.tv GEOtv.com - Time to make money together

[GoneWalkabout]

GEOtv.com - time to pool our geo muscle

I've just examined my GEOtv.com collection and have a whopping 503.

I'm sure if many here looked at their collections they may also have many geoTV.com names - all of which will be worth a heck of a lot of money within the next few years.

Could this be the time to use of collective muscle?



In my case the geoTV.com's I hold include MOST of the UK counties (eg SurreyTV .com, WiltshireTV .com, DorsetTV .com, etc)

There are also among this collection a great number of UK town or city names (eg OxfordTV .com, DundeeTV .com, WrexhamTV .com, etc

I also have a good selection of World cities such as MalmoTV .com, HeidelbergTV .com, SevilleTV .com, etc

Most of my North American collection are smaller towns such as WheelingTV.com, ChulaVistaTV .com, UrbanaTV .com, etc.

It has just occured to me that there are many here who also have one or several GEOTV.com names and might not be too content just to sit them on a parking site, develop them on a small scale, or just own them without income hoping for some brighter day.

Like many here I've been working on my own trying to create a model that will work for each of these names - but would it not be in ALL our interests if we could have a complete list of geoTV.com names that span the globe.

The economy of scale in grouping our efforts could seriously reduce our individual costs, while a recognised brand (geoTV.com) could be created that would not only be inexpensive to create, but could also set the tone for how people think about getting their information via web 2.0.

For example, if we worked together, how long would it take before people could come around to the idea that if you type in CamdenTV .com you get a well formatted info source that handles in a similar way for nearly every other area in the world, whether it be PickeringTV .com in Canada, KrakowTV .com in Poland, WaggaWagga TV.com in Australia or EastLondonTV .com in South Africa.

Each geoTV.com site would have a mix of tourist info, local news, local government and organisations services, local industry and commerce sections, etc - the complete 'televisual' compendium/almanac for each area.

I'd like to get owners of geoTV.com's together so that people and companies could pitch their ideas and formats to us rather than us having to chase around the other way.

This is only an idea, but seems to make increasing sense the more I think about it. Does anyone have any views on whether this would work or, more likely, how we should proceed?

My initial thoughts are to collate a list of geoTV. com areas and possibly organise a conference where we can discuss the best route and people can pitch us their services and ideas.

Thoughts please!

 

[GoneWalkabout]

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[memorablename]

Add geo.tv.net/geotv.info also and I'm in..

 

[mckennaronnie]

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disappointed!

I like your idea, wish you the best though in my opinion you will struggle to get a group of Geo owners to work together as it has been tried before and failed.

Personally i like the idea of a group chipping in together to pay for a top notch site that could be repeated for each geo owned, this way many owners could get a site designed for a small enough fee to allow starting to develop a domain become a more straight forward task.

BUT

Trying to get a group who share the same goals & ideas will be difficult as we all see things different.
Trying to keep a group of domainers happy, not falling out with each other would be a hard task.

I like what you are trying, would be ideal for those who want to part develop their sites into Information sites with automated features but for anyone who is trying to make their Geo's become something special that could bring in $xxx,xxx each year then custom development vital IMHO

Good Luck, i hope you get it going and stop 100's of Geo's sitting parked for years.
Keep us updated.

Ronnie

 

[GoneWalkabout]

Ronnie

The idea isn't that we are all in some 'corporation' but a loose affiliation.

I imagine many would welcome the idea of working together to reduce development costs - and later to enhance branding and promotion. My personal skills are different to others - but collectively, I feel we could have the whole package of: platform expert, web designer, database control, hosting/servers, film production, graphics/animation, narration, pubic relations, etc etc.

It's an extension of 'wikinomics' - which has been successful in so many other areas - and would certainly be successful in geoTV.com.

The individualistic element of domainers falling out with each other is naturally a BIG reality - especially with such a mass of big and small (that's portfolio's and ego's!!)- that is why it is a loose affiliation. People can pick what's right for their own geo area. If they don't want some aspect of the 'standard' site - thet don't have to have it.

Even if it is as basic as having each geoTV.com site having a link to all the other participatory geoTV.com sites - then it will benefit everybody involved.

Whether people have just one or one thousand geoTV.com names the importance of forming some form of alliance is plain to see. Even Steven Spielberg didn't set up Dreamworks on his own - he worked with others who had complimentary skills.

 

[mckennaronnie]

I get your idea and think it has many positives to get domains developed rather than sitting parked but i do think you will struggle to get people involved (judging on past experiences)

Adding a link is a good idea, maybe something like Associated Cities do. Once i have my sites up & running then i will be happy to add a link to any developed Geo .tv or tv.com

Ronnie

 

[Andro]

Idea not only for geotv.

1) Find few good scripts
2) Automatic add content form youtube
3) Find add network to monetize traffic
4) Make a tv site network, linking each other and send traffic between sites.

If you like this idea I can join it.

 

[DnEbook]

wagga wagga ???? not much happens there , i think better to find melbourne/sydey suburbs !!!!! good luck from australia

 

[GoneWalkabout]

Thanks for the best wishes.

I bought WaggaWagga because I loved the name and my Aussie relatives had connections there.
Fact is - it is an unforgettable place (name and location), does attract tourists, and has a population of over 40,000.
I also have other places in Australia like Rockhampton and Gosford (and CentralCoast) but - like others here at NamePros - I don't have a full set of all the towns in the world (my Australian collection is especially poor). If someone else has a Melbourne suburb, someone else will have Perth or Hobart or Brisbane or the hundreds of other towns across the country.

Standardising the format a little to reduce initial costs and create a brand that is simple for everyone in the world to understand - would mean that places like WaggaWagga can benefit - just as those from the bigger cities too.

Among my collection are cities that have populations in the millions - but the principle is exactly the same.

Look at Associated Cities http://www.associatedcities.com they have places like Edinburgh, Denver, Los Angeles and .... Branson, Missouri (population 7,000).

 

[mckennaronnie]

I like the idea of each chipping in to get a basic site set up that could be replicated for each Geo, would be ideal if it had RSS Feeds or similar to keep automated content coming.

I would be interested as a way to get 4,5 of my less important Geo's going without spending the time. money & effort that a full development would cost.

My thinking is that something like this would allow me to part develop Paraguay.tv & a few of my tourist destination Geo's like StMaarten.tv, MadeiraIsland.tv, ANDALUSIA.TV....etc that all have great potential but they are not my priority just now.

I have no time though to help out getting this set up or to help find scripts, designers....etc
If it goes ahead then i can put you in touch with Logo / Flash designers who can do decent woprk for about $10 - $20 per logo, i use the same 2 guys all the time and have built up a good relationship with them.

Keep me updated %%-

Ronnie

 

[DnEbook]

rockhampton is a much better choice imo, last time i looked airlebeach was up for grabs , it's a huge tourist town and the gateway to the whitsunday islands , but yep hard to have em all

 

[TheBulldog]

There are already scripts out there that do this to a degree, just depends on how much you want to spend.

Once I use is a multi site license that I aquired for about 200. They have since revamped into a new, and more expensive license structure coming out.

Either way, I will be getting the more expensive license because I need it.


What you all really need is someone who does that with there own server and then you pay them a nominal fee for each site. As long as there is a choice of templates, that is all you are really looking for is the customization to get it geo specific. To that end, if you put together a list of "demands" for each site, you could easily get a quote for what it would be for development of a geo specific take off of an existing script, or to have a new one built.

My guess is that you are looking at 2500-5000 for dev depending on which way to go, and then probably 25-75 per site including hosting and whatnot for 6 months to a year.

There, now you can put those costs in and see who ponies up to pay for it. My very solid guess is that no one will. What they want is for someone else to pay for the research and dev work, then they would THINK about joining, however, and this is the reality that we all face, there are NOT many here who would pay even $25 for a developed parking program per site.

About the only way to do it would be on a membership level. A dedicated server, or two for redundancy, that server hosts "tv" specific sites/templates. Each person would pay a yearly fee, say $150-$200, and then they get to host their "tv" related names on whatever template they want with whatever advertising they want.

That, in my opinion, is the only way this would actually work because each person will want something tweaked specifically for their needs. Trying to start another consortium is not the way to go. Offer a good service for a good price, and go from there. Don't bother trying to get people to chip in upfront because it is very unlikely right now.

 

[jeffoverman]

Good luck on your ambitions and geo network.

I like geotv.com format and see a lot taken.

Cheers,
J

 

[rickkumar]

We have 238 Geo TV domains including mostly .COMs, but do have some .net/org/.us also. .... don't have any .tv

All GEo-targeted domains are great, not just geo-tv ones.

 

[MenontonTV]

There's loads of Geos collected here - mostly tv.com.
http://www.worldnetcast.com/index.html