.tv Predictions for 2009

[GoneWalkabout]

Yes, it's that time of year when we throw out the old and look to the new - and you don't get any fresher and new than internet TV and its travelling companions of .TV and TV.com.

So, looking to 2009, I wondered what predictions people might have (serious and frivolous).

The best answer that proves to be correct on 31 December 2009 (that's just a year away folks) will get a prize of 250 NP dollars from your truly (me).

To start I would like to make my own predictions.

1. The majority of 'pure flip 'em domainers' will move away from .TV and to whatever is the 'next best thing', but the slack will be taken by a larger number of those entering the internet TV industry PLUS those who are domaining for the longer term PLUS those who have a better idea of monetisation of niche .TV visual sites.

2. At least five of the bigger .TV players will go bust on bad 'premium' name calls. In other words they will be unable to renew and will leave the .TV arena.

3 At least two of the bigger .Tv players here will show their hands fully and launch a series of higher profile TV sites. My guess would be Michaeldotcom and Millers.

4. Jeff will finally make some money in the world of .TV and there will be no turning him back.

5. Snoop will admit that .TV can run concurrently with .com without there being a problem to either extension.

6. The bigger media corporations will enter the arena with a stronger and more permanent attitude as they look to gain revenue for lower costs.

7. Advertisers will continue making their own 'ads' or 'advertorials' or 'promotional films' or 'sponsored TV channels' (choose the name you like) and running them via internet TV sites with bespoke names.

8. Film costs will become even cheaper as the recession kicks the world further into the mire.

9. The price of lower quality domain names will fall flat. In contrast, high quality generic domain names will maintain their value.

10. Yet another year will pass without EQ getting the proper respect he deserves for ensuring that this forum delivers quality information / light-hearted relief / sounding board for all those interested in the .TV and TV.com brands.

Finally, we will discover what Polin, Kam and Len do with all that money they are making.


Have a great 2009 - whatever it may bring!

 

[jeffoverman]

Ok here I go for my view points on 09 predictions and on couple people:

1. The .tv extension may show slower growth in registrations then a year ago, however people will be concentrating there funds in developing things and there prime names.

2. Afraid to go on record on this but I am sure I will get some smack in saying this- the uk geo owners and european friends get the geo.tv market and are ahead of the usa .tv geo market owners. Could this trend change, you bet but looking into 09 I dont see a huge change in the usa geo market.

3. Another afraid thing topic I will go on record for 09... Porn sells...07/08 some geo owners hyped themselves up and sold for major dollars. Great-congrats. They had there own intentions. PORN WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD THE PACK IN .TV EXTENSION IN 09 AND CONTINUE TO MAKE GEO.TV IN A LONG SECOND PLACE IMO. Based on alexa rankings, developed sites, traffic, porn blows everything away and huge market for it and .tv extension. (Disclaimer-I am now a geo.tv owner and getting more generic names-I still love geo.tv names for the long term).

4. Porn.tv sells for xxx,xxx range and helps put .tv on the map more so.

5. Enomcentral brings there discount back of 50 percent or more.

6. Bigger is not better...Quality is better then bigger.

7. Buying keyterms for developing is great and imo anything under 500 a year with a plan is a good course of action to take. Kam brings up a great point, I only have 2 yearly renewal fee names possible a 3rd one coming up this week but i think going under 500 a year will be a good investment.

8. Some trolls will get banned on the namepros .tv forum & scare away loyal .tv fans away. I JUST EDITED THIS SINCE THREAD GOT CLEANED UP. MY 08 GIFT TO SOMEONE, LOL

9. Heroes(mark) and discovernow(jim) really know the .tv extension very well and probably 2 of the most underrated .tv owners here on the board. They own killer names, big words, and they get .tv! Expect big things from those 2 on .tv!

10. 09 I think and this is my view the past 6 months is invest in a generic term and go after your passion and interest. What makes you happy and gets you out of bed? What makes you smile when your talking about things(sounds a bit dumb and obvious but having been in sales for 8 years, running my own business, hussling and had some wins, had some losses the past 4 years, lost accounts, gained accounts, the everyday sales pitch is not me and doing door to door sales. Yes being an online operation has that some but not to the extent of things.

So I am either buying names that I have passions on or interests. Those are being developed or will be developed. Then another category will be what will make me money online and also have a passion for.

11. And finally cash is king in 09. we are in a worldwide recession and imo i dont think things will improve in 09. Thanks in nice gesture jimbo and mentioning me for 09-I hope so and have really learned a lot. I am taking things slowly and building cash up. I dont make as much as I used to 4 years ago nor the most of you but I am getting excited on things, seeing some traffic coming over to a developed site and will be cash flow positive in 09 unless I decide to buy another name or killer generic name.

12. Development.tv is the first site that has a wap site for jeffrey and how he loves his blackberry and is probably the heaviest user on namepros.mobi by far. or development.tv forms a m.development.tv site for mobi users. I try hard not to use my laptop on forums as much and when I am not working around house.

Sorry for long list...12 topics, lol...wow... I am not expecting to win the contest due to the amount on list but in 09 thats my view point for .tv and may everyone be happy in what your doing, chase your dreams, have some fun even if your webmaster says we got delayed or there is a coding error thats causing this. So many people I would like to thank and afraid I may forget someone so I will just say a big thankyou in helping me, guiding me along the way and as I ask to many annoying questions via phone or pm lol...


Good fortunes & health to everyone here. Get ready for the .tv cruise party we will do and looking forward in meeting everyone here.

Regards,

J

 

[MicroGuy]

My predictions for 2009.

- Channel Me will finally pull the plug and shutdown.
- Someone from development.tv will be .tv domainer of the year.
- Justin.tv will acquire Justin.com or Justintv.com.
- Hollywood.tv will continue to suck.
- Most serious development will remain on non-premium names.

Best of luck to everyone and Happy New Year!

 

[kam]

My predictions is relative simple,

For the owner.
- people with high quality premium .tv names [high risk]
- people with high quality Non-premium .tv names [Winner]
- People with lower quality names [dying and most of them may leave]

 

[mckennaronnie]

Jimbo : My views for the year ahead are very similar to yours, especially on the future for buy & flip .tv domainers gradually leaving or changing tactics to suit .tv better.

OK here is my predictions:

1: Many of the domainers who are trying to buy/flip many .Tv's will give up & move on to another extension where the get rich quick hope is currently.

2: A number of NP / Development.tv members will launch high profile .Tv sites / networks. Most being standard, run of the mill site but a couple of members will have sites that get great publicity & become very popular.

3: At least a couple of .tv domainers / developers will go bust either through owning far too many domains with renewal bills they cant pay or a development that leaks cash at an alarming rate.
Very sad but most likely will be true as it can be a risky area & of course the economy is so poor.

4: A new breed of .Tv domainers to show up who are buying for the longterm & fully understand/accept .tv's unique quirks without complaining about them over & over.

5: Many of the new faces in .tv land will be using .Tv's for the fantastic keywords that are ideal for mini sites / adsense sites. I expect a massive number of .Tv mini sites now that so many domainers are trying to get into development & .Tv still allows the chance to own great keywords that can bring in traffic with such ease.

6: .com owners to think more about owning the .tv to work hand in hand with each other. Lots of sales where the .com owners buy the .Tv domain if the price is realistic.

7: Geo .Tv developed sites to make an impact in many different regions.
Geo sites will be launched in high numbers and create massive buzz with geo domainers. These sites will vary from small time local/community sites to groundbreaking multimedia sites done by large media players.

8: A Geo .Tv to sell for over $75K which may sound over the top but should still only be around 5 -10% of the .com's value.

9: When .com's are far out of reach then .Tv will become the 2nd choice for a large number of sectors.

10: At least 5 $50K+ .Tv sales over the course of 2009 as top names continue to get more offers & higher offers even as poor to average .tv domains may struggle to sell.

11: .Tv to finally get more respect from domainers, domain blogs & brokers who have talked Sh!t about this extension over & over.

12: As soon as the large media players come up with the ideal revenue model for video sites then a whole new breed with pop up, .tv domains will be used consistently.

13: Hollywood.tv & Dubai.tv to be fully developed into top notch websites, keeping the .tv domains as their main brand names/url's of course.

14: Even more of the worlds top brands launching .tv sites to work as the media version of their main corporate site. Most already own the domains & will launch the sites as video production costs fall & revenue strategies get easier to pull off.

15: Companies large & small will realize that they should have a multimedia/media rich website either as their main address or to work along side their main business website. These will be used to show promo videos, tv style ads, interviews, product demonstrations...etc

16: Domains with high premium renewals to struggle to sell & many to drop. Too many .tv's with renewals over $1K have been regged & in many cases these have been as investments which is very high risk. IMHO
Buyers will pay a premium to buy similar domains that do not have large renewal fee's as more endusers learn more about the .tv pricing structure & exact how much the renewals are for all the domains in their sector.

17: Many of the big name / high profile domainers who have been on NP for a while now will sell up the remains of their .tv portfolio & move on.
This will happen with a few people who tried a similar tactic with varied results.

18: Less ego's, fall outs, stupid disputes & nonsense between NP .tv'ers.

19: Me to actually finish off version 1.0 of my Geo development, i'm only around 6 Months behind schedule after all. :yell:

20: A $xxx,xxx .tv sale to be made by a 27yr old from Glasgow,Scotland. :hehe:

2009 IS the year for Development for .Tv, NP members will be a major part of this when plans they have worked on for years take off.

Cheers,
Ronnie

 

[jeffoverman]

great points jimbo and ronnie... ronnie, congrats in beating me in length and in points, lol...great insight !!

 

[mckennaronnie]

great points jimbo and ronnie... ronnie, congrats in beating me in length and in points, lol...great insight !!

:hehe:

Lenght has always been one of my strong points. :tu: :D

 

[Cate.tv]

I predict more collaboration on all forums starting NOW!

 

[discovernow]

Ok here I go for my view points on 09 predictions and on couple people:

1. The .tv extension may show slower growth in registrations then a year ago, however people will be concentrating there funds in developing things and there prime names.

2. Afraid to go on record on this but I am sure I will get some smack in saying this- the uk geo owners and european friends get the geo.tv market and are ahead of the usa .tv geo market owners. Could this trend change, you bet but looking into 09 I dont see a huge change in the usa geo market.

3. Another afraid thing topic I will go on record for 09... Porn sells...07/08 some geo owners hyped themselves up and sold for major dollars. Great-congrats. They had there own intentions. PORN WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD THE PACK IN .TV EXTENSION IN 09 AND CONTINUE TO MAKE GEO.TV IN A LONG SECOND PLACE IMO. Based on alexa rankings, developed sites, traffic, porn blows everything away and huge market for it and .tv extension. (Disclaimer-I am now a geo.tv owner and getting more generic names-I still love geo.tv names for the long term).

4. Porn.tv sells for xxx,xxx range and helps put .tv on the map more so.

5. Enomcentral brings there discount back of 50 percent or more.

6. Bigger is not better...Quality is better then bigger.

7. Buying keyterms for developing is great and imo anything under 500 a year with a plan is a good course of action to take. Kam brings up a great point, I only have 2 yearly renewal fee names possible a 3rd one coming up this week but i think going under 500 a year will be a good investment.

8. Snoop gets banned in using and posting in .tv forum(not banned 100 percent off namepros) as he continues to scare away loyal .tv fans away and trolling around imo

9. Heroes(mark) and discovernow(jim) really know the .tv extension very well and probably 2 of the most underrated .tv owners here on the board. They own killer names, big words, and they get .tv! Expect big things from those 2 on .tv!

10. 09 I think and this is my view the past 6 months is invest in a generic term and go after your passion and interest. What makes you happy and gets you out of bed? What makes you smile when your talking about things(sounds a bit dumb and obvious but having been in sales for 8 years, running my own business, hussling and had some wins, had some losses the past 4 years, lost accounts, gained accounts, the everyday sales pitch is not me and doing door to door sales. Yes being an online operation has that some but not to the extent of things.

So I am either buying names that I have passions on or interests. Those are being developed or will be developed. Then another category will be what will make me money online and also have a passion for.

11. And finally cash is king in 09. we are in a worldwide recession and imo i dont think things will improve in 09. Thanks in nice gesture jimbo and mentioning me for 09-I hope so and have really learned a lot. I am taking things slowly and building cash up. I dont make as much as I used to 4 years ago nor the most of you but I am getting excited on things, seeing some traffic coming over to a developed site and will be cash flow positive in 09 unless I decide to buy another name or killer generic name.

12. Development.tv is the first site that has a wap site for jeffrey and how he loves his blackberry and is probably the heaviest user on namepros.mobi by far. or development.tv forms a m.development.tv site for mobi users. I try hard not to use my laptop on forums as much and when I am not working around house.

Sorry for long list...12 topics, lol...wow... I am not expecting to win the contest due to the amount on list but in 09 thats my view point for .tv and may everyone be happy in what your doing, chase your dreams, have some fun even if your webmaster says we got delayed or there is a coding error thats causing this. So many people I would like to thank and afraid I may forget someone so I will just say a big thankyou in helping me, guiding me along the way and as I ask to many annoying questions via phone or pm lol...


Good fortunes & health to everyone here. Get ready for the .tv cruise party we will do and looking forward in meeting everyone here.

Regards,

J

Jeff,

Thanks for mentioning me in #9 and it's been almost 9 years since I started investing in .tv which I started in 2000. I made many mistakes but I have learned through many of fellow Namepro .tv friends how to minimize those mistakes.

With that being said, I think the biggest prediction for 2009 that I did not see mentioned yet is Spanish .tv names. In fact, I been saying that since I registered my first .tv name in 2000 which was a spanish .tv; Pornografia.tv (non-premium) which means (Pornography) in Spanish. To verify on why that is go to the spanish domain forum; Demene.com and look at the subforum .tv.

Thanks, Jim

 

[and5rey]

I hope the .TV renewal fees could be lower hopefully, or at least could not rise.

 

[jeffoverman]

we were waiting for you to come inn and your the spanish .tv KING investor!!

With that being said, I think the biggest prediction for 2009 that I did not see mentioned yet is Spanish .tv names. In fact, I been saying that since I registered my first .tv name in 2000 which was a spanish .tv; Pornografia.tv (non-premium) which means (Pornography) in Spanish. To verify on why that is go to the spanish domain forum; Demene.com and look at the subforum .tv.

Thanks, Jim[/QUOTE]

 

[Ammudamus]

All hail the Spanish King! <bows head down>

Best,
A

 

[GoneWalkabout]

Still on a break, but heard about me being someone else and just had to find out what was going on. (Funny)

Thought about the massive changes here, wondered about predictions for this year, discovered this again, and thought I would share.

 

[snoop]

1. The majority of 'pure flip 'em domainers' will move away from .TV and to whatever is the 'next best thing', but the slack will be taken by a larger number of those entering the internet TV industry PLUS those who are domaining for the longer term PLUS those who have a better idea of monetisation of niche .TV visual sites.

I think the first part was an accurate prediction though I don't think the "slack" has been taken up by anyone.

8. Some trolls will get banned on the namepros .tv forum

Oddly enough that turned out to be true, probably not in the way Jeff expected though.