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?

 

[azerbaijan]

What is verry interesting is to see that in roadmap the email features like [email protected] This is already available on some hostings.

I just wonder,i've got godaddy hosting and have also birja.tel account,why can't i have [email protected] email address?

 

[siga]

I've heard that this is/was the same with yahoo id's in some cultures.

Did not realise twitter were the same.

 

[Ms Domainer]

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So, then, with .tel domains, selling a premium name is completely legal; unlike Twitter, Yahoo, Facebook, myspace, gmail (places where sales of premium user names are routine, albeit underground), one will not have one's name confiscated if the name was purchased on the aftermarket.

It would be very sad if you bought an expensive twitter user name, only to have it confiscated, which would be allowable under Twitter's TOS.

Better to pay a premium for a .tel domain.

As .tel evolves, you will see the value of .tel premiums rise accordingly.

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[Archangel]

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Never underestimate the power of vanity and status branding.


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Of every post I've read in this thread, this single line of text rings the most accurate. I doubt I'd ever use a .tel (I don't think I'd ever need one, really) but I'd consider buying randy.tel, for vanity purposes.

But there are still ppl who know nothing about the .tel or they doubt they'd need one. I'll say once again: Ya can't say .tel will or will not flop right now, ppl. Speculation is all we have at this point. Give it a year and we'll be able to draw a conclusion (or at least we'll have some stats to play with)

 

[Ms Domainer]

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_________, you're a good person with a kind heart; Oprah's representative just may take you up on that offer.

On the other hand, the person who regged Oprah [dot] tel had better (1) be named Oprah, (2) regged this on behalf of Oprah, (3) or have a kid or relative with that name.

Even if 1 and 3 are fufilled, the contact in the domain had better not pretend to be that of the famous Oprah.

Oprah has deep pockets; although she appears sweet and all kumbaya on her show, I hear that she doesn't suffer fools lightly when it comes to business.

I think that the numpty who regged Oprah [dot] tel at landrush is gonna lose $350 - $400.

EDIT: Removed quote because I noticed that the original post has been removed.

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[WordWalker]

But there are still ppl who know nothing about the .tel or they doubt they'd need one. I'll say once again: Ya can't say .tel will or will not flop right now, ppl. Speculation is all we have at this point. Give it a year and we'll be able to draw a conclusion (or at least we'll have some stats to play with)

The following applies to the promotion of any TLD, including .Tel:

"Commercials, infomercials, print ads and miscellaneous other mass marketing strategies wield considerable weight and compel end users to buy billions of dollars in products and services they didn’t know existed, didn’t want and don’t need. Imagine what these same marketers could do if unleashed on the end user masses with something really valuable like domain names.

I hate to be the one to break it to my fellow domainers, but blogging, wishing and wondering have never been adequate substitutes for a meticulously planned, well-executed advertising campaign. One day, the domain industry will wake-up to the fact that despite Madison Avenue's inability to immediately grasp the potential of domain space, it has nonetheless spent more than a century firmly establishing itself as the undisputed champion for creating unrelenting demand where none existed before. When that day comes, end users will be clambering for their very own domain DOT Du Jour simply because a bunch of advertising executives sitting around a conference table with their domainer clients decided to make it so.

In the meantime, we'll blog, wish and wonder as we continue leaving end user domain buying decisions to the fates."

Comment Posting by reader (not Rick)
RicksBlog.com Dec. 21 2008

 

[DubDubDubDot]

It would be very sad if you bought an expensive twitter user name, only to have it confiscated, which would be allowable under Twitter's TOS.

Better to pay a premium for a .tel domain.

So they can.... Let me guess.... Link to their bad Twitter username from their good .tel.

The person willing to spend $x on a certain Twitter username can't be sold on spending that money on a .tel instead.

 

[Traveler]

But there are still ppl who know nothing about the .tel or they doubt they'd need one. I'll say once again: Ya can't say .tel will or will not flop right now, ppl. Speculation is all we have at this point. Give it a year and we'll be able to draw a conclusion (or at least we'll have some stats to play with)

Correct, speculation is all we have at this point. If dot tel takes off those that speculated early will do well. Those that waited to see if .tel would take off before investing already missed the opportunity.

 

[Archangel]

Correct, speculation is all we have at this point. If dot tel takes off those that speculated early will do well. Those that waited to see if .tel would take off before investing already missed the opportunity.

Exactly. That's why I regged 1 .tel so if the ext DOES take off, I won't miss the boat entirely.

 

[kprobe]

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_________, you're a good person with a kind heart; Oprah's representative just may take you up on that offer.

On the other hand, the person who regged Oprah [dot] tel had better (1) be named Oprah, (2) regged this on behalf of Oprah, (3) or have a kid or relative with that name.

Even if 1 and 3 are fufilled, the contact in the domain had better not pretend to be that of the famous Oprah.

Oprah has deep pockets; although she appears sweet and all kumbaya on her show, I hear that she doesn't suffer fools lightly when it comes to business.

I think that the numpty who regged Oprah [dot] tel at landrush is gonna lose $350 - $400.

EDIT: Removed quote because I noticed that the original post has been removed.

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Thx Ms_Domainer. Thx
BTW. Mis_Chiff removed my original post maybe because I had a link (sorry new here), or without actually reading what is at promoting dot tel: simply trying to help promote dotTEL for everyone in a variety of ways and not promoting an oprah domain at all.

 

[mis_chiff]

Thx Ms_Domainer. Thx
BTW. Mis_Chiff removed my original post maybe because I had a link (sorry new here), or without actually reading what is at promoting dot tel: simply trying to help promote dotTEL for everyone in a variety of ways and not promoting an oprah domain at all.

As stated in PM
It's not what is at the end of the link, or the reason
the link is posted, it's the link being there in the first place.

 

[WordWalker]

Search results for Debra Shepard (no quotes) returns DebraShepard.tel at no. 30. Not too shabby! :].

 

[Archangel]

Search results for Debra Shepard (no quotes) returns DebraShepard.tel at no. 30. Not too shabby! :]

This makes me think: What .tel will swim and what will sink? I couldn't see any ext that is a nom-name ever becoming much. Even poker.tel doesn't seem to have a logical use. I own jacklyn.tel but... how desirable is it? I mentioned randy.tel earlier. It might be good to put on a business card but that's about it. Seeing what they are & all, would everyone named Jacklyn want my .tel or would they prefer something more person like, say, JacklynSmith.tel? We'll have to give it awhile to see... and for you investors: Don't try to get every FirstnameLastname.tel you can think of... lawsuits galore will come knocking on your door.

 

[lipps]

Personally at this time I can only see a few options for making some good money on tel domains.

Vanity domains yes but not as high as one would think
Say Waldo wants his own domain. He is in his trailer, doing his laundry on the porch while working on his car on blocks in the front yard.

He goes to his Dell c500 laptop, connects his dial up service, and bam, get a pop up that says he can bid on the domain name Waldo.tel (Hopefully owned by someone here)

So Waldo goes to his matress and checks, he has 2k stashed away that he was going to use for a nice trip to Georiga for the Nascar race, but wants the domain so bad he bids, Good for Waldo he wins. Shame he aint Bill Gates he might buy Bill dot tel for a bit more.

Perhaps Waldo might get smarter and decide to buy a tel domain that he could sell contact space to a group of people. Of course that would have to be a group willing to pay. Say 10 bucks a year for name, number, email, address and that fancy little map at the side. Kinda like being listed in the phone book I suppose.

If Waldo could just get a 1000 people to post their contacts on his dot tel he could make 10k off that domain a year. Now Waldo is getting smarter. Problem is old Waldo just dosent know how to drive the users to his directory. He is thinking about hiring a sign spinner.

Of course, Waldo was smart. His laundry and car service has already got the copyrights and trademarks on "Waldo car and laundry service of central and regional north nowhere america usa llc formally inc" so he dosent have to worry about buying

Waldocarandlaundryserviceofcentralandregionalnorthnowhereamerica usallcformallyinc.tel

By rights its his. Sorry Oprah I know you wanted it and I know whoever got that one in the land rush is really gonna lose the 300 bucks.

Shame Waldo cant link his ebay store to a tel domain item by item. It might be a way to generate some funds off of brake parts and laundry soaps.

I am sure Mrs Waldo would like to shop ebay at work somehow now that the rubber plant has put in that new fancy adaware firewall thing so she cant get to ebay on the computer any longer.

That new fancy Motorola DynaTAC 8000X she has might be great for that.

In short perhaps there are a few ways to generate some funds, but not pay for service, more pay for advertising space. Good Ad space gets good bucks these days, if dot tel can ever get the traffic.

 

[Ms Domainer]

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I agree. I regged my own first name and last name. I also regged the first names of my granddaughters.

But that's it.

People who regged first names will probably be okay, unless it's something famous like Madonna, Cher, or Oprah.

But I would hesitate in regging the full name of a celeb.

Generics and GEOs are best (IMO).


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This makes me think: What .tel will swim and what will sink? I couldn't see any ext that is a nom-name ever becoming much. Even poker.tel doesn't seem to have a logical use. I own jacklyn.tel but... how desirable is it? I mentioned randy.tel earlier. It might be good to put on a business card but that's about it. Seeing what they are & all, would everyone named Jacklyn want my .tel or would they prefer something more person like, say, JacklynSmith.tel? We'll have to give it awhile to see... and for you investors: Don't try to get every FirstnameLastname.tel you can think of... lawsuits galore will come knocking on your door.

 

[mis_chiff]

I agree with both of you.
I regged the city I live in, it's a tourist community,
surrounded by more Tourist communities.
So win win for me, as far I'm concerned.

People that visit here are always asking for websites for
different things, they leave with about 15 different
websites addresses. (because they want the actual sitename)

At least they did last year, this year however, they
will be leaving with just one - the city i live in .tel :tu:

Showcase your .Tel's Here

 

[steveteva]

I just saw web_designer_dot_tel (not mine) on Sedo with 1 bid and reserve met for $500.00. Looks like some are quick flip for profits, what if .tel fetch high, this could worth x2?

 

[seo service]

check searches first by this tool https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal
after that you can decide which is better for you.

 

[lexisdomains]

Alright. I'm done with my first batch of FREE .TEL reviews.

Each domain review includes the following:

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2. Domain Score Card

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Enjoy,
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[DubDubDubDot]

Alright. I'm done with my first batch of FREE .TEL reviews.

Each domain review includes the following:

1. Generic Logo
2. Domain Score Card

You can review these articles at Newslogue.com*|*Archive*|*Domain News

Enjoy,
LexisDomains

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