.tv said.tv - Where to sell?

[emjohn]

Hi all,

I am looking to sell Said.tv. I have seen anything similar (4L Dictionary) going from $500 to $8000. So where is the best place to sell a .tv at this point in time? Thanks!

 

[snoop]

Would try and sell it here, you could also try it on Sedo with no reserve. Personally I don't think the name is worth anything.

 

[Vito]

Would try and sell it here, you could also try it on Sedo with no reserve.

agreed.

I have also seen some ok sales of some good .tv's on Bido and Ebay.
and if it's with GoDaddy, definitely try them.
Never hurts to try.

Good Luck.

 

[freedom30]

...Personally I don't think the name is worth anything.

...it was of great importance as a matter of course to instruct the poor knave of the futility of the extension, and to dash his aspirations before they could take flight. A job well done, Quixote thought.

 

[MillersCrossing]

...it was of great importance as a matter of course to instruct the poor knave of the futility of the extension, and to dash his aspirations before they could take flight. A job well done, Quixote thought.

Ken!! Come on. How much do you value Said.Tv at?!! :imho:

 

[equity78]

Before you ask anyone. What is the value of my name ? What would you pay for the name ?

You must first:

Explain what you think is the value and why. Sounds cool is not a good reason.

Secondly, How would someone other than you use the name, what are the commercial applications ? What are the social applications, everything does not have to have a commercial aspect. But since you are looking for money for the name, something has to make sense.

If you don't know how said.tv can be used in a realistic way to make money then no one else probably will.

I see no value in the name, because I do not know how it makes money. LLLL, dictionary word, means nothing in .tv. This is not .com or even .org. There are plenty of dictionary words available in .tv. You need to be better in this extension than any other extension. Why ? Too many other unregged reg fee options. Domainer metrics do not apply to .tv. Again IMO

 

[discovernow]

Hi all,

I am looking to sell Said.tv. I have seen anything similar (4L Dictionary) going from $500 to $8000. So where is the best place to sell a .tv at this point in time? Thanks!

What you have going for you is that it's non-premium. However, in this market it might be hard to get even $300-$500 for it. I would still renew it because of non-premium but would be a tough sale. You can try Sedo and see what happens.

Thanks, Jim

 

[MillersCrossing]

What you have going for you is that it's non-premium. However, in this market it might be hard to get even $300-$500 for it. I would still renew it because of non-premium but would be a tough sale. You can try Sedo and see what happens.

Thanks, Jim

Jim,

I respectfully disagree. This is one name that needs dropping asap. It would be throwing good money after bad. There are so many reg fee names out there of better quality in the .tv extension with a connection to tv.

 

[freedom30]

Ken!! Come on. How much do you value Said.Tv at?!! :imho:

To be brutally frank, I wouldn't have bought it had it been available at $12.99(7.99? 50/50 chance). And to be fair, Said, as a last name, is about the only use that I can see(but that is not my last name). (...but that doesn't stop my translations.)

Estibot seems to get a lot of people seeing the $$$ where it isn't.(smoke and mirrors, for all extensions)

Lo siento, emjohn, but good luck with whatever action you take.

 

[eyedomainous]

Just thought I'd pop'n in, from the 3D thread, to say...

a good use for this domain would be as a news aggregator; scraping both RSS and MRSS feeds for the word "said". The default news excerpt format of snips, soundbites and clips would make the daily compilation of (he) said (she) said Quote Headlines an interesting, and valued, read for folks who want to cut-to-the-chase of who said what each day.

"Steve Jobs said....". ".... said the President". "3D is said to be...". "Scientists said today...".

The word 'said' is at the heart of the news... and so is TV. [Said.Tv -- "Who Said What"]

An archival (tv) portal of all the important/famous/funny things that people have said is a related idea.

The domain would also be good as a tool for teaching how things are said in different lanquages, using visual aids and video overlays. User selects lanquage, then video clip; mouse-overs trigger how that item, in the video, is said in that lanquage.

Somebody once said... "dev is the key, when it comes to dotTV".

 

[MillersCrossing]

a good use for this domain would be as a news aggregator; scraping both RSS and MRSS feeds for the word "said"

You know - throw any name you like in the ring - and if you think hard enough, you will find one way or another to develop any name.

Do you seriously see someone developing that for said.tv.

What about this.tv, then.tv, when.tv, which.tv, spraybottle.tv, casket.tv..............i am sure you can find something there if you think hard enough...

Now..try selling that concept to another domainer, because this has zero chance for end users to pay anything over 5 bucks - if they are generous...

So back to domainers - the name is for sale don't forget.

Emjohn - I am trying to keep things honest - this is in no way a personal attack on you. But sometimes you gotta call the emperor up and tell him he is missing his wardrobe

 

[MrRhee]

Hi all,

I am looking to sell Said.tv. I have seen anything similar (4L Dictionary) going from $500 to $8000. So where is the best place to sell a .tv at this point in time? Thanks!

Try contacting end users with that "last name" and see if you can flip it. That might be faster than relying on sedo and other marketplaces. good luck.

 

[eyedomainous]

A few more ideas....

Twitter's byline is "what people are saying". Dev a twitter app for "what people said", including on Tweet Tv.

Create a video based Substance Abuse Information Database (using free public domain videos and gov info.)

Its a great name for a VLOG.

Build a Site for Architecture and Interior Design

If you don't care to dev use the concepts to help sell the domain to an end user or developer (Twitter developers are looking for projects, with namespace. @saidtv is available).

The easiest thing would be to approach others using the word in their business and domain, pitching the channel angle to boost their biz profile.

Said What -- Funny Quotes, Author Quotes and Quotes from Famous Celebrities

Simply Said - Decorating to your Desire


Any domainer can sell a four letter killer generic keyword. The best domainers are the creatives who turn lemon into lemonade... either through dev or a 'dev pitch'. That's what I did to TheHill.tv -sold it for 4k. As I recall the response from MillersCrossing was "What?.... Am I Missing Something!!" Yes, Millers you are. Again.

 

[Vito]

eyedomainous,

You have quite the creative spark.

I pride myself on seeing something there where usually others don't.
When I saw this domain in 2 threads, I thought about it for a minute and couldn't come up w/anything.
Not sure I thought about it too hard, all I did think about was this crazy market, and recent .tv sales.
Not that good.

Funny thing is, all he was asking for, were places to sell domains.
He has another appraisal thread for this domain in the Appraisal section.

You sound like a helluva salesman!
some really great ideas.

 

[emjohn]

eyedomainous has some creativity there in the lines I was talking. The connection that was mentioned was obvious to me and a few other people. What do people do on TV mostly anyway? They talk! They say things! This is why I picked it up. If people are telling me breastimplants.tv is worth $xxxx and said.tv is worth $15 I'd have to question the objectivity of the appraiser....breastimplants.tv? Clearly that's libido and not market objectivity running that. "said" is in the top 50 English words and has so many applications. Who would have thought justin.tv would amount to anything? But now I relate Justin.tv to internet tv, not that "justin" had anything to do with it.

I never base purchases on computer-based appraisals...a waste of time. It's actually worth what someone will pay for it!


No offense Miller but if you have to struggle to put "said" and "tv" together maybe its being just a bit narrow. Casket.tv? How many times do you see caskets on TV, let alone on internet TV?!? That's comparing apples and oranges. How many talk shows do you see on tv? How many blogs do you see on the internet where they ae "saying" things? As a matter of fact the more I think about it the stronger said.tv gets! It's kind of like theview.tv.

To the person who is mixing famous literature with domain critique in order to sound wise.... Stop it before you hurt yourself, it's really not so original ....this comes from an actual former literary critic.

Anyhow, thanks for the lively convo!

 

[emjohn]

eyedomainous has some creativity there in the lines I was talking. The connection that was mentioned was obvious to me and a few other people. What do people do on TV mostly anyway? They talk! They say things! This is why I picked it up. If people are telling me breastimplants.tv is worth $xxxx and said.tv is worth $15 I'd have to question the objectivity of the appraiser....breastimplants.tv? Clearly that's libido and not market objectivity running that. "said" is in the top 50 English words and has so many applications. Who would have thought justin.tv would amount to anything? But now I relate Justin.tv to internet tv, not that "justin" had anything to do with it.

I never base purchases on computer-based appraisals...a waste of time. It's actually worth what someone will pay for it!


No offense Miller but if you have to struggle to put "said" and "tv" together maybe its being just a bit narrow. Casket.tv? How many times do you see caskets on TV, let alone on internet TV?!? That's comparing apples and oranges. How many talk shows do you see on tv? How many blogs do you see on the internet where they ae "saying" things? As a matter of fact the more I think about it the stronger said.tv gets! It's kind of like theview.tv.

To the person who is mixing famous literature with domain critique in order to sound wise.... Stop it before you hurt yourself, it's really not so original ....this comes from an actual former literary critic.

Anyhow, thanks for the lively convo!

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wow, eyedomainous, real creativity there! That's how I think, lemons into lemonade....

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Dot stop,

I guess it looks like appraisals are fairly worthless, as I have now seen...especially when they come from people who aren't creative. Once again proven that it's worth what people are willing to pay for it and the creative work you are willing to put into it... and that opinions are a dime a dozen. It's funny, i was willing to part with this because I have a lot of other domains to work on, but now I think its maybe better to keep it!
Thanks again all!

 

[freedom30]

...To the person who is mixing famous literature with domain critique in order to sound wise.... Stop it before you hurt yourself, it's really not so original ....this comes from an actual former literary critic.

Anyhow, thanks for the lively convo!

I will assume you were referring to me(you mentioned no name here) but I will humbly attempt a reply anyway.

Your are kind to advise me to "stop it" or should I percieve that as an admonition?

I do not visualize hurting myself(falling on my own pen?) as my discourse was never meant to be original(Cervantes), just a satirical retort, comic relief, if you will, and someone being a former or present "literary critic" or any other profession doesn't impress me at this time.

I know that the character is being played out so Quixote will eventually dwindle back to the century he came from. It is, after all, just a bunch of words that you have rated in the past, so enjoy the post, respond to it or ignore it, the choice is yours. It's called freedom of expression.

I did answer Millers question to me honestly and it had no "literary" spin on it.

I did suggest the name you have may have value as it is someone's name. You have a couple of great ideas that require some knocking on doors to succeed. Luck is not as important here as some hard work and marketing.

All being "said" and done, I was being fair and of course I still wish you luck in your marketing the name to an enduser. It would prove me wrong, which is what I would like more than being proved right about your domain name.

Have a great day, emjohn! :notme:

I admire your spirit and tenacity as you encourage this forum to think about ideas. Thank you and keep up the good work.

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...If people are telling me breastimplants.tv is worth $xxxx and said.tv is worth $15 I'd have to question the objectivity of the appraiser....breastimplants.tv? Clearly that's libido and not market objectivity running that.

Thanks again all!

libido? yes...and no.

Who gets the breast implants, men or women? In this time of austerity, this particular elective surgical procedure has not felt any decrease of business. Wildly popular among a certain female demographic, it doesn't look like it will diminish as it is not only the libido of the male but the vanity of the woman that it attracts. A useful name for the extension as an advertising tool for cosmetic surgeons of that area of expertise.

You asked for an appraisal, and many are giving you an honest evaluation as they(for the most part) are not endusers. Endusers make the price. You make the price higher by marketing it and making it desirable to said enduser.

Enjoy the day, emjohn.

 

[MillersCrossing]

No offense Miller but if you have to struggle to put "said" and "tv" together maybe its being just a bit narrow. Casket.tv? How many talk shows do you see on tv? How many blogs do you see on the internet where they ae "saying" things? As a matter of fact the more I think about it the stronger said.tv gets! It's kind of like theview.tv. i guess it looks like appraisals are fairly worthless, as I have now seen...especially when they come from people who aren't creative

Emjohn,

I dont struggle to put said and tv together, nor do I struggle to put - "honeydidyouorderthepizzayet" with tv. You are looking for an appraisal on the domain name itself or are you looking for development ideas.

TWO SEPERATE UNIVERSES.

I would say that Theview.Tv is an absolutely awful reg...and guess what - it still is. No one regged that domain and then said - you know what, this is such a great name, lets get Barbara Walters and the rest of the team on board with this fantastic category killer domain name.

How many more times do we neeed to produce rather long lists of big time companies that all own their .tvs as DEFENSIVE regges, leaving them either as parked pages/unresolved pages/or fowarding pages.

Gues what happens when you type in Theview.tv - it forwards it to the URL - theview.abc.go.com. which is a pretty ugly URL, while theview.tv is a much cleaner url - they have still gone with "theview.abc.go.com" and use the .tv just as a forwarding address.

Eyedomainous - As far as my comments on thehill.tv - I still think thats an awful name - but yet again, it was an existing political brand since the newspaper began in 19994 - http://wapedia.mobi/en/The_Hill_(newspaper) and a defensive reg - so - type in thehill.tv and this is what you get :cPanel® - a parked page stating in a rather large font: Great Success ! Apache is working on your cPanel® and WHM™ Server

Since I eminate from England I had never heard of The Hill - but look at what you see now. DEFENSIVE REG - PURE AND SIMPLE. In fact, they could most probably have issued a C&D letter against you for the name had you used the name for anything political - so you would have been stuck with a .tv site about hills that are a decent/difficult/scenic climb. I much prefer not to go for names that are the exact same spelling/brand of an existing political blog. That was not a lemon, that was a clear play on the existing blog/newspapers name IMHO.

I have dropped much much better names in the last 12 months than said.tv. I dropped hunters.tv - as one example which Polin picked up. No explanation needed on that, no fanciful thinking. it does what is says on the tin (british term to describe something that is pretty much self evident)

I value said.tv as a grace delete - or a "what the heck was I thinking" class of domain.

With the greatest of respect Emjohn seriously - I am not looking to pull you down nor put you up on a pedastal.....but if people want to pat you on the back for that name they are doing you a dis-service.

Having said all that, I wish you only the best in selling the domain to someone with a similar vision to the potential ideas you can sell them on with SAID.TV.

BTW - did you try for says.tv - which implies real time - which is all the rage these days with twitter and facebook, rather than the past - which said.tv implies. I did a quick check - it is taken and is a parked page at godaddy.....and I am betting will remain so until the owner drops it due to lack of funds or interest from end users.

 

[eyedomainous]

The issue of an appraisal being tied to how the domain could be developed to make money is on the table in this thread, and is a vital aspect in buying and selling domains overall. I don't agree that they are "two seperate universes".

thehill.tv is a good example of one speaking with an authority that one clearly did not posses, and says so years later -as an (i'm not from America) caveat. Which would be fine if folks where your from do not speak the same lanquage, share the same cultural references, and "the hill" is not in the countries zietgeist. But it is.

The term has a longer history in England than America. There's places... "Breedon on the hill", "Thorpe on the hill", and so on as many villages in England use "the hill" as part of their identity. Too many to list so read the book: "THE HILL - Villages in England and Wales".

Then there are the Pop culture references... from the Beatles ''House on The Hill", to Benny Hill, and so forth. In fact about a third of the sites traffic came from England because of another comic who had a show and website called The Hill. Bottom line, 'The Hill' is a British English term, along with "Hillwalking" to describe a form of hiking which involves the ascent of hills.

BTW, at the time, I lived in a mountain community called "the hill", and used the site for it. I did not reg or use the domain as a squat so your also wrong about the C&D letter speculation. And, finally... I contacted The Hill newspaper and pitched them the domain, as the best "home" for the name -as I planned on leaving The Hill.

Some see a domain and say "WHY??". Others see the same name and say Why Not. Its as simple as that. I see real value in SAID.tv. But then again I think, for most domains, cyberspace is what you make of it.

 

[MillersCrossing]

The issue of an appraisal being tied to how the domain could be developed to make money is on the table in this thread, and is a vital aspect in buying and selling domains overall. I don't agree that they are "two seperate universes".

BTW, at the time, I lived in a mountain community called "the hill", and used the site for it. I did not reg or use the domain as a squat so your also wrong about the C&D letter speculation. And, finally... I contacted The Hill newspaper and pitched them the domain, as the best "home" for the name -as I planned on leaving The Hill.

Some see a domain and say "WHY??". Others see the same name and say Why Not. Its as simple as that. I see real value in SAID.tv. But then again I think, for most domains, cyberspace is what you make of it.

ED - i disagree respectfully on some of your points and take back some of my comments aswell.

There is a seperate developers sub forum for development. Now having re-read the ops question - "where to sell", i have to admit I got confused with the thread asking for an appraisal, so point taken, but even so, any name on earth can be developed, so as a pure domain its worthless, as many other posters have noted.

Trying to come up with a development strategy is all well and good, but surely a name that is self explanatory is the way to go and the advice to give Emjohn, instead of concentrating on finding convulated ways to justify a development angle for a worthless domain, the advice should be - reg a name like hunters.tv - purely an example - like i say, i dropped it as i still believed it to be of very average quality...but if Emjohn owned hunters.tv it would be extremely apparent who and where to sell the name.

As to The Hill, can i ask which community you are referring to? And i did not realise you pitched the name to THE HILL. So well done for doing what very few of us do - contact an end user and get a xxxx sale out of it:talk:

However, i can assure you that had you used the name as a political blog, the C&D letter would have arrived on your doorstep as soon as THE HILL.com found out about it.

MC

BTW - I have some category killer names that you could market to end users for me for a very nice brokers fee if u r interested...