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?

 

[phase111]

My completed list confirmed- wasnt going to reveal, but in any case :

landrush:

Connecticut.tel
Stuttgart.tel
James.tel
Robert.tel
diamonds.tel
jewelry.tel
blackjack.tel
beauty.tel
building.tel
fat.tel
hhh.tel
flats.tel
carpetcleaning.tel
insurancequotes.tel

GA:

ape.tel
aucklandhotels.tel
austinhotels.tel
ban.tel (what the hell was I thinking)
brians.tel
clairvoyant.tel
dos.tel
dye.tel
fas.tel
freeonline.tel
freeringtones.tel
hongkonghotels.tel
ians.tel
indianapolishotels.tel
jacks.tel
ledzeppelin.tel
losangelesmotels.tel
mathews.tel
memphishotels.tel
nursinghomes.tel
rpg.tel
sanjay.tel
towtrucks.tel
tiling.tel
transexual.tel
valuer.tel
60s.tel
80s.tel
airlineticket.tel
binladen.tel
johnlennon.tel
bins.tel
bullion.tel
garbage.tel
christiandating.tel
colour.tel
currencyexchange.tel
datingservices.tel
datingsites.tel
dildos.tel
freepersonals.tel
forclosures.tel (before I realised the spelling)
garbage.tel
gothic.tel
pimp.tel (I like this one!)
housesforsale.tel (massive exact keyword name)
phentermine.tel (huge generic weightloss drug)
plasterer.tel
plastering.tel
proshop.tel
sexmovie.tel
snowboards.tel
whangarei.tel
wollongong.tel
yuki.tel (bought this for someone else)

Congrats to everyone else who got some great names on this historic day. Please PM your $million offers for above domains...only joking (for the moment) .

 

[GF]

50cent.tel

any comments

Not so much a comment, but a question - what do you plan on doing with 50cent.tel?

 

[brendan52190]

billings.tel - largest city in Montana
bronx.tel - Bronx, NY (borough of nyc, pop. 1mil+)
buses.tel
concord.tel
HoChiMinhCity.tel
hungry.tel
ppl.tel - abbreviation for people, 300k searches a month

What do you think of these?

 

[randomo]

yea, it was the only one name i did it for, but maybe i should have sat there trying to beat out other pre-orders, seems i could have picked off a windfall of good names.

on another note, i had a list of 70 first names that were *not* pre-ordered on domainmonster as of yesterday. i just ran a check and not one of them is available, *all* 70 have been regged. :o

If you're interested in unreg'd first-name .tel's, I posted some in the "Available Domain Names" forum today (here). Not the very most common ones, but still pretty good. (They were all available when I posted the list; haven't checked since then.)

billings.tel - largest city in Montana
bronx.tel - Bronx, NY (borough of nyc, pop. 1mil+)
buses.tel
concord.tel
HoChiMinhCity.tel
hungry.tel
ppl.tel - abbreviation for people, 300k searches a month

What do you think of these?

Bronx is nice!

Billings is pretty good; I got a similar one (Wilmington, largest city in Delaware & one of largest cities in North Carolina).

 

[Ms Domainer]

Hopefully. It could be a result of opening day jitters Everyone is probably taking a lot of bandwidth from TelHost. We'll see.

btw, nice job with poets.tel

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Thanks, FathomJH,

I agonized over getting poets.tel during landrush, given that I already have the .net. Now I'm glad I did.

I just wanted an easy and unfettered contact link for the four sites. That's the beauty of .tel.

I almost waited until GA, but it might have been gone by then, and I didn't want to take the chance.

Sure, I could have built a simple page, but I like the smplicity of the card, given that my sites tend to be busy.


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[phase111]

:lol:

And every single step along the way I repeated that one needs to do their own research and conduct due diligence prior to investment (and, moreover, that the landrush $300+/- registration fees were costly and, thus, riskly) ... that being said, I do still think that the .TEL is a very unique extension (for instance, no development required) and seems like a good, highly brandable alternative for access to vital contact information for those that are on their mobile devices while in a hurry and out and about while "on the go"! :talk: :imho:

I wish all investors well, naturally! :music:
See you soon.
-Jeff

Thanks Sir Jeff, your comments about .tel have been quite accurate, I don't give .mobi much hope either, still bewildering that people can compare it to .tel (vaguely similar in that it is suited to mobile- that's about it).

 

[kerala]

kerala.tel
kochi.tel
dhaka.tel
chennai.tel
kolkata.tel
hyderabad.tel
coimbatore.tel
chandigarh.tel
tashkent.tel
chittagong.tel
bandung.tel
fontana.tel
temples.tel
hotelbooking.tel
asiahotels.tel
europehotels.tel
shanghaihotels.tel
phoenixhotels.tel
chennaihotels.tel
indiahotels.tel
chinahotels.tel
bangkokhotels.tel
moscowhotels.tel
birminhamhotels.tel
singaporehotels.tel
scotlandhotels.tel
mumbaihotels.tel
fashionshow.tel
chemicals.tel
distributors.tel
jews.tel
mails.tel
aac.tel
aal.tel

thanks.

 

[GeoOwners]

some nice stuff in just 11 posts...funny how many I looked up myself that some of you have


I owned towing.org for a bit until an end user bought it...towing.tel could be a nice one

 

[GeoOwners]

50cent.tel

any comments

I remember when tel ephone calls were 10 cent :sold:

 

[phase111]

kerala.tel
kochi.tel
dhaka.tel
chennai.tel
kolkata.tel
hyderabad.tel
coimbatore.tel
chandigarh.tel
tashkent.tel
chittagong.tel
bandung.tel
fontana.tel
temples.tel
hotelbooking.tel
asiahotels.tel
europehotels.tel
shanghaihotels.tel
phoenixhotels.tel
chennaihotels.tel
indiahotels.tel
chinahotels.tel
bangkokhotels.tel
moscowhotels.tel
birminhamhotels.tel
singaporehotels.tel
scotlandhotels.tel
mumbaihotels.tel
fashionshow.tel
chemicals.tel
distributors.tel
jews.tel
mails.tel
aac.tel
aal.tel

thanks.

haha, so you got them...I had some of yours on my preorder, but DM wasnt fast enough obviously, lol...I had: Bandung.tel, birminghamhotels.tel, phoenixhotels.tel on preorder too! Well done. :sold:

 

[MicroGuy]

I decided to get my feet wet and go for a South Carolina theme (remaining cities mostly)

aiken*tel
spartanburg*tel
sumter*tel
rockhill*tel
clemson*tel
upstate*tel
carolina*tel (pre order)

If anyone is interested in this package, I'll let it go for $299.00 [tonight only]. (:talk

 

[lexisdomains]

Can You TradeMark your domain even if Live TM's exist?

Can You TradeMark your domain even if Live TM's exist?​

Can you TradeMark your company & or services even if a live TradeMark exists? Please feel free to read my latest blog posts: http://telpros.info/2009/03/is-your-tel-brand-trade-marked/

 

[GF]

I decided to get my feet wet and go for a South Carolina theme (remaining cities mostly)

aiken*tel
spartanburg*tel
sumter*tel
rockhill*tel
clemson*tel
upstate*tel
carolina*tel (pre order)

If anyone is interested in this package, I'll let it go for $299.00 [tonight only]. (:talk

Good call on the geos... Those will be the best imo.

- G

 

[Ms Domainer]

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A few GA:

heloc[.]tel (Believe it or not, this keyword/acronym earns $9.00 - 14.00 a click--could have a link to a .com site)

ring-tone[.]tel

ring-tones[.]tel

shortcode[.]tel

shortcodes[.]tel

avatar[.]tel

emoticon[.]tel

emoticons[.]tel

icons[.]tel

smiley[.]tel

smileys[.]tel

smilies[.]tel

trends[.]tel

ticker[.]tel

siouxcity[.]tel (where I was born)

equityloans[.]tel

equityloan[.]tel

homeequityloan[.]tel

BusinessForSale[.]tel (surprising high exact search numbers--I could rent this one out for short term use).

crosswords[.]tel​

A few more that I'm not quite ready to reveal yet.

When I was thinking of keywords, I tried to think of activities and services one might do and find on a cell phone. For landrush, I had pre-ordered ringtones and ringtone, but someone beat me to it. Then I discovered that ring tones and ring tone also get high search numbers, but no way was I going to pay $300 for them. So preordered for GA. I don't know if it was a good move or not.

Anyway, I'm done regging these. Time to start loading them.




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[dochlaggie]

I registered a few

pup.tel
puppies.tel
canine.tel
canines.tel
kittens.tel
pussies.tel but I think I will use this one as an adult directory

 

[Ms Domainer]

Can You TradeMark your domain even if Live TM's exist?​

Can you TradeMark your company & or services even if a live TradeMark exists? Please feel free to read my latest blog posts: http://telpros.info/2009/03/is-your-tel-brand-trade-marked/

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There is a lot of good info on the Legal/Dispute thread on what trademark terms can be used for alternate uses. There are a lot of nuances, and they are not always clear.

The short answer: if the trademarked term is made-up specifically for a product or service, like Verizon, then no.


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[footodors]

when is godaddy going to let .tel be registered?

 

[CDM]

holy crapola! just watched the .tel commercial, its amazingly well done!

for anyone whos not seen it check it out and prepare to be awed. please tel me they are going to air that on some prime time network television ..

... :sold: :sold: :sold:

 

[FathomJH]

when is godaddy going to let .tel be registered?

I don't think anytime soon as they don't stand to make any money off hosting (.tel's don't need reg. hosting). Who knows, maybe they will some time

 

[hawkeye]

...I don't give .mobi much hope either, still bewildering that people can compare it to .tel (vaguely similar in that it is suited to mobile- that's about it).

Uh, I don't believe anyone said they were 'similiar'! But maybe you did! And I'm sure you'll be able to monetize your .tels ....well...., somehow! I also guess we'll have to see if Foxnews et al, promotes and puts their Foxnews.tel on their logo on screen, like they do for .mobi and .com! (But I'd take the bet that they won't!)

:lol:

And every single step along the way I repeated that one needs to do their own research and conduct due diligence prior to investment (and, moreover, that the landrush $300+/- registration fees were costly and, thus, riskly) ...

Well you may have noted it a 'few' times, but unfortunately there will be those, noobies or not, that didn't see everyone of your posts, and probably figured that someone with 'Staff...' under his name and his consistant ramping of the 'highly brandable .tel', and figure that must a qualified endorsement (not!) and a good thing to buy into. Subliminal messages are a little more powerful than you may realize! The good news is, if there are those that regged .tels because of that hype, .. it was 'you' that put it in their subconscious, and no one else!!