advice .TEL - Anything positive for this extension?

[usernamex]

I searched and there were few if any threads about TEL. I am curious if there are any positive benefits. It looks like it was a neat idea at the time that never went anywhere and has since been abandoned.

One that I found interesting *for personal use* caught my eye, so I bought it. I am pretty sure I will be requesting a refund, so I don't need to be scolded and made fun of for not having looked into it before I did my reg, I was tired and just wanted to be done with stuff for the day, I had another purchase at the same time.

For anyone who still holds TEL, are the directory, SEO and Geo benefits still applicable? It appears there is a very small niche that are still active users of TEL, but it is dwindling.

Thank you for your kind consideration.

 

[thetruman]

answer: no

 

[frostify]

In my honest opinion, I'd stay clear of any .TEL domains, I've almost never seen one sell at auction.

 

[brandnow]

it's 3-characters long.. do you run a telephone company?

 

[usernamex]

Appreciate all replies, I had already started the refund process, given the former hype, I just wanted to make sure there wasn't some benefit I was missing.

Early 2000s I was a Vanity 800 number agent, and in the 90s I did PAGER sales, which had 800 #s available and voice mail and was cutting edge at the time. All my current phone numbers I am ever so particular about, I'll pay extra to get "good" numbers, I use multiple forwarding numbers and they all have patterns. So I think I just figured out why I was curious about it!

 

[Kate]

Ironically, .tel has little to do with telephony.

 

[dordomai]

I searched and there were few if any threads about TEL. I am curious if there are any positive benefits.

You don't have to worry about checking your inbox for inquiries.

 

[Brandon.Domains]

According to https://namebio.com/, little .tel domains have been sold. They have been sold around mid 4 figures and below.

Thanks,
Brandon

 

[Brandon.Domains]

Sorry, here is the direct link for the actual sales: https://namebio.com/?s=AOygjMxgDN

Also, they are around spot number 98 with only around 107,643 active registrations (Source: http://research.domaintools.com/statistics/tld-counts/). After 9 years in operation.

Granted, they were intended for a special purpose:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.tel

Thanks,
Brandon

 

[usernamex]

@Kate - I was thinking the exact same thing after I got it.

@dordomai - hilarious : smile :

@Brandon.Domains - very old sales there as well all but one before 7/2011

My refund is complete, no hassle, was name.com so I wasn't worried, plus even though it was only $11, a good lesson for me since I am new, that $11 could get me something much better.

Also interesting stuff I came across while searching
Ditch Your Phone Number for a URL With Toky
http://www.chipchick.com/2015/06/number-for-a-url-with-toky.html
Pretty dated article, in tech terms, there must be someone else who has improved this

And the opposite - turn a URL into a Phone Number
http://hitch.ly/

 

[DNScholar]

The best .tel aftermarket public sale is telchina.tel for $4992 at Sedo around 2010. And the domain is not developed maybe bought by investor.
I think .tel owner should market it for popularity.

 

[disaac81]

There are no directory, geo or seo benefits for this domain extension, just like all other gTLDS

 

[Domainstore]

Granted, they were intended for a special purpose:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.tel

Thanks,
Brandon

I find in fact this something very interesting : The dottel-extention had very interesting
advantages : It's like the yelllo pages of the internet.
If you register your name.tel => And you phone, your-website-URL, and current address, where you work etc... In the meantime you put on your businesscard or your personal card, with your dotteldomain. And when you move, or you get a new phonenumber, etc... you just change the info on your dottel-domain-website (just filling in the information no HTML-knowledge necessary at all). !!
And there's so much else you can with it.==> You can find info here ==> https://www.telnic.org/