I'm sitting here listening to a DJ on blip.fm and thinking about .TV. One idea that popped into my head relates back to my uStream.tv Registration Protocol idea. Here is that thought and a few others.....
1. Development is the best route. Name flipping in this space is a high risk, low return gamble. I have managed to make a few decent sales but due to the fact that most generics are premium makes this route challenging.
2. Use .TV to standout from the crowd. Blip.fm is a great example of how to exploit the unique nature of an alternative TLD. When someone hears ".fm", it strikes a different part of their brain and stands out from the blah, blah .com crowd.
3. Keep your overhead low and use returns to roll back into your business. I started a website 18 months ago with $500 and it has grown into a site generating revenues sufficient to pay for a dedicated server, two part-time employees, and then some. It's a .COM, but the principles apply to any TLD.
4. Use subscription based model when possible. Find/create a premium content or premium service and charge something like $4.95 per month. Add a social portion like a forum to help retain customers. Make them feel like part of a big family. Then focus on growing subscribers and value adding. My goal is 5000 monthly subscribers.
5. When looking at .TVs to register, pick one that does NOT have an active .com. It probably won't be practical to buy the .com, so just make CERTAIN that the .com is a parked page. Then when you invest money into your brand, that investment won't bleed over into an active website. The other extensions don't matter.
Just some random thoughts....randomness over.
1. Development is the best route. Name flipping in this space is a high risk, low return gamble. I have managed to make a few decent sales but due to the fact that most generics are premium makes this route challenging.
2. Use .TV to standout from the crowd. Blip.fm is a great example of how to exploit the unique nature of an alternative TLD. When someone hears ".fm", it strikes a different part of their brain and stands out from the blah, blah .com crowd.
3. Keep your overhead low and use returns to roll back into your business. I started a website 18 months ago with $500 and it has grown into a site generating revenues sufficient to pay for a dedicated server, two part-time employees, and then some. It's a .COM, but the principles apply to any TLD.
4. Use subscription based model when possible. Find/create a premium content or premium service and charge something like $4.95 per month. Add a social portion like a forum to help retain customers. Make them feel like part of a big family. Then focus on growing subscribers and value adding. My goal is 5000 monthly subscribers.
5. When looking at .TVs to register, pick one that does NOT have an active .com. It probably won't be practical to buy the .com, so just make CERTAIN that the .com is a parked page. Then when you invest money into your brand, that investment won't bleed over into an active website. The other extensions don't matter.
Just some random thoughts....randomness over.
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