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?

 

[mis_chiff]

This is an excellent idea. But I've got one question for mod.
I own like hundreds of tel like many here. Is it against NP rules to list all of them will see like spam or we can? I think there should be some rules to define on that question if you don't want to see some flooding .tels on showcase group. Pease let us know your opinion.

Thanks

You can post large lists with [code ] [ /code](take out spaces)
but no active links.
That will help to keep it readable

The rest will come as it populates and what people would
like to see etc

 

[Ms Domainer]

I really don't understand why everytime a gTld is out, everyone rush on 3 letter and think it worth $$$ when all gone, that's true for dot com but I don't see any end users going to buy these. But 4 letter are way better when itcan be pronounced, have a meaning. Also a lot of company have 4 letter in their name. I did reg some LLL.tel as "hyped by domainers" but don't think it worth something like a 4 letter, only LLL.tel that are words are valuable like flu, car, men...)
Also famous LLL.tel like cnn, hbo, ibm...are trademarks so what a waiste money.

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I agree that domainers (and others) need to stay away from well-known LLL TMs. But at some point, almost every LLL is a TM somewhere. I think it depends how one uses them. If I reg a relatively unknown LLL TM and use it for my initials (or for a purpose than the TM), then I'm going to be okay. No confusion there.

If .tel becomes widely adopted, even the non-premium LLL's will eventually sell out (all 17,576) because, somewhere, each LLL represents someone's initials. And 17,576 is a minute drop in the bucket in the global marketplace. And .tel will be an end user's domain, not a domainer's parking lot.

End users will NOT care if a LLL term is 100,000 exact Google or 35. Most will just care that (1) it's short, (2) personal to them, and (3) memorable to the people important to them. Most end users (unless they are businesses), will not care about their traffic stats. They will just want an easy .tel to give out to friends and family (who are already familiar with their initials).

Obviously, a reseller will not likely be able to charge a premium price for a non-premium and non-pronounceable LLL's, but there will be some profit in such LLL's.

I also agree that there will be much value in LLLL dictionary words (even ones that don't quite fit the TLD), and, frankly, they are going fast.

Also, keep an eye on short domains with the word "go" in them. I picked up a few, but they, too, are going fast. Next to super premium words, short complete sentences will be most memorable. If not sure, look at what's gone in other TLDs.

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[Acroplex]

Pfft. I've been generating free LLL, LLN and LNN .tel lists at my forum, daily. The one about tel sucks.

 

[Ms Domainer]

I like the 3 letters... figure it is about the same to type them in on a alpha numeric key pad as a phone number. I think I counted "Alt.tel" to be 11 hits on the keypad.

I was going for the 3 letter words. jug, bop, alt... etc.

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With qwerty keyboards being added on to new mobiles, number of numerical keystrokes will soon no longer matter.

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[steveteva]

Also before regging a LLL.tel check google or yahoo to see what's the abv. stands for, sometime you'll be surprise to see that many companies are having this LLL as company name so no trademark infringes, also check uspto.gov to make sure. Thats how I reg "H M E .tel" have many businesses with that so it's making up for potential end users also it have many abvr. like "Home Medical Equipment" So reg smart.

 

[dottelads.com]

thanks for posting that list - don't see anything on there that is worth buying. tend to agree that its now best to go for short 4 letters or even 5 letter words.

given the choice between an obscure 3 letter vs an actual 4 or 5 letter word, i'd go with the word.

just glad i picked up a nice selection of 3 letters when i did :talk:

 

[steveteva]

Does anyone knows what happens to the dot tel auctionned at Traffic? any bids, sales? I've visit moniker and sisn't found dot tel sold or else.

 

[WordWalker]

Telepiphany

Just finished two weeks of back-to-back business travel. In the process of hotel registrations, car rentals, ticket buying, vendor meetings and other company related activities, I provided both personal and business contact information again and again and again.

After spelling my name for the umpteenth time, it occurred to me that Telnic should be doing two things:

ONE

Ensuring that the .Tel data records are capable of storing the information most commonly required by hotels, car rental, airline and other service and consumer based industries. That includes both online and off.

TWO

Work with the IT hardware and software engineers of these respective industries to create a universal interface that can automatically import any online or POS mandatory data submission requirements across a multitude of hardware platforms and operating systems by simply accessing the .tel data records.

Then simply provide your .tel to the counterperson or enter it online and all required data fields will instantly & automatically be populated from any business or any computer anywhere in the world.

I shared this idea with many of the company representatives I encountered, and the response couldn't have been more favorable. And it doesn't matter whether or not your actual name is available as a .tel. The contact information stored in the .tel database record is what gets extracted.

Please tell me that Telnic is already working on a concept not unlike this one!

IMHO, add this kind of functionality and over time .Tel will become a permanent fixture in both the IT and domain market places.


Can you hear me now?
:talk:

 

[GF]

Does anyone knows what happens to the dot tel auctionned at Traffic? any bids, sales? I've visit moniker and sisn't found dot tel sold or else.

Weren't the .TEL's being sold on the extended auction? It doesn't end until the 7th I think.

---------- Post added at 08:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:10 PM ----------

Only 30 domains out of 5603 have bids on them

 

[steveteva]

.Tel VS .Mobi Development

Here is a test and need to know what is best suit for mobile devices, you can see how interesting it is:
I've got a same homepage on .tel and .mobi

image for .mobi can be found at: http://www.telshowcase.com/weho/mobi.jpg

and image for .tel can be found at:
http://www.telshowcase.com/weho/tel.jpg

or for real test with an iphone, for .mobi: .mobi
and for .tel : .tel

What will you choose to develop: .mobi or .tel?

Any comments are welcome.

 

[lexisdomains]

It depends on user intent

Here is a test and need to know what is best suit for mobile devices, you can see how interesting it is:
I've got a same homepage on .tel and .mobi

image for .mobi can be found at: http://www.telshowcase.com/weho/mobi.jpg

and image for .tel can be found at:
http://www.telshowcase.com/weho/tel.jpg

or for real test with an iphone, for .mobi: .mobi
and for .tel : .tel

What will you choose to develop: .mobi or .tel?

Any comments are welcome.

Great examples.

I must admit that the .mobi site look very nice & functionally fit. In retrospect, .Tel looks like a "point of contact" portal that is "purely content(naptr records) driven".

For me, I would love to mesh the two applications togeather: "custom styling of .mobi & functionality of .tel".

No clear winner in this case as both are lacking vital elements.

 

[ecigs.net]

I really don't understand why everytime a gTld is out, everyone rush on 3 letter and think it worth $$$ when all gone, that's true for dot com but I don't see any end users going to buy these. But 4 letter are way better when itcan be pronounced, have a meaning. Also a lot of company have 4 letter in their name. I did reg some LLL.tel as "hyped by domainers" but don't think it worth something like a 4 letter, only LLL.tel that are words are valuable like flu, car, men...)
Also famous LLL.tel like cnn, hbo, ibm...are trademarks so what a waiste money.

You should never buy anything "hyped" by anyone. Don't buy a domain unless you have a plan for it. If you don't know why you are buying a domain name, then it is a mistake to buy it.

 

[DubDubDubDot]

Here is a test and need to know what is best suit for mobile devices, you can see how interesting it is:
I've got a same homepage on .tel and .mobi

image for .mobi can be found at: http://www.telshowcase.com/weho/mobi.jpg

and image for .tel can be found at:
http://www.telshowcase.com/weho/tel.jpg

or for real test with an iphone, for .mobi: .mobi
and for .tel : .tel

What will you choose to develop: .mobi or .tel?

Any comments are welcome.

.tel is not meant for development, so of course the .mobi implementation of this concept is going to poop all over the .tel.

If you didn't know how to develop legit sites you would probably be forced to use the .tel as a hack-a-site. But since you can, I don't see any reason to even consider .tel for this idea.

 

[igo]

Pfft. I've been generating free LLL, LLN and LNN .tel lists at my forum, daily. The one about tel sucks.

Here is a test and need to know what is best suit for mobile devices, you can see how interesting it is:
I've got a same homepage on .tel and .mobi

image for .mobi can be found at: http://www.telshowcase.com/weho/mobi.jpg

and image for .tel can be found at:
http://www.telshowcase.com/weho/tel.jpg

or for real test with an iphone, for .mobi: .mobi
and for .tel : .tel

What will you choose to develop: .mobi or .tel?

Any comments are welcome.

I personally propose the use of both. That's my full focus with mobilize.tel

I want to do gotravel.tel as a directory of .travel sites.

There are numerous ways to integrate from it to sites or simply to appropriate content. In the case of .mobi.. Ideal!
Since they're obviously on a mobile device, they can access totally .mobi links in the profile they get.

 

[DubDubDubDot]

In retrospect, .Tel looks like a "point of contact" portal that is "purely content(naptr records) driven".

.tel looks that way because that is exactly what .tel was meant to be. A point of contact.

No clear winner in this case as both are lacking vital elements.

What exactly is the .mobi version lacking? I see everything the .tel has plus more.

If you mean it lacks the "vital element" of filling out some forms as "development", the only thing I can say is that the bar of entry to be a real webmaster isn't just laying on the ground like that.

 

[igo]

my .tel story = #1 google result!

This is not a b.s. sort of what you've heard a million times type pitch. I simply decided to see how my .tel was faring in google... well, after hearing how the key word would help in search results I decided to see where I stood. My name results in over 10M results (famous sports star and rapper share so I'm not to be found)
Add the key word and my name = #1 google rank!
The point = people will be able to find your listing if they search with your key words.. it works!

 

[bmugford]

I just read your post and it seems you have the #1 Google result for "jay williams lake junaluska". I am not sure that term is a highly searched term, or what it proves for .TEL overall.

Brad

 

[steveteva]

.tel looks that way because that is exactly what .tel was meant to be. A point of contact.


What exactly is the .mobi version lacking? I see everything the .tel has plus more.

If you mean it lacks the "vital element" of filling out some forms as "development", the only thing I can say is that the bar of entry to be a real webmaster isn't just laying on the ground like that.

I also want to add the following:
Positive feedback for dot tel: Almost anyone can do it without any webdesign and coding knowledge, no hosting required, did this in 5 minutes.
Negative points: Can't put logo and other nice design. No really development possible.

Positive Feedback for .mobi: You can customize as you wish, unlimited development ideas.
Negative: Must have webdesign and coding design knowledge, takes x2 times the work compare of the .tel, need webhosting, need some dns settings knowledge.

Both are made for mobile devices.

Here is what I think, it looks like .mobi is like a .com for mobile devices and .tel is like .us for mobile devices.
As you know .US was the .com competitor on the US market but fail because people are more used to see .com but for the.tel, I think it's totally different as the .mobi did not yet have real success even if many companies like espn, fox news... are using it. Also .tel is not really made for mobile website but contact and directory.

So I think that the best use for gTlds are what they are best for.
If I've got the .tel I can use for the directory for mobile devices, with my .biz or .com, .info .us (what's available) will be the main portal for desktop browsing and finally the .mobi the portal in mobi version (light version of desktop)also if you have a TV you can use for any videos. That's what tlds are about.

 

[dottelads.com]

that's very easily achievable today - if i understood you correctly and you simply want to present the data better on a .mobi you can code the page to pull data from the dns directly (or via apis) and display however you pls.... the proxy .tel page is just the default .tel viewer.

Great examples.

I must admit that the .mobi site look very nice & functionally fit. In retrospect, .Tel looks like a "point of contact" portal that is "purely content(naptr records) driven".

For me, I would love to mesh the two applications togeather: "custom styling of .mobi & functionality of .tel".

No clear winner in this case as both are lacking vital elements.

 

[wot]

Ohio.tel confirmed as sold on Sedo $1000 1 bid- nothing special but a good roi for seller.