.tv Music.tv picked up for $50!

[Ammudamus]

I'll be first to say congrats to Jimbo for picking up Music.tv (an ex FMA name) for $50! Rare that this will happen, but a true Verisign pricing glitch.

Enjoy!

 

[donnied79]

I saw it this morning.. Fantastic

 

[Jason.tv]

how?

 

[Ammudamus]

how?

Easy. It was legacy premium at $50 and it got repriced to probably $47.50 and Name.com picked up the backorder.

A

 

[Jason.tv]

why would fma drop it? he has mail.tv and go.tv both renewed

 

[Nitindomains]

Awesomely insane luck there.
Congrats jimbo.

 

[yogiDomain]

Luck was in his favour.

 

[donnied79]

Honestly I don't think we can talk about luck.
He BO the name, I didn't. He was better than me and deserve the name.

 

[Ammudamus]

why would fma drop it? he has mail.tv and go.tv both renewed

Several things you are missing. They let go of:

AvantGarde.tv
Intensity.tv
Exotic.tv
Rave.tv
Buz.tv
Buzz.tv
Music.tv
Explore.tv

No need for me to get into the details of the lapse, but it is what it is.

A

 

[Kate]

Good luck to the winner, looking forward to a big reported sale

 

[garptrader]

Nice pickup - congrats!

 

[the_yehezkiel]

Niceeee man...
Let's wait for MTV next moves.. make offer on the domain or offer shares to the owner?

 

[equity78]

I have spoken to Elequa he called me from the UK a few weeks back, very upset with the Music.tv drop he is dealing with a major family dispute. I am not sure how much of what will be made public but we spoke a few times and he did get some other .tv names renewed.

 

[Ammudamus]

I have spoken to Elequa he called me from the UK a few weeks back, very upset with the Music.tv drop he is dealing with a major family dispute. I am not sure how much of what will be made public but we spoke a few times and he did get some other .tv names renewed.

Ray,
Thanks for the insight. This is exactly what I suspected. Unfortunate for FMA.

A

 

[equity78]

I just texted him Music.tv got picked up for $50 he texted back F*CK, he is very displeased to say the least.

 

[equity78]

The reason why it was not repriced was that Igal (MrsJello/CyberTavern) and Elequa(FMA) had special pricing when people were paying $500 to $10,000 in premium renewals they had $25 and $50 respectively so the Verisign system still set up the way it was in 2004 when I acquired LCD.tv for $29.99 at Go Daddy instead of $5,000 a year at www.tv.

 

[Keith]

The reason why it was not repriced was that Igal (MrsJello/CyberTavern) and Elequa(FMA) had special pricing when people were paying $500 to $10,000 in premium renewals they had $25 and $50 respectively

Why would any individual or group get "special pricing"? Talk about stacking the deck!

 

[NameBot]

Nice grab
Good luck to the winner!

 

[RogueWriter]

Fantastic catch, but unfortunate circumstance. I've been on the wrong end of something like that, sympathies sent out to former owner.

 

[GoneWalkabout]

Thanks to everyone, but no one was as surprised as I was!

Great name, great price, but it's all swings and roundabouts. You pick up US for a few thousand and you are a genius. Pick up Deutschland for the same amount and you are a fool. You pick up Music for peanuts and you are 'lucky'!
In reality, we are all barking mad for being involved in internet TV in the first place (whether as domainer or developer, filmographer or flipper).

The one thing I will say is that I only got the backorder a few weeks ago on this name - and any of the backorder co's could have bagged this name. So, don't ever let anyone tell you that there aren't opportunities out there.

(I would also like to say that there is a direct correlation between the 'luck' I have and the amount of 'research' I do)








This will be developed….
… which means I will lose a load more money on stupid internet TV