There was a time, not many years ago, in a galaxy very close by, that .com's
were considered worthless, crass, etc...
I predict that the .com hold in people's minds will slowly open up to non
.com suffixes. I definitely plan to offer alternative suffixes to people.
check out http://Emmys.TV
http://Jazz.FM
http://Street.TV
http://Viva.TV
On a side note, .TV is kind of a little too retro for me,
but imo, .Com is overly generic and boring.
swerve
> From: "William X. Walsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Organization: WXWeb Services
> Reply-To: "William X. Walsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 14:17:22 -0800
> To: Swerve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re[2]: .tv pricing -- any ideas?
>
> Hello Swerve,
>
> Saturday, January 27, 2001, 10:10:49 AM, Swerve wrote:
>
>> Hey William and others,
>
>> certain aspects of the .com space and .net space are exhausted.
>> if you find what you are looking for in a CCtld, then 50$ u.s. per year is a
>> drop in the bucket compared to the other costs you will incurr running a
>> site.
>
> Well, I've actually been involved in the setup of a ccTLD registry. I
> really do not think that either .tv or .to are attractive enough for
> a company to run a serious ecommerce site with. Most of the ones that
> try are half assed attempts trying to capitalize on the fact that they
> think the domain is cute, but consumers have, for the most part,
> rejected these domains as serious sites.
>
> At $50/yr, for a serious site, you are right, its not that much
> compared to the other costs, but the fact is that only amateurs or
> startups or those who are not serious about setting up a real
> commercial operation tend to register in these ccTLDs, and for that
> market they are way overpriced.
>
> --
> Best regards,
> William mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
