One of the reasons I enjoy writing this blog is because it puts me in touch with some people that I might not meet in my daily life.

Either through email or at conferences, I meet some very interesting people and exciting .tv projects they have in the works.  Of course, I am naturally curious about how they got involved in .tv and what was it that finally attracted them to the extension if they previously invested in other extensions.  More specifically, what was the tipping point to invest in .tv…

Several of the individuals in contact with me have been .com investors prior to the first .com boom and bust.  They did not run and hide, but stayed with it.  More often than not, these investors explain how they heard something someone said at a conference about .tv, which led them to research the .tv extension more than they ever had before.  Not long after that is when they began investing in the extension. 

The latest buzz I am hearing is that more and more .com investors (who never game .tv a chance) are investing in .tv as a hedge; they are still unsure of the extension’s future, but want to be part of it should it become big.  Those who previously bought .tv names as a portfolio hedge are now snapping up .tv names because they believe .tv is big.  Many of such investors with stakes in the .mobi extension are dropping .mobi names and investing that money in .tv because they do not believe .mobi will get the traction it needs to be the default extension on mobile devices accessing the Internet. 

If what I am hearing is true, I would not be surprised if those who were not positive about .tv last year show up with a portfolio of .tv names in the months and years to come.  I cannot say that I definitely have my finger of .tv’s pulse but my gutt is telling me that .tv has or is about to reach critical mass, especially as more .tv developed .tv sites continue to be launched at a record pace.  Does this means that some names will be worth 100x what you paid?  Probably not, but its another sign that .tv is on its way to becoming the second largest domain extension behind .com, especially if Rosenblatt’s company, Demand Media, continues to outperform Verisign’s historical sales of .tv domain names. 

Maybe not this year, but lets see where its at on May 1, 2008 which is the first year anniversary of the .tv extension’s relaunch by Demand Media.