.tv domains
 

Anyone use these? Thoughts on them?

A client/colleague of mine uses one. His business name ends in TV though so it was a no-brainer. I think most people will remember the domain name BEFORE the "dot" and tend to add "com". That's why I went with dot com for my domain.

I have com, net and tv (and sometimes org) for all my domains. Cheap insurance that no matter how much anybody screws up, they end up with you anyway.

Our business is mostly web design. A .tv domain is ok if you also own the .com (i.e. yourname.com and yourname.tv).

If you're buying the .tv domain because you can't get the .com - people *will* go to the .com address and send your email to the .com address.

Unfortunately, .com has become the "default" domain - anything else is second best.

The problem is, of course, that at this stage of the game, dotcoms that sound anything like anything are already registered.

That's not entirely true. When I registered my domain 15 months ago, I got my a .com domain with my full company name, Covered Bridge Productions. A bit long but dead easy to remember. What I couldn't get was the abbreviation, CBP.com, but that was OK.

My point is that there are still some out there so don't give it up out of hand. I think the key to a good domain name is to get the easiest one to remember.

Yup I am using it iNorthEast.tv

Hey Adam,
How about sending me your website links.

info@jeffemery.com

Thanks

And I heard the same thing back in 2000. I advise clients that have not yet finalized a company name to let the availablity of a .com influence that decision. A lot of very successful companies have used what the US Patent and Trademark office calls a "fanciful name". A made up nonsense name.

For example, instead of "Nelson Video Productions", call it "NoodleQ Video" and register noodleq.com. It's memorable and you're not stuck with a second-best TLD.