To all of the people who voted - Yes - The .TV Market has reached it's peak...
Let me take all of your arguements and throw them into one Post here.
1) .TV means the sinking island of Tuvalu - not anymore, EVERYONE is using the .TV as television just like everyone I know uses the term "scotch" tape whenever they mean transparent tape. (This is a ridiculous arguement) I know more about .TV than a lot of people, and I have no Friggen clue where Tuvalu is even located, nor do I care beause it is a non-factor
2) .TV is a niche/vanity extension. - Sure it is, I will agree 100%. Vanity - Definition #1 - excessive pride in one's appearance, qualities, abilities, achievements, etc. Yeah, That is exactly my point with a .TV domain, you expect a true quality site when you think of .TV (and that is bad??? LOL) How about "niche" - definition #3 - 3.a distinct segment of a market. Uhhh, sure I will say that also. A distinct segment of a Market that will only grow day by day, as more of us would rather push play and watch a video than read that same info. Even if you would rather read the info, sometimes you just can't explain your every move as well as you can show in a video. So Niche is fine. This TV/Video niche is growing daily, and will replace most text only websites pretty quikly as everyone else tries to keep up with the TV/Video Pioneers.
3) .TV has had an inflated/checkered 10+ years past. Another ridiculous arguement...The past has nothing to do with the future. There has been a lot of bad in all aspects of our lives, that is the past. Shit changes. Should we all hate Germans because of the crap they pulled, No, a new generation of people, and actually some of the best domainers out there right now, so past means nothing. today .TV is relevant and tomorow, It will be commonplace.
4) .TV Legacy Premiums Suck/Verisign is greedy- Yep, So what? All of those legacy .TV's will drop and get picked up immediately or get developed. But even if a Domainer/Investor wants to sit on that legacy forever paying whatever the cost is, who cares, none of anyones Business. I owned a boat for a couple of years. The best times of my life, and cost a ton of $, that was all a loss. It was worth it to me. Greed - haha, Everyone here wants to make the most $ they can with whatever they sell, or do...Whether we make what we want, Its up to whoever wants it. Yeah, I'm greedy too. If I can get $100 per hour or more working as an electrician, great. If I charge that and no one hires me, well then thats my own damn fault. Supply and demand. Always will be that way, so greedy SOB's? yes but I am happy with my purchases.
5) .TV has recently had "hyped" Auctions - Ok, Yeah, Cuz the extension is Flaming Friggen Hot now! have you seen the price of gold when that went up a coupla years ago...Every Corner, Every Site, Every commercial - "We Pay Cash for Your Gold". How about when the Bears made it to the Superbowl, More people bought that Urlacher jersey then ever...Hype - simple concept- excitement like when I bought my new SS Camaro in 2000...so what, It still is a phenomenal car. I sold it this Winter, and the new buyer is still just as hyped as I was when I got it.
Hype for something HOT as Hell will NEVER change. When the masses get emotional over something, price goes up. remember "tickle me Elmo"? LOL
6) .TV has the same old "usual suspect" buyers - Haha - this couldn't be further from the truth! if you are only involved with domains, and THIS Forum only, you would see the additional amount of purchases by people who would have NEVER dreamed of owning a .TV - EVER. Believe me, If I could afford to buy every .TV out, I probably would but it is impossible, cuz they're getting too expensive now, so I have to choose wisely, my competition is getting fiercer by the day now, and thats a good thing.
OK, Now for the sake of ANYone saying Each and every word I wrote in this post is total B.S. - lemme throw this out there.
The O.P.'s question was - Has the .tv market peaked?
Lets say this whole .TV extension Sucks, and is full of lies and deceit, and anything else you could possibly say negatively about it.
We are only in the very beginning of .TV getting SLAMMED in our faces in EVERY corner we turn, maybe less than 6 months, definitely in a year.
How many people are sitting on MySpace, Twitter, FaceBook, etc. Right Now??? Millions.
Now won't a lot of those people quickly migrate to the .TV (Video) sites being force fed to us on a daily basis within the next year...???
I truly believe that.
no one is gonna give a shit about a MySpace, or a Twitter, maybe FaceBook will hold on a little longer but every one and their Mothers will now have their own tv channels thru
UStream.TV, Justin.TV, OWN.TV (Oprahs Channel), Google TV, etc.
This WILL translate into most .TV url's.
Sure for the sake of arguement we may even have .info channels but I believe when we speak of the merging of .TV and Internet, .TV will be #1.
So, back to the O.P's question of Has the .tv market peaked?
There is NO Way we have seen the peak of .TV yet.
Ok, I'm done, lol
Vito
