. Some domainers also get it...and many in future will wish they had!

Well put Len

 

[garptrader]

It occurred to me that probably the best way to convey the message of the value of .TV is for internet users to start seeing more quality .TV sites. I'm not saying they have to be the massive development projects done by teams of developers with six-figure development budgets. But something over and above the one to three page minisites or parking pages that are so common with .COM domains. The .COM only domainers are sitting on their #$%&^! raking in parking revenue but what do those parked domains really do for the internet surfer looking for information on ____? OK maybe they get redirected but are they coming back again? No. But if internet users begin to see more developed .TVs the .TV extension will start to gain more traction. I just regged a Spanish .TV exercise-related domain. I already own the .Info but decided the .TV works better with an exercise website and besides I eliminate potential competition. Per Google Adwords' tool, the word is searched for more than 100K times a month.