.tv How many new .tv enthusiasts do we have among us?

[*AllThings.tv*]

Whether you have been lurking because of a new and recent interest in dot tv, or you have scooped up a dot tv name or portfolio of names, please tell us what changed your mind about the extension to begin investing in it or what attracted you to it (if you were not already a domainer).

To the mods, if there is existing thread already on this topic, feel free to close this and redirect it, or just delete it. I am curious to hear from some of the folks just joining us.

 

[gwkg]

With the merging of internet and television (iptv) right around the corner and the massive amounts of money being dumped into .tv extensions by hollywood and coporate america there is no doubt in my mind that .tv will soon be the #2 extension to own. It's short, already in our vocabulary, and a natural extension for anything video related. Faster connections speeds and better compression technology will soon allow real time streaming of broadcast quality video - video is the future.

I can only speak for what I see in the U.S., but I have never seen a commercial, or any advertising campaign, for a .mobi web site or a .biz web site. I don't recall seeing one for a .net web site either, but I probably have and just forgot. I've heard of one for .info - canadian transportation - but haven't seen one myself. I have seen .org, but just for non profit organizations (heart.org, etc)

I see and hear about .tv all the time.


Heres a link to archived episodes of an excellent podcast show dedicated to internet video marketing.

http://www.webmasterradio.fm/Internet-Marketing/Video-Ninjas/

 

[MillersCrossing]

Well we certainly have about double the viewers to just a few months ago.....rarely now does a day go by where we get under 40 at some point in the day and sometimes 50+, anyyone with the actual record? - think it was 70 around dm launch.

Allthings.TV also shows a recent record of 50 viewers at one time on his blog....

 

[heroes]

I would be interested to know what it was like 12 months ago. Was it about stable up until the relaunch in May then a lot more viewers? Did GoDaddy pricing in Aug bring further viewers into the Forum then? What do you think would account for a surge in viewers over the last few months?

 

[Len]

I think more .tv's are being used and seen around the globe, especially those advertised on tv. This has ultimately stirred more interest in the extension. Those that want to learn more have come to Namepro's..simple as that! There really is no other forum where you can go to discuss this extension. Once here you soon realise the fantastic opportunities that .tv has opened up to those of us who missed the dot com revolution. YaaaHoooo!

 

[htmlindex]

I began attracted to the .tv extention after stumbling across the .tv forum here on NP, reading around, then seeing a great potential for the .tv extention with the way the internet is heading with a lot more video content being delivered to users. Online video is the way of the internet, more & more people will be watching stuff on the net & I believe the tv stations will also be streaming their channels on the net as well.

 

[advaita]

Just regged DasWetter.tv and parked it with Parked (German for theweather.tv) - Das Wetter gives 10.8 million Google pages and daswetter.de has an Alexa rank of 431 which seems high to me.
Have I made a wise investment ? Also Parked pages seem to be in English only - anyone think I would be better off parking it with Sedo ?

 

[TheWatcher]

It gave me money in the bank and will continue to develop more .TV websites to get another fold of investment. I love the TV commercial exposure of .TV extension, nothing can beat that.

Em!

 

[johntv]

Just regged DasWetter.tv and parked it with Parked (German for theweather.tv) - Das Wetter gives 10.8 million Google pages and daswetter.de has an Alexa rank of 431 which seems high to me.
Have I made a wise investment ? Also Parked pages seem to be in English only - anyone think I would be better off parking it with Sedo ?

In my opinion Parked is way better then Sedo, even if the language is only in English It could be that the language in Germany is in German and in US and UK in English?
Good name you got there, especially as daswetter.de has this high Alexa ranking, you might get some decent traffic as well.

 

[advaita]

Thanks John - I thought it was a pretty good find but no doubt not everyone will agree ! I wrote to Parked too to see what they say - no reply yet though

 

[Carlton]

I learned of .TV around 2000-2001 and liked the extension immediately because it was/is instantly intuitive - moreso than about any other general tld. Who doesn't know what TV means?

Side note: Hollywood.TV,which we all know about is getting super exposure on major shows/channels. Entertainment Tonight had their Britney videos and the Hollywood.TV logo all over TV last night. Later switched to CNN News and they were both showing and saying "Hollywood.TV". The public awareness shift is happening and that's not hype. I'm a UFC fan and although they rebranded with .com (which did disappoint me), almost all of the fighters are going with .TV for their personal websites.

We have a popular cable channel in North Carolina that plays lots of syndicated programs - their website is My48.TV (they're having server probs today if you try the site). But the word is out and the public gets the dotTV brand.

 

[johntv]

Side note: Hollywood.TV,which we all know about is getting super exposure on major shows/channels. Entertainment Tonight had their Britney videos and the Hollywood.TV logo all over TV last night. Later switched to CNN News and they were both showing and saying "Hollywood.TV".

Same here in Holland, also Britney is 'hot' here and Hollywood.tv was all over the place

 

[yesonline]

I have been interested in .tv names since it was the very first time to be introduced to the world, many many years ago. The oldest .tv names I have now was regged at June 2000.

 

[jeffoverman]

I am very happy with the .tv forum and everybody here for the most part.

The numbers continue to go up with users here and a lot of new faces here. Been noticing this the past 2 months.

Maybe equity can supply any user data on namepros .tv forum? Ex. Most users in .TD forums, most posts in one day,etc and etc. Would be fun to watch things go up every quarter.if he can't do this with users I will watch user amounts more carefully but I am mostly on namepros.mobi which dosent show me how many users are online or usernames in threads.

When I am not busy which seems seldom juggling 3 jobs and sleep and my dog lol I enjoy watching Justin.tv and browse through that. Surly sucks you inn. I then check a few other things out on google searches, always on namepros, and etc.

J

Ps. I can finally say my 3rd job is Domaining lol. Really seeing a nice pickup in ppc parking and I spend a few hours a week on this. Still in kiddy pool but month by month numbers continues to double.

In ref to sedo and parked. Sedo has more success in foreign traffic it seems mainly from google feed. Parked is is very solid company and they the extra mile for you and service. I don't believe I praised sedo, lol well let me re phrase this, the google feed does better on foreign traffic I am concluding. StiLl experimenting. Yes that name should draw some nice traffic. Good luck!

 

[poiuytrewq]

I am a new enthusiast!

OK, I have been maybe a little bit TV cynical and Mr.Grumpy these last few months (due to a couple of unpleasant experiences) but I've had a few offers recently and I can sense the tide is perhaps turning. More people seem switched on to TV now and they are beginning to see the potential - as we can!

I see alot more media sites turning to tv and much more development now. Big businesses are making sure they snap up the TV extension too.

I think 2008 might really be the year when TV flourishes and we might see a 100K sale. Such an event is an inevitable and will kick start another level of interest.

I have renewed interest now and have even regd a few more TVs! I would say that if you are new to domaining, TV is a great extension to invest in.

In 2008 I aim to develop some of the nicer ones from my portfolio. I already developed a few at the beginning of the year.

Good luck Dot TV-ers, new and old.

RH

 

[RPK]

I am a new enthusiast!

OK, I have been maybe a little bit TV cynical and Mr.Grumpy these last few months but I've had a few offers recently and I can sense the tide is perhaps turning. More people seem switched on to TV now and they are beginning to see the potential - as we can!

I see alot more media sites turning to tv and much more development now. Big businesses are making sure they snap up the TV extension too.

I think 2008 might really be the year when TV flourishes and we might see a 100K sale. Such an event is an inevitable and will kick start another level of interest.

I have renewed interest now and have even regd a few more TVs! I would say that if you are new to domaining, TV is a great extension to invest in.

In 2008 I aim to develop some of the nicer ones from my portfolio. I already developed a few at the beginning of the year.

Good luck Dot TV-ers, new and old.

RH

I read this post twice just to make sure I wasn't seeing things

Welcome Home Reality!

 

[poiuytrewq]

Nice to be back. Thanks.

There's no escaping the lure of .TV. No matter how hard I try!

 

[mckennaronnie]

I nearly fell ou my wheelchair when i read your post Reality!
I cant believe this is the same man who spent the last month telling us all how the .tv extension was a failure.

Glad to see the new you for 2008 :hehe:

 

[MillersCrossing]

Nice to be back. Thanks.

There's no escaping the lure of .TV. No matter how hard I try!

great stuff mate......it takes some guts to openly admit you called it wrong with .tv..!!

and thankyou for your email support recently......

 

[hullswingerscom]

all 4 one and 1 for all....a guy not sure of his name now ,saw my post in the com forum asking for a train domain names i got 100s of rubbish names pm to me like,
engl1sztrainsrus.com.anyway he phoned me at home and said try dot tv
i now have trains,trams,steamtrains,railways and a lot more.
my kids are on you tube every day i just wish it was me.tv
i wish everyone all the very best with there names.