.tv New to .TV domains - Question for the pros

[gilescoley]

Question on .TV domains??

Just curious what you all think of regging one word .TV domains. The words are not neccessary directly related to TV/Media/Film/Movies etc but are just short to medium one worders

examples would be the following

Trigger.tv
Happened.tv
Motive.tv
Organizer.tv
Stared.tv
Occasion.tv
Simple.tv


Any comments on this?

I own 1 .TV, any comments on it

ActionPacked.TV

 

[htmlindex]

Question on .TV domains??

Just curious what you all think of regging one word .TV domains. The words are not neccessary directly related to TV/Media/Film/Movies etc but are just short to medium one worders

examples would be the following

Trigger.tv
Happened.tv
Motive.tv
Organizer.tv
Stared.tv
Occasion.tv
Simple.tv


Any comments on this?

Personally, I wouldn't reg any one word dictionary word like the above unless it has good development potential to it. The only one above worth picking up is Simple.tv

 

[GoneWalkabout]

I'd add Trigger.tv to the list

Trigger Happy TV (the TV series) has been quite successful in the UK and the word itself is quite edgy.

It could also be used by many of our gun-happy brethren here at NPs.

Are you looking to develop, flip, or make parked income? The answers you are seeking will all be different dependent on which.


Oh, and welcome to.TV - you among a growing number.

 

[gilescoley]

Thanks

Thanks for the advice

I will probably be flipping some and parking some

I suppose with flippin', they are going to have to be good names.

I hand regged ActionPacked.TV the other day and got an offer of $80 on Sedo

I rejected the offer

 

[smashfactory]

welcome to the tv forum!
what you need to do is go to like namebio, and check out the past sales for the last two years.
then, go thru google- search with

site:.tv

( that is site : .tv )

and see what kind of tv sites are being developed- i have found, altho generic or pure geo remain tried and true- .tv has a funky side :0)

i thought this looooooong ago, that it seemed like it would be handled by the enduser a bit differently-
they are thinking "tv show material" and people name tv shows along a very brandable scale.

there is a nice mix, but it seems with .tv, more than most extensions, it is heavier.

at this point, i have to say- i have not been in .tv as long as say ray or roy and them- but been since 2006- and i have seen a steady stream of "you cant put your finger on it".

.tv has been a mysterious lady people will pay lots for some names that in .com, you would have said pishaw- but, the name represents their vision of the "tv show".

and- i have noticed that names that "seem" to go naturally with >tv<- may not always fly off he shelf.

its been a wild ride in my opinion- and as tv continues to gain ground, i expect it to get wilder.

 

[gilescoley]

Thanks Smashfactory and the others, I appreciate all your help and that info is very useful to a .TV noob. I love learning about about new domains, even when I dont plan of buying loads at first (not at that price), I will do my research first and then try and buy names I think will sell. Havent got time to develop at the moment, so will try and sell them on

Will certainly check out the site:.tv

Where is the cheapest place to reg tv domains?? Can .tv domains get put on here for comments on do they have to go to "appraisals"



Rep added

 

[smashfactory]

appraisals go under .TV Appraisals, in the tv section- right now i think godaddy is still cheapest- always watch them for their sales- they tend to beat everybody when they run them- enom is still 24.99 i believe

 

[TheBulldog]

There is no money in flipping tv right now unless you are interested in 5-$15 profits at best or you have the very best of the best video centric names.

Look in the sales section, there are plenty of names that are "good" that are priced less then $50 and even those aren't selling.

 

[GoneWalkabout]

Where is the cheapest place to reg tv domains?? Can .tv domains get put on here for comments on do they have to go to "appraisals"

godaddy are doing a special on .tv for $17.99

 

[gilescoley]

ok cheers guys, thanks again

 

[DomainMayhem.com]

Personally, I wouldn't reg any one word dictionary word like the above unless it has good development potential to it. The only one above worth picking up is Simple.tv

Agree completely. I would keep simple.tv and get rid of the others.

 

[snoop]

There is no money in flipping tv right now unless you are interested in 5-$15 profits at best or you have the very best of the best video centric names.

Look in the sales section, there are plenty of names that are "good" that are priced less then $50 and even those aren't selling.

Agree. Be extremely careful with this extension, easy to wake up with a high credit card bill and very few sales.

 

[TheBulldog]

Agree.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


///slaps himself with a small salmon in hopes of redemption

Dude, you are SOOOOOOO going to ruin my rep by agreeing with me. Can't you call me a fascist or something. I will settle for tard of some kind.

 

[poiuytrewq]

I am a big fan of one word TV domains - well, they seem to sell the best don't they? I like Simple and Trigger - both catchy and memorable.

Be extremely careful with this extension, easy to wake up with a high credit card bill and very few sales.

Bit of a generalization. Doesn't this apply to domaining per se? Have you seen what crap .coms ppl are still regging on the main appraisal forum?

I see TV as being no more risky than any other. If you choose your names carefully and avoid 'hoard-itis' (where some domainers feel it essential to have 10,000 crap domains because quantity is more important than quality) you can do OK. For my part, I have sold over 30. I now have less than 20 - all fairly reasonable. Whilst this forum and the people on it are great, I have found that it is not the best place to get a handle on what people outside of TV are looking for and gauge the current status of the extension. Possibly because there are alot of 'agendas' going on - whether someone is a) pissed because they have a crap portfolio b) anti .TV on principle or c) dislike a particular person etc...

I see all the negative tv vibes (I used to be one of them) - then I see that (working in the media) most TV and production companies are using the extension. I find that empirical evidence wins over unobjective apathy any day.

I would also say that too much emphasis is placed on the marketplace at NP. It is a very small corner of the world and shouldn't be taken as a gauge for the global success of an extension. It is inhabited by ppl like me anyway - looking for some cheap megadeal as someone gets desperate and realises their folly and wants to recoup some cash. Interestingly, I couldn't give away Statement.tv on there - no takers, not even for $20. Sold it for a very nice 4 fig sum to an ad agency in the end.

Are .TV domains selling in the Marketplace? No.
Is this significant? No.
Are .TV domains being used by big companies? Yes.
Is there a positive trend to usage? Yes.

 

[GoneWalkabout]

I see all the negative tv vibes (I used to be one of them) - then I see that (working in the media) most TV and production companies are using the extension. I find that empirical evidence wins over unobjective apathy any day.

Reality - Classic quote - should be used in domain schools up and down the land.

I love the idea that no one here would buy one of your names and yet it went for a four figure sum to people who see the name as a tool relevant to their trade - not ours.

 

[equity78]

Exactly right Reality, it is a gauge of nothing but domainer to domainer. Westblock was trying to give NEUN.tv NINE in GERMAN away $20 no takers and it sold for north of $2000, Ireport.tv no offers over $1500. I read all the anti tv.tv Girlstv.tv has had 6 offers Highest $2000, USATV.tv highest $600, SIXTV.tv $300. A real world focus and outlook is needed for success REP ADDED.

 

[snoop]

Bit of a generalization. Doesn't this apply to domaining per se? Have you seen what crap .coms ppl are still regging on the main appraisal forum?

I see TV as being no more risky than any other.

No, .tv is far easier to blow money in because the reg fees are several times higher that regular tld's...that is before we start talking about the premiums.

I see all the negative tv vibes (I used to be one of them) - then I see that (working in the media) most TV and production companies are using the extension. I find that empirical evidence wins over unobjective apathy any day.

As far as .tv goes "working for endusers" and "working for domainers" are two very different things because of the way this extension has been priced.

Are .TV domains selling in the Marketplace? No.
Is this significant? No.

Why aren't people like yourself buying? If the wholesale market isn't strong it is because people don't believe the purchase of those names is likely to yield good results. Isolated $1000 sales need to be tempered against the probability of those kinds of sales happening.

 

[equity78]

Its really not far easier because the people who may have 50 bad .tv $1500 have 200 to 300 bad .com/net/org/info/biz/us Again IMO

Since day 1 always believed be focused on end users, Domainers, MY DEFINITION: someone who earns their living from the by product of the domains they own, PRIMARILY parking revenue and reselling. Are not going to have the traffic or the margin to flip .tv consistently for big money especially after they paid the initial profit to the initial registrant.

The marketplace for everything on every forum sucks IMO Not a lot of great sales in any extension. I see great names like MMB.com for sale buy it now $24,999 someone should be scooping in a second if we are to believe the .com conquers all rhetoric. Again IMO

 

[snoop]

The marketplace for everything on every forum sucks IMO Not a lot of great sales in any extension. I see great names like MMB.com for sale buy it now $24,999 someone should be scooping in a second if we are to believe the .com conquers all rhetoric. Again IMO

Is there any active marketplace where .tv sells though?

Regarding mmb.com, I'm not sure I get your point. Are you sayting it should be worth more?, a sign of .com being a weak extension? I don't follow as it seems like an above average but not amazing 3 letter .com.

 

[GoneWalkabout]

I read all the anti tv.tv Girlstv.tv has had 6 offers Highest $2000, USATV.tv highest $600, SIXTV.tv $300. A real world focus and outlook is needed for success.

equity - can I ask where you are selling these names?

I know I personally was very harsh on the whole TV.TV names, but as Reality notes 'empirical evidence wins over unobjective apathy any day'.

I thought long and hard about what people on this forum had said about TV.TV - eventually agreed (within reason) and now have a couple in my own portfolio.

Why aren't people like yourself buying? If the wholesale market isn't strong it is because people don't believe the purchase of those names is likely to yield good results. Isolated $1000 sales need to be tempered against the probability of those kinds of sales happening.

Snoop - Good point (sorry Bulldog - but his statement is valid).
In the world of .com domains this would spell trouble, but .TV is still virgin territory and while it catches up the market is still very immature. The landrush at .TV is still taking place so most 'wholesalers' don't need to go buying off others - quantity over quality still rules the roost here.

As time moves on the finer names are being purchased by those who missed the first wave (hence the $xxxx sales beginning to filter through). I distinctly remember the incredible names I could still handreg on .com as late as 2000.

A full market takes time to emerge, but the marker signs on the route are as clear as a bell.

Snoop - Are you secretly buying up .tv while at the same time slagging it off as some kind of subterfuge?