.tv Honest opinions or RUBBER STAMP ?

[equity78]

As .tv has picked up so have the bad regs. Now I don't know if people want honest assessments of their domains or if we just RUBBER STAMP everything NICE REG - Great reg.

There are a number of regs that
1) Have no commercial appeal
2) Are not the proper usage of the word
3) Do not relate to .tv in anyway it does not have to be entertainment or tech Local Experts has shown how to use names you would not think of but they all have commercial appeal.
4) Make No sense at all


And get away from the line "If developed" Anything developed is a SITE it has nothing to do with the DOMAIN.

BLUE is a great name site or no site
EDUCATION Great
POKER Great
SHOULD not so great THE number of Google results is meaningless
Bigoo SUCKS but it is a popular site not because of the name in spite of the name


With enough money you can brand anything "Sconers" means nothing but if a big company picks it as a brand they can brand it so as people know the name example Gadzooks-HotTopic-Dickies You can brand anything it has nothing to do with the essence of the name


We all have regged bad names no one can say they have not. But the difference is some people got honest feed back when this was a really small forum. They also listened and regged some great names that more than make up for the bad regs

Now people just say nice reg to anything.............


I see the available list and people say nice names to a lot of names I would not want in .com but to each their own. We just have to decide if we want honest opinions or sugar coating on those appraisals

 

[Ammudamus]

Equity,
I couldn't agree with you more. A lot of the growth and learning in this business is reading posts, paying close attention to the more seasoned investors, etc. I am blown away by some of the regs and new "niches" that have been developed. If you have deep pockets and understand that development is key to an end user, then kudos to you. Other than that, there has been a lot more quantity regs than quality. I have a very small amount of .tv regs and look to see the real value placed in this TLD. It would be wise for folks making a lot of regs to be careful as to what their exit strategy is or how they will generate income from specific names. In any case, just my two cents, for what its worth (if any).

Thanks,
A

 

[equity78]

Exactly Very Good Post Ammudamus................ Quality over Quantity in this extension

 

[domainacrobat]

As .tv has picked up so have the bad regs. Now I don't know if people want honest assessments of their domains or if we just RUBBER STAMP everything NICE REG - Great reg.

There are a number of regs that
1) Have no commercial appeal
2) Are not the proper usage of the word
3) Do not relate to .tv in anyway it does not have to be entertainment or tech Local Experts has shown how to use names you would not think of but they all have commercial appeal.
4) Make No sense at all


And get away from the line "If developed" Anything developed is a SITE it has nothing to do with the DOMAIN.

BLUE is a great name site or no site
EDUCATION Great
POKER Great
SHOULD not so great THE number of Google results is meaningless
Bigoo SUCKS but it is a popular site not because of the name in spite of the name


With enough money you can brand anything "Sconers" means nothing but if a big company picks it as a brand they can brand it so as people know the name example Gadzooks-HotTopic-Dickies You can brand anything it has nothing to do with the essence of the name


We all have regged bad names no one can say they have not. But the difference is some people got honest feed back when this was a really small forum. They also listened and regged some great names that more than make up for the bad regs

Now people just say nice reg to anything.............


I see the available list and people say nice names to a lot of names I would not want in .com but to each their own. We just have to decide if we want honest opinions or sugar coating on those appraisals

Thank god I got most of my bad registrations out when I was registering 10 .coms every day, who knows why! Just addicted! Now that I am into .tv, the risk is much greater. I have been very very selective while registering, if I am not sure about something I post it in the available thread as a way to get it out of my system. I agree that some people register made up words or ad an i or e in front of it. Like equity said if you have enough money you could brand efiddle.tv, so yes any name could be successful, but not for resellers, basically not for us. I have been investing in things that wont dissapear, lilke paleontology or MarineBiology etc. They have inherent value and uses that will not fade for a long time. To me overture is a big plus but not a prerequisite for a good name. I have several names on my plate just staring me down, and they dont have great overture but they are still great IMO, every extension registered with super high payouts per click... I may have to register them on second thought... LOL

 

[deb]

There are a number of regs that
1) Have no commercial appeal
2) Are not the proper usage of the word
3) Do not relate to .tv in anyway it does not have to be entertainment or tech Local Experts has shown how to use names you would not think of but they all have commercial appeal.
4) Make No sense at all

well said, i definately agree. quality over quantity in .TV leave obscure "maybe" long shots to someone else as your money is better spent on premiums wether its .com,.tv,.whatever.

 

[RogueWriter]

Definately two learning curves involved, imo, first, what makes a good .com .net .us .org registration, second what makes a good .tv reg.

I certainly grabbed a lot of domains that I probably should have held off on!

However, my thought as well was, I 'think' it's a good domain, I have some ideas about it, so let's spend the reg for a year, and see what I can do with it.

When I put out a domain that I want to talk about, I would much rather have someone be honest and say, "I just don't get it" than 'nice reg'. I would also like more ideas as to how to use the domain. Anything you say may be the spark I need to turn an average idea into an incredible one. So, don't hold back!

In affiliate marketing, I've taken a rather practical approach. I register a domain I like for one year, and I build a basic, straightforward site, fleshing it out with products form a couple of relevant merchants. I then give the domain one full year. If the affiliate commissions exceed the cost of registration and hosting over a year, then I renew, otherwise I let it drop.

So, I am not opposed to registering a name that pops out at you, as long as you take a pragmatic approach as to how much you are going to invest in the domain and as long as you have the money to spare.

I think it is a-ok, as well, to take a long term approach, and register domains you will not have time to develop until 2-3 years from now. If you have the money, and are dead set on registering a domain, then do so.

The thing is, as a domainer I would never have registered a number of domains that, as an affiliate marketer I had picked up and developed. I've made a lot of money off of .us and .net names that one would not have touched with a ten foot pole for domaining purposes.

So, it all depends upon your intended use of the domain, whether you are sitting around waiting on type-ins and typos, whether you are holding for future valutaions or technological innovations, or whether you are developing the site.

Our evaluations of a domain's value are biased on our own experiences, which should be of use to the owner, even if it is a negative review.

 

[equity78]

Excellent post RW I agree if you are doing what you are doing than there is a broader spectrum of domains that can be used because it is a site and you have a gameplan.

 

[Ammudamus]

Good feedback RW.

Thanks,
A

 

[RPK]

Truth be told it is really about the money. If you have unlimited funds I would go for both quality and quantity. For those that see the future of this extension, if you have the deep pockets it is worth going for quantity if you believe in the extension and can hold out.

Me, I'm an idea guy. Every name that I reged I can invision a good .tv site for. There have been a lot of names I passed on that have a high google score because I couldn't invision a plan behind it.

 

[equity78]

I have to disagree if I have a plan for Tweaker.tv that does not make it a good name, It may be a name I have a plan for but it is not a good name.

I mean I think you have some really good names Searching but in that sales thread I see some names that by no means are good whether there is a plan or not. A name is about the name standing alone.

I can have a plan for 86400 which is how many seconds there are in the day if the site is successful it is due to the idea not the name 86400.tv

 

[Mark]

Nice posts

I wish the . m o b i Folks would read it many times - Stay specific to the Extension for the most part .... A few "different" one's here and there for Dev is fine as well but not for Investment.

Good Luck to all :tu:

 

[ofclean]

I regged PornGalleries.tv a while ago, and I don't understand why people didn't like it. The plural makes more sense, in my opinion.

 

[*AllThings.tv*]

I was asked to write an article on this. I will post a link to it as soon as the article is published.

 

[DomainAgency.com]

Welcome Honesty

The way I work is I search certain sectors of interest and if I find a name I like (usually where .tv is the only extension left) I do a google and overture search, archive.org search, see if a similar version is a premium name, consider whether it is for vanity, traffic, will I be developing it or is it a long term hold (usually emerging technologies)

I work in the entertainment industry and have a good sense of what types of sites are in the development stage and since I write, direct, shoot and edit content myself. ( I have both avid and final cut.) I base some of my buys on the type of content that is going to go up on them, not just potential search and traffic revenue.

I started registering .TV names in late 2005, and stopped in early 2006 until recently when I picked up an addition 35 names. I’m at a point (like many of you) where unless I see something I really like, or is related to an emerging technology that is about to come out, or is being sold by another domainer at a great price, then I’m not buying any more .TVs until I get a better gage of Demand Media’s plans.

I feel that about 30% of my registrations were great, 25% okay to good and the remaining 45% were bad and will probably drop at some point. But here’s the thing, the top 40% will more then pay for the rest. I’ve already seen that with my sales last year. The bottom line is I believe in .TV and if I’m right I will cash in, if not well I’ve hedged my bets with lots of other tv related names (mostly .coms and .nets)

One thing that is for sure, nobody can question that the future of TV and the web will become one and that online video and people creating it will be the number 1 growth sector online in the next decade and beyond. So I think we’ll all be sitting okay.

Anyway, for me like I said in a lot of cases I will be developing myself (probably 30%)

Here is my current list of .TV’s that I own, including some of the premiums I own. I welcome all honest assessments. (note: I have one adult name and it is on the list to, hint it rhymes with trucktv.tv)

adopting.tv
artworks.tv
bankonline.tv
berke.tv (my last name)
bmovie.tv
born.tv
brentwood.tv
caller.tv
canoeing.tv
cashmoney.tv
collegenews.tv
compulsive.tv
cooling.tv
curl.tv
curl.tv
dayton.tv
demographic.tv
detailing.tv
developing.tv
dispatch.tv
distribute.tv
distributing.tv
domainers.tv
domaining.tv
dorms.tv
energies.tv
exports.tv
farts.tv
freemobile.tv
****tv.tv
girlchannel.tv
governments.tv
gowireless.tv
groom.tv
gymnast.tv
homesystem.tv
ithaca.tv
joking.tv
logistic.tv
movietv.tv
musicradio.tv
nethd.tv
netmobile.tv
newsnet.tv
newsradio.tv
nytimes.tv
pennstate.tv
petros.tv
planting.tv
podchannel.tv
portfolios.tv
prank.tv
puberty.tv
reps.tv
searchchannel.tv
sending.tv
skank.tv
spacetv.tv
spamblocker.tv
spanishtv.tv
talkie.tv
tapes.tv
thecreditcard.tv
tiling.tv
towing.tv
transplant.tv
tubing.tv
tunnels.tv
tvhd.tv
videocamera.tv
virtualtravel.tv
vweb.tv
wack.tv
weathertv.tv
walking.tv
webb.tv
webmobile.tv
whitetrash.tv
worldtradecenter.tv
Premium Names
dvr.tv ($750 per year)
sc.tv (1k per year)
dv.tv (1k per year)
cw.tv (1k per year)

 

[MillersCrossing]

The way I work is I search certain sectors of interest and if I find a name I like (usually where .tv is the only extension left) I do a google and overture search, archive.org search, see if a similar version is a premium name, consider whether it is for vanity, traffic, will I be developing it or is it a long term hold (usually emerging technologies)

I work in the entertainment industry and have a good sense of what types of sites are in the development stage and since I write, direct, shoot and edit content myself. ( I have both avid and final cut.) I base some of my buys on the type of content that is going to go up on them, not just potential search and traffic revenue.

I started registering .TV names in late 2005, and stopped in early 2006 until recently when I picked up an addition 35 names. I’m at a point (like many of you) where unless I see something I really like, or is related to an emerging technology that is about to come out, or is being sold by another domainer at a great price, then I’m not buying any more .TVs until I get a better gage of Demand Media’s plans.

I feel that about 30% of my registrations were great, 25% okay to good and the remaining 45% were bad and will probably drop at some point. But here’s the thing, the top 40% will more then pay for the rest. I’ve already seen that with my sales last year. The bottom line is I believe in .TV and if I’m right I will cash in, if not well I’ve hedged my bets with lots of other tv related names (mostly .coms and .nets)

One thing that is for sure, nobody can question that the future of TV and the web will become one and that online video and people creating it will be the number 1 growth sector online in the next decade and beyond. So I think we’ll all be sitting okay.

Anyway, for me like I said in a lot of cases I will be developing myself (probably 30%)

Here is my current list of .TV’s that I own, including some of the premiums I own. I welcome all honest assessments. (note: I have one adult name and it is on the list to, hint it rhymes with trucktv.tv)

adopting.tv
artworks.tv
bankonline.tv
berke.tv (my last name)
bmovie.tv
born.tv
brentwood.tv
caller.tv
canoeing.tv
cashmoney.tv
collegenews.tv
compulsive.tv
cooling.tv
curl.tv
curl.tv
dayton.tv
demographic.tv
detailing.tv
developing.tv
dispatch.tv
distribute.tv
distributing.tv
domainers.tv
domaining.tv
dorms.tv
energies.tv
exports.tv
farts.tv
freemobile.tv
****tv.tv
girlchannel.tv
governments.tv
gowireless.tv
groom.tv
gymnast.tv
homesystem.tv
ithaca.tv
joking.tv
logistic.tv
movietv.tv
musicradio.tv
nethd.tv
netmobile.tv
newsnet.tv
newsradio.tv
nytimes.tv
pennstate.tv
petros.tv
planting.tv
podchannel.tv
portfolios.tv
prank.tv
puberty.tv
reps.tv
searchchannel.tv
sending.tv
skank.tv
spacetv.tv
spamblocker.tv
spanishtv.tv
talkie.tv
tapes.tv
thecreditcard.tv
tiling.tv
towing.tv
transplant.tv
tubing.tv
tunnels.tv
tvhd.tv
videocamera.tv
virtualtravel.tv
vweb.tv
wack.tv
weathertv.tv
walking.tv
webb.tv
webmobile.tv
whitetrash.tv
worldtradecenter.tv
Premium Names
dvr.tv ($750 per year)
sc.tv (1k per year)
dv.tv (1k per year)
cw.tv (1k per year)

Canoeing
Compulsive
Exports
Groom
Gymnast
Prank
WhiteTrash

These are the only non premiums I would say are half decent, the rest I would let drop.

Groom would make a great wedding vertical, I already mentioned in another threaad I like exports, WhiteTrash I really like as an off the wall TV comedy/spoof documentary about our hillbilly friends, with Prank and gymnast and compulsive ok.........

I am interested in your choice of premium names - if you dont mind disclosing why you chose what you chose......

Poodleman,

You have one huge advantage over most domainers, in that you are able to shoot cut and edit...allowing you to develop any name you want.......so back to the conversation Equity was having - one can develop any name......if you have the bucks and know how.....well, I now know you have the know how.....which like I said is a very big advantage in this business

Good luck to you sir!!

 

[DomainAgency.com]

Thanks for the feedback Millers!

dv = digital video
cw- for a site called comedy world
sc = for a site regarding southern California
dvr= digital video recorders

 

[RPK]

I have to disagree if I have a plan for Tweaker.tv that does not make it a good name, It may be a name I have a plan for but it is not a good name.

I think we have to say that a "good name" is in the eyes of the beholder. I have also seen lots of names on this board that I would never have registered, but if there is a plan behind it and someone is excited about it, then it is a good name.

With the exception of some of my earlier reges, all my names I am excited about and have (at least in my head) a plan for it.

For example. One of my earliest reges was from a suggestion on this board. ScienceFair.tv.

I can tell you that it would make an excellent site to host a contest for 2 levels. HighSchool and College kids to post videos of a science fair project. Users can come in an vote for their favorites. We can put together some great judges and have sponsored awards and prizes. Maybe even scholoarships! This can be done every year and I can honestly see this site being a tremendous success.

So is sciencefair.tv a "good" name?

 

[ofclean]

I love prank.tv in that list

 

[RogueWriter]

searching: I like ScienceFair.tv, in fact I was probably the fellow that first mentioned that domain in the available thread. As I recall - and this probably varies according to the season - it had a fair OVT, and in my mind, it was easy to see how streaming video could play a role on that site.

Even without the student interaction, it would be great to see a menu of available experiments, then a video showing the student the proper way to build and conduct the experiment, allowing them to visualize everything would undoubtably quicken their learning process. They could review several dozen experiments before settling on one specific project.

When they click on the parts list, you could then provide an online merchant site with which to purchase the items, or, what would sell really well would be to prepackage a kit, mark it up and sell it to them from your own inventory. How easy would that be? I can see parents jumping all over that. Having the experiment prepackaged, ready to ship?! Bingo!


poodleman- Awesome premiums, I really like those.

 

[space101]

searching: I like ScienceFair.tv, in fact I was probably the fellow that first mentioned that domain in the available thread. As I recall - and this probably varies according to the season - it had a fair OVT, and in my mind, it was easy to see how streaming video could play a role on that site.

Even without the student interaction, it would be great to see a menu of available experiments, then a video showing the student the proper way to build and conduct the experiment, allowing them to visualize everything would undoubtably quicken their learning process. They could review several dozen experiments before settling on one specific project.

When they click on the parts list, you could then provide an online merchant site with which to purchase the items, or, what would sell really well would be to prepackage a kit, mark it up and sell it to them from your own inventory. How easy would that be? I can see parents jumping all over that. Having the experiment prepackaged, ready to ship?! Bingo!


poodleman- Awesome premiums, I really like those.

RW that is a really great idea, for a .TV business. Maybe I should let you take a look at my portfolio and tell me what ideas you would have for them.