.TEL IDN Preregistrations

[owen]

TEL IDN Preregistration (http://www.name.com/tel-idn-preregistration/)

Hello all. TEL IDN domain names will be available starting on June 15, 2010 14:00 UTC. We (Name.com) are now taking pre-orders and will attempt to acquire the domain on your behalf at launch time. As always, please contact me directly if there are any questions or issues. Current price for a TEL IDN preregistration is $29.99 and all domains are first come first served.

Thanks!
Owen

[tee1]

Thanks for the heads up, if you need to you can bump this a few days before the launch in case some of our members are napping between now and then :)

.TEL IDN Preregistrations start on June 15th 2010 for those interested.

[blastfromthepast]

How can you TEL a domain newbie? They are excited about TEL domains.

[tee1]

How can you TEL a domain newbie? They are excited about TEL domains.
LOL, I imagine a few here will go after certain terms. June 15th not a good time for me but I might try and get a few Molvanîa.tel for example :D

[IDNCowboy]

LOL, I imagine a few here will go after certain terms. June 15th not a good time for me but I might try and get a few Molvanîa.tel for example :D

Definitely makes no sense for IDN. You can't even make money off of them. You can have a contact page...

[tee1]

Definitely makes no sense for IDN. You can't even make money off of them. You can have a contact page...
not arguing that point, but I would be surprised if some here didn't go after some .tel names

[IDNCowboy]

not arguing that point, but I would be surprised if some here didn't go after some .tel names

Whats the point? What can you do with them

[tee1]

Whats the point? What can you do with them
pay renewals.......

[Drewbert]

Has anyone ever MET anyone who actually USES a .tel ?

Or a .name, for that matter.

[blastfromthepast]

I've MET a few NAMES, but I won't TEL you about it.

[Wot]

Hi Owen,

Would you like to buy IDN.tel :p

[phio]

Hi Owen,

Would you like to buy IDN.tel :p

LOL

I'm interested in Ho.tel, I think it's one of those hacks with multiple meanings.

[bashaar]

IDN.tel = more IDN.com power? :)

[domainguru]

LOL

I'm interested in Ho.tel, I think it's one of those hacks with multiple meanings.

Yeah, or even Hos.in.mo.tel ......

Honestly though, I think you are right, its the best use of all these amazingly crap new TLDs - just getting the great short words .........

Is their a good service to generate them?

[Drewbert]

I don't think you actually have control over your own DNS with .tel so it's all a waste of time.

[sarcle]

I'd rather have poop sent to me in the mail than register IDN.tel.

http://poopsenders.com/

[Wot]

I don't think you actually have control over your own DNS with .tel so it's all a waste of time.

I think you can now add Adsense so if they get any traffic or could be optimized money could be made?

[blastfromthepast]

I think you can now add Adsense so if they get any traffic or could be optimized money could be made?

You can put a phone number on the page and wait for the line to start ringing off the hook.

[Wot]

You can put a phone number on the page and wait for the line to start ringing off the hook.

:D

Actually just added Adsense to IDN.tel, interesting to see the results if any.

[Wot]

LOL

I'm interested in Ho.tel, I think it's one of those hacks with multiple meanings.

How about iHo.tel ;)

[rhys]

oh boy! But talk about out of the way tld's I spoke with a company that used .io for their domain name yesterday.

[Drewbert]

Wow, the original "weird use" ccTLD, IIRC.

[owen]

I know you all are super excited about the TEL IDN landrush so I just wanted to give this a little bump :p

I know it is not huge but despite the poo pooing of the TEL TLD we do have over 200 pre-registrations. So, you better order yours fast while supplies last!! ;)

TEL IDN PREREGISTRATION (http://www.name.com/tel-idn-preregistration/)

- Owen

[Drewbert]

I know it is not huge but despite the poo pooing of the TEL TLD we do have over 200 pre-registrations.

"Never underestimate the predictability of stupidity"

.tel are desperate for registrations.Never saw that coming.

[tee1]

thanks for keeping us informed. but I am gonna wait for the next land rush.

I know you all are super excited about the TEL IDN landrush so I just wanted to give this a little bump :p

I know it is not huge but despite the poo pooing of the TEL TLD we do have over 200 pre-registrations. So, you better order yours fast while supplies last!! ;)

TEL IDN PREREGISTRATION (http://www.name.com/tel-idn-preregistration/)

- Owen

[Wot]

I know you all are super excited about the TEL IDN landrush so I just wanted to give this a little bump

I know it is not huge but despite the poo pooing of the TEL TLD we do have over 200 pre-registrations. So, you better order yours fast while supplies last!!

TEL IDN PREREGISTRATION (http://www.name.com/tel-idn-preregistration/)

- Owen


Any freebies. :) IDN.tel (http://www.idn.tel) is helping, or hindering,your cause. ;)

[owen]

Any freebies. :) IDN.tel (http://www.idn.tel) is helping, or hindering,your cause. ;)

It's a little hard to say if idn.tel is sending any traffic to name.com because the site doesn't link over to it and no referrer is set. If you want to turn that text into a link I could check the stats and see.

[Wot]

It's a little hard to say if idn.tel is sending any traffic to name.com because the site doesn't link over to it and no referrer is set. If you want to turn that text into a link I could check the stats and see.

No worries, if you get anything from it it's on me. I know we are getting a fair bit of traffic but then with the launch next week if we don't get it now we may never get it. :)

[Todayisp]

I can get .TEL domain name (http://www.spam.com) with $29.

[Wot]

I can get .TEL domain name (http://www.spam.com) with $29.

Veeeeery expensive. :(

[mulligan]

I can get .TEL domain name with $29.

Why are you crashing somebody elses thread?

[alpha]

I can get .TEL domain name (http://www.spam.com) with $29.

that's not cool.

you earned a 1 month vacation of your choice (as long as its not here)

I think you may have something to offer this forum, but right now all we get are spammy replies.

See you in a month.

[emjohn]

I agree that .tel is only worthwhile with it's hacks. Otherwise it is limited.

[Wot]

Whoa- IDN.tel yesterday 176 impressions- 4 clicks-yippee-37 cents total- who said .tel can't make money :p

[owen]

Whoa- IDN.tel yesterday 176 impressions- 4 clicks-yippee-37 cents total- who said .tel can't make money :p

That's awesome :) Better than the ol' goose egg. Hopefully it keeps up after the "landrush".

Just an update, we now have about 300 pre-orders. I had to filter a few out due to a list of not allowed domains that was published today by the registry. Nothing like getting us pertinent info in a timely manner. So, get them while their hot folks!! :P You can get yours here: http://www.name.com/tel-idn-preregistration/. Full refund on domains that we do not acquire on your behalf.

I also added a little translation tool to the page the other day. It uses the Google Translation API so your mileage may vary on the actual translations, but it might help.

Thanks,
Owen Borseth

[owen]

As always, we like to post the results to you fine folks. We acquired 215 out of 273 valid pre-orders. The other registrars that got names that we were going for were:

NET-CHINESE CO., LTD. got 1
ENTORNO DIGITAL, SA got 2
1API GMBH got 19
DYNADOT LLC got 29

If you got names, congrats. I'm sure you won't be piping up though given the TEL poo pooing here :P

PS: Go Brazil!! I'm guessing 3-0, Brazil.

[Drewbert]

I had to filter a few out due to a list of not allowed domains that was published today by the registry. Nothing like getting us pertinent info in a timely manner.

Lovely.

What sort of names were on the ban list? Was it mixed script rules, or IP/TM related?