.tv Deutschland TV

[GoneWalkabout]

Happy to announce I just acquired Deutschland TV

Develop or Sell?

If I develop … what should it be?

If I sell … what should I expect?

 

[garptrader]

Congrats on the acquisition - don't develop unless you live there or are a pro at development / monetization (you may be but even for city .TVs close to home I had a tough time finding advertisers).

 

[johname]

Germany dot tv sold for 10k less than four years ago

 

[Ammudamus]

Pretty hefty upfront price. Good luck! I am sure you will do well either way.

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[GoneWalkabout]

Pretty hefty upfront price. Good luck! I am sure you will do well either way.

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Yes, at $4500 it was indeed expensive to register, but I felt it was worthwhile to do so.

Having lived a considerable time in Germany I am happy to bring to everyone's attention (if you don't already know) that most Germans only ever think they live in 'Deutschland'.

Germany is just the name of their country in the English-speaking language and is only slightly more important to Germans than the words 'Angleterre' are to the English or 'Estados Unidos' are to the Americans (that's England in French and United States in Spanish for those who are interested).

In my own personal view I actually valued the name Deutschland at a far higher price than that of Germany, so if Germany.tv already sold for $10k then I know I have a nice base price from which to make an estimation.

Of course, the idea of development is probably more of interest as this is such a strong brand - and .tv is incredibly well established in Germany.

 

[garptrader]

I still believe .TV makes a nice brand for geo names and certain keywords. However, one should not underestimate the task of geo development. Today I attended a Youth Olympic Track & Field qualifying meet near home. Several years ago I attended meets at this same facility - Ansin Sports Complex in Miramar and would load photos and even videos to a local website. Despite an effort to reach out to local businesses, advertising never materialized. Well, at today's meet they were giving away a local print publication - about 100 pages total. The publication is only published quarterly and is basically a directory of local activities, camps for kids, local businesses, etc. There are a few articles but given the frequency of publication, not a lot of original content. I recall finding this sort of info of local events and pulling it from city websites several years ago. However, this publication was loaded with paying advertisers. One would think you need some level of visitors / subscribers to attract paying advertisers but without advertisers it is a challenge to consistently create quality photo / video content.

 

[B&J]

Notice, the winner of germany.tv was waiting to the very last moment:

http://sedo.com/auction/auction_history.php?auction_id=98290

http://germany.tv/ currently does _not_ resolve.