.tv Question on the .tv forum...

[Dr. Mindwrecker]

How long (as in exact date or years) has this dot tv sub forum been available?

I was wondering what people thought were the top ten most important moments to happen in .TV since this forum has started?

 

[equity78]

Started 11/10/05

JohnTV moving the LL.tv market.

LocalExperts igniting the Geo.tv market.

The Golden Age of .tv premium regging, Oct to Dec 06 70% Discounts The average guy could afford great domains.

Demand Media running the retail side of the .tv extension.

100 % year over year gain in .tv registrations.

More sales in the first half of 2007 then the previous three years combined.

Me.tv being introduced.

The plethora of youtube clone scripts making development easier and cheaper.

The growing number of people interested in .tv

.tv non premium registration available for under $25

 

[MrRhee]

Started 11/10/05

JohnTV moving the LL.tv market.

LocalExperts igniting the Geo.tv market.

The Golden Age of .tv premium regging, Oct to Dec 06 70% Discounts The average guy could afford great domains.

Demand Media running the retail side of the .tv extension.

100 % year over year gain in .tv registrations.

More sales in the first half of 2007 then the previous three years combined.

Me.tv being introduced.

The plethora of youtube clone scripts making development easier and cheaper.

The growing number of people interested in .tv

.tv non premium registration available for under $25

great list!

re: LL.TV market & johntv's influence - can you elaborate? I'll check the archive, but a summary?

fwiw, I own LL.TV :hehe: (development)

 

[Dr. Mindwrecker]

That was a nice list,
much appreciated.

Any other important moments?

What ever happened to the first guy Bill Gross that was into .tv, everyone said he was a too early?

 

[Cate.tv]

Bill Gross does ok for himself - check out this 2001 article as well as wiki

I purchased my first .tv names back in 2000 - I have always admired Bill and Idealab

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/03/05/297860/ind

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Grossex.htm

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/...twid=1&lstwn=search_results&lstwp=body_middle

 

[namewaiter]

bud.tv would have made the list 6 months ago.... they're still fighting to make it work from what i understand - hope they do!

 

[MrRhee]

That was a nice list,
much appreciated.

Any other important moments?

What ever happened to the first guy Bill Gross that was into .tv, everyone said he was a too early?

Bill Gross is alive and well. He runs the incubator IDEALAB and they survived the bubble. DOT.TV was one of their incubated companies that they flipped. They've had some companies fail, while others have taken off. Many of their companies have been purchased by large internet/media companies:

i.e.
Overture bought by Yahoo
Picasa = Google
CitySearch = Ticketmaster/CitySearch = IAC

I do believe some of their newest concepts are stellar:

Evolution.com (robotics company) - brilliant name, sheer genius
SNAP.com (not the NBCi site from the bubble, new search engine) - this one will get bought out

and plenty more at http://Idealab.com

 

[equity78]

I agree with Cate Bill gross doing just fine I wish everyone was doing as fine.

 

[RPK]

Started 11/10/05

JohnTV moving the LL.tv market.

LocalExperts igniting the Geo.tv market.

The Golden Age of .tv premium regging, Oct to Dec 06 70% Discounts The average guy could afford great domains.

Demand Media running the retail side of the .tv extension.

100 % year over year gain in .tv registrations.

More sales in the first half of 2007 then the previous three years combined.

Me.tv being introduced.

The plethora of youtube clone scripts making development easier and cheaper.

The growing number of people interested in .tv

.tv non premium registration available for under $25

Excellent Equity! You must have been here awhile :hehe:

 

[Dr. Mindwrecker]

I agree with Cate Bill gross doing just fine I wish everyone was doing as fine.

Would you say that a majority of the people you know of from that era have crashed and burn, more so then are doing fine now, such as Bill?

 

[equity78]

Well Bill did what he wanted to do his goal was to sell and he sold to exactly who he wanted to sell to Verisign. People there at the beginning told me Gross wnated to sell to Verisign and in 2002 he did for $45 million he was not a .tv domainer he just looked to build and then sell the company.

Domainer wise Elequa and MrsJello have $25 and $50 renewals and money is not a problem for either Igal(MrsJello) from some I have heard is a computer genius solda company for Millions years ago and has supported .tv sincve the beginning along with his parkingcompany DomainSpa. Elequa is extremely wealthy and has no desire to ever sell any domains.

Online.tv they were early and sold travel and mail to Elequa in 2005 for $100,000 most of their .tv domains recently dropped.

 

[Dr. Mindwrecker]

Well Bill did what he wanted to do his goal was to sell and he sold to exactly who he wanted to sell to Verisign. People there at the beginning told me Gross wnated to sell to Verisign and in 2002 he did for $45 million he was not a .tv domainer he just looked to build and then sell the company.

Domainer wise Elequa and MrsJello have $25 and $50 renewals and money is not a problem for either Igal(MrsJello) from some I have heard is a computer genius solda company for Millions years ago and has supported .tv sincve the beginning along with his parkingcompany DomainSpa. Elequa is extremely wealthy and has no desire to ever sell any domains.

Online.tv they were early and sold travel and mail to Elequa in 2005 for $100,000 most of their .tv domains recently dropped.

Who would you say is the largest .tv holder today?

I would assume some of the largest players are on here, such as johntv, local, etc...

 

[equity78]

Igal and Elequa biggest and they got $25 and $50 pricing forever

BenVanDyk Farm.tv

Brokerage.tv

JohnTV, Searchingtv, Antonis 12, Local Experts and MR RHEE probably biggest here

 

[MrRhee]

Igal and Elequa biggest and they got $25 and $50 pricing forever

BenVanDyk Farm.tv

Brokerage.tv

JohnTV, Searchingtv, Antonis 12, Local Experts and MR RHEE probably biggest here

Thanks for lumping me in there with some of the longtime players, but I don't think I can fit into their group. From what I've gathered, they've had a huge headstart and their portfolios are formidable. However, I am a developer and moving forward with some great concepts and plan to be a big part of the "ME.TV" & "overall .TV" ecosystems. I have development plans for all the domains in my portfolio so keep an eye on us.

Good luck to everyone.

 

[equity78]

$9.99 .tv may have to be added to the .tv list

 

[StargateCapital]

The Golden Age of .tv premium regging, Oct to Dec 06 70% Discounts The average guy could afford great domains.

What an exciting time that must have been!

CCD

 

[*AllThings.tv*]

What an exciting time that must have been!

CCD

I would bet future .tv domainers would be saying the same for the time in which we live in how...$9.99 .tv reg fees. I would not expect that to last.

 

[equity78]

No comparing regging LL.tv for $300 and LLL.tv for $150 and getting the leftovers for $9.99 IMO