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?

 

[Jeff]

I'm going to have a little fun here, the .tel is the Susan Boyle of domain name extensions. It is not pretty at first but once it starts to sing, everyone falls in love.

^ Nice, fun analogy!

Humbly, I like the highly brandable .TEL for its:
1.) Simplicity (ie., does not require development).
2.) Brandability (short, easily memorable, and intuitive for its purpose)
3.) Purpose (ease to accessing vital contact information ... while "on the go")! :talk:

It seems perfect for busy mobile users! :yell: :imho:

-Jeff

 

[cobo]

I'm going to have a little fun here, the .tel is the Susan Boyle of domain name extensions. It is not pretty at first but once it starts to sing, everyone falls in love.

Classic!

 

[phase111]

I'm going to have a little fun here, the .tel is the Susan Boyle of domain name extensions. It is not pretty at first but once it starts to sing, everyone falls in love.

Yes, but .tel's better looking though!

 

[Steven]

You sound like you work for google, lol. It might turn out to have great advantages for sure, but as I said, it might make a good contact within a .tel domain.

I wish :hehe:

 

[DnEbook]

dont you hate spammers

 

[mis_chiff]

dont you hate spammers

Yep...but it won't be long

 

[steveteva]

I've seen almost all dot tel (good and average ones) for sale on several places and price is around xxx.xxUSD but most goes x,xxx.xx
Is this hype prices or real prices, it's just 4 weeks from GE reg for dot tel and it's already fetching high prices for aftermarket. Will it be that high all year round or decrease? I'm sure some domainers here that have seen other tlds can help answer here.

 

[davidwest]

I've seen almost all dot tel (good and average ones) for sale on several places and price is around xxx.xxUSD but most goes x,xxx.xx
Is this hype prices or real prices, it's just 4 weeks from GE reg for dot tel and it's already fetching high prices for aftermarket. Will it be that high all year round or decrease? I'm sure some domainers here that have seen other tlds can help answer here.

californiaRE.tel is available... you might as well fill in the blanks somewhere....


i know from my own lessons in mobi that you had better keep the names short and sweet unless they are VERY high traffic keywords...(that also monetize somehow)....


everyone keeps talking about how to monetize, and probably the simple method is going to be the best for any "flippers" and that is to find the end user that wants that name! there are names that some people will want and it works well for what it was intended without recreating the wheel. just think of who would want/andpay the most for your name and hit them up.

this is EASY for anyone to put info in and VOILA! have a working site....

MoBi is killing itself with SOOOO many domainers that purchased and then ignored the rules of development. had useful sites actually been developed quickly mobi would be doing FANTASTIC... as it is there are some niches making money and people are letting "tons" of them expire...

The greatest thing about .TEL from a domainers perspective is vanity for yourself... you can now OWN a LLL.* (*=tel in this case) and you dont have to mortgage your home...

while i ramble the main point that i want to make is USE your tels for something, anything, but use them so that as people click in to the tell world there is something there.

ALMOST anyone can build a tell site, so at least get something up and running and this ext might make us all a little bit of money (no mega millionaires- but i could be wrong) but for the bad economy that we are in it is amazing that anything is selling, let alone another TLD...


good luck and good fortune to us all....

dbw

 

[DubDubDubDot]

Where' the money?

Monetization of .Tel will more than likely happen through map based/location aware API's similar to Google Latitude.

With this type of API, .Tel PPC Ads could be implemented in the Maps section, only showing relevant, GEO based business results, key to your location.

Let's test how this feature may work:


1. Please go to Google Maps
2. Type in a business keyword: Pizza, Insurance, Loans, Cars, etc.
3. Look at the bottom tab of the Map and tell me what you see?


Yep, you will see an Ad of a business, relevant to your keyword search & location (GEO) Perhaps,



Please post your results(no urls please),

I typed in the keyword, Pizza and Google Maps returned an Ad for "Pizza Hut".



Lend us your participation,
LexisDomains

Okay, so what you propose is that a mapping system be integrated into each individual .tel profile. Then ads for local businesses be run on those maps and .tel does revenue sharing with the profile owner.

I'm not seeing this as something that is realistic at all.

 

[igo]

I'm going to have a little fun here, the .tel is the Susan Boyle of domain name extensions. It is not pretty at first but once it starts to sing, everyone falls in love.

yes, but does pierce (namepros haters) apologize later??

 

[Traveler]

yes, but does pierce (namepros haters) apologize later??

They will probably still look at you like the girl from 1:24

 

[NathanJacob]

Here is what I think, just look at namepros, this thread is on top 5 everyday since dot tel was anounced. Why because some smart domainers knows potential of a dot tel, it's not another tld like you've seen. I will say it's like a virtual business card, 800's number and contact info space.
All good dot tel are daily reg and within years to come it will become sought after.
Do you remember dot com and 800 vanity numbers at their early years? You might not as you were to young or not a domainer at this time. But I know many were skeptical or have no interest about these dot com and 800 vanity. Guess what, who are the TOP 10 domainers on earth that are successful now? Don't want to post names here but sure you heard of it.
Dot Tel is not a quick money scheme but long term investment.
I can see real estate companies, car dealers, .... all businesses and services getting dot tel in the next 2 or 3 years.

I agree with whatever you have said.. I mean the early beginners got all the good names and so the new comers are stuck with a few sad ones. Plus for a lot of people the internet till date is a .COM.. .TEL is gonna be something similar..

No need to carry bulky visiting cards around just your NAME is good enough...

.TEL on its way.. Go .TEL

All said and done.. Am still looking out for a good deal for .TEL Domain Names need to register a whole lot of them... Any suggestions :? :? :? :?

 

[rupert]

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[lipps]

funny for tel domainers
COURT REPORTER DOT TEL
is listed on ebay for a small amount US $21,000,000.00 lol
I am sure it is quite the deal of the day
Anyone interested out there

Oh yes its not my domain, I would have asked for a bit more :wave:

 

[Steven]

funny for tel domainers
COURT REPORTER DOT TEL
is listed on ebay for a small amount US $21,000,000.00 lol
I am sure it is quite the deal of the day
Anyone interested out there

Oh yes its not my domain, I would have asked for a bit more :wave:

$21 million dollars for a virtual business card with contact info?
That's a bargain! :]

 

[cyberonyx]

a work in progress....

do you have the need to verify or test the screen rendering of your .TEL site? on various handsets? yes, we all know the html file generated is simple etc etc but catering to a particular client can be a make or break situation. here's what we got in testing. firstly the iphone.... other handsets to come

Its our hope that as .tel becomes widely adopted, telnic will see fit, to test for the user agent. iphone can do a few tricks such as removing the tool bar, so long as code is included in the html file. in this one example that provides larger screen real estate. compare that to the test rendering on a blackberry. a lot more can be done here?

see other screenshots here

 

[PMDN]

Speaking of short names, some that are going quickly are not necessarily too short.
All *state*.tel have been regged.
All *state*realestate.tel have been regged.
All *statecapital*.tel have been regged.
Most *statecapital*realestate.tel have been regged (as of late last night).


Chuck

 

[kprobe]

tel tool

do you have the need to verify or test the screen rendering of your .TEL site? on various handsets? yes, we all know the html file generated is simple etc etc but catering to a particular client can be a make or break situation. here's what we got in testing. firstly the iphone.... other handsets to come

Its our hope that as .tel becomes widely adopted, telnic will see fit, to test for the user agent. iphone can do a few tricks such as removing the tool bar, so long as code is included in the html file. in this one example that provides larger screen real estate. compare that to the test rendering on a blackberry. a lot more can be done here?

see other screenshots here

This is a great tool. I suggest you add it to promoting.tel under the applications section. Mark

 

[FathomJH]

So-called "contact lists" (in which .tel was designed) have fallen to the wayside. Every .tel I have seen contains nothing but links (link farms in which many have stated what .tel will become - that was fast™).

Although we have seen $X,xxx .tel bids, the buyers have not come through or dare I say it, shill bids. Many people are registering .tel's that make no sense even under other extensions. I caution everyone to not get caught up in the hype.

Plus for a lot of people the internet till date is a .COM.. .TEL is gonna be something similar..

That's a pretty bold comment.

I wish everyone the greatest success especially in these economic times; however, I caution everyone to "look before they leap."

 

[lexisdomains]

Golden Revenue Model

Okay, so what you propose is that a mapping system be integrated into each individual .tel profile. Then ads for local businesses be run on those maps and .tel does revenue sharing with the profile owner.

I'm not seeing this as something that is realistic at all.

Yeah. When I thought about this concept, I ran in to the same dilemma....
I asked: Would it be feasible to structure a .TEL revenue sharing model?

The answer is YES. This type of program would have to be setup for ".TEL publishers"; not advertisers. (similar to Google Adsense for publishers)

Here's the Golden Revenue Model

The publisher can make money by displaying relevant text and image ads on your within your .Tel Maps feature for each NAPTR Record (max 1,000 non-naptrs).

What are the benefits:

1. Syndicate your company brand to the large and growing number of mobile advertisers.

2. Internet/Mobile users will find our precisely targeted ads relevant and useful.

3. Unlock the full revenue potential of your .tel site by displaying .TEL ads.


Let's crunch some numbers:

Target Keyword:
Mesothelioma $87PPC (actual pay per click rate for internet PPC)

$87 x 10 clicks per day on (Mesothelioma*tel) = $870 per day! :o

I'm not done..... Now let's multiply that by 10 naptr records per day:

O.k., since this is for mobile marketing, Let's reduce the price to 1/4 of original PPC rates ($21.75)for .Tel network Ads.

$21.75 x 10 clicks per week x's 10 non-terminal NAPTR records = $2,175 dollars per week for the owner of (Mesothelioma*tel).

Oops! Forgot to share this revenue with .TEL network $2,175 /2 = $1,087.50


Sounds good to me!!!