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?

 

[stefanb]

Since you mentioned Verizon, I just got some forms in the mail from the US Bankruptcy Court informing me that IDEARC (AKA Verizon Directories....)filed for Chapter 11, a few weeks after the deadline to be listed in their directories and after struggling with them to develop a direct mail advertising campaign. I was going to tell them that if they continue to do business like that they will go out of business... I guess I was too late for that. We'll see what happens to the thousands of dollars that I poured into IDEARC.... I am a little pissed....

Anyway, for those who doubt the power of the .tel, see flu.tel that I set up for both public and professionals as a public service. Again I think that anybody looking closely at it will realize the power of .tel as an information tool in the right hands, once people start to find out about it. I challenge any of you to find a more informative place on the Internet or in the media or anywhere about the swine flu than you can find on the .tel sites dealing with the swine flu (flu.tel and the other .tel sites on the subject that are not mine). Why? Because the sources listed on these .tels are the main sources of reliable health information on the subject in the world. Check instead Google or other any other source of information on this particular subject..... It's that easy.

Good luck to everybody....

To get the picture you want, you link from TEL to it, just like the Yellowpages does. A lot of phone book listings do not have pictures at all. I know the Verizon ads don't unless you pay a large fee. Even then the pictures are extremely tiny. So what are you going to do for value: pay $100+ a month for an online phonebook ad or buy a TEL for $8.95.

That's what happens when you pay directories: they own the landing pages and can kick you out at any time.

 

[Tia Wood]

I got BHT.TEL for $8.95. In COM, this isn't going to happen for under $xxxxx.

For me, that would be a reason to avoid .tel. But that's just
:imho:

 

[Ms Domainer]

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I believe that 3 letter .tels will become very desirable, even the non-pronounceable non-premiums.

Why? Because in this case, short is better. Tel will be used differently from the standard LLL domain. In essence, these will replace phone numbers, so the shorter, the better (and the more memorable). The dictionary word or well-known acronym, pronounceable LLL's will be like money in the bank, but the others will be sought after as well. BHT isn't bad for a few bucks and is easy to remember, not like pqg.

Also, for those of you who are still regging LLL's, don't forget to look at the non-premiums. Two days ago, I was surprised to find a LLL that is well searched (five pages of Google ads), but it has a "q" in it. I also snagged another very familiar term.

There was a LLL list floating around, but I think it has been has since been deleted. If you have a script, maybe you can ressurrect the list; it might be well worth the search.




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[steveteva]

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I believe that 3 letter .tels will become very desirable, even the non-pronounceable non-premiums.

Why? Because in this case, short is better. Tel will be used differently from the standard LLL domain. In essence, these will replace phone numbers, so the shorter, the better (and the more memorable). The dictionary word or well-known acronym, pronounceable LLL's will be like money in the bank, but the others will be sought after as well. BHT isn't bad for a few bucks and is easy to remember, not like pqg.

Also, for those of you who are still regging LLL's, don't forget to look at the non-premiums. Two days ago, I was surprised to find a LLL that is well searched (five pages of Google ads), but it has a "q" in it. I also snagged another very familiar term.

There was a LLL list floating around, but I think it has been has since been deleted. If you have a script, maybe you can ressurrect the list; it might be well worth the search.




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Not only LLL.tel are good in some case but LLLL.tel are also very desirable when it comes to something you can "develop".

I own W E H O .tel (it's West Hollywood abrv. just like NYC for New York City) and have built a city portal. Still under development but you can see the power of tel :
You can try to see: go to Tourism Informaton -> Airports-> lax
you can even click on Location to see Map of airport.

Also this is AMAZING if you've got an iphone or mobile phone:
Tourism Informaton -> weather -> Website link

Also check : news (excellent on mobile device too)

Sure that many here will copy my idea but that's the forum for

Dot tel give a great opportunity for non programers to built any directory within minutes and it looks awsome on mobile devices.

 

[cyberonyx]

release 57 of telhosting panel.

maps has never shown correct accuracy for me when using safari browser, on macosx10.5. so for me....

- maps function on mac still useless for accuracy. the iphone app so far is the ONLY tool that I have had accurate success with and displays back same accuracy on the google maps iphone app. even if you enter the EXACT same co-ordinates (as was accurately saved on the iphone app), then copy to a web-browser interface on either safari or firefox, you STILL get a completely different location, as seen on macosx10.5

- maps on firefox at least has a "save" button, but still rounds off to a totally inaccurate location.

- maps on safari/macosx. "save" button completely gone????

a few other things not rendering correctly on safari. such as the option to overide "disable validation check" etc

can somebody please test this on safari.
thanks

 

[spline]

For me its simple.

These domains names might not be the easiest to Monetize. But that does not mean they don't have a value.

I know that there are atleast one area in which they have value, as vanity numbers.

Just like in the commercial.

Ask yourself would you not want to give out dreamguy.tel to a girl in a bar instead
of a boring phone nr?

Or Dntrader.tel to a business contact?

A cool/fun/professional easy to remember dot .tel will be the new prestigious way to give out a phonenr/contact info.

Its the same for any business.

Rather than having to make them write down your phone nr that is 08-739 05 02
which does not make any sence at all?


No one who knows the slightest about marketing can say they prefere to let people write down a number.

If you have a business selling thaifood would you not want
people to be able to just write in thaifood.tel in their phones?

You don't even need to develop a directory for thaifood.tel for it to have value.

Though I happen to know that there are atleast one affiliate company that have a pay per call solution.

I myself got:

Dntrader.tel

You are ofcourse free to give me an offer but to tell you the truth, I will not consider selling it in the first place.

 

[hasseily]

release 57 of telhosting panel.

maps has never shown correct accuracy for me when using safari browser, on macosx10.5. so for me....

- maps function on mac still useless for accuracy. the iphone app so far is the ONLY tool that I have had accurate success with and displays back same accuracy on the google maps iphone app. even if you enter the EXACT same co-ordinates (as was accurately saved on the iphone app), then copy to a web-browser interface on either safari or firefox, you STILL get a completely different location, as seen on macosx10.5

- maps on firefox at least has a "save" button, but still rounds off to a totally inaccurate location.

- maps on safari/macosx. "save" button completely gone????

a few other things not rendering correctly on safari. such as the option to overide "disable validation check" etc

can somebody please test this on safari.
thanks

I use Safari exclusively on OSX 10.5.6.
Safari Version 3.2.1 (5525.27.1)

I don't see any of the problems you've got. The save button is here, and the precision is there (within a couple of meters).
The only issue that I see is that the Telproxy rounds to 3 decimal places when creating the URL on google maps. That'll get fixed, but it's independent of your OS.

 

[cyberonyx]

my screen shot. same safari. same osx. different? using macmini g4

- no save or delete button.
- google maps as rendered in telhosting interface waaayyyy off.
- google maps as rendered in iphone and at maps.google.com = exact

ok, well im thinking about upgrading to a better mac.

cheers

 

[hasseily]

Really weird, cyberonyx. Did you try the usual such as totally wipe your cache, etc...?

 

[plaggypig]

The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. auction opens today at 12:15pm PT and it includes a selection of .tel names. Post your predictions for the final sale prices on each!

Name			Reserve/Bid Range
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Checking.tel		$1 - $5,000
Chick.tel		$1 - $5,000
Employee.tel		$1 - $5,000
FindIt.tel		$1 - $5,000
FrenchRiviera.tel	$1 - $5,000
Heart.tel		$1 - $5,000
Homes.tel		$100,001 - $250,000
Link.tel		$1 - $5,000
NYC.tel			$100,001 - $250,000
Taco.tel		$1 - $5,000
Truck.tel		$5,001 - $10,000

 

[Traveler]

The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. auction opens today at 12:15pm PT and it includes a selection of .tel names. Post your predictions for the final sale prices on each!

I predict most won't sell. A couple may go for low x,xxx. None will go over $10,000. :tri:

 

[gilescoley]

I predict these 3 will be the top 3 in that order, cant give a price though

Homes.tel
NYC.tel
Link.tel

 

[Kate]

100K+ for a .tel that you can barely monetize ? Good luck with that.

 

[plaggypig]

100k+ for a premium geo that you CAN monetise.. bargain!

 

[rupert]

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There was a LLL list floating around, but I think it has been has since been deleted. If you have a script, maybe you can ressurrect the list; it might be well worth the search.




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http://pagebin.com/c38a

:loveyou:

 

[Billy2009]

FindIt is a keeper. Was on my list pre-GA but got regged.

 

[steveteva]

The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. auction opens today at 12:15pm PT and it includes a selection of .tel names. Post your predictions for the final sale prices on each!

Name			Reserve/Bid Range
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Checking.tel		$1 - $5,000
Chick.tel		$1 - $5,000
Employee.tel		$1 - $5,000
FindIt.tel		$1 - $5,000
FrenchRiviera.tel	$1 - $5,000
Heart.tel		$1 - $5,000
Homes.tel		$100,001 - $250,000
Link.tel		$1 - $5,000
NYC.tel			$100,001 - $250,000
Taco.tel		$1 - $5,000
Truck.tel		$5,001 - $10,000

No prediction but if any of these have been sold, are have high bids then, dot tel are valuable (premiums worth thousands) and all nasayers will start to regret not having a dot tel, they miss the train.

 

[Steven]

I don't think any of them will sell.
The reserve is way too high for some of them.

 

[bamaboy]

will it be possible to sell a .tel domain in recent future in a good price ?

I know .tel is not gonna be a big flop and will have value in future, but any chances of a real good deal in near future ?
Just wanted some opinions

 

[Jeff]

I don't think any of them will sell.
The reserve is way too high for some of them.

Agreed. :blink: :imho:

No one is going to, or should at this time, pay $100k+ ... for Homes or NYC (or even $5k for Truck), IMHO. :yell:

Just my two sense.
-Jeff