.tv "Ordinary" .commer optimistic on the future of .tv

[MillersCrossing]

I am not sure how many of you have heard of Tom Rolfson, but his reputation and vast network of contacts witin the domaining industry aswell as out of the domaining industry are well known to very large number of people. To others do some research for a full breakdown.

Here is a superquick Bio

One of the lesser-known facts is that he began doing .coms even before there was an AOL, MSN, Yahoo, eBay or Amazon He still owns xxxx (07/94 older than all the forementioned.) which evolved from being a co-founder of ChatLink in '91.

It was the world's first privately-held international chat, message & gaming network. (aka "Social Networking")

As early-adopters go...he was the also the first online Avon sales reps (he had women in a dozen cities distribute for him), sold concert tickets online in 1994... years before Ticketmaster did.

Anyway Tom has had mid-high 4 figure deals, one five-figure and one six-figure(the last two both to end-users/broadcast companies and bound by NDA.) in the TV extension to date.

He also made sure that he was around on the 18th for the landrush, despite very recent surgery.

I asked Tom if I could copy and paste his comments on his Facebook page to the .tv forum. He had no problem.

Some of his comments:

Cat's out of the bag... all premium priced .TV names have been reduced and the renewal rate is now at the standard .TV rate, not the premium every year. If you're in the market... I've been very busy buying and have some GREAT names for almost any industry.

Another comment in the same thread

James, I've been big on .TV's for years and held a fair # long before Rich put the deal together with Verisign. The highest premium I had bought before was $7500/yr and felt it a fair price. Own a fair number of city names too......

Now I can tell you this is not the exception as to who has been buying heavily since the landrush, he may be the exception, for now, who does not have anything to hide about his appreciation for the extensions potential and past deals done.

 

[domainacrobat]

James this is only the begining. It has literally been a few days. The real money isnt even investing yet. I am curious how the sedo auction will play out. I suspect that it will open the eyes to the vast majority of domainers who didnt realize that the renewal have been lifted. Thats when the aftermarket should heat up from reseller interests.

 

[MillersCrossing]

James this is only the begining. It has literally been a few days. The real money isnt even investing yet. I am curious how the sedo auction will play out. I suspect that it will open the eyes to the vast majority of domainers who didnt realize that the renewal have been lifted. Thats when the aftermarket should heat up from reseller interests.

Indeed. He got alot of responses by domainers who were not even aware of the landrush, but are looking now to buy....

 

[Jeff]

:hi:

I don't know who Tom Rolfson is; but is he just an "ordinary" .COM'r? :blink:

James this is only the begining. It has literally been a few days. The real money isnt even investing yet. I am curious how the sedo auction will play out. I suspect that it will open the eyes to the vast majority of domainers who didnt realize that the renewal have been lifted. Thats when the aftermarket should heat up from reseller interests.

I am curious as to how the upcoming Sedo auction will play out, as well ... I'm expecting a cooler result(s) than perhaps some, IMHO. Seems to me there's a lot of folks expecting a quickly heated aftermarket and auction due to the new pricing structure (for newly registered) .TV domains - I think there will be other key market factors at work here that will come to pass and evidenced in the near-term. :red: :imho:

Thanks,
Jeff