Some feel Frank is a .com diehard since he refuses to acknowledge the branding power of .tv.  After all, would Frank’s gazillion dollar .com portfolio be worth the same amount if he and other influential .com investors openly and objectively discussed the merits of .tv...you decide.

Last week’s Domain Roundtable event featured Frank Schilling as the keynote speaker. 

Video after the jump! 

Has Bob Parsons lost his mind?

Is Bob stealing the thunder from Richard Rosenblatt?  Who will go down in history for the success of .tv?

If Bob continues his assault on .tv pricing, .tv could become the number one extension!  Okay, that was a joke, but how low can he go?

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You will have to click to READ ON to read this entry because I wanted to preface the entry with this message:

If you think you own a domain name particularly suited to a niche market, then please contact me AFTER you have read the blog entry on the next page.  I have a unique opportunity I would like to share with you if your domain name meets that criteria and you are interested in developing that name.

Forget squeezing millions from a few megahits at the top of the charts. The future of entertainment is in the millions of niche markets at the shallow end of the bitstream.

Isn’t .tv well suited for this purpose if we are talking about Internet video? 

Estibot.com, a site that values your domain based on 30+ characteristics of the domain name.  The valuation is based on comparing those characteristics with a database of previously reported domain sales.  The site clearly acknowledges that an automated valuation tool such as Estibot is never completely reliable, but that one should use the site as a starting point for researching and evaluating domain names…

A number of sophisticated investors are quietly racking up .TV domains.

One year ago, if sophisticated investors were scooping up .tv names, you would not have heard about it in this way on such a well-respected blog.  Imagine where we will be one year from now.

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I predict that the business of domain leasing will grow significantly in the next few years as more domain owners choose to delay capturing a domain name’s appreciation.  It is an area of specific interest to me because I do not foresee capturing the value of some keyword generic .tv names in my portfolio for a few years. 

In its basic form, domain leasing involves a periodic or fixed payment ("Lease Payment") made by the person leasing the name (the “Lessee") to the domain owner (the “Lessor") for a specific time period (the “Lease Term"). 

During and for the length of the Lease Term…

Tihs is completely unsolicited; I am not affiliated with Bodis.com.

I moved my .tv name (Test Name) with the highest traffic and click rate to Bodis.com five days ago; it took a day for the DNS to propogate but the Test Name has logged four full days now. 

During this time…

Did you play Monopoly when you were a kid? 

Did you play it alot?

Do you remember how you felt initially about buying Boardwalk (Mayfair) and Park Place (Park Lane)?

They were too expensive, right?