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With all the fuss at the moment about Verisign deciding to hold back at the registry any 2-letter names that ever drop, I figured it might be worthwhile seeing if there was any interesting stuff to share about 2-letter .tv names...
There are only a maximum possible number of 676 two-letter .tv names available.
(thats 26 x 26 = 676)
Of the 676 two-letter .tv names that it is possible to have, over half (340 to be exact) are officially designated as .TV RESERVED NAMES
This means they are NOT available to buy but may be used for a large promotion/auction in the future.
Of the 336 available two-letter .tv names that are owned by individuals and companies a whopping 143 are still designated as old-style premiums.
These names were all acquired prior to March 2010 and have a bespoke YEARLY renewal (set when they were purchased) of anything from $10 to $10,000.
Yes, that’s $10,000 every year - and still paid by at least four organisations - although the average amount is $1000
Of the 676 two-letter .tv names that are not .TV Reserved Names or old style premiums we are left with just 193 names where a STANDARD renewal fee is paid every year. This standard renewal averages $26 a year but can be as low as $22 at DomainMonster or as high as $39 at GoDaddy (without coupon).
Of the 193 STANDARD renewal two-letter .tv names that are available on the planet some 83 have been ‘nabbed’ for those who took out backorders via Name.com or Hexonet.net
These names are classed as ‘new premiums’ and have a one-off variable registration fee (from as low as $102 to as high as $10900). These names were ALL registered from MARCH 2010 onwards and once the initial fee was paid they are classed as Standard renewals (roughly $26 a year). The one thing all these ‘new premiums’ have in common is that they cannot be moved from the registrar from which they were purchased.
And this leaves just 109 two-letter .tv names that are totally free in every sense. These were mostly acquired in two special auctions held at Sedo and Snapnames, they can be moved to any registrar, and they have a standard renewal ($26).
To put this into context, the 193 ‘normal-ish’ two-letter .tv names out there (those that you can renew for less than $50 a year) if shared by everyone on the planet (all 7,143,000,000 of us) would be equivalent to ...
37 million people for every single standard renewal two-letter .tv name!
OR Exactly one standard renewal two-letter .tv name for every independent country on the planet.
WIth regard to ownership, the big guns are China’s Mai Lifang, Canada’s Ben Van Dyk, Holland’s John Van Den Berg, the USA’s Ammar, and Russia’s Philip Gross.
Enjoy
Oh, here’s the list. Please forgive any mistakes, don’t take this as the definitive, and please correct if you know better.
RESERVED NAMES - 340
ac.tv ao.tv aq.tv as.tv aw.tv ba.tv bh.tv bi.tv bj.tv bk.tv bl.tv bo.tv bq.tv bx.tv bz.tv cb.tv cf.tv cg.tv ch.tv cj.tv ck.tv cl.tv cq.tv cr.tv cs.tv cu.tv cx.tv cy.tv cz.tv da.tv db.tv df.tv dh.tv dk.tv dq.tv ds.tv dv.tv dw.tv dy.tv ea.tv ef.tv eh.tv ek.tv el.tv ep.tv ev.tv ex.tv fc.tv fe.tv fg.tv fh.tv fj.tv fk.tv fo.tv fq.tv fs.tv ft.tv fu.tv fv.tv fy.tv gd.tv gf.tv gh.tv gj.tv gk.tv gl.tv gm.tv gn.tv gp.tv gq.tv gr.tv gs.tv gu.tv gv.tv gx.tv gy.tv gz.tv ha.tv hd.tv hf.tv hh.tv hj.tv hk.tv hl.tv hn.tv hw.tv hx.tv hy.tv hz.tv ic.tv ig.tv ih.tv ij.tv iu.tv iw.tv iy.tv iz.tv jb.tv je.tv jf.tv jg.tv jh.tv ji.tv jl.tv jm.tv jn.tv jo.tv jq.tv js.tv ju.tv jv.tv jw.tv jx.tv jy.tv ka.tv ke.tv kf.tv kg.tv kh.tv ki.tv kk.tv kl.tv km.tv kn.tv kp.tv kq.tv kr.tv ku.tv kx.tv kz.tv lb.tv lc.tv le.tv lf.tv lh.tv lj.tv lk.tv ln.tv lq.tv lr.tv ls.tv lt.tv lu.tv lw.tv lz.tv mc.tv mg.tv mh.tv mj.tv mk.tv ml.tv mq.tv nb.tv ng.tv ni.tv nk.tv nq.tv nr.tv ns.tv nx.tv nz.tv oa.tv od.tv oe.tv og.tv oh.tv oi.tv oq.tv ou.tv oy.tv pe.tv pf.tv pg.tv ph.tv pk.tv pl.tv pm.tv pn.tv pq.tv pt.tv pu.tv pw.tv px.tv py.tv qb.tv qd.tv qe.tv qf.tv qg.tv qh.tv qj.tv qk.tv ql.tv qm.tv qn.tv qo.tv qp.tv qs.tv qt.tv qu.tv qv.tv qw.tv qx.tv qy.tv qz.tv rc.tv rg.tv rh.tv ri.tv rj.tv rk.tv rm.tv rn.tv ro.tv ry.tv rz.tv sb.tv se.tv sg.tv sh.tv sj.tv sl.tv sq.tv sr.tv sx.tv sy.tv sz.tv ta.tv td.tv te.tv tf.tv tg.tv th.tv ti.tv tk.tv tl.tv tp.tv tq.tv ts.tv tz.tv ua.tv uc.tv ue.tv uf.tv ug.tv uh.tv uj.tv ul.tv uo.tv up.tv uq.tv uw.tv uy.tv uz.tv ve.tv vf.tv vg.tv vh.tv vl.tv vo.tv vq.tv vu.tv vy.tv wc.tv wd.tv wf.tv wg.tv wh.tv wj.tv wl.tv wo.tv wq.tv wr.tv ws.tv wt.tv wy.tv wz.tv xa.tv xb.tv xc.tv xd.tv xe.tv xg.tv xh.tv xi.tv xj.tv xk.tv xn.tv xp.tv xr.tv xs.tv xt.tv xu.tv xv.tv xw.tv xy.tv xz.tv yc.tv yd.tv ye.tv yf.tv yg.tv yh.tv yi.tv yj.tv yk.tv yl.tv yn.tv yq.tv yr.tv yt.tv yu.tv yv.tv yw.tv yx.tv yz.tv za.tv zb.tv zc.tv zd.tv ze.tv zf.tv zg.tv zh.tv zi.tv zj.tv zk.tv zl.tv zm.tv zn.tv zo.tv zp.tv zq.tv zr.tv zs.tv zt.tv zu.tv zw.tv zx.tv zy.tv
OLD-STYLE PREMIUM NAMES - 143
aa.tv ab.tv af.tv ai.tv aj.tv am.tv an.tv at.tv av.tv ay.tv bc.tv bn.tv bp.tv br.tv cc.tv ce.tv ci.tv cn.tv co.tv cp.tv dc.tv de.tv dg.tv di.tv dj.tv dl.tv dn.tv do.tv dp.tv dt.tv eb.tv ec.tv eg.tv em.tv en.tv eo.tv es.tv et.tv ew.tv ey.tv ez.tv fa.tv fb.tv fd.tv ff.tv fn.tv fw.tv fx.tv fz.tv ga.tv gc.tv ge.tv go.tv gt.tv gw.tv hc.tv he.tv hg.tv hq.tv if.tv ik.tv im.tv io.tv ip.tv it.tv ja.tv jc.tv jd.tv jk.tv kj.tv kt.tv la.tv ld.tv lv.tv md.tv me.tv mf.tv mi.tv ms.tv mu.tv my.tv na.tv nd.tv ne.tv nj.tv nl.tv nt.tv nv.tv nw.tv ny.tv ob.tv oj.tv ok.tv on.tv op.tv or.tv ow.tv oz.tv pa.tv pc.tv pd.tv pj.tv pp.tv qc.tv qq.tv ra.tv rb.tv rd.tv rl.tv rp.tv rs.tv rt.tv ru.tv rv.tv rx.tv sa.tv sf.tv si.tv so.tv st.tv sv.tv tj.tv tm.tv tu.tv tv.tv tw.tv ui.tv un.tv uv.tv vc.tv vj.tv vp.tv vr.tv vt.tv vw.tv vx.tv vz.tv wa.tv we.tv wi.tv wp.tv xf.tv zz.tv
STANDARD RENEWAL ($22 - $39) NAMES - 193
ad.tv ae.tv ag.tv ah.tv ak.tv al.tv ap.tv ar.tv au.tv ax.tv az.tv bb.tv bd.tv be.tv bf.tv bg.tv bm.tv bs.tv bt.tv bu.tv bv.tv bw.tv by.tv ca.tv cd.tv cm.tv ct.tv cv.tv cw.tv dd.tv dm.tv dr.tv du.tv dx.tv dz.tv ed.tv ee.tv ei.tv ej.tv eq.tv er.tv eu.tv fi.tv fl.tv fm.tv fp.tv fr.tv gb.tv gg.tv gi.tv hb.tv hi.tv hm.tv ho.tv hp.tv hr.tv hs.tv ht.tv hu.tv hv.tv ia.tv ib.tv id.tv ie.tv ii.tv il.tv in.tv iq.tv ir.tv is.tv iv.tv ix.tv jj.tv jp.tv jr.tv jt.tv jz.tv kb.tv kc.tv kd.tv ko.tv ks.tv kv.tv kw.tv ky.tv lg.tv li.tv ll.tv lm.tv lo.tv lp.tv lx.tv ly.tv ma.tv mb.tv mm.tv mn.tv mo.tv mp.tv mr.tv mt.tv mv.tv mw.tv mx.tv mz.tv nc.tv nf.tv nh.tv nm.tv nn.tv no.tv np.tv nu.tv oc.tv of.tv ol.tv om.tv oo.tv os.tv ot.tv ov.tv ox.tv pb.tv pi.tv po.tv pr.tv ps.tv pv.tv pz.tv qa.tv qi.tv qr.tv re.tv rf.tv rq.tv rr.tv rw.tv sc.tv sd.tv sk.tv sm.tv sn.tv sp.tv ss.tv su.tv sw.tv tb.tv tc.tv tn.tv to.tv tr.tv tt.tv tx.tv ty.tv ub.tv ud.tv uk.tv um.tv ur.tv us.tv ut.tv uu.tv ux.tv va.tv vb.tv vd.tv vi.tv vk.tv vm.tv vn.tv vs.tv vv.tv wb.tv wk.tv wm.tv wn.tv wu.tv wv.tv ww.tv wx.tv xl.tv xm.tv xo.tv xq.tv xx.tv ya.tv yb.tv ym.tv yo.tv yp.tv ys.tv yy.tv zv.tv
As for whether the value will go up or down because less than half of those that could be in the market are held back by the registry. Does it really matter?
There is only one US.tv or UK.tv- and whether or not HD.tv can or can't be bought should never affect that fact. No more than RU.tv selling for over $60k doesn't affect the value of UR.tv
EDIT - EXTRA INFO
I should also have mentioned that there are 39 old-style premiums that are quite exclusive in the fact they have a really low annual premium renewal. These were acquired in the early days of .tv and have fixed renewals of anything from $10 to $50 a year. Obviously, anyone with a fixed renewal of $10 a year won't care to much about any inflationary pressure / increased prices by the registrars.
These 39 'golden premiums' are:
ab.tv ai.tv at.tv av.tv cc.tv dc.tv dj.tv do.tv en.tv eo.tv ew.tv fn.tv fx.tv ge.tv go.tv hq.tv ja.tv jd.tv md.tv mi.tv ms.tv nj.tv nt.tv nv.tv ob.tv ok.tv op.tv pa.tv qc.tv rx.tv so.tv st.tv sv.tv vr.tv vw.tv wa.tv we.tv wi.tv xf.tv
There are only a maximum possible number of 676 two-letter .tv names available.
(thats 26 x 26 = 676)
Of the 676 two-letter .tv names that it is possible to have, over half (340 to be exact) are officially designated as .TV RESERVED NAMES
This means they are NOT available to buy but may be used for a large promotion/auction in the future.
Of the 336 available two-letter .tv names that are owned by individuals and companies a whopping 143 are still designated as old-style premiums.
These names were all acquired prior to March 2010 and have a bespoke YEARLY renewal (set when they were purchased) of anything from $10 to $10,000.
Yes, that’s $10,000 every year - and still paid by at least four organisations - although the average amount is $1000
Of the 676 two-letter .tv names that are not .TV Reserved Names or old style premiums we are left with just 193 names where a STANDARD renewal fee is paid every year. This standard renewal averages $26 a year but can be as low as $22 at DomainMonster or as high as $39 at GoDaddy (without coupon).
Of the 193 STANDARD renewal two-letter .tv names that are available on the planet some 83 have been ‘nabbed’ for those who took out backorders via Name.com or Hexonet.net
These names are classed as ‘new premiums’ and have a one-off variable registration fee (from as low as $102 to as high as $10900). These names were ALL registered from MARCH 2010 onwards and once the initial fee was paid they are classed as Standard renewals (roughly $26 a year). The one thing all these ‘new premiums’ have in common is that they cannot be moved from the registrar from which they were purchased.
And this leaves just 109 two-letter .tv names that are totally free in every sense. These were mostly acquired in two special auctions held at Sedo and Snapnames, they can be moved to any registrar, and they have a standard renewal ($26).
To put this into context, the 193 ‘normal-ish’ two-letter .tv names out there (those that you can renew for less than $50 a year) if shared by everyone on the planet (all 7,143,000,000 of us) would be equivalent to ...
37 million people for every single standard renewal two-letter .tv name!
OR Exactly one standard renewal two-letter .tv name for every independent country on the planet.
WIth regard to ownership, the big guns are China’s Mai Lifang, Canada’s Ben Van Dyk, Holland’s John Van Den Berg, the USA’s Ammar, and Russia’s Philip Gross.
Enjoy
Oh, here’s the list. Please forgive any mistakes, don’t take this as the definitive, and please correct if you know better.
RESERVED NAMES - 340
ac.tv ao.tv aq.tv as.tv aw.tv ba.tv bh.tv bi.tv bj.tv bk.tv bl.tv bo.tv bq.tv bx.tv bz.tv cb.tv cf.tv cg.tv ch.tv cj.tv ck.tv cl.tv cq.tv cr.tv cs.tv cu.tv cx.tv cy.tv cz.tv da.tv db.tv df.tv dh.tv dk.tv dq.tv ds.tv dv.tv dw.tv dy.tv ea.tv ef.tv eh.tv ek.tv el.tv ep.tv ev.tv ex.tv fc.tv fe.tv fg.tv fh.tv fj.tv fk.tv fo.tv fq.tv fs.tv ft.tv fu.tv fv.tv fy.tv gd.tv gf.tv gh.tv gj.tv gk.tv gl.tv gm.tv gn.tv gp.tv gq.tv gr.tv gs.tv gu.tv gv.tv gx.tv gy.tv gz.tv ha.tv hd.tv hf.tv hh.tv hj.tv hk.tv hl.tv hn.tv hw.tv hx.tv hy.tv hz.tv ic.tv ig.tv ih.tv ij.tv iu.tv iw.tv iy.tv iz.tv jb.tv je.tv jf.tv jg.tv jh.tv ji.tv jl.tv jm.tv jn.tv jo.tv jq.tv js.tv ju.tv jv.tv jw.tv jx.tv jy.tv ka.tv ke.tv kf.tv kg.tv kh.tv ki.tv kk.tv kl.tv km.tv kn.tv kp.tv kq.tv kr.tv ku.tv kx.tv kz.tv lb.tv lc.tv le.tv lf.tv lh.tv lj.tv lk.tv ln.tv lq.tv lr.tv ls.tv lt.tv lu.tv lw.tv lz.tv mc.tv mg.tv mh.tv mj.tv mk.tv ml.tv mq.tv nb.tv ng.tv ni.tv nk.tv nq.tv nr.tv ns.tv nx.tv nz.tv oa.tv od.tv oe.tv og.tv oh.tv oi.tv oq.tv ou.tv oy.tv pe.tv pf.tv pg.tv ph.tv pk.tv pl.tv pm.tv pn.tv pq.tv pt.tv pu.tv pw.tv px.tv py.tv qb.tv qd.tv qe.tv qf.tv qg.tv qh.tv qj.tv qk.tv ql.tv qm.tv qn.tv qo.tv qp.tv qs.tv qt.tv qu.tv qv.tv qw.tv qx.tv qy.tv qz.tv rc.tv rg.tv rh.tv ri.tv rj.tv rk.tv rm.tv rn.tv ro.tv ry.tv rz.tv sb.tv se.tv sg.tv sh.tv sj.tv sl.tv sq.tv sr.tv sx.tv sy.tv sz.tv ta.tv td.tv te.tv tf.tv tg.tv th.tv ti.tv tk.tv tl.tv tp.tv tq.tv ts.tv tz.tv ua.tv uc.tv ue.tv uf.tv ug.tv uh.tv uj.tv ul.tv uo.tv up.tv uq.tv uw.tv uy.tv uz.tv ve.tv vf.tv vg.tv vh.tv vl.tv vo.tv vq.tv vu.tv vy.tv wc.tv wd.tv wf.tv wg.tv wh.tv wj.tv wl.tv wo.tv wq.tv wr.tv ws.tv wt.tv wy.tv wz.tv xa.tv xb.tv xc.tv xd.tv xe.tv xg.tv xh.tv xi.tv xj.tv xk.tv xn.tv xp.tv xr.tv xs.tv xt.tv xu.tv xv.tv xw.tv xy.tv xz.tv yc.tv yd.tv ye.tv yf.tv yg.tv yh.tv yi.tv yj.tv yk.tv yl.tv yn.tv yq.tv yr.tv yt.tv yu.tv yv.tv yw.tv yx.tv yz.tv za.tv zb.tv zc.tv zd.tv ze.tv zf.tv zg.tv zh.tv zi.tv zj.tv zk.tv zl.tv zm.tv zn.tv zo.tv zp.tv zq.tv zr.tv zs.tv zt.tv zu.tv zw.tv zx.tv zy.tv
OLD-STYLE PREMIUM NAMES - 143
aa.tv ab.tv af.tv ai.tv aj.tv am.tv an.tv at.tv av.tv ay.tv bc.tv bn.tv bp.tv br.tv cc.tv ce.tv ci.tv cn.tv co.tv cp.tv dc.tv de.tv dg.tv di.tv dj.tv dl.tv dn.tv do.tv dp.tv dt.tv eb.tv ec.tv eg.tv em.tv en.tv eo.tv es.tv et.tv ew.tv ey.tv ez.tv fa.tv fb.tv fd.tv ff.tv fn.tv fw.tv fx.tv fz.tv ga.tv gc.tv ge.tv go.tv gt.tv gw.tv hc.tv he.tv hg.tv hq.tv if.tv ik.tv im.tv io.tv ip.tv it.tv ja.tv jc.tv jd.tv jk.tv kj.tv kt.tv la.tv ld.tv lv.tv md.tv me.tv mf.tv mi.tv ms.tv mu.tv my.tv na.tv nd.tv ne.tv nj.tv nl.tv nt.tv nv.tv nw.tv ny.tv ob.tv oj.tv ok.tv on.tv op.tv or.tv ow.tv oz.tv pa.tv pc.tv pd.tv pj.tv pp.tv qc.tv qq.tv ra.tv rb.tv rd.tv rl.tv rp.tv rs.tv rt.tv ru.tv rv.tv rx.tv sa.tv sf.tv si.tv so.tv st.tv sv.tv tj.tv tm.tv tu.tv tv.tv tw.tv ui.tv un.tv uv.tv vc.tv vj.tv vp.tv vr.tv vt.tv vw.tv vx.tv vz.tv wa.tv we.tv wi.tv wp.tv xf.tv zz.tv
STANDARD RENEWAL ($22 - $39) NAMES - 193
ad.tv ae.tv ag.tv ah.tv ak.tv al.tv ap.tv ar.tv au.tv ax.tv az.tv bb.tv bd.tv be.tv bf.tv bg.tv bm.tv bs.tv bt.tv bu.tv bv.tv bw.tv by.tv ca.tv cd.tv cm.tv ct.tv cv.tv cw.tv dd.tv dm.tv dr.tv du.tv dx.tv dz.tv ed.tv ee.tv ei.tv ej.tv eq.tv er.tv eu.tv fi.tv fl.tv fm.tv fp.tv fr.tv gb.tv gg.tv gi.tv hb.tv hi.tv hm.tv ho.tv hp.tv hr.tv hs.tv ht.tv hu.tv hv.tv ia.tv ib.tv id.tv ie.tv ii.tv il.tv in.tv iq.tv ir.tv is.tv iv.tv ix.tv jj.tv jp.tv jr.tv jt.tv jz.tv kb.tv kc.tv kd.tv ko.tv ks.tv kv.tv kw.tv ky.tv lg.tv li.tv ll.tv lm.tv lo.tv lp.tv lx.tv ly.tv ma.tv mb.tv mm.tv mn.tv mo.tv mp.tv mr.tv mt.tv mv.tv mw.tv mx.tv mz.tv nc.tv nf.tv nh.tv nm.tv nn.tv no.tv np.tv nu.tv oc.tv of.tv ol.tv om.tv oo.tv os.tv ot.tv ov.tv ox.tv pb.tv pi.tv po.tv pr.tv ps.tv pv.tv pz.tv qa.tv qi.tv qr.tv re.tv rf.tv rq.tv rr.tv rw.tv sc.tv sd.tv sk.tv sm.tv sn.tv sp.tv ss.tv su.tv sw.tv tb.tv tc.tv tn.tv to.tv tr.tv tt.tv tx.tv ty.tv ub.tv ud.tv uk.tv um.tv ur.tv us.tv ut.tv uu.tv ux.tv va.tv vb.tv vd.tv vi.tv vk.tv vm.tv vn.tv vs.tv vv.tv wb.tv wk.tv wm.tv wn.tv wu.tv wv.tv ww.tv wx.tv xl.tv xm.tv xo.tv xq.tv xx.tv ya.tv yb.tv ym.tv yo.tv yp.tv ys.tv yy.tv zv.tv
As for whether the value will go up or down because less than half of those that could be in the market are held back by the registry. Does it really matter?
There is only one US.tv or UK.tv- and whether or not HD.tv can or can't be bought should never affect that fact. No more than RU.tv selling for over $60k doesn't affect the value of UR.tv
EDIT - EXTRA INFO
I should also have mentioned that there are 39 old-style premiums that are quite exclusive in the fact they have a really low annual premium renewal. These were acquired in the early days of .tv and have fixed renewals of anything from $10 to $50 a year. Obviously, anyone with a fixed renewal of $10 a year won't care to much about any inflationary pressure / increased prices by the registrars.
These 39 'golden premiums' are:
ab.tv ai.tv at.tv av.tv cc.tv dc.tv dj.tv do.tv en.tv eo.tv ew.tv fn.tv fx.tv ge.tv go.tv hq.tv ja.tv jd.tv md.tv mi.tv ms.tv nj.tv nt.tv nv.tv ob.tv ok.tv op.tv pa.tv qc.tv rx.tv so.tv st.tv sv.tv vr.tv vw.tv wa.tv we.tv wi.tv xf.tv
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