MicroGuy said:
How do you know that? I can't imagine anyone else paying $300 for johnsmith.tel.
Thank you for your comments. We are dealing with uncertainty. In favour of the name I noted that the registrars I deal with had pre-orders for this name. There was interest but not enough for someone to register. However, it was early in the Landrush process. I decided that the name John Smith could have a trophy value. Combining a first and a surname reduces the probability of a sale, it is true. Smith may have x potential buyers. John and Smith combined may have x/200 potential buyers. The Smith surname was not available (surnames have been snapped up quickly; faster than first names).
I could not assign a value to a trophy. So then I thought; what if my name was John Smith? Assuming that .tel is successful (uncertain) then anywhere I go, whoever I meet, I can just tell them my .tel is JohnSmith. It could make things easier for me in business and personally. This has an economic value.
I then thought that the potential buyers for this name are not necessarily called John Smith because, if the trophy value is real and .tel takes off it would be an investment for anyone.
So I concluded, rightly or wrongly, that common+trophy was sufficient to make the purchase. My thinking may be flawed. I know very little about domaining. Appreciate any comments at all.
mrdomainman said:
If you are new in domaining, I don't think .tel is the way to start... especially $300/3 years.
I see good generic names in other ccTLD and gTLD that doesn't sell for over $300 with $7-$30 in yearly renewal fee.
It is extremely speculative at this moment, and very restrictive in what you can do in terms of development.
With the dev restriction, it'll also restrict the number of potential end users as they may have other things planned out for a name.
I would read a lot of the threads from namepros.com before registering any more domains to minimize the risks.
Thank you for your advice. Good points. So much is uncertain. I am trying to reduce risk by spreading my .tels over the full range of .tel applications; Geo, first name, surname, generic, etc, not unlike a portfolio of shares. I am not putting that much into it. Very interested in your comments about generic ccTLD's. Where is a good place to look for them?
Am trying to read as must as I can. I have some ideas but I am a newbie. Much appreciated.
phase111 said:
Yes, the names (perhaps apart from bruce.tel- but maybe even including) are speculative. Best Premium generic names will undoubtedly be worth quite a bit more than reg fee even at $300, but what constitutes best keywords in the .tel tld has yet to be determined by auction- will it be plumbers.tel for example or casinos.tel (casinos.tel could be sold to a casino operator perhaps- it's not difficult to see it's value being equally quite high, also, the Epoll survey undertaken by telnic seems to indicate strong demand for the .tel tld for business at least from those surveyed (these were apparently business people who have the authority to make buying decisions for the companies concerned). Like it or not, .tel provides a useful solution at least for business. Let's not also forget that by building a directory with a lot of back links and keywords, it is possible to optimise quite well as proved by jamarie.vip.tel.
Yes, it's all speculative. I have picked up some generics which I think are exceptional :imho: . I think generics have the most potential of all. Then picked up some new .com's for directories at only $8 each.
Rolling the dice with fingers crossed. :hehe:
