.tv Is there a 7 figure .tv sale going through

[blackjack21]

Hi all, :hi:

Is there a 7 figure .tv sale going through shortly.

http://www.thedomains.com/2012/02/2...-with-tuvalu-to-run-tv-registry-through-2021/

Have a look down the comments, 3/4s down.

This could be a very good advert for tv.

Good luck to the owner if it goes through.

Kim

 

[johname]

"First 7-figure .tv sale to be reported to dnjournal within one week"


Will be fun to hear what it is, if and when it's announced

 

[uniquedomainer]

I have been heavily investing in DoTV and I feel a lot better knowing that verisign is managing these domain names, instead of a bureaucratic banana republic. I think DoTV is on the rise and a solid investment for the long term.

 

[DnEbook]

If true is a big help, so very interesting to see, hopefully not just B.S

 

[hullswingerscom]

no way!

 

[jlc]

I for one hope it's true. It would be a cruel joke if it's not.

JLC

 

[bmugford]

An update from the seller (from thedomains.com)

"at the 11th hour, they forced us to sign an NDA – sorry for the hype

money has cleared escrow, $1.35mm (we picked up this domain for less than $2000, four years ago)"

Obviously a bunch of BS.

Brad

 

[DnEbook]

dont ya love domaining !!!!

 

[gr8trfoo]

naturally with a sale this large the buyer demands an nda. why does this seem strange???


***i forgot to add "lol".

 

[DnEbook]

Read the article ........our old friend snoop (who i have met) makes an appearence , expect him here, funny enough in person he seems quite a reasonable person .... just doesn't pull any punches

 

[hullswingerscom]

looks like it was personalloans.com
one guy i would like to meet is snoop....

 

[DnEbook]

looks like it was personalloans.com
one guy i would like to meet is snoop....

He is busy sorting out the aussie domainer forum .....funny to read ....as always

 

[Kate]

While the sale might be real it will remain a fluke.
We don't know the domain in question but it's probably a premium one - it's not like a domainer can repeat that feat anytime soon.

Sales like that always rise hopes up, but they won't really change anything to your bottom line as a tv'er :imho:
The whole domain industry is thriving on the hope of a big payday. It's the online equivalent of lottery.

 

[freedom30]

While the sale might be real it will remain a fluke.
We don't know the domain in question but it's probably a premium one - it's not like a domainer can repeat that feat anytime soon.

Sales like that always rise hopes up, but they won't really change anything to your bottom line as a tv'er :imho:
The whole domain industry is thriving on the hope of a big payday. It's the online equivalent of lottery.

...probably right. But the extension is doing well without a "big" payday and getting decent roi on a growing number of domain names. Nothing like a lottery but nothing to sneeze at, either.

It's become a stable form of investment for many so I am happy with it overall.

 

[gr8trfoo]

...probably right. But the extension is doing well without a "big" payday and getting decent roi on a growing number of domain names. Nothing like a lottery but nothing to sneeze at, either.

It's become a stable form of investment for many so I am happy with it overall.

actually its very much like a lottery. buying a .tv name in hopes of flipping for profit is one of the wildest speculations one can make.

people who buy these need to know that they are putting 100% of their money at risk and the odds favor the loss of 100%. just look at marketplace here, how many absolutely idiotic names do people try to push off before the next renewal date comes? look at the drop lists, hundreds, sometimes thousands, of $25 "investments" deleted every day. the people who bought and let go of those obviously didnt do very well. i think their are many more losers than the "many" who you say are doing well.

i was checking out the gd list earlier today. looks like a few dozen [state]foreclosures.tv are expired. no bidders on any of them. if these were .com's there'd be a hundred bidders on each. there are just not very many people interested in owning .tv, even very good and sensible ones. and since there is usually very little traffic on a .tv theres virtually no hope of actually earning the reg fee.

it is a great diservice to promote an opinion that .tv is an "investment". its a great tld if you have a bona fide development need but if you are only hoping that an end-user or another domainer will pay you off then you are playing a slot machine, not making an investment.

 

[freedom30]

..it is a great diservice to promote an opinion that .tv is an "investment"...

...actually, no, it is not a great disservice nor a small disservice, for that matter. It is an investment, pure and simple. A speculative one to be sure but an investment nonetheless. Some haven't invested properly and some have.

As I stated before, I am happy with it overall...

 

[DU]

just look at marketplace here, how many absolutely idiotic names do people try to push off before the next renewal date comes?

And how many non-idiotic ones?

it is a great diservice to promote an opinion that .tv is an "investment".

Read this type of thing on Forex forums too..

its a great tld if you have a bona fide development need

As always, I will say that I look forward to seeing your bona fide development come to fruition in the near future.

 

[DnEbook]

Interesting article ...... i hope you get what it all means

http://fragerfactor.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/frank-schillings-2nd-million-dollar.html

long story short the modern web is a 'brandable situation' some .tv's work as brandables, however i do think suitable generics work well with this extension quite well too, videos/tv movies/tv streammovies/tv ..etc

 

[freedom30]

Interesting article ...... i hope you get what it all means

http://fragerfactor.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/frank-schillings-2nd-million-dollar.html

long story short the modern web is a 'brandable situation' some .tv's work as brandables, however i do think suitable generics work well with this extension quite well too, videos/tv movies/tv streammovies/tv ..etc

...agree that intelligence must be utilized in investing in this and any extension.

The next generations are and will continue to freely make use of non-.com extensions as .com steadily slips from being the supreme monolith and prices for generic and brandable words in other extensions maintain being more cost-effective than the 20th century "god" of extensions.

The 21st century technologies provided us also play a role in making other extensions more familiar and comfortable to use, web apps being a simple example...

Indeed, .tv has its place in cyberspace, or so it seems...site:.tv results in over 2 billion google results.

While .com has over 25 billion and will be the darling of commerce for years to come, I also notice .de with over 21 billion and even Italy has over 6 billion. Doesn't seem to make .com all that big anymore...the only thing constant is change and that includes the internet, I would assume.

 

[Kate]

The 21st century technologies provided us also play a role in making other extensions more familiar and comfortable to use, web apps being a simple example...

Technology has nothing to do with domain extensions.

While .com has over 25 billion and will be the darling of commerce for years to come, I also notice .de with over 21 billion and even Italy has over 6 billion. Doesn't seem to make .com all that big anymore...the only thing constant is change and that includes the internet, I would assume.

Indeed, over the last decade there has been a marked shift toward ccTLDs.
The wrong assumption that many domainers make is that the rapid pace of change caused by technology would or should extend to domain extensions. The fabric of the domain system is basically like it was in 1984, with just a few more extensions and many more domain names.