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Just thought I would like to check out some facts today and had a very good play around with the WHOIS for various .TV names. Most interesting. I was surprised at who is actually among the real players in the .TV world.
One of the areas I looked at was the 676 two-letter .tv names.
As many people know, ALL the two-letter names seem to be under some kind of lockdown and are registered as being '.TV RESERVED DOMAINS' or are at SEDO auction.
And with the exception of just a handful of names all have some form of yearly premium price attached to them - anything from $10 to $10,000 (indeed two are classed as being $52,500 and $500,000 respectively but I've left them out of the results).
Of the 676 TWO-letter .TV names some 227 are taken - while the rest are in lockdown or SEDO auction (as standard regs)
The collective annual premium of these 227 names is $302312 - and that is just for two-letter names. (and assuming Ahead was once accurate).
The real-life companies that own many of these names is startling in its breadth of industry, geography, and culture. From newspapers to game makers to football clubs to book shops - to mad as hell investors - it appears the .TV message has taken hold. Whether people are in the US, Japan, Korea, Holland, Argentina, China, Germany, Brazil - every country seems to have its buyers.
I also did something similar a couple of years ago so it was nice to compare results. Most of the information was for my own benefit, but I am happy to note that, in this field at least, most of the corporates have kept their names while most domainers seemed to have already cut back on premiums.
Make of it what you will, but I thought people might be happy to share info as we find it.
One of the areas I looked at was the 676 two-letter .tv names.
As many people know, ALL the two-letter names seem to be under some kind of lockdown and are registered as being '.TV RESERVED DOMAINS' or are at SEDO auction.
And with the exception of just a handful of names all have some form of yearly premium price attached to them - anything from $10 to $10,000 (indeed two are classed as being $52,500 and $500,000 respectively but I've left them out of the results).
Of the 676 TWO-letter .TV names some 227 are taken - while the rest are in lockdown or SEDO auction (as standard regs)
The collective annual premium of these 227 names is $302312 - and that is just for two-letter names. (and assuming Ahead was once accurate).
The real-life companies that own many of these names is startling in its breadth of industry, geography, and culture. From newspapers to game makers to football clubs to book shops - to mad as hell investors - it appears the .TV message has taken hold. Whether people are in the US, Japan, Korea, Holland, Argentina, China, Germany, Brazil - every country seems to have its buyers.
I also did something similar a couple of years ago so it was nice to compare results. Most of the information was for my own benefit, but I am happy to note that, in this field at least, most of the corporates have kept their names while most domainers seemed to have already cut back on premiums.
Make of it what you will, but I thought people might be happy to share info as we find it.
