The .TEL Discussion Thread

[brendan52190]

Hi

For this, let's assume that .tel will not be a total flop.

What type of keywords will be most valuable for this extension? Will it be geographical keywords, like newyork.tel, losangeles.tel, etc, or what else?

 

[jmcc]

The DotTel dropped approximately 26K domains since 01/January/2014 (213,239). Its current zone count is 187,022.

Regards...jmcc

 

[Kate]

That's still a lot of defensive regs :gl:

 

[-EM-]

Here are all the 2 character .tel available (exclude the 2 letters from the list, it seems they are taken by the registry).

0a.tel
0c.tel
0d.tel
0e.tel
0f.tel
0g.tel
0i.tel
0j.tel
0l.tel
0m.tel
0n.tel
0p.tel
0q.tel
0r.tel
0t.tel
0u.tel
0v.tel
0w.tel
0y.tel
1b.tel
1e.tel
1g.tel
1n.tel
1r.tel
2e.tel
2h.tel
2i.tel
2j.tel
2l.tel
2r.tel
2v.tel
2w.tel
2y.tel
2z.tel
3o.tel
4b.tel
4n.tel
4q.tel
4w.tel
5e.tel
5f.tel
5h.tel
5j.tel
5k.tel
5l.tel
5m.tel
5n.tel
5o.tel
5p.tel
5q.tel
5r.tel
5t.tel
5u.tel
5w.tel
5y.tel
5z.tel
6b.tel
6c.tel
6d.tel
6e.tel
6f.tel
6h.tel
6i.tel
6j.tel
6k.tel
6l.tel
6m.tel
6n.tel
6o.tel
6p.tel
6q.tel
6r.tel
6u.tel
6v.tel
6w.tel
6y.tel
6z.tel
7c.tel
7d.tel
7e.tel
7f.tel
7h.tel
7i.tel
7j.tel
7l.tel
7n.tel
7o.tel
7p.tel
7q.tel
7s.tel
7t.tel
7u.tel
7v.tel
7w.tel
7y.tel
8b.tel
8c.tel
8e.tel
8f.tel
8h.tel
8i.tel
8k.tel
8l.tel
8m.tel
8n.tel
8p.tel
8q.tel
8r.tel
8s.tel
8t.tel
8v.tel
8w.tel
8y.tel
8z.tel
9b.tel
9c.tel
9d.tel
9e.tel
9f.tel
9g.tel
9h.tel
9i.tel
9j.tel
9k.tel
9l.tel
9m.tel
9n.tel
9o.tel
9p.tel
9q.tel
9r.tel
9t.tel
9u.tel
9w.tel
9y.tel
9z.tel
a6.tel
a7.tel
b3.tel
b5.tel
bl.tel
bq.tel
c6.tel
c8.tel
cw.tel
d2.tel
d4.tel
d6.tel
e0.tel
e6.tel
e9.tel
eh.tel
f6.tel
f7.tel
g3.tel
g4.tel
g9.tel
h3.tel
h4.tel
h6.tel
h9.tel
i6.tel
j0.tel
j3.tel
j5.tel
j6.tel
j8.tel
j9.tel
k1.tel
k3.tel
l0.tel
l3.tel
l6.tel
l7.tel
m0.tel
m9.tel
mf.tel
n4.tel
n5.tel
n6.tel
n7.tel
n9.tel
o4.tel
o5.tel
o6.tel
o9.tel
on.tel
p0.tel
p4.tel
p5.tel
p6.tel
p8.tel
p9.tel
q0.tel
q3.tel
q4.tel
q6.tel
q9.tel
r1.tel
r7.tel
r9.tel
s2.tel
s6.tel
s9.tel
sx.tel
t3.tel
t5.tel
t6.tel
t7.tel
u0.tel
u4.tel
u6.tel
u7.tel
u9.tel
um.tel
v0.tel
v2.tel
v4.tel
v6.tel
v9.tel
w0.tel
w6.tel
w7.tel
y0.tel
y2.tel
y3.tel
y4.tel
y6.tel
y7.tel
y9.tel
yp.tel
z3.tel
z4.tel
z6.tel
z7.tel

---------- Post added at 01:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:50 PM ----------

The DotTel dropped approximately 26K domains since 01/January/2014 (213,239). Its current zone count is 187,022.

Regards...jmcc

Still more regs than in .pro :bah:

 

[jmcc]

That's still a lot of defensive regs :gl:

Yep but if the trademark owners switch to enforcement rather than registration, it is going to impact .tel and a lot of the other non-core gTLDs.

Regards...jmcc

 

[jmcc]

Most of the drops (26,131) seem to be IDN domain names. This kind of thing is typical after an IDN introduction though.

Regards...jmcc

 

[jmcc]

Another 38,345 .tel drops today of which 32,286 are IDNs. Losing about 30% of the zone count in a month is not good. Today's count is down 64,535 domains on the 01/January/2014 count.

Regards...jmcc

 

[-EM-]

Thanks for the updates!

 

[RU]

Here are all the 2 character .tel available (exclude the 2 letters from the list, it seems they are taken by the registry).

0a.tel
0c.tel
0d.tel
0e.tel
0f.tel
0g.tel
0i.tel
0j.tel
0l.tel
0m.tel
0n.tel
0p.tel
0q.tel
0r.tel
0t.tel
0u.tel
0v.tel
0w.tel
0y.tel
1b.tel
1e.tel
1g.tel
1n.tel
1r.tel
2e.tel
2h.tel
2i.tel
2j.tel
2l.tel
2r.tel
2v.tel
2w.tel
2y.tel
2z.tel
3o.tel
4b.tel
4n.tel
4q.tel
4w.tel
5e.tel
5f.tel
5h.tel
5j.tel
5k.tel
5l.tel
5m.tel
5n.tel
5o.tel
5p.tel
5q.tel
5r.tel
5t.tel
5u.tel
5w.tel
5y.tel
5z.tel
6b.tel
6c.tel
6d.tel
6e.tel
6f.tel
6h.tel
6i.tel
6j.tel
6k.tel
6l.tel
6m.tel
6n.tel
6o.tel
6p.tel
6q.tel
6r.tel
6u.tel
6v.tel
6w.tel
6y.tel
6z.tel
7c.tel
7d.tel
7e.tel
7f.tel
7h.tel
7i.tel
7j.tel
7l.tel
7n.tel
7o.tel
7p.tel
7q.tel
7s.tel
7t.tel
7u.tel
7v.tel
7w.tel
7y.tel
8b.tel
8c.tel
8e.tel
8f.tel
8h.tel
8i.tel
8k.tel
8l.tel
8m.tel
8n.tel
8p.tel
8q.tel
8r.tel
8s.tel
8t.tel
8v.tel
8w.tel
8y.tel
8z.tel
9b.tel
9c.tel
9d.tel
9e.tel
9f.tel
9g.tel
9h.tel
9i.tel
9j.tel
9k.tel
9l.tel
9m.tel
9n.tel
9o.tel
9p.tel
9q.tel
9r.tel
9t.tel
9u.tel
9w.tel
9y.tel
9z.tel
a6.tel
a7.tel
b3.tel
b5.tel
bl.tel
bq.tel
c6.tel
c8.tel
cw.tel
d2.tel
d4.tel
d6.tel
e0.tel
e6.tel
e9.tel
eh.tel
f6.tel
f7.tel
g3.tel
g4.tel
g9.tel
h3.tel
h4.tel
h6.tel
h9.tel
i6.tel
j0.tel
j3.tel
j5.tel
j6.tel
j8.tel
j9.tel
k1.tel
k3.tel
l0.tel
l3.tel
l6.tel
l7.tel
m0.tel
m9.tel
mf.tel
n4.tel
n5.tel
n6.tel
n7.tel
n9.tel
o4.tel
o5.tel
o6.tel
o9.tel
on.tel
p0.tel
p4.tel
p5.tel
p6.tel
p8.tel
p9.tel
q0.tel
q3.tel
q4.tel
q6.tel
q9.tel
r1.tel
r7.tel
r9.tel
s2.tel
s6.tel
s9.tel
sx.tel
t3.tel
t5.tel
t6.tel
t7.tel
u0.tel
u4.tel
u6.tel
u7.tel
u9.tel
um.tel
v0.tel
v2.tel
v4.tel
v6.tel
v9.tel
w0.tel
w6.tel
w7.tel
y0.tel
y2.tel
y3.tel
y4.tel
y6.tel
y7.tel
y9.tel
yp.tel
z3.tel
z4.tel
z6.tel
z7.tel

---------- Post added at 01:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:50 PM ----------



Still more regs than in .pro :bah:

bl.tel
bq.tel
cw.tel
eh.tel
mf.tel
on.tel
sx.tel
um.tel
yp.tel

unavailable or already taken

 

[-EM-]

Yes, I've already mentioned that. Probably those are restricted by telnic.

 

[RU]

How to register .tel domain privately?
Name.com don't have private registration for .tel ?

 

[Acroplex]

How to register .tel domain privately?
Name.com don't have private registration for .tel ?

I agree, privacy is needed to avoid the embarrassment of it :D

 

[Kate]

Registrarstats.com reports 148160 regs today. I wonder if slimfast.tel is still available ?

 

[scandiman]

I agree, privacy is needed to avoid the embarrassment of it :D

I'm not embarrassed by my single 'family name' .tel reg, but it's not at all for speculation to sell. Has anyone made serious money on .tel other than icann and the registry?

 

[Paul]

Privacy kind of defeats the purpose of .tel, doesn't it?

From a development perspective, .tel is pretty cool, and has a lot of potential uses for automation and such. Too bad it never caught on. I guess it's just easier to do the same thing with an existing .com.

 

[RU]

Private registration is available

 

[mis_chiff]

Still not embarrassed by my only remaining .tel

Penticton.tel < --- useless webspace, but it's mine :p

 

[arend]

I am not embarrassed by mine either. Thank you.!

 

[mis_chiff]

I am not embarrassed by mine either. Thank you.!

lol well what is it? :wave:

 

[arend]

lol well what is it? :wave:

It is


aankoopmakelaar.tel


Dutch word for real estate agent or broker. Every village has got at least one broker of purchasing agent. Evey city has got at least a few. Heaps of them online.


Still undecided what do do with it, develop or what. Could make subdomains for every Dutch town and village. At least I own it.


I also own

Obamacare.tel


:wave:

 

[Tribulatio]

Something many people do not realize is that a .tel domain name can be used for email, provided one has an account with an email service allowing for personal domains (Pobox.com is a good service of that kind, even for several personal domains).

Until now, this has been for me the main use of .tel (since I do not own my family name - quite widespread - in .com, .org or .net): I have started using email addresses such as: [email protected] - short, clear: people are surprised at first sight, but like it usually.

 

[Ms Domainer]

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Now that the new gTLDs have arrived, it would be interesting to discover how .tel holders have fared in the past 5 years.

I still hold about 13, but I haven't done anything with them.

No directories.

They just sit.

I allowed about 50 to expire; some of them were picked up, most are still unregistered.

How about everyone else on this thread?

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[Domainstore]

I£'m still keeping them, although not developed yet.

 

[mwzd]

I dropped all 9 of mine, all top keywords.

Still have one, which will probably be dropped as well when the time comes.

Domains with 'special functions', nexus requirements & development limitations are done, imho.

 

[mis_chiff]

Dropped my one and only - sigh - NEXT!! lol

 

[Will2016]

There may be some life left in this extension. The registrar, Telnic, has announced that from March 17th 2017, .tel will be able to be hosted like any other domain. What do you think about that?