A .TV auction concluded recently at online brokerage house, Sedo. Several notable sales of .tv web addresses included:

• Christmas.tv for $32,000
• Business.tv for $100,999
• Shows.tv for $20,500
• Learn.tv for $41,000
• Vacation.tv $14,000
• Fantasy.tv for $10,600

The .TV domain extension has been limited in its adoption for many years due to its registry not being clear enough with registrants on the exact plan for future renewal fees. The up front cost for acquiring premium .TV domains was relatively high and the renewal fees sometimes in the thousands of dollars per year.

This was largely rectified by Verisign with these newly purchased premium domains now being subject to only a nominal annual registration fee ($20 – $30 per year).

My favorite from the Sedo auction was Business.TV although all of the above keyword domain names qualify as premium choices in any top level domain extension. Business.com became one of the most impressive and interesting sales in domaining history, and inspired legions of domain investors to stake their claim in the new domain name frontier.

Robert DeMartinis (from Philadelphia) acquired the ultra premium domain name, Business.US, some years ago. This is a multi-million dollar internet domain name by any definition, and will one day make a tremendous asset acquisition for a U.S. based corporation.

Similarly, Business.TV has great potential for branding as a business-centric media portal. Currently, the domain’s whois is not yet reflecting the new registrant owner so it’s not possible to determine if the buyer is a private individual, a group of investors, or a single corporate level end-user.

The Sedo .TV auction was successful, and attracted a considerable number of buyers offering them a new opportunity to enter the field of domain name investing and development.

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Just viewed during the first half of the Superbowl a commercial for a new service called FLO TV Live Mobile Personal Television. The official website displayed to millions of Superbowl fans was FLO.TV.

FLO.TV is an excellent domain name being both short and memorable. Since the service being offered is live mobile television, the selection of the .TV web address is just perfect. The company catch phrase is appropriately titled …

Now TV Goes Where You Go.

FloTV is a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated. The FloTV personal handheld television can be purchased at Amazon.com, Best Buy, and Radio Shack among several other known retailers.

There is a pretty extensive channel line up including those dedicated to live sports and lots of breaking news channels. The corporate website for FloTV identifies both Verizon Wireless and AT&T as main partners having the ability to deliver FloTV to over 200 million subscribers.

For more about the .TV web address, visit the official .tv website. To peruse our .TV domain names, visit PremiumDomains.US.

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John van den Berg is a respected and well-liked domainer who just sold RT.TV to Russia Today for $62,500. Russia Today is a 24/7 English-language news channel. They broadcast over six continents and 100 countries, and are headquartered out of Moscow with bureaus in many other cities worldwide. John’s sale evolved over a 5 month period with back and forth negotiations occurring with the government of Russia (since Russia Today is state-owned).

But things are really just beginning to heat up for John. He also sold Me.TV recently for an undisclosed amount due to the often employed non-disclosure agreement (NDA). And, he owns DE.TV which is in auction at Sedo right this moment. The reserve has been met and there remain 5 days left before the auction is finalized. Current price for DE.TV is at $10,892.

No, we’re not finished! This is the tip of the iceberg for John van den Berg. You may be wondering if he has any other premium domains. How about …

• Fly.TV
• Mexico.TV
• Italy.TV
• Dogs.TV, … and many more.

John was born in Holland and he currently lives in Kenya and Dubai. He began domaining in late 2004, and owns approximately 2200 domain names of which 150 are .TV web addresses. .TV is the ccTLD for the island of Tuvalu, but is better recognized for the word “Television” having been smartly rebranded years ago by the .TV Corporation.

My guess is we will be hearing about more top sales from John. Fly.com was just sold for $1,760,000 in a recently publicized deal. By association, one can presume that there is significant dollar value attached to John’s Fly.TV which sounds like the ultimate online, media-rich travel portal.

However, my favorite is probably Dogs.TV … WOW! Fantastic domain name and a perfect fit for the .TV web address. “People love dogs” is a gross understatement. Dogs.TV could become the world’s # 1 website for all things canine. Can’t you imagine global dog enthusiasts uploading their favorite funny videos of all their pooches? The entertainment value would be never-ending, and lucrative. John has a nice start already toward this end.

Congratulations to John van den Berg! He loves the .TV extension. And he made a prudent domain name investment that is paying off. THE BEST … is yet to come.

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