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?

 

[Ms Domainer]

OK good to know. So for each customer you will manually create and maintain their data?

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Yep, that's the plan.

I will allow for one free change every 30 days or so, but after that there will be an extra charge.

If the customer has his/her own .tel, there will be no need for changes.

Here's what I envision:

1. My potential customer regs his own .tel address; for example, non-techie John registers JohnSmith3571 [.] tel and sets up his own contact information on the card that he controls.

2. John would like to have a more memorable address for his contact card, so he rents John.has.tel for, say, $5.00 a month or $50.00 a year (or whatever the market will bear, unknown at this point).

3. He pays his rent, and I input John3571 [.] tel on the John.has.tel subdomain.

4. The customer prints up his business card with John.has.tel and distributes them.

5. Friend clicks on John.has.tel and sees the John3571 [.] tel link and (Contact info). On the profile, it will show, "Click on link to John Smith's contact info."

6. Friend clicks and goes to John3571 [.] tel and finds info.​

This may sounds a bit convoluted, but, actually, .tel cards load fast, and it's only one extra step (unless user goes to has.tel, then it's two steps).


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[mis_chiff]

I don't remember if this has been asked, if it has
then I don't remember the answer :red:

When you approach a customer to buy a "Link" per say,
how do you prove traffic and stats?

 

[equity78]

This is not discussion this is the showcase thread, any post that is not showcasing .tel you own will be deleted. 235 posts were just moved to the .tel discussion thread.

 

[alex_d]

Ms Domainer - I like your "thinking out of the box". However, what would happen if you have two people called John who are interested ?? Would it be a case of first come - first served ?? I think that once you have a client for the main popular names, anyone else with one of the those names is more likely to want to reg their own .tel, rather than something like johnd2.has.tel

I'm not trying to knock your idea or anything - I'm just wondering what your plans are for this scenario ??

Alex

 

[hullswingerscom]

this thread rocks..

app.tel seem to work well and it does go with dot tel....not mine

pleaseringmeasihavenofriends.tel

 

[Ms Domainer]

I don't remember if this has been asked, if it has
then I don't remember the answer :red:

When you approach a customer to buy a "Link" per say,
how do you prove traffic and stats?

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At this point, you can't.

It's something that Telnic ought to think about.

On the other hand, John Smith, user, will probably not care much about stats; he just wants the people he deals with on a daily basis to be able to find his contact info. He's not looking to monetize anything.

In a sense, this is a TLD designed for end users, not domainers.

Even so, Alexa seems to have the tools to count hits on .tel. My name .tel ranks about 1,580,000.

I'm not sure if this is a glitch (I don't always trust Alexa stats), or if they have some special scripts for counting stats on new TLDs.


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This is not discussion this is the showcase thread, any post that is not showcasing .tel you own will be deleted. 235 posts were just moved to the .tel discussion thread.

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This IS the discussion thread.

But I can appreciate the confusion.




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Ms Domainer - I like your "thinking out of the box". However, what would happen if you have two people called John who are interested ?? Would it be a case of first come - first served ?? I think that once you have a client for the main popular names, anyone else with one of the those names is more likely to want to reg their own .tel, rather than something like johnd2.has.tel

I'm not trying to knock your idea or anything - I'm just wondering what your plans are for this scenario ??

Alex

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I appreciate questions because they force me think and rethink my plan, so don't worry about offending me.

Yes, once you get to Johnd2, the user might just as well reg his own .tel.

To answer, I would say first come, first served. I would have to think about contracts. Is it month-to-month, year to year? If someone signs up for a year I shouldn't (and can't say), "Gee, John, I have a better offer. Pay up more." I wouldn't operate that way.

But after the contract period is up, I could raise prices to reflect popularity of a name, giving the original renter first dibs.

Right out of the box, I could also consider tiered pricing, more for popular names, less for unusual names. That would take some thought and research, however.

In the end, it will be all about supply and demand.


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[footodors]

I expect Google shows results based on ip address. I still show 46 here, which is most important as I live next to Cranston and so will most users.

http://www.google.com/search?q=cranston&hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1T4GWYE_enUS260US260&start=40&sa=N

 

[equity78]

No Ms Domainer you were posting in the .tel showcase thread, and others continued to so they have now been merged. One .tel discussion thread just like .pro and .info.

 

[Ms Domainer]

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Okay.

It was confusing and difficult to know which thread was which, so the merge was a good idea.

:bingo:

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No Ms Domainer you were posting in the .tel showcase thread, and others continued to so they have now been merged. One .tel discussion thread just like .pro and .info.

 

[Traveler]

In the end, it will be all about supply and demand.

I think you are on to something there. At present there is zero demand for a listing in a .tel website. There is plenty of supply at this point and no demand unless you create it on your own. I look foward to seeing your results at this early stage.

 

[equity78]

No prob Ms Domainer, and good luck with your idea nice to see the creative aspect. Best of Luck.

 

[phase111]

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At this point, you can't.

It's something that Telnic ought to think about.

On the other hand, John Smith, user, will probably not care much about stats; he just wants the people he deals with on a daily basis to be able to find his contact info. He's not looking to monetize anything.

In a sense, this is a TLD designed for end users, not domainers.

Even so, Alexa seems to have the tools to count hits on .tel. My name .tel ranks about 1,580,000.

I'm not sure if this is a glitch (I don't always trust Alexa stats), or if they have some special scripts for counting stats on new TLDs.


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This IS the discussion thread.

But I can appreciate the confusion.




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I appreciate questions because they force me think and rethink my plan, so don't worry about offending me.

Yes, once you get to Johnd2, the user might just as well reg his own .tel.

To answer, I would say first come, first served. I would have to think about contracts. Is it month-to-month, year to year? If someone signs up for a year I shouldn't (and can't say), "Gee, John, I have a better offer. Pay up more." I wouldn't operate that way.

But after the contract period is up, I could raise prices to reflect popularity of a name, giving the original renter first dibs.

Right out of the box, I could also consider tiered pricing, more for popular names, less for unusual names. That would take some thought and research, however.

In the end, it will be all about supply and demand.


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In essence though, this idea is flexible for many .tel domains such as cool.tel... you could rent out a sub folder called johns.cool.tel.. Im not really a huge fan of this idea, only because it seems a bit awkward putting a dot in the middle, but I like the fact that your thinking out of the box and this is something that some of the naysayers on here should do instead of wasting their energy on repeating over and over the same rhetoric blah blah, yeah we get your point for the umpteenth time already BS. Why not take all that neg energy and make it positive, if you don't have any constructive to say in a negative vein at the very least, then stay off the thread instead of just slagging and being cynical... just in my HO.

 

[Traveler]

this is something that some of the naysayers on here should do instead of wasting their energy on repeating over and over the same rhetoric blah blah, yeah we get your point for the umpteenth time already BS. Why not take all that neg energy and make it positive, if you don't have any constructive to say in a negative vein at the very least, then stay off the thread instead of just slagging and being cynical... just in my HO.

Positive energy is a good thing, throwing money at a new extension is another. There are a lot of names in the discussion thread and showcase thread that are just a waste of money. Even now, newbies are trying to reg names that would have little value in the .com let alone the .tel.

Some of the people that you see as being cynical are just trying to offer their advice based on years of experience. If you don't want to listen, then don't. Just put them on ignore.

 

[phase111]

Positive energy is a good thing, throwing money at a new extension is another. There are a lot of names in the discussion thread and showcase thread that are just a waste of money. Even now, newbies are trying to reg names that would have little value in the .com let alone the .tel.

Some of the people that you see as being cynical are just trying to offer their advice based on years of experience. If you don't want to listen, then don't. Just put them on ignore.

Listening is one thing, ear-bashing and slagging is another! Im pretty sure most on here would rather hear constructive criticism than snappy little snide comments that do nothing more than irritate most on this thread, apart from themselves and their lil bashing buddies like yourself perhaps? :hearts:

 

[MicroGuy]

Positive energy is a good thing, throwing money at a new extension is another. There are a lot of names in the discussion thread and showcase thread that are just a waste of money. Even now, newbies are trying to reg names that would have little value in the .com let alone the .tel.

Some of the people that you see as being cynical are just trying to offer their advice based on years of experience. If you don't want to listen, then don't. Just put them on ignore.

Exactly! Most of the critical comments I've seen in these threads are extremely useful and well meaning. I'd say about 1/2 of the registrations I've seen listed are obviously worthless.

There is a magical allure to domain registration that causes otherwise sensible people to engage in bad domain selection already knowing that they are probably throwing money away. I've seen many gamblers with the very same self-destructive mentality.

 

[Traveler]

apart from themselves and their lil bashing buddies like yourself perhaps? :hearts:

Wow, nice insult. I guess no constructive criticism is allowed.

:wave:

 

[DubDubDubDot]

Why pay for a .tel domain when you can add .tel-like functionality to your existing website for free:
http://snipplr.com/view/5897/download-vcard-script/

LOL, there is nothing like .tel, how mr Joe will add their infos, I just see some codes on your link page and don't know what's about it.

And this is why .tel is so popular around here.

Non-developer types going crazy at the thought of "developing" without having to know much of anything.

Trying to build cranston.tel into a mobile phonebook. Finishing up the schools part.
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If I get traffic, was thinking attorneys might pay to be listed.

Not to be rude, but you'll make more money flipping burgers at McDonalds. Build a REAL website around this idea, and it might be a different story.

Like I said above, these directory ideas are coming from noobs who can't build anything that doesn't involve a fill in the blank template system. It's become so obvious.

 

[jagdotme]

Is there a trick to getting it indexed so fast?

Hi

My .Tel got indexed 30th march and on the 26th March I Submitted it to google (http://www.google.com/addurl/?continue=/addurl)

Here is the result for my .Tel >>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=safari&rls=en-us&q=jag.tel&btnG=Search


I will advise to do this on all top search engines if you have not already done so..

 

[thasis]

Most people think this is another extension and it is not, and because of this
there are some great names open for registration.
I already have about 200 and when I run out of money and stop registering
I wil show you some of my names

 

[Billy2009]

Hi

My .Tel got indexed 30th march and on the 26th March I Submitted it to google (http://www.google.com/addurl/?continue=/addurl)

Here is the result for my .Tel >>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=safari&rls=en-us&q=jag.tel&btnG=Search


I will advise to do this on all top search engines if you have not already done so..

Sorry, correct me if I am wrong but all this means is that Google has indexed the site ie. the Google crawlers have found and recorded it. My questions are:

1. Where does it come in a G Search for "Jag"?

2. Is there a G Tool to find where a particular page a domain appears at?

I used G Page Rank Checker on on Jag.tel and it came in at 0/10. But I want to know which page it comes in at on the "Jag" search.