.tv is the TLD for the country of Tuvalu, a small Pacific Island. Through an agreement with the country of Tuvalu, the California company dotTV became the exclusive registry for .tv domain names.

In October 2000, Tucows Inc. reached an agreement with dotTV to offer .tv domain name registrations to Tucows MSPs.

In October 2000, .tv set a record for the fastest growing Top-Level Domain on the Internet by registering over 100,000 names in less than 6 months.

.tv is run out of an open registry, which means that anyone can register a .tv domain name, as long as they’re willing to pay for it.

Pricing for .tv

Registering a .tv name is no different than registering a gTLD. However, pricing for multiple year registrations has a tiered discount structure. .tv names are only available for 1, 2, 3, 5, and 10 year registrations.As registration terms increase, so does the percentage discount from the registration fee. Here is the table showing these discounts:

Period  Discount    
   1      0.00%     
   2     10.00%    
   3     20.00%   
   5     30.00%  
  10     40.00% 

.tv High Profile Registrations

Since the pricing for these domains varies so much and is potentially so high, we refer high profile registrations directly to the dotTV Registry. If you perform a search for a name that is beyond the pricing for a standard registration, you are immediately referred to dotTV. This process is seamless and will (in theory) result in our receiving a commission from your registration.