Comments on: Kudos To The Verisign dotTV Team http://brucemarler.com/kudos-to-the-verisign-dottv-team/ Domain Development and Geo Domain Business Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:55:26 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: low key http://brucemarler.com/kudos-to-the-verisign-dottv-team/comment-page-1/#comment-1799 low key Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:52:24 +0000 http://brucemarler.com/?p=762#comment-1799 good post bruce and cant wait until you do another post on this topic with more specifics or how they respond to you. im in .tv for the long haul and im happy on what i have.. good post bruce and cant wait until you do another post on this topic with more specifics or how they respond to you.

im in .tv for the long haul and im happy on what i have..

]]> By: Ronnie http://brucemarler.com/kudos-to-the-verisign-dottv-team/comment-page-1/#comment-1794 Ronnie Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:37:42 +0000 http://brucemarler.com/?p=762#comment-1794 Ok, cheers Bruce. With all the developed .tv's that have appeared over past few yrs (seems to be much more use in europe, going by what us based friends say) then I'm very positive on .tv's future but for it to become more tempting for domainers or domain investors then maybe some changes would need to take place. I'll look forward to reading anything more you have to say on my favourite extension. R Ok, cheers Bruce.

With all the developed .tv’s that have appeared over past few yrs (seems to be much more use in europe, going by what us based friends say) then I’m very positive on .tv’s future but for it to become more tempting for domainers or domain investors then maybe some changes would need to take place.

I’ll look forward to reading anything more you have to say on my favourite extension.

R

]]> By: bruce http://brucemarler.com/kudos-to-the-verisign-dottv-team/comment-page-1/#comment-1789 bruce Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:29:26 +0000 http://brucemarler.com/?p=762#comment-1789 I do not have specifics but I plan on having a follow up to go into next steps and will post the details here. Stay tuned:) I do not have specifics but I plan on having a follow up to go into next steps and will post the details here. Stay tuned:)

]]> By: Ronnie Mckenna http://brucemarler.com/kudos-to-the-verisign-dottv-team/comment-page-1/#comment-1786 Ronnie Mckenna Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:31:37 +0000 http://brucemarler.com/?p=762#comment-1786 Bruce, Any idea what changes (if any) they are planning to push .tv to the next level? It is nice to hear that they are watching & planning ways to keep the extension growing. Ronnie Bruce,

Any idea what changes (if any) they are planning to push .tv to the next level?

It is nice to hear that they are watching & planning ways to keep the extension growing.

Ronnie

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]]> By: bruce http://brucemarler.com/kudos-to-the-verisign-dottv-team/comment-page-1/#comment-1764 bruce Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:26:19 +0000 http://brucemarler.com/?p=762#comment-1764 @Rob - You just gave the same talk I did to them yesterday, that is the exact way I described it. The premium registration fees kept a lot of the solid brandable highly searched names from ever getting out so the brand was hurt from the beginning. My two cents was until there is a way to push the development of solid .TV names and get past the stigma of video sites being hard (high cost) to deploy then it will be hard to get .TV more recognized. BTW, i tried to email you your beta info for EzDevelop and your email kept getting rejected, can you contact me again. @Rob – You just gave the same talk I did to them yesterday, that is the exact way I described it. The premium registration fees kept a lot of the solid brandable highly searched names from ever getting out so the brand was hurt from the beginning. My two cents was until there is a way to push the development of solid .TV names and get past the stigma of video sites being hard (high cost) to deploy then it will be hard to get .TV more recognized.
BTW, i tried to email you your beta info for EzDevelop and your email kept getting rejected, can you contact me again.

]]> By: Rob http://brucemarler.com/kudos-to-the-verisign-dottv-team/comment-page-1/#comment-1763 Rob Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:20:55 +0000 http://brucemarler.com/?p=762#comment-1763 .tv will have to overcome the same problem every tld has, that is diminishing the dominance of .com. Obviously the .tv has high marketability as a video source domain but there is nothing that can be done on .tv that can't be done on .com, making .tv almost irrelevant because of the dominance of .com. Any video content that could be marketed and put online on a .tv can also be done on .com and therefore the obstacle of overcoming .com becomes impossible until the general internet using public starts to acknowledge non .com extensions in their daily internet use. See the demise of .mobi, it's irrelevant now that mobile webs don't need the extension. The best hope for .tv is that it becomes more relevant than .net or .org and that will happen only with businesses marketing and advertising .tv sites. That I can envision because it is short and memorable. .tv will have to overcome the same problem every tld has, that is diminishing the dominance of .com. Obviously the .tv has high marketability as a video source domain but there is nothing that can be done on .tv that can’t be done on .com, making .tv almost irrelevant because of the dominance of .com.

Any video content that could be marketed and put online on a .tv can also be done on .com and therefore the obstacle of overcoming .com becomes impossible until the general internet using public starts to acknowledge non .com extensions in their daily internet use. See the demise of .mobi, it’s irrelevant now that mobile webs don’t need the extension.

The best hope for .tv is that it becomes more relevant than .net or .org and that will happen only with businesses marketing and advertising .tv sites. That I can envision because it is short and memorable.

]]> By: bruce http://brucemarler.com/kudos-to-the-verisign-dottv-team/comment-page-1/#comment-1760 bruce Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:46:09 +0000 http://brucemarler.com/?p=762#comment-1760 @Owen - You are correct, as much as I have had success developing non-.COMs I did, just for protection, register Missourime.com. Interesting you tracking it that way, very good way to analyze. @Jim - You are correct, that is something I brought up and you are VERY spot on there. @Owen – You are correct, as much as I have had success developing non-.COMs I did, just for protection, register Missourime.com. Interesting you tracking it that way, very good way to analyze.

@Jim – You are correct, that is something I brought up and you are VERY spot on there.

]]> By: Jim Holleran http://brucemarler.com/kudos-to-the-verisign-dottv-team/comment-page-1/#comment-1758 Jim Holleran Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:45:08 +0000 http://brucemarler.com/?p=762#comment-1758 I met with them last year at there offices to discuss the issues of the premiums and the high renewals per year. I had lunch with Richard Rosenblatt and told him the same thing. I been investing in .tv since 2000 and own many such as Spain.tv, Actor.tv, Europe.tv, Moscow.tv, Religion.tv, Georgia.tv, etc. Therefore, I have a big interested in making this succeed. The key to .tv is get rid the the high premiums and charge on the front end, whatever that might be. Many premiums are expiring everyday that were $500 renewal and get repriced at $10,000 premium. That is robbery and they just sit and don't sell. Bad business sense, bad PR, and things need to be changed. Thanks, Jim I met with them last year at there offices to discuss the issues of the premiums and the high renewals per year. I had lunch with Richard Rosenblatt and told him the same thing.

I been investing in .tv since 2000 and own many such as Spain.tv, Actor.tv, Europe.tv, Moscow.tv, Religion.tv, Georgia.tv, etc. Therefore, I have a big interested in making this succeed.

The key to .tv is get rid the the high premiums and charge on the front end, whatever that might be. Many premiums are expiring everyday that were $500 renewal and get repriced at $10,000 premium. That is robbery and they just sit and don’t sell. Bad business sense, bad PR, and things need to be changed.

Thanks, Jim

]]> By: owen frager http://brucemarler.com/kudos-to-the-verisign-dottv-team/comment-page-1/#comment-1757 owen frager Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:19:22 +0000 http://brucemarler.com/?p=762#comment-1757 Bruce, one of the problems is engrained user behavior. I cover campaigns in my blogs and as a result of using a domain as a headline get indexed at the top of the searches for that domain, sending type-ins to the search bar to my blog where I can analyze user habits and patterns. Often if the names is say Ted.TV, someone will type tedtv.com. Bruce, one of the problems is engrained user behavior. I cover campaigns in my blogs and as a result of using a domain as a headline get indexed at the top of the searches for that domain, sending type-ins to the search bar to my blog where I can analyze user habits and patterns. Often if the names is say Ted.TV, someone will type tedtv.com.

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