.tv .TV inquiries

[garptrader]

End user inquiries in recent months on .TV domain names as a result of outbound marketing can be found below. If they didn't buy they felt it was too expensive but you don't ask "how much?" if you have no interest in .TV domains. Yes, I could be criticized for overpricing the domain and not following up with a lower price to test the market. True, selling .TV domains for five figures is not the norm and my experience is that selling .TV domains even for four figures is not as easy as it may appear by reading sales threads. Regardless, .TV is not some unheard new TLD that may never develop an aftermarket.

Vestidos.TV
Cachorros.TV
Perritos.TV
Lorena.TV
LuchaLibre.TV
StrengthTraining.TV
AsianModels.TV
ModelAgency.TV
Activewear.TV
Menswear.TV
Leaders.TV
Barranquilla.TV
Floristeria.TV
Conexion.TV
Bootcamp.TV
Adoracion.TV
Bachelor.TV
Barato.TV
Banquetes.tv
Beleza.TV
Bellezas.TV
Bucaramanga.TV
ItalianCuisine.TV
FishingGear.TV

will finish later...

 

[garptrader]

I believe most domainers who do outbound marketing of domains priced above $250 do not include a price in the initial email - reason being you want to confirm that the reason people don't respond is not related to price. Then if they don't like your price you at least have the option of lowering it if the company has expressed some interest. While I continue to quote the lease option to illustrate how reasonable my price is relative to other business expenses, thus far there have been no lessees. Theoretically the ideal situation would be to have two hundred or more domains under lease and all you have to do is collect every month - no further need to sell. But collecting $25 monthly might be more hassle than it is worth - particularly if you have someone who doesn't pay in a timely manner...

 

[garptrader]

After considerable marketing effort and many respondees who disappeared after quoting a price I received my first positive confirmation today - though on this particular domain I was afraid to quote a sales price so I only quoted the lease price - $500 monthly for a one-word Spanish .TV . Until they make the first payment we are still in limbo.... One concern I have is it took them about six weeks from the time of my lease quote till their response. Perhaps they just needed approval, but will I still be waiting six weeks from now for that first payment? We'll see.

 

[HeyNow]

When you market the names on FB, does anyone ever discuss the fact that .tv stands for Tuvalu according to ICANN? In other words, are the buyers truly aware of what they are buying?

 

[Paul]

@HeyNow, did you know that SSL isn't actually SSL? SSL died long ago. It's TLS now. Everybody just thinks it's SSL. Grinds my gears every time somebody calls it SSL instead of TLS or HTTPS.

• WHOIS is a protocol, not a bunch of websites. You don't need a website to use it.
• The Web and the Internet are not the same thing. The former is a subset of the latter.
• Dedicated servers are not the most reliable form of hosting, and shouldn't be used for critical applications.
• FTP is extraordinarily insecure, and is not used by enterprise professionals. To make it a little better, most FTP servers let you connect with FTPS, which is secure. However, most FTP servers are constantly getting attacked by automated hacking bots, so it only solves some problems.
  
• Mbps and MB/s are not the same thing. The capitalization of the "B" matters. Mb/s and MBps are misleading and therefore shouldn't be used.
• A password that most people would consider secure can typically be cracked in a matter of seconds or minutes, even with strong hashing algorithms. Passwords should be a randomly generated combination of letters, numbers, and symbols at least 17 or so characters long.
  
• The hardware in a Mac is significantly worse than the hardware in a comparable Windows computer. (You're paying for the OS, not the hardware.)
  
• Retina displays aren't all that great; all of my screens are significantly better. And I paid less.
• Bigger screens are actually worse than smaller screens with the same resolution because the pixels are bigger. A 1080p computer monitor is significantly more advanced than a 1080p TV.
• Most 4K displays only operate at 24 Hz, so animations become "choppy". HDMI cannot support 4K at 60 Hz at present, but will be able to in the future. DisplayPort (barely) can.
• FireWire and Thunderbolt, unlike USB, grant external devices low-level access to your computer. If you don't trust a FireWire or Thunderbolt devices, don't plug it in; it will have complete control over your computer. Use USB instead. (That being said, Thunderbolt is revolutionary and awesome.)

Oh, and did you know that those two-letter TLDs actually stand for countries? Who knew?

I volunteered for a town cable station for a while. They were so excited when they got {townname}.tv. At first, I was a little put off by the fact that it was a ccTLD. However, it quickly became well-known around town, and was much more popular than the previous domain. ccTLD abuse? Maybe. Success? Definitely.