.tv Sedo deliberately subduing the .tv popularity?

[Len]

Either Sedo's high traffic list is wrong or biased towards the exclusion of tld's other than com, net,org.

I have a .tv domain that has a daily average that would currently put it at around the #32 spot yet it is not in there!

Are sedo deliberately subduing the .tv popularity? Is this preferential treatment for other tld's and the deliberate exclusion of .tv's, just as it appears to be with the featured auctions listed on the main page?

 

[MicroGuy]

I would guess, yes.

I've never tested the popularity ranking, but the disclaimer on every .TV description rings like an alarm, "don't bid on this, you will be sorry".

 

[Len]

I have no problem with the disclaimer. This was introduced because sellers were not indicating wether the domain was normal reg fee or premium.
My problem lies with the blatant exclusion of .tv from certain "High Profile" area's on the sedo site.

It is utterly ridiculous that a mediocre .com with a $60 bid will be shown on the main page during the last hours of the auction yet a fantastic .tv with - a theoretical bid of say $30,000 - would only be viewable to anyone who actually searched the auction.

IMO there have been some really good .tv's that have been undersold because they did not get the exposure.

It is baffling as to the logic behind this? Sedo makes money from our sales...Do they not want to make more? Do they not realise that their actions are affecting their own bottom line as well as that of the seller?

IMO All auctions/domains should be on a level playing field, regardless of the extension!

 

[Makis.TV]

i cant proof what Len writes but i ve thought it myself.
Many times i ve tried to get on top domains listings or into a Premium Auction but no lack no matter what .tv domains i ve put there.

They are very slow for this market even though thhey come from Europe where .tv's are popular.

 

[MicroGuy]

I agree there should be a disclaimer.

The only problem I have with this disclaimer is that it does not provide a solution to the problem it mentions. It warns the potential bidder but provides absolutely no information regarding a solution. The link to Enom is confusing and pointless.

Plus, someone in management I believe publicly rated .TV as "a Sell". Just saying that I'm starting to see a trend. It would not surprise me if what the OP is suggesting is true.

 

[jeffoverman]

thats why someone here needs to create a powerful .tv auction house imo...richard had a nice platform but i forgot the name and was sold to someone..

the went.tv is on a auction platform... with all the amount of commissions we pay sedo and a few paid a lot of fees in 08 wouldnt you think they would not want to offend .tv owners with there side remarks? i like the buy it now price idea, and the bidding system...

 

[equity78]

Greg the points you make are 100 % valid. It is not a clear disclaimer, so makes one think, "what is going on with .tv is it legit ? or MLM ? or some other paranoid delusion."

You are correct that in a newsletter, they rated domain extensions like an analyst rates a stock, First off that is such a joke it not even funny, Secondly they did rate .tv a sell. We wrote about this back then.

But it is not just .tv a great .info or .biz or .de etc....... does not show on the first page auction listing.

 

[Len]

But it is not just .tv a great .info or .biz or .de etc....... does not show on the first page auction listing.

Just something to note..... .de are shown on the German version of Sedo, as are .fr on the French. Obviously there isn't a Tulavuian (I think that's what you would call it) version, but as we all know 'TV' is universally recognised in any language.
I don't dispute .de's popularity but I'm fairly sure that there are a lot more .tv's out there than .fr.

 

[equity78]

Len I think the answer to your question is yes, and they have no problem stating we do not like .tv. I wrote that a long time ago suggested people not use SEDO. People say yeah but then at the end of the day people use them anyhow and SEDO knows it. They know for the most part domainers talk a good game but at the end of the day they do not stick to what they say and use SEDO.

 

[freedom30]

Sedo AND godaddy are circling their wagons. This is a good sign that .tv is gaining enough momentum to concern them to that serious extent.

The future for internet and hdtv convergence may be closer than we think. Hold tight, people, the harder they react the better for the extension, because they CAN'T stop the train that is coming!

 

[lambda]

bye!

 

[rodash]

Sedo AND godaddy are circling their wagons. This is a good sign that .tv is gaining enough momentum to concern them to that serious extent.

Sorry, I don't understand why they would be "cirling their wagons". I'm sure to them it doesn't matter if they sell .com or .tv - what they want is clarity on key issues surrounding the extension.

Perhaps the reason why Sedo and GoDaddy distance themselves from the extension is the murkiness that surrounds dot TV. For instance, people not knowing they are buying domain names that incur premium renewal fees; the confusion over what is premium and what is not, and how you determine such; the fact that some important single-word generic names carry a standard renewal fee while names of much lesser importance carry renewal fees of hundreds of dollars; the uncertainty over what the renewal fees on both premium and non-premium names will be in the future; the policy of Verisign to price standard renewal fees at a premium to that of dot Com and dot Net; and the fact that the extension operates under a commercial agreement between Verisign and a sovereign nation, an agreement which is set to expire in the not-too-distant future.

With all that clutter and uncertainty going on it's no wonder these guys shift dot TV to the background.

 

[Makis.TV]

I agree with Rodash, if Enom doesnt clear the pricing policy why sedo would?
If i was sedo i d try to stick on a clear line for all of my domains, i wouldnt care personalizing my service for each cc tld that is out there.
Enom has to do this and if someone is keeping .tv under water is Enom.

 

[Len]

We have kinda slipped off the original topic - Do you think that Sedo is being unfair to the ext by not including .tv domains in various high profile area's of the website? Why are they doing this?

Disregard the premium pricing issues, that should not be a reason for them to shun the ext. If that was really their big concern they would have set something in place where you had to reveal the renewal fee prior to listing or it didn't get listed.

 

[Makis.TV]

We have kinda slipped off the original topic - Do you think that Sedo is being unfair to the ext by not including .tv domains in various high profile area's of the website? Why are they doing this?

Yes, I do feel that sedo is unfair to .tv ext but not more than other ext's like .info etc

 

[advaita]

I hadn't realized this was going on but it probably explains why my .tv domain TheLakeDistrict got one bid at $60 then no more - after which the original bidder - a Spaniard by the name of Juan Lopez, didn't pay for the name (which didn't bother me too much as I was not pleased at having to sell it for $60)

Sedo may not like .tv but they have thir own Sedo.tv and from now on I will be using that instead of .com as a protest