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?

 

[MicroGuy]

What did I ask..

Your question is below. Hopefully I qualify as 'anybody'.

... if/when .tel flies, perhaps there will be reasons for the community to argue that TelHosting restrictions be relaxed, I have no idea - at this point I don't see any good reasons. Does anybody?

 

[whitebark]

... if/when .tel flies, perhaps there will be reasons for the community to argue that TelHosting restrictions be relaxed, I have no idea - at this point I don't see any good reasons. Does anybody?

The greatest thing about the Internet is the freedom it brings with it. That freedom is really only bound by laws(trademark, legalities etc), and what you can do with existing technology - coupled with your imagination and hard work. Then comes along .mobi which restricts what you can do in the belief that users want it(which imo flies against technology), and that was a pretty bad start for a new tld, but then comes along .tel. It is even more restrictive with even more limited monetization avenues for the domain owner. And you don't see any reason why they should relax the over-zealous restrictions?

This tld would have been great in 1999, but it's 2009 and going backwards makes little sense to me.

 

[plaggypig]

Your question is below. Hopefully I qualify as 'anybody'.

Your concerns are misplaced. Have a look at the TelHosting page - registrars (and presumably other interested parties who could meet the requirements) can be accredited as either TelHosting Community Providers, or fully fledged TelHosting Providers. And check out the technical requirements.

I still don't understand why you think Justin's explanation was poppycock. In case you didn't notice, justin.tel is on a completely different network to the other demo domains, like celebrity.tel. What kind of load times do you get from there?

 

[MicroGuy]

I still don't understand why you think Justin's explanation was poppycock.

See below........

There is a fundamental difference in terms of getting an internet connection and the speed at which a page loads. It's difficult to do much about the former, as it depends on many issues

If that's the explanation you guys are going to go with, fine. I've got a basketball ballgame to attend. Have a great night.

 

[Kate]

I'm happy :p that domainers like you don't care about .tel, I will not try to convince you because less competitors is better so I can register as many as .tel I could get when General will be live. I'm ready to cash min of $2000,00 (100 .tel) or more on available generics, I'm preparing my list.

After that those domainers that were not involve in .tel registration will cry or buy at $$$$ price

Do you truly believe domainers will want to buy worthless, unmonetizable domains from you ? Even if they were free I wouldn't bother.
I'd rather invest in .tk anytime.

Now you don't have to listen to the naysayers like me... Just consider the following: nearly all the newer TLDs have been utter failures, now .tell me why .tel is going to fare any better. Taking into account that it has restrictions that no other TLD has, nobody knows about it outside domaining circles, and on top of it it's got no backing... not hard to predict this one is going to flop big time.
You can say goodbye to your hard-earned dollars :tri:

 

[phase111]

Your question is below. Hopefully I qualify as 'anybody'.

You seem quite astute, so Im wondering why you havent registered some good .tel's so far. Or do you want to try and put other people off so you can score the best names for yourself, that's a good plan my man, but a plan that has been foiled. :lala:

 

[plaggypig]

See below........


If that's the explanation you guys are going to go with, fine. I've got a basketball ballgame to attend. Have a great night.

You took his quote and chopped it in half. I give up!

 

[hullswingerscom]

yes the rabbit has a master plan...

the grafix look like something from a zx spectrum

 

[saucey]

See below........


If that's the explanation you guys are going to go with, fine. I've got a basketball ballgame to attend. Have a great night.

Is this the quote you meant?

"There is a fundamental difference in terms of getting an internet connection and the speed at which a page loads. It's difficult to do much about the former, as it depends on many issues, but when you get to the .tel page, I think you'll see that it loads in an instant, both in computer-based browsers and device-based browsers. Even quicker using wifi on an iPhone and lightening fast using the application over the iPhone wifi connection which bypasses the web completely and looks the DNS records up directly."

 

[steveteva]

Do you truly believe domainers will want to buy worthless, unmonetizable domains from you ? Even if they were free I wouldn't bother.
I'd rather invest in .tk anytime.

Now you don't have to listen to the naysayers like me... Just consider the following: nearly all the newer TLDs have been utter failures, now .tell me why .tel is going to fare any better. Taking into account that it has restrictions that no other TLD has, nobody knows about it outside domaining circles, and on top of it it's got no backing... not hard to predict this one is going to flop big time.
You can say goodbye to your hard-earned dollars :tri:

Disagree with you, all tlds have not fail. It's like you don't know dnjournal.com, look at sales and tld, you'll find all kind of tld's sold from $1000,00 and over every month.
These hardly earned dollars will not be lost but are used as smart investment. When you get someone asking and paying a domain name for $1000,00 you'll change your mind.

 

[Ms Domainer]

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Any time a new platform is released, it's going to have bugs--this is one of the minuses of being an early adopter of anything.

I just happen to believe that the pluses will outweigh any minuses.

Some of you may be too young to remember, but in the early days of netscape even .com and .net had their glitches and, BTW, detractors. Hell, the internet was often seen as a huge useless behemoth doodad that would be limited to geeks and technology people.

Business was VERY slow in embracing the web.

In any case, no one is trying to twist anyone's arm to reg .tels--at least I'm not.



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[tvdotcoms]

dont invest so much, that you will have to cry and selling for less than reg fees


Go with your guts everyone


Good Luck


I invested zero in .tel myself

 

[lexisdomains]

Let me get this right..... To successfully secure your LandRush domain, you must register for a minimum of 3 years? Is this correct? Because, I've only been doing preorders only.

I've been using domain monster for my Pre Orders.

Please respond,

 

[saucey]

Let me get this right..... To successfully secure your LandRush domain, you must register for a minimum of 3 years? Is this correct? Because, I've only been doing preorders only.

I've been using domain monster for my Pre Orders.

Please respond,

Yes, that's right. It automatically bills you for 3 years, but you have to click the "landrush" box. If you click the general availability box, then someone else can 'snipe' the name during "landrush".

I received an email from DomainMonster yesterday informing me of a number of names which I had reg'd for general availability that aren't available anymore... These are names that were available a few days ago...but not anymore!

Saucey McSauce'n

 

[onlinelife]

Let me get this right..... To successfully secure your LandRush domain, you must register for a minimum of 3 years? Is this correct? Because, I've only been doing preorders only.

I've been using domain monster for my Pre Orders.

Please respond,

That's right, Landrush registrations are for minimum of 3 years. Dynadot.com and Name.com are much more cheaper than other registrars.

 

[lexisdomains]

My lost, Your Gain!!!

LOL!!! I lost a really nice three letter registration. It fit the .Tel extension perfectly and offered a great channel for PPC monetization.

I guess domainmonster is the cheapest registrar offer 3 year registrations for only $109.

Is this correct or is there a cheaper registrar out there?.......

 

[saucey]

LOL!!! I lost a really nice three letter registration. It fit the .Tel extension perfectly and offered a great channel for PPC monetization.

I guess domainmonster is the cheapest registrar offer 3 year registrations for only $109.

Is this correct or is there a cheaper registrar out there?.......

No, that is per year,for 3 years, so the price with fees is around $350-$375 for 3 years I think.. Dynadot is cheaper by about 50 bucks...

 

[lexisdomains]

What's your plans for monetization?

No, that is per year,for 3 years, so the price with fees is around $350-$375 for 3 years I think.. Dynadot is cheaper by about 50 bucks...

Thanks saucey. May I ask, what's your plan for monetizing .TEL?

Anyone feel free to answer.....

 

[Ms Domainer]

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Dynadot charges $325 for three years, but if you order in bulk (three or more, I think), it drops to $299. You don't even have to order all at once.

As more and more people begin to realize the possibilities for .tel, you will see the good three-letter and premium keywords disappear before GA.

I'm finished with landrush, though I do have a few possibilities on my list for GA, but if they go before GA, then that's cool.

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[firefly]

I'm happy :p that domainers like you don't care about .tel, I will not try to convince you because less competitors is better so I can register as many as .tel I could get when General will be live. I'm ready to cash min of $2000,00 (100 .tel) or more on available generics, I'm preparing my list.

After that those domainers that were not involve in .tel registration will cry or buy at $$$$ price

I'm happy that you are Investing in .tel. Means less competition for me when I look for good names in more established extensions. Extensions I might add, that can be monetized straight away with no restrictions and don't cost an arm and two legs to afford.

So I agree with you in reverse.

I won't cry over over the ( massive ) possibility of you wasting your money if you don't cry over me making it.