.tv Premium Names Available at 1pm PT May 1st

[qdaly]

Hi Everyone,

We are about to issue a media alert with the time and location of available premium names. The full text is below. Please let me know via PM if you have any questions, though I will check this thread throughout the day.

Best, Quinn

MEDIA ALERT



Demand Media and eNom to Release Premium .TV Domain Names

Nearly 53,000 Premium Names to be Brought Back to Market May 1


SANTA MONICA, CA AND BELLEVUE, WA, April 30, 2007 — Demand Media, Inc., the next-generation web media company, and its wholly owned subsidiary and largest wholesale registrar, eNom ®, announced today that premium .TV domain names will be made available tomorrow, May1st, at 1:00pm PT. Interested parties can go to www.domainsindemand.tv to register the nearly 53,000 names that have been off the market for close to five months.

In December of last year, Demand Media announced a strategic alliance with VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), to leverage Demand Media’s new media platform, industry relationships and web 2.0 expertise to increase .TV registrations. Demand Media is bringing the names to market in conjunction with the release of its proprietary tools to create video-centric websites with social networking with every .TV registration, free of charge.

 

[Argos]

:zzz:

 

[namewaiter]

the more we search for a name, the higher th4e price.
just try it.
any 3 letter, repeat search for 10 times, and watch the price go from $500 to $1000 in a couple of minutes.
Ridiculous system!

if that's true .. wow! ridiculous indeed!

 

[Argos]

the more we search for a name, the higher th4e price.
just try it.
any 3 letter, repeat search for 10 times, and watch the price go from $500 to $1000 in a couple of minutes.
Ridiculous system!

This is what I get with names listed at $900 and now they are at $1000 !
Incredible.....

 

[BuzzGuyz]

they are checking demand and hoping people buy on emmotion no doubt.
this sucks waiting and waiting.

aw. all we can do though

 

[Mark]

People will see the "Premium" process for what it really is now I hope.

Greed - Nothing else ....

 

[MrRhee]

yeah, they are pumping up prices as we hit refresh... ridiculous...

 

[wlmdi]

Am I crazy?

Take detroit.tv which was bought for $1600. That domain is a non-premium reg rate ($35 year)

If my calcs are correct, given dallas is $30k a year (detroit is another top 10 city), the present value of detroit.tv (given the $35 annual reg rate) is in the range $200k.

Does anyone want to buy Detroit.tv for $200k?

 

[Len]

What's going on????
Some guys will have been sat up half the night all over the globe waiting for this!!!

No regs available yet!!!!!!!!

 

[seeker]

they cant even see its from the same IP address!!!
they are just waiting to see what gets more hits and adjusting prices.

Makes mobi and EU look less scandalous!

 

[jollyjo]

I hate fine print!!! Not sure how ethical all of this is.....

the more we search for a name, the higher th4e price.
just try it.
any 3 letter, repeat search for 10 times, and watch the price go from $500 to $1000 in a couple of minutes.
Ridiculous system!

 

[Lasher]

I'm not seeing anything but the usual "this name will be available in spring 2007" screen that's been there all along, where are you seeing prices? Or do you mean the r= in the URL?

 

[MrRhee]

truly ridiculous

 

[RPK]

It's 11:15pm for me.

Gonna be a long night!

Lots of coffee and credit cards

 

[huckour]

did the start

The should have started 15 minutes ago but still nothing.

Am i wrong with the time???

 

[Lasher]

What time is Carson Daily going to start pimping this? Will be funny if they're not up to reg by then...

 

[BuzzGuyz]

Id like to know if Im the wrong time to. I go by toronto newyork Eastern Standard

I think it was something like 6pm PT for Carson Daly

 

[NameRegistration]

The time is right, the organization is a mess

 

[Argos]

It's 11:15pm for me.
Gonna be a long night!
Lots of coffee and credit cards

no just acohol ! :lol:

 

[thepurplecow]

Its about 1.20 PST now, which is the time they said this would start.
[Its about 9.20 here in the UK]

 

[MrRhee]

a few more $900s are now $1000+.

I'm about to go back to .mobi-land,

 

[RPK]

no just acohol ! :lol:

I hear ya loud and clear

 

[johntv]

no just acohol ! :lol:

I'm opening a bottle of wine (Jean Francois, it's a French wine!), right now

 

[BuzzGuyz]

If I read "Congratulations" one more time I am going to SNAP!

 

[seeker]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
Soem non premium domains are now showing up as premium!
I doubt I am wrong, but I had found one which was for reg fee, and now showing $1000
a bug at enom's site???

 

[huckour]

I think they are playing with our nervs!!!!

Are you checking from enom.tv or enom.com?