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?

 

[dmi]

Wait a minute. You people are actually paying $300 for one .tel domain name?

 

[tata668]

Domains were not created for people to buy, sell and trade. As such, this extension was not created for "domainers." You cannot place ads on these sites and monetize them. If you intend to monetize these domains I would stay away. If you intend to "hold" and resell later to an "end-user," I would not recommend this as well.

You can sell links on your site.

 

[phase111]

Apparently I successfully registered:
James.tel (my name)
Robert.tel
jewelry.tel
diamonds.tel
blackjack.tel
beauty.tel

 

[Terrains]

yes all 10 were at domain monster

Finance.tel
Mortgage.tel
Casino.tel
and many more

2 went out ( property.tel and hotel.tel ) but the rest all seemed clear and now its all gone cause .tel finally thought of announcing that it had that many sunrise application and all i think its all just fake so much for not holding up names or auctioning them off cause they will later on sedo or else where

if they want money so much they should have just priced it 3000 or plus anyone who wanted it would have grabed it.

i would have paid 3000 for casino.tel or any other good .tel

Yeah, I had NewYork.tel and Food.tel on DM. Both were clear of sunrise up until last night, wake up this morning and sunrise.nic.tel shows someone pending. Unfortunate.

Seems like the same guy that got mine got Finance.tel from yours also =].

 

[DotUSDomains]

Wait a minute. You people are actually paying $300 for one .tel domain name?

Seems so

I can count on 2 hands (yes i only have 10 fingers) how many names will be worth more than $1000 a piece

If you cant make money off them and monetize them then whats the point ?

Prime keywords may have a chance.

This is almost as bad an ext as .mobi

 

[mulligan]

what will be the general fee after this rush :p

From Dynadot:

NOTE: Open registration is March 24, where the price will drop to around $10/year per TEL domain.



You guys are totally insane ... or have more money than sense .. or both

 

[FathomJH]

"You can sell links on your site."

Very good point and I agree. You could also lease the name and/or links. However, I feel many people are rushing into this extension.

 

[MattheP]

i thought they would do a fair job on .tel but tell you what when greed comes it comes in all forms i am totally devastated i never knew it would effect me so much, i just don't belive any registries now i think its not worth it,

I really think you should not blame registars for not getting casino.tel

 

[chandan]

From Dynadot:

NOTE: Open registration is March 24, where the price will drop to around $10/year per TEL domain.

thanks repped

"You can sell links on your site."

Very good point and I agree. You could also lease the name and/or links. However, I feel many people are rushing into this extension.

i prefer buying links on established PR domains/sites

 

[Debt.tv]

Seems so

I can count on 2 hands (yes i only have 10 fingers) how many names will be worth more than $1000 a piece

If you cant make money off them and monetize them then whats the point ?

Prime keywords may have a chance.

This is almost as bad an ext as .mobi

This is worse than .mobi because there is no website, it is a phonebook with contact info. No way to monitize this site. Have you seen the examples of a .tel, there are like 4 or 6 of them and they all look the same. Exactly the same.

 

[FathomJH]

"i prefer buying links on established PR domains/sites"

I agree to that as well .

 

[mulligan]

All available ... Knock yourselves out.

ccc.tel
ddd.tel
eee.tel
fff.tel
ggg.tel
hhh.tel
iii.tel
jjj.tel
kkk.tel
lll.tel
mmm.tel
nnn.tel
ooo.tel
ppp.tel
qqq.tel
rrr.tel
sss.tel
ttt.tel
uuu.tel
vvv.tel
yyy.tel
zzz.tel

 

[saucey]

Here's the NEW YORK application.. (Sneaky!!!!)

EDIT:

Sorry guys.... I removed the info... Even though it is public, I dont like posting personal stuff like that. You can search it yourself if interested..

 

[Terrains]

All available ... Knock yourselves out.

ccc.tel
ddd.tel
eee.tel
fff.tel
ggg.tel
hhh.tel
iii.tel
jjj.tel
kkk.tel
lll.tel
mmm.tel
nnn.tel
ooo.tel
ppp.tel
qqq.tel
rrr.tel
sss.tel
ttt.tel
uuu.tel
vvv.tel
yyy.tel
zzz.tel

What? No xxx? =]

 

[FathomJH]

Somebody will eventually feel a knock :D

 

[fixxation]

Does anyone know where you can see the WHOIS info for .tel at the moment? I tried www.whois.tel but it's not even resolving anymore....

Thanks

 

[FathomJH]

Not available yet.

 

[mjnels]

This is almost as bad an ext as .mobi

ummmm.. "almost as bad as .mobi" ?

as in, .mobi is a worse TLD than .tel ?


you can monetize a .mobi just like any other TLD silly.... well, except .TEL that is.

 

[Shahid7]

I really think you should not blame registars for not getting casino.tel

i didnt blame the registry but i guess i might have i don't know or maybe i was too over excited.

 

[MattheP]

Here's the NEW YORK application.. (Sneaky!!!!)

Why do you think its sneaky? He is a domainer like you (google his postal address) and he did register trademark needed for sunrise period. I would call it business.