Namepros member Ammudamus (Ammar) reported he sold Trading.tv for $15,000. He acquired the name in June 2018 for $1,725. This was an inbound sale, the domain was parked with make an offer at Uniregistry.
$15,000 seems to be a nice price point for Ammar he sold a geo back in 2017 for $15,000.
The keyword trading (exact) has sold in 10 other extensions. This sale will be the highest amount.
The domain name had been registered previously in 2009 by a .tv investor who eventually dropped it. Priced as a premium and Ammar got the name.
Trading.tv ranks as the third highest reported .tv sale for 2020.
Congrats to Ammar
Congrats Ammar!
I still think .tv is a sleeping giant, which will get a big boost from 5G and services which make interview and discussion videos easy to create, with live streaming and pay-per-view options. It’s distinctive and not easily confused with .com, everyone knows what it means, and advertising a .tv domain immediately tells people there’s video on the site.
We have been saying this for over a decade now, I am always surprised there are not more “channel” sales but it seems the tribe have voted differently. Sad to say the .Tv extension has gone backwards this year (in sales) But I do congratulate the seller! I currently hold about six .tv names with four penciled in to drop ….after a number of years, regards!
.tv domain names dont get reported that much thats why you never hear about them being acquired. they are worth a fortune.
Please stop, it is not a sleeping giant, the extension is over 20 years old and usage peaked 10-15 years ago. The new tlds and rises of .io and .co have sapped a lot of the value.
I’m sorry, Snoopy, but I’m not going to stop expressing my opinion until and unless you say something which changes it. Dot-tv has always been a “future” extension, dependent on the technology which will vastly increase the use of video on the Web (and bring about the possible, if not inevitable, unification of the Web with TV).
I don’t like .tv domains for made-up brandable names but I think it works great for generic words and phrases, not only in entertainment-related ventures but in any industry, as companies in all industries produce TV commercials and can present interesting videos with regard to their offerings.
What is still to be determined is:
1) the relative benefits of advertising a .tv domain versus a .com – I think the .tv might very well yield better results, which would be a game-changing revelation; and
2) the best mix of print and video on a website to elicit optimal consumer engagement.
I think such knowledge will be another factor inducing companies to build on a .tv.
Of course it must be about “the future” because obviously it is not doing well now.