.tv Has a Premium .tv domain ever went "down" in pricing???

[Vito]

As I look on enoms Premium pricing list, I see tons of complete garbage with some insane premiums.
I mean domains that wouldn't even sell for the normal reg fee much less another additional fee.

But as I see multiple threads in here on the Premium re-pricing of some great .tv's they always go up in price.
Sometimes they go up by 10x the price!

In this current Economy, It seems everyone does some creative things to make $.
I was just curious if anyone ever knew of a Premium .tv ever going down in price???

Thanks.

 

[MicroGuy]

In this current Economy, It seems everyone does some creative things to make $. I was just curious if anyone ever knew of a Premium .tv ever going down in price???

I don't think Enom's been accused of being overly creative lately. And nope, I've never seen a premium renew drop in price. But it does seems like an option worth exploring if you're Enom. One thing is for sure, they are going to do what they are going do . IMO.

 

[Vito]

I don't think Enom's been accused of being overly creative lately. And nope, I've never seen a premium renew drop in price.

Thanks for your response MicroGuy.
I know you have followed the stats on a lot of .tv Premium re-pricing.

Ya know, They really are shooting themselves in the foot over there.
I wish I managed their Marketing Dept.
I would set a date for some sort of Premium .tv slashed down fire-sale,
maybe 1/2 price or something...
Let it run for a week or longer.
Just imagine how many sales they would have!
I am willing to bet they would make more $ in that one week then they would make in an entire month on .tv Premium Reg's.

 

[GoneWalkabout]

A more grown up policy would be to sell all premium names in a one-off auction. There are so many wonderful names available that with a good piece of PR (like that for the recent .de names) they would be able to reach out to enduser buyers and collect some serious income.

They could then embark on lower prices for all remaining .TV names to a level similar to to .com (say $10 a pop).

I think the massive profile of the premiums and more acceptable pricing to the average joe would see .TV go seriously mainstream.

Buy hey, why would Verisign/enom want success a big on their plate - don't they already have enough as it is?

 

[Vito]

A more grown up policy would be to sell all premium names in a one-off auction. There are so many wonderful names available that with a good piece of PR (like that for the recent .de names) they would be able to reach out to enduser buyers and collect some serious income.

They could then embark on lower prices for all remaining .TV names to a level similar to to .com (say $10 a pop).

I think the massive profile of the premiums and more acceptable pricing to the average joe would see .TV go seriously mainstream.

Buy hey, why would Verisign/enom want success a big on their plate - don't they already have enough as it is?

Hey there Jimbo,

$10.00 a pop...Now there's a novel concept.
Unfortunately, It makes too much sense! :lol:

I am a huge fan of .tv, I think everyone here knows that.
What they are doing right now just isn't working in my book.

I have spent a ton of $ on this extension, and I have no plans of quitting anytime soon.
I am definitely in this extension for the long haul.
I just was hoping someone somewhere has heard of any .tv Premiums that have actually been lowered at one time or another.

Whatever happens,
Whether they use something similar to my idea, or yours, or any type of sale at all,
It could only benefit everyone that would like to use this .tv extension.

 

[anon22339]

Where on enom is a list of all the premium names?

 

[MicroGuy]

Wow! Looks like they took the complete list down. Hmmm?

 

[Vito]

eNom - domain name, web site hosting, email, registration

 

[MicroGuy]

eNom - domain name, web site hosting, email, registration

That's not the list.

 

[Vito]

That's not the list.

You're right.
I can't find it now.
They must have just changed their layout.
Can anyone else find it now?

 

[MicroGuy]

http://www.namepros.com/dot-tv-appr...-breaking-news-enom-takes-down-available.html

 

[Vito]

http://www.namepros.com/dot-tv-appr...-breaking-news-enom-takes-down-available.html

Ahhh, Thanks MicroGuy.
Very weird...I'll tune in at 11, lol.

 

[MrRhee]

As I look on enoms Premium pricing list, I see tons of complete garbage with some insane premiums.
I mean domains that wouldn't even sell for the normal reg fee much less another additional fee.

But as I see multiple threads in here on the Premium re-pricing of some great .tv's they always go up in price.
Sometimes they go up by 10x the price!

In this current Economy, It seems everyone does some creative things to make $.
I was just curious if anyone ever knew of a Premium .tv ever going down in price???

Thanks.

We monitor the premium list and have NEVER seen a (planned) price drop. there has been some "mistakes" that have been ironed out quickly. One thing we noticed recently is that the price hikes have not been as large as before (% wise), but they still do their best to reprice all 3-char drops at $4500. I miss the days of the $500 3-ltr domains.

 

[Vito]

We monitor the premium list and have NEVER seen a (planned) price drop. there has been some "mistakes" that have been ironed out quickly. One thing we noticed recently is that the price hikes have not been as large as before (% wise), but they still do their best to reprice all 3-char drops at $4500. I miss the days of the $500 3-ltr domains.

Thanks Mr Rhee.

I spoke with a rep over there today, and he said that .tv Premiums fluctuate with the current Market Pricing. So, I guess that means that all of the Premium .tv renewal rates should be going down now :lol:

 

[snoop]

A more grown up policy would be to sell all premium names in a one-off auction. There are so many wonderful names available that with a good piece of PR (like that for the recent .de names) they would be able to reach out to enduser buyers and collect some serious income.

They could then embark on lower prices for all remaining .TV names to a level similar to to .com (say $10 a pop).

I think the massive profile of the premiums and more acceptable pricing to the average joe would see .TV go seriously mainstream.

Buy hey, why would Verisign/enom want success a big on their plate - don't they already have enough as it is?

I think the above would be good for domainers, but not Verisign.

There current policy is pretty successful in my view. Would much rather have the residual revenue from premium names than sell them off in a one time auction. The auctioned names are all going to be largely bought by domainers and with the amount of money in the domainer .tv area right now the auction isn't likely to yield particularly high prices, they won't get the "enduser" pricing that they enjoy now with their renewal structure. The above idea is basically "selling the farm", at the moment they are "selling the milk".

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What they are doing right now just isn't working in my book.

I have spent a ton of $ on this extension, and I have no plans of quitting anytime soon.
I am definitely in this extension for the long haul.
........
It could only benefit everyone that would like to use this .tv extension.

Have a bit of think about it.

-You've spent a ton of money
-You won't be quitting anytime soon
-What they are doing now isn't good
-If they reduced prices it would benefit registrants.

If alot of Verisign customers were like that their is no way they are going to reduce prices.

If Verisign were going to say halve the renewal fee then they'd need to see registration numbers at least double and then grow at double the current rate for it to make sense. Personally I think that is unlikely.

People are wishing for something that will never come in my view.

 

[Vito]

I think the above would be good for domainers, but not Verisign.

There current policy is pretty successful in my view. Would much rather have the residual revenue from premium names than sell them off in a one time auction. The auctioned names are all going to be largely bought by domainers and with the amount of money in the domainer .tv area right now the auction isn't likely to yield particularly high prices, they won't get the "enduser" pricing that they enjoy now with their renewal structure. The above idea is basically "selling the farm", at the moment they are "selling the milk".

Nice farm/milk analogy. lol
I disagree...partly...
Sure they dont have to sell the whole farm, but they need to sell alot more milk.
They cant do it the way they are operating now.

I think the massive profile of the premiums and more acceptable pricing to the average joe would see .TV go seriously mainstream.

I think If .tv went more mainstream then you would see the Reg's multiply overnight which would in turn make them more $ then the way they are holding thousands of .tv domains hostage right now.

 

[snoop]

Nice farm/milk analogy. lol
I disagree...partly...
Sure they dont have to sell the whole farm, but they need to sell alot more milk.
They cant do it the way they are operating now..

Little doubt their premium renewal fees would have gone down considerably, but I would guess that revenue is still substantial. There is still some people here renewing names $500 and $1000 names.

As far as putting up prices go they would be collecting data on of the effect, this one of the savviest companies in the business in my view, the people who brought us the .com price increases and sitefinder. If putting up prices didn't increase revenue they wouldn't do it.

I think If .tv went more mainstream then you would see the Reg's multiply overnight which would in turn make them more $ then the way they are holding thousands of .tv domains hostage right now.

The extension is clearly a nich in my view, and lowering prices isn't going to multiply registration fee overnight. Lastly they aren't holding anything hostage, what they are doing is little different to what domainers do.

 

[Vito]

There is still some people here renewing names $500 and $1000 names.

More Power to those people.
I wish them all the best.
It is similar to those who put tons of $ into LLLL.com's.
Some managed to do pretty well for themselves, others - not so much.

The extension is clearly a nich in my view, and lowering prices isn't going to multiply registration fee overnight. Lastly they aren't holding anything hostage, what they are doing is little different to what domainers do.

.tv being a niche as your view, thats fine but as you know there is $ to be made in every extension.
My view in .tv is, It will rival .net one day. Just my view.
Let's not argue on speculation though.
Seems like that's been done way too much already.

Holding domains hostage - Yes they are.
You are right about..."what they are doing is little different to what domainers do."
But at some point you have to be smart enough to price your product according to the Market or you will just hold onto it forever, making no money at all.

I only started this thread because I had a list of a few Premiums I wanted to pick up recently but haven't been able to bring myself to that shopping cart because of that "extra" yearly pricing. I WOULD buy them for a one time fee/sale, etc. But I was just real curious if anyone has ever seen one go down in renewal pricing. If so, I wanted to find out how and when I could cash in on that if it was ever an option.

Hopefully with Enom pulling down that list of Premiums, they have a HUGE markdown sale getting ready to kick off! :lol:

 

[MrRhee]

Hopefully with Enom pulling down that list of Premiums, they have a HUGE markdown sale getting ready to kick off! :lol:

Here's what I posted in another thread regarding this:

In a dramatic turn of events, Enom appears to have pulled the complete list of available premium .TV domains from their site.

There is a variety of possible reasons for their decision, but one thing seems certain, it is now impossible to track the rising number of available premiums using their website. Update at eleven.

the list is still online in a different location. whatever reason they chose to keep it private, I'll respect their decision. but you are right, could be so many reasons for the move...

perhaps they moved it to a different location so that it doesn't get spidered/cached... imho, this is wise (strategic/competitive). it's something myself and others have requested many times so any premium purchases can't be tracked and the original purchase prices aren't archived. there's absolutely no need for anyone but enom/vrsn and buyers to know a name has been sold.

or

perhaps they are simply pruning/scrubbing the list and modifying prices.

or

perhaps they have something big planned. would be great if they are planning a sale. I have no knowledge of such a promo, but it would sure be nice to have advance notice to prepare.

time will tell.

I'll try to call them Monday and learn more.

The more time I have to think about the list and monitoring the premium-activity the more I hope they are planning a promo, perhaps pre-May 2010. I'll try to learn when the ENOM contract is up with Verisign because that may play a major role...

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[Vito]

The more time I have to think about the list and monitoring the premium-activity the more I hope they are planning a promo, perhaps pre-May 2010. I'll try to learn when the ENOM contract is up with Verisign because that may play a major role...

MrRhee,

Thanks for your Posts,
and I can't wait to read whatever you find out about what they are up to over there.