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?

 

[Traveler]

I grabbed a real estate name too:
Propriedad .tel = "Property" in Spanish.
Also grabbed a country name!
Crna Gora .tel = "Montenegro" in their native tongue.
Who else grabbed some foreign language names and which ones did you get?

Propiedad is a misspelling, the correct spelling is "Propiedad". I hope you picked up the right one, if so, good catch. If not, ask for a refund.

 

[DnEbook]

the point is that 'i' means the person that gives me the address is in the industry and when i type in irealestate i will get that individuals details , company, numbers, email etc , the same way if bob.tel gave me his address ... i expect to see bob on that site

these are like phonebook details ...... nothing more , that's what this extension is about , strange i cant remeber asking for an appraisal ????

 

[Traveler]

I do have lesbian.tel I put a * because I wasnt sure if I was allowed to type the word on the forum...then again Im still not sure LoL

Anyway I also Love women the more the better :red:

I am not sure either, if it is not allowed it should be given the context. I think we are all grown up enough to not be offended by the word lesbian or gay. At least I hope that is the world we live in.

the point is that 'i' means the person that gives me the address is in the industry and when i type in irealestate i will get that individuals details , company, numbers, email etc , the same way if bob.tel gave me his address ... i expect to see bob on that site

these are like phonebook details ...... nothing more , that's what this extension is about , strange i cant remeber asking for an appraisal ????

Did someone give you an appraisal? I can't help the fact that you contradicted yourself in the same post. No need to get your feathers ruffled.

 

[Soofi]

I just received my refund from asiaregistry.com for NEWS.tel

This is what they have to say

Note from Merchant: news.tel Domain taken. refund

 

[saucey]

There are a couple of things you have to look at:

#1: your domain name.
Every single domain name is case insensitive. Always has been, always will be. You cannot capitalize a domain name in any way, shape or form (whether a .com or a .tel)

#2: Display on the telproxy.
The telproxy tries to capitalize the display of your subdomain links (subdomain links within the page ONLY) in the following way:
every dash is replaced with a space, and first letter of every word is then capitalized. So xyz-abc becomes "Xyz Abc".

Note that for #2, there is absolutely no way we will ever try to guess the capitalization of a (sub)domain. Imagine for example johnnysmith.tel

It could be:
Johnny Smith
or:
John Nysmith

We can't guess it, and we won't guess it.

That said, note that soon we will allow labels for .tel links (i.e. subdomain links). Then we'll be able in the telproxy to use those labels as the main display for the links, which will allow you to capitalize to your hearts' content.

Thanks,
H

Thanks Henry for the prompt response!

Guess I shouldn't have deleted my sub-domains...

Oh well.... :hehe:

 

[Traveler]

I just received my refund from asiaregistry.com for NEWS.tel

This is what they have to say

Sorry to hear that.

 

[Soofi]

Sorry to hear that.

only one I tried to register hmm where i can get list of keywords to try at .tel ? lol

 

[DnEbook]

i am yet to see your names in this "showcase thread' ...please do share , why be in this thread if not show casing your names i wonder ?

 

[cobo]

Cool. I felt that would happen.
That's why I regged several with a number "0" in front, ex: 0income .tel
With the subdomain: "web2" it becomes web2.0income .tel
Gotta have my fun.

 

[nrmillions]

Cool. I felt that would happen.
That's why I regged several with a number "0" in front, ex: 0income .tel
With the subdomain: web2 it becomes web2.0income .tel
Gotta have my fun.

youre joking right? please tell me you arent throwing money away on those kind of regs this early into .tel

 

[saucey]

No ideas, but I think this is an important issue. All the .tel sites I have visited show the name in all lowercase with no space. Not very pretty to look at.

sidenote: I like the northamerica.tel reg, now just don't forget about all the other countries in North America http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America They are going to get jealous if you only include Canada and the USA

Thanx Neo! However, Canada and the USA ARE the only countries in North America. :hehe: Your wikipedia entry uses the term Northern America to include those other countries. At least, that's how I read it!

I also regged South America.tel :hehe: :yell:

 

[Traveler]

why be in this thread if not show casing your names i wonder ?

Maybe to see what kind of names are being showcased? Seems like reason enough. I've seen a lot of great ones and some stinkers. Lets not take the thread offtrack. Best of luck with your irealestate.tel

Getting back on track I will share one of mine, vivienda.tel which relates to Real Estate (it is Spanish)

 

[MattheP]

I was checking out some .tel domains on my iPhone such as Justin.tel and they look extremely plain. Just plain white background and no icons for each category or anything. Doesnt look like how a mobile iPhone site in 2009 should look like. Much different than if you access it from the computer.

IMHO, it was planned to be that way. Mobile devices should do only dns query, not http request, and save time and traffic. Thats difference between .tel and other extensions. Again, IMHO.

Posted on dynadot forum:

There are a couple hundred TEL domains that we are still adding to the system. These were domains that were registered in preorder, or possibly in the first hour of launch.

There was a problem with some of the registry connections during launch, so the orders ended up in problem status. However the domains were registered by us, and we are now manually adding them to the correct accounts.

Dynadot Staff

Thank you, and your forum source was right - I got backordered domain transfered to me couple of minutes ago. I got one capital city from European union for $15, not bad

 

[DnEbook]

have a lovely day !

enjoy your .tels

 

[oracle49]

Regged retailer.tel and retailers.tel

Do you guys think it could make a good directory? I have a feeling the name is a bit too general and not catchy enough for consumers...

 

[Traveler]

Regged retailer.tel and retailers.tel

Do you guys think it could make a good directory? I have a feeling the name is a bit too general and not catchy enough for consumers...

It could make a good directory for retailers, as in what they services they may need. I think it would be the wrong approach to market it to consumers, because they don't think in terms of buying from a "retailer". If you are a retailer you know it and these names may work well targeting that market.

Edit: Yeah, my "problem" domains at dynadot are no longer problems and are now in my account!

 

[oracle49]

Regged retailer.tel and retailers.tel

Do you guys think it could make a good directory? I have a feeling the name is a bit too general and not catchy enough for consumers...

It could make a good directory for retailers, as in what they services they may need. I think it would be the wrong approach to market it to consumers, because they don't think in terms of buying from a "retailer". If you are a retailer you know it and these names may work well targeting that market.

Very good idea and very obvious but didn't even cross my mind

Thanks neobodhi!

Has their been any .tel aftermarket action yet?

 

[beljf123]

I have :

bay.tel
fsbo.tel
sitters.tel

 

[Traveler]

Very good idea and very obvious but didn't even cross my mind

Thanks neobodhi!

Has their been any .tel aftermarket action yet?

Glad I could help

As far as the aftermarket, I have not really seen anything yet. We will probably see names going up for sale in the coming days, but it will take a few weeks or months to establish any kind of sales record to give a reseller value to these names imho.

 

[telking]

is this guy serious?
http://www.godaddy.tel/ :hehe:
wow he paid 300 for that one