And how are you making up these appraisals ?
Hi sdsinc,
"A business man's judgment is no better than his information."- R. P. Lamont.
"The judment of a trader at the stock exchange, is no better than his information, plus his instinct." - Alexander Schiesser.
The judment of a domainer, judging about prices of dot tel domains, is no different.
If you believe to have the right feeling and instinct, keep to your feelings, and keep up to date about the success and improvements, and the market of dot tel: You will be most likely to give a price quote, or a value for a .tel, so that you won't sell under value.
Now, you should buy and register .tel domains, not sell dot tel domains.
Another thing, is, that there ar not a lot of very good .tel names around.
Which means, that you can only make a good price, for a good domain name.
Instead of breaking your head about .tel sales, I would concentrate on creating good .tel domaine names, and then registereing them, and filling those domains with good content. That is about creating value.
If people don't create many good .tel names, what will become of .tel?
There are a lot of "rubbish" .tel names out there, which have no great commercial value at present (offered prices + hidden value).
Make more thoughts about creating value for .tel, instead of looking for opportunities to sell .tel domain names.
Consider all of these thoughts, and you might be able to judge the value of a dot tel domain name at present. :blink:
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P.S.:
I think, that Towns.tel is a steal, for 400 Euros, and that you have made a good estimate, with 6200 Euros. Which you could get easily at Moniker, at the TRAFFIC meeting.
I will keep my fingers crossed for you.
Good luck, and all the best.
How to create value for my .tel domain name:
Another thing, that is important with .tel domain names:
If you think, you have a killer .tel domain name, you should get a (.com), or a (co.uk), or a other country extension, plus a (.mobi), with the same name, to complement with your .tel domain. That way, you create a lot more value for your good .tel domain name.
On those pages, you could even set up a "Contact Us" .tel page, as well as promote your domain name(s).
Basically, promotion works the other way around: you promote your (.com) domain name through your dot tel domain name, because your .tel domain gets found more easily, and faster than your (.com) domaine name. With time, you will be able to see, that you are boosting your ranking of your (.com) with your (.tel).
That is whay a group of domains with the same name, including a dot tel domain name, makes a lot of sense. And the .tel domain is a valuable player withing the "team", as it boost the ranking of your other websites.
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P.S.:
How to create good .tel domain names:
Method:
1.)
Look for themes (.tel domain sections), such as for example:
Health, Going Out, Internet, Motoring, Property, Services, Shopping, Trades, etc.
2.)
Look for categories, within the ".tel domain sections":
Health: Dentists, Doctors.
Going Out: Bars, Cafes, Clubs, Pubs, Restaurants.
Internet: Web Developement.
Motoring: Garages, Motors, MOTs.
Property: Estate Agents, Lettings.
Services: Accountants, Solicitors.
Shopping: Cloths, Food and Drink, Jewelry.
Trades: Carpenters, Electricians, Plumbers.
3.) Conclusion; Be creative, and create .tel domain names for sections and categories:
Create section names, and for a section, a goup of category names:
Going Out: Bars, Cafes, Clubs, Pubs, Restaurants:
goingout.tel
bars.tel
cafes.tel
whateverbars.tel
whatevercafes.tel
whatevershopping.tel
whateverjewelry.tel
whatevertrade.tel
whateverplumbers.tel
internet.tel
internetserviceproviders.tel
software.tel
teltools.tel
domains.tel
teldomains.tel
4.) Create a commercial directory with your .tel domain names, or create subdomain folders, and name them: "portfolio_01", "portfolio_02", "portfolio_03", etc.
Each portfolio, with a theme (domain section with section categoires).
You can even set those subdomins as private.
This is a other method, than just be creative "out of the blue", and have a funny moment, and create funny .tel domains, such as, for example skinnygirls.tel. Which might be sellable, or a non go domain.
What sort of themes, should I choose?:
But basically, look for niches within the market; tags: global warming, renewable energy, swine flu, aternative fuels, hybrid cars, hybrid whatever.
Themes about global problems, where troubleshooting is needed, and where there will be start up companies createt, where new values will be created.
Domains, that help save the environement, and the world, that help reduce global warming:
Those are the .tel domains of the future, which will be high in demand.
Not the junk .tel domain names.
Why aren't the (auction) prices for .tel domain names very high?:
The problem with current .tel domain prices, and because they are not high, is that there are a lot of .tel killer domains out there, that are not yet taken.
(The thought, here, is: Why should I pay a high price for a .tel domain, when tomorrow, I maybe have a good creative moment, and am able to create a killer .tel domain, that is not yet taken.
If all .tel killer domains are already taken, a doamainer, has no other choice, than paying a price for a .tel domain name, according to its true market value.)
Same as with (.com): As soon as good domain names, or killer domain names get scarce, the prices will go up.
And so, the same with .tel: As soon as all good .tel domain names are taken, the prices for .tel domain names will rise steeply, Will rise like a rocket.
So create and buy good domain names, and be patient. Like a good investor with a portfolio of good stocks/shares.
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Dot Tel News:
Advertisements within .tel, with "TEL-Advert": A extension tool of TEL-MACHINE.
TEL-MACHINE.com is offering a new tool extension for its users: TEL-Advert.
In August, Telnic presented a new format for advertising within .tel domains:
With help of this extension, Telcic allows every .tel domain owner to create advertisements on his TelProxy.
This was difficult to achieve, because of technical restrictions.
The TEL-MACHINE team has taken a closer look at that feature, and recognized, that there would be more technical skills needed to achieve the task, than the average .tel user has.
Respectively, Telnic assumes, that the users that want to set up their ads, have enough technical knowledge and skills, to be abel to read, understand, and follow their instructions for advertisements within .tel, as well as to be able to achieve the task.
Fact is, that a majority of .tel domain users, are lacking those skills. Therefore, the team of TEL-MACHINE has decided, within reasonable time, to make a extension tool to integrate in to TEL-MACHINE.
1.)
The handling of this extension tool „TEL-Advert“, is very simple:
In a first step, you create your advertisement:
Next to the information about title, the text of the ad, the URI, as well as the URI label, you can also use as many key words, as you like.
2.)
Furthermore, you have the possibility to activate a payment process, where you can give in a price per click, according to your requirements.
3.)
In a second step, you are able to set the positon for your ad on your TelProxy, via „drag and drop“.
4.)
Also, you are able to define, on which of your .tel domains, you would like to have the advertisement displayed.
5.)
In addition, one can choose, if one only wants to have ads displayed, on single subdomains, or on all existing domains.
6.)
Furthermore, one is able to select from a bigger choice from advertisment types, such as standard advertisment types, or a modus by random selection, and switch between both choices.
Example:
Within the header area, according to the Telnic options, you can only have maximum 2 advertisements displayed.
But, with the new method, if you simply select a bigger amount ads for the advertisement fields, and display them in the header area, then the advertisement will show up on your TelProxy according to to „automatic random selection“.
7.)
After all advertisements have been created and displayed, it takes about twenty five minutes, till the advertisements are visible on the TelProxy.
A process, which would go quicker, is not possible, due to technical reasons.
With this system, you are also able to modifye, deactivate, or delete a selected advertisement.
Conclusion:
The extension tool for TEL-MACHINE: „TEL-Advert“, completes the pre-existing services of .tel domain tools of TEL-MACHINE.com.
There will be more functions to be added to TEL-MACHINE, soon.
Comments:
This is a official Newsletter from the developers of TEL-MACHINE, and has been translated by Alexander Schiesser, developer and owner of Telcommerce.biz, a commercial .tel domain name directory.
Thank you, for your kind attention.
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) Seems a tad optimistic. Lol
