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?

 

[cyberonyx]

just posted a review of the my.tel iphone app.

its a really great start!!! mapping tool is AWESOME.

 

[DubDubDubDot]

The two sites you mentioned are a great work of fiction that are nevertheless very misleading when they are labeled to provide info to the public….

My posting of those two examples was to show what can be done directory wise on a .com vs. .tel. I made no mention of the content. I was trying to illustrate the design and extra monetization freedoms one has by going that route.

Your point of traditional phone books having a level of inaccuracy is of course true due to the nature of publishing, but what does that mean for .tel? If you are implying that .tel could one day be the primary source for accurate phone numbers, how are you going to get around the fact that it would require a near 100% level of paid participation?

If you think everyone has the desire to maintain their own info and at a cost, guess again.

That is why traditional phone books have worked for decades and will continue to work be it though physical books or online. The listings are free. The books & sites are free. It's all ad supported. .tel has no ads, so they have to charge a fee (the domain). The result of this is a much smaller reach. Only a tiny segment of the population in fact.

 

[phase111]

Hopefully a much bigger market will see the usefulness and practicalness of a .tel will largely outweigh the cost factor... people wouldn't be paying monthly fees to use cell phones for example (on top of home phone charges) if they werent so practical and useful... they'd just make their phone calls from home, lol. It's a big ask for the mass market to take on .tel and pay for the privlege but it doesnt mean it can't happen..we are only talking a few dollars a year anyway and there is even the potential for the current yearly fee amount to come right down eventually if it becomes that popular and competition heats up with registrars. If .tel changes over time to become even more user friendly, this may see an even bigger uptake. Sure, it's wishful thinking right now, but never know what the future may hold for this innovative tld.

My posting of those two examples was to show what can be done directory wise on a .com vs. .tel. I made no mention of the content. I was trying to illustrate the design and extra monetization freedoms one has by going that route.

Your point of traditional phone books having a level of inaccuracy is of course true due to the nature of publishing, but what does that mean for .tel? If you are implying that .tel could one day be the primary source for accurate phone numbers, how are you going to get around the fact that it would require a near 100% level of paid participation?

If you think everyone has the desire to maintain their own info and at a cost, guess again.

That is why traditional phone books have worked for decades and will continue to work be it though physical books or online. The listings are free. The books & sites are free. It's all ad supported. .tel has no ads, so they have to charge a fee (the domain). The result of this is a much smaller reach. Only a tiny segment of the population in fact.

 

[Sam]

This is all wishy washy thinking, thinking .tel will replace phonebooks! That's just pure amusement. .MOBI has a better shot of succeeding then .tel. I feel pity for the guys who spent $200 on a pre landrush domain. Pity, go buy 2 keword domains in .com and develop and make a nice roi. .TEL has no monetization potential besides charging for listings... can you even put ads on there? NO monetization = No value.

THERE WILL NEVER BE a MASS adoption / recognition besides .com and cctlds in respective local markets! NEVER! The only exception to this is .am .fm and .tv and thats because it fits the medium perfectly and the medium has the power to reach everyone (Aka TV and radio). ESPECIALLY with no way to fully develop the name.

I will visit this thread 1 year from now, and see it has died off just like .mobi, .asia, and .eu.

The only reason I would participate in another landrush is to flip like mjnels to fellow domainers.

 

[telreg]

Just for everyones interest, I have put together a price list on teldomains.comteldomains.com

Its an initial list, please let me know if there are any inaccuracies.

Cheers

Paul

 

[JoshuaPz]

If I were to create an "Official .COM Discussion Thread", I wonder how long it would take for that one to die down. :gn:

 

[Steven]

This is all wishy washy thinking, thinking .tel will replace phonebooks! That's just pure amusement. .MOBI has a better shot of succeeding then .tel. I feel pity for the guys who spent $200 on a pre landrush domain. Pity, go buy 2 keword domains in .com and develop and make a nice roi. .TEL has no monetization potential besides charging for listings... can you even put ads on there? NO monetization = No value.

THERE WILL NEVER BE a MASS adoption / recognition besides .com and cctlds in respective local markets! NEVER! The only exception to this is .am .fm and .tv and thats because it fits the medium perfectly and the medium has the power to reach everyone (Aka TV and radio). ESPECIALLY with no way to fully develop the name.

I will visit this thread 1 year from now, and see it has died off just like .mobi, .asia, and .eu.

The only reason I would participate in another landrush is to flip like mjnels to fellow domainers.

Hi Sam,
it was actually $300 for a .tel domain before GA

 

[Kate]

How is monetization going ?

 

[lexisdomains]

Pending Followup

Good luck lexisdomains.

Tell us how it goes

Thanks Steve. I appreciate your professionalism in your comments and to other Namepros members.

Just to update you:

On Monday, I will be doing telephone followup with 2 of my prospects and will attempt to deliver a professional, concise presentation on the "benefits" of owning a .TEL.

What I've learned is that most of these guys 'have not heard of .TEL' and often times need to be educated about the functionality of this TLD.

In view of this, every sales proposal that I send out will also be accompanied with a PDF file summarizing .TEL.

I sincerely believe that it's our responsibility to educate the "crowd" about .TEL.

Any other pointers.....

 

[jagdotme]

How is monetization going ?

See My Sig.

Its Going Great At The Moment.

 

[Steven]

Thanks Steve. I appreciate your professionalism in your comments and to other Namepros members.

Just to update you:

On Monday, I will be doing telephone followup with 2 of my prospects and will attempt to deliver a professional, concise presentation on the "benefits" of owning a .TEL.

What I've learned is that most of these guys 'have not heard of .TEL' and often times need to be educated about the functionality of this TLD.

In view of this, every sales proposal that I send out will also be accompanied with a PDF file summarizing .TEL.

I sincerely believe that it's our responsibility to educate the "crowd" about .TEL.

Any other pointers.....

Thank you for the update lexisdomains.

It'll be interesting to see the response and perspectives from non-domainers.

 

[lexisdomains]

Appreciation of End Users

Enthusiasm begets Enthusiasm​

Yeah.... Sometimes... We, as Domainers, tend to undervalue, underestimate, other domainer's investment strategies, portfolios, & opinions as useless. But then you come across a non-domainer (end-user), who immediately identifies the inherent value of a good domain. Well..... this is quite refreshing!!

However, you must remain persistent with big end buyers because they'll just walk away if you, yourself are not excited about your domain or what you do!

Indeed, Enthusiasm begets Enthusiasm!

 

[jagdotme]

Enthusiasm begets Enthusiasm​

Yeah.... Sometimes... We, as Domainers, tend to undervalue, underestimate, other domainer's investment strategies, portfolios, & opinions as useless. But then you come across a non-domainer (end-user), who immediately identifies the inherent value of a good domain. Well..... this is quite refreshing!!

However, you must remain persistent with big end buyers because they'll just walk away if you, yourself are not excited about your domain or what you do!

Indeed, Enthusiasm begets Enthusiasm!

Well Said And Great .Tels you have

All The Best

 

[bmugford]

It is hard enough to get end users to buy a .COM. I would be shocked if end users are all that receptive to paying money for some extension they have never heard of. But good luck in your quest.

Brad

Thank you for the update lexisdomains.

It'll be interesting to see the response and perspectives from non-domainers.

 

[stefanb]

Thanks everybody for your quick and useful feedback regarding prices and quality of service for various telhosting managers....

i must say Domain monster in terms of support , Name.com in terms of price and the over all structure, Dynadot in terms of Service and price never had any problems with them so not sure about support.

Domain monster took 15 days to transfer a .tel domain at first stage but they should also allow seprate tel account like name.com as people might not be able to work on all the domains them selves and if they share telhosting information chances are other .tel domains might be messed up due to an amateur or unprofessional person handling it.

Name.com takes 5 days of every new renewal ( but the best thing they have introucdueed is the Tel hosting account system lets say i have domain.tel and i want to make directory and i dont have time all i have to do is just shift it to another telhosting username and give the username and password to the person working on it that way my domain is secured and other domains are not messed up either.

Dynadot was the quickest in transfer i got my first 2 reseller domains typing.tel, homejobs.tel and the best thing is the telhosting accounts also got setup faster as it came to default but they need to make like telhosting manager like name.com has made it will make things easier.

just my view

 

[steveteva]

How many dot tel have you got so far?
This is a great question to see if members here are real domain investors and believe of the dot tel future or did you get a few ones just in case that dot tel will be popular.

I've got over 100+

 

[cyberonyx]

How many dot tel have you got so far?
This is a great question to see if members here are real domain investors and believe of the dot tel future or did you get a few ones just in case that dot tel will be popular.

I've got over 100+

I have 10 .tels . All are being developed. No flipping here.

 

[PMDN]

I have about 30 tel domains, and I will be getting more.

Most I will attempt to flip, but there are some that I have no intention of doing so.
There are those that complain that the .tel is little more than a directory. It may be a directory, but many links can be included, including links to email and "regular" web sites, providing access to those sites from a different perspective.
Because the directory may tell you what the site is for, the name of the site may not be as important, may not be as relevant, as if the site were a stand-alone one.

Chuck

 

[rocked]

I am interested, will the .tel become more popular ? I have an LLL.tel domain name, the domain is: iup.tel which comes from internet upload. Do you think that in some years i could earn something from it ?

 

[davidwest]

paradox.tel

here is an ebay auction for E-bay.tel

now ebay took the listing fee, prolly will take the commission, and later will take the domain.....


E-bay.tel