.tv

Discussion in 'Domain Names' started by pcz, Mar 17, 2009.

  1. #1
    Can you change my mind?

    I decided to buy 1 or a few .tv domains as I read some nice things about it. I would buy these for 3-4 years and then sell them. It would be parked until then.

    Can you give me good reasons not to do that (besides it's price)?
     
    pcz, Mar 17, 2009 IP
  2. dlatua

    dlatua Notable Member

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    you are asking about the future of .TV :p

    Well I can say, at the moment there are a lot of (good) .tv dropped each day.

    Good luck
     
    dlatua, Mar 17, 2009 IP
  3. pcz

    pcz Well-Known Member

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    but there is a reason why they are dropped :)
     
    pcz, Mar 17, 2009 IP
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    Pixelrage Peon

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    It's one of those borderline extensions. Everyone likes it because it's "tv," yet, nobody takes it seriously enough to build a huge site with it because they're too preoccupied with .com's. Also, they're expensive to renew.

    Premium .tv's haven't sold for very much, either...worse than .org and probably at the level of .mobi's.
     
    Pixelrage, Mar 17, 2009 IP
  5. htmlindex

    htmlindex Prominent Member

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    #5
    I love the .tv extention. If you are going to develop a video site or anything with rich media, I think .tv is a great choice. If you are buying for only a few names & looking to flip it, I would recommend buying the names with a view to possibly hold them for up to 6-10 years in mind.

    There are over 101,000,000 developed sites in Google: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1T5GGLL_enAU263AU263&q=site:.tv
     
    htmlindex, Mar 18, 2009 IP
  6. SiberForum

    SiberForum Banned

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    #6
    If you have good ideas for those domain names - go ahead. That is not good idea to register domain name just to register.
    Maybe you have some ideas on selling it?
     
    SiberForum, Mar 18, 2009 IP
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    namewaiter Peon

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    .tv should continue to increase in value imo
     
    namewaiter, Mar 18, 2009 IP
  8. jiggymehta

    jiggymehta Peon

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    I like the extension personally..but, I think its not for squatters as such..I love it because I know websites on it which are relevant to the extension..
     
    jiggymehta, Mar 19, 2009 IP
  9. pcz

    pcz Well-Known Member

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    Yes and want to flip it :)
     
    pcz, Mar 19, 2009 IP
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    Dot tv domains are ok if you have good hosting. They eat bandwidth if you are serving videos on a popular dot tv website.
    They are not as labour intensive though, if you have a good member base the members tend to do the work (uploading) for you.

    I like them and have several.
     
    burfieldstuff, Mar 20, 2009 IP