[plaggypig]

[FathomJH]

I hope nobody goes into debt with this extension.

[plaggypig]

Originally Posted by FathomJH

I hope nobody goes into debt with this extension.

I'm now "too big to fail". Bailout please.

[FathomJH]

lol

[Ms Domainer]

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If you have a high-paying premium keyword, you could make some good income. However, I can't see medoicre names faring too well, unless it's a niche name and you already have a presence on that name.

If your premium .tel ranks high, your actual websites could have so-so domain names and still do well. But HOW .tel ranks is still unknown.

My names still show pending (on Dotster) and all show as taken, but I don't know WHO has them.

The telnic registry now seems to be down; I checked at Dynadot, Dotster, and Webnames, so it's not likely anyone will know anything anytime soon.

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[phase111]

geez, some of you are a pessimistic bunch of domainers! This is supposed to be a thread on what names people acquired, not another bashing about it failing before it begins! How the hell do you know people will lose money with premium .tel domains or whetehr it will take off in a big way or not. I think it's a bit early to say don't you. This is a domain like any other..it's not meant to be a website like all the other tlds. What I do know is that sunrise and landrush registrations have come in thick and fast so that has to mean something, as to whether it will be massively adopted yet, who really knows! What I do know is that the internet is changing in ways we are yet to appreciate or understand...you may be looking up dot tels like people text on cellphones (who woulda thought that would take off? Most of the cell providers didnt). I think the premium names will be worth quite a lot to some people out there soon...and please stop comparing this thing to dot mobey (how is it similar in format? and how many times must you be told that this is a very different animal to mobey)..you'd have to be ignorant to compare this to dot mobey at all I think. Im happy to have a punt on this as are many others- you gotta be in to win.

[FathomJH]

No bashing here. I always welcome a new extension. I think .tel is a nifty idea. Sure it could be done with a .com, but you don't have to worry about virus', spam and popups with .tel. The information you want is there, straight forward.

Remember there will always be a negative comment because they're afraid of the new-comer threatening their own investments.

I'm not calling anyone out, I just see it happen with other extensions.

[Tribulatio]

Originally Posted by Ms Domainer

* If you have a high-paying premium keyword, you could make some good income. However, I can't see medoicre names faring too well, unless it's a niche name and you already have a presence on that name. *

Right!

By the way, in order to clarify that monetization IS allowed with .tel, but with some limits, read Telnic's Landrush newsletter:
http://www.telnic.com/newsletters/landrush/

Obviously they will need to clarify a little bit what can be done and what is not allowed.

Don't forget that .tel will evolve too: for instance, applications for .tel are already under development. We should think here in a new way, not just replicate what has been done with other TLDs...

[saucey]

Originally Posted by Robbie185

Thanks for bringing this up! If I unterstand this correctly, then any directory service is prohibited. Thus any generic / geo name like hotel.tel, newyork.tel etc. would be pointless, because you aren't allowed to publish third party entries under a .tel domain!

No. I don't think that's what it is saying at all. If you have hotels.tel, you can sell links to hotels using the hotels.tel site.

However if you registered Jones.tel, you would not be allowed to sell links for David.Jones.tel, or John.Jones.tel, or Sheila.Jones.tel....etc...

This is how I read it anyways...... Hope I'm right, 'cause my purpose for registering in landrush was strictly to build a directory under one name for many different purposes...

Even the .tel demo of Hotel.tel allows you to view several different hotels in different city's in different countries and has links to different websites for each one.




Check this out....

From their newsletter....

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-discussion/561820-the-official-tel-discussion-thread.html
What are the key benefits for businesses?

Integration of all means of communication in a single place under their brand
An entry into the next-generation yellowpages with instant worldwide exposure
A very efficient and cost effective mobile presence
Increased search engine discoverability
… all without the need to build, host or manage a website.



Reference Companies under Generic Names

A business can use the .tel to reference industry specific services. For example: Hotels.tel, Plumbers.tel, Insurance.tel, Locksmiths.tel, etc. Each .tel domain could easily have multiple sub-domains for navigation to local providers or specialists.



Saucey

[mjnels]

Originally Posted by phase111

geez, some of you are a pessimistic bunch of domainers! This is supposed to be a thread on what names people acquired, not another bashing about it failing before it begins! How the hell do you know people will lose money with premium .tel domains or whetehr it will take off in a big way or not. I think it's a bit early to say don't you. This is a domain like any other..it's not meant to be a website like all the other tlds. What I do know is that sunrise and landrush registrations have come in thick and fast so that has to mean something, as to whether it will be massively adopted yet, who really knows! What I do know is that the internet is changing in ways we are yet to appreciate or understand...you may be looking up dot tels like people text on cellphones (who woulda thought that would take off? Most of the cell providers didnt). I think the premium names will be worth quite a lot to some people out there soon...and please stop comparing this thing to dot mobey (how is it similar in format? and how many times must you be told that this is a very different animal to mobey)..you'd have to be ignorant to compare this to dot mobey at all I think. Im happy to have a punt on this as are many others- you gotta be in to win.

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=561820
what is a "dot mobey" ?

is that the cool rebel way to say .mobi ?

[Ms Domainer]

Originally Posted by Tribulatio

Don't forget that .tel will evolve too: for instance, applications for .tel are already under development. We should think here in a new way, not just replicate what has been done with other TLDs...

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????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=561820

Yes, exactly!

I'm old enough to remember people pooh poohing .com (or anything related to the web).

Ah, the late 80's!

I recall clearly the main question: "How will anyone EVER make money online?"



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[onlinelife]

I manage to secure some nice .tel domains
Link (dot) tel
cards (dot) tel
public.tel
Supply.tel

[FathomJH]

share
retail
deliver

There are tons still out there for the willing.

btw, nice catch onlinelife

[saucey]

I got..

Edited until whois resolves...

I think there are some possibilities with these....

[plaggypig]

From my hit list of 111 premium domains I tried to register through Tucows, 44 were successful - a 40% success rate.. not bad! Very anxious to see which names I got..

[Ms Domainer]

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When I went to Dotster Support, I got this message:

Subject: Web Hosting and VPS Maintenance

Weekly Recurrence: Wednesday
Start Time: 2200 (10:00PM PDT)
End Time: 0200 (2:00AM PDT)
Duration: 4 hrs

Impact: During a 4 hour period, the Hosting Control Panel within your account may be unavailable. You may not be able to upload or configure your e-mail settings, and may also see intermittent downtime on your website.

Summary: Continuous Improvement of Web Hosting and VPS Services

In an effort to increase performance on our Hosting and VPS services, we will be performing a series of weekly maintenance upgrades. These maintenance upgrades will take place every Wednesday from 10:00PM PDT - 2:00AM PDT.

Domain maintenance will not be affected. You may modify and update your domains during this period.

We ask that if you need to upload any changes to your Webspaces or make any modifications to your Hosting account, to please make these changes prior to OR after the scheduled maintenance.

We will make every effort to minimize the amount of down time experienced. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause you.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=561820

Hosting and VPS Customer Care

I guess maintenance is longer today.

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[qO_Op]

TimeWill.tel is available!

[saucey]

Originally Posted by vJRB

TimeWill.tel is available!

Not big on hacks for this extension.... I think it has to be more focused.
Although..... I guess you could use that to sell watches/clocks/timepieces etc...
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=561820

Hmmmm...... You should reg it vJRB!

[Auraka]

A fool and his money will soon be parted.....lets see how many people learn that lesson the hard way.

[Keith]

Just searched again for fun and some that were available earlier today are gone. I thought these were really good for .tel...if there is such a thing

666
777
888
800
123

...and a few more like it.

[qO_Op]

Originally Posted by saucey

Not big on hacks for this extension.... I think it has to be more focused. Although..... I guess you could use that to sell watches/clocks/timepieces etc... Hmmmm...... You should reg it vJRB!

lol, you could also list all the telephone numbers of the talking clocks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaking_clock

[plaggypig]

keithmt I could be wrong but seem to remember numeric-only .tel's were not allowed.

[saucey]

Originally Posted by vJRB

lol, you could also list all the telephone numbers of the talking clocks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaking_clock

HA HA HA!

[plaggypig]

Originally Posted by Robbie185

Thanks for bringing this up! If I unterstand this correctly, then any directory service is prohibited. Thus any generic / geo name like hotel.tel, newyork.tel etc. would be pointless, because you aren't allowed to publish third party entries under a .tel domain!

I think his interpretation is wrong. What it means is that you can't sell or lease canonical domains. For example, I couldn't sell hilton.hotels.tel to Hilton - but there's nothing to prohibit me from coming to an agreement with them for advertising within a more generic space like nyc.hotels.tel.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=561820

That's my understanding of an admittedly poorly written clause anyway. Hopefully the Telnic guys will clear some of these questions up. They already wrote a blog post about how .tel can be monetised..

[saucey]

Originally Posted by plaggypig

I think his interpretation is wrong. What it means is that you can't sell or lease canonical domains. For example, I couldn't sell hilton.hotels.tel to Hilton - but there's nothing to prohibit me from coming to an agreement with them for advertising within a more generic space like nyc.hotels.tel. That's my understanding of an admittedly poorly written clause anyway. Hopefully the Telnic guys will clear some of these questions up. They already wrote a blog post about how .tel can be monetised..

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=561820
I agree! See my previous post.

One thing I am trying to figure out right now is if there is a size limit?? Can't find info on this anywhere.... Is there a maximum # of entries per .tel site??

Saucey