.Tel me your thoughts?

[Albert Tai]

Originally Posted by cee

Acro, I'm not misleading anyone down a fantasy. I'm simply stating possibilities and allowing people to make their own decisions. If someone else wants to spend $10/yr on a nifty name and they can afford it, I provide them with some possibilities of it becoming more in the future. Not that this possibility should be the reason for them registering.



As I just mentioned, I will be dropping all the domains under "----- Domains Letting Go -----" in the first post of this thread. If you're interested in any, I'll PM you the moment I delete them and you can grab whatever you want.

Enough investments for me in .tel...
cun.tel and dun.tel was purely a joke to fool my friends to convince them I have 1337 names

Done with .tel. Unless I see some other people registering...theres tons of lll.tel still available.

~Al

*too bad my name is reg :(*

[eksperts]

Originally Posted by Albert Tai

...

*too bad my name is reg :(*

I'm lucky regged my name at dynadot and pair other names. Get all I want
http://www.leons.tel

I remember when .mobi started I get about 10% from preordered names only (other registrar, not dynadot).

[cee]

Originally Posted by eksperts

I'm lucky regged my name at dynadot and pair other names. Get all I want http://www.leons.tel

If you don't mind me asking, what else did you get?

Also, if anyone else has got some good .tel domains, let us know! I'm curious to see what else people registered.

[eksperts]

Originally Posted by cee

If you don't mind me asking, what else did you get?

Also, if anyone else has got some good .tel domains, let us know! I'm curious to see what else people registered.

tape dot tel
playmate dot tel

[cee]

Originally Posted by eksperts

tape dot tel
playmate dot tel

Nice!

For those interested, I dropped all the ones listed under "----- Domains Dropped -----" in the first post of this thread.

[Acro]

How is "playmate" - a registered tm - "nice"?

That's the problem with a "free for all" - people start registering domains without thinking.

[cee]

I was referring to tape.tel, actually. It made me think of telephone tapping. Playmate could also probably be used for some sort of phone sex line.

[Acro]

Originally Posted by cee

Playmate could also probably be used for some sort of phone sex line.

That's a naive statement. Go to http://uspto.gov and search for "playmate". It's a Playboy trademark in several formats.

But I am not surprised; the same mistakes were made with every new era TLD launch, that nowadays involves keyword hawking & auctioning by the registry (Telnic claims they didn't do that), mass promotion and followship that resembles a cult.

[cee]

Originally Posted by Acro

That's a naive statement. Go to http://uspto.gov and search for "playmate". It's a Playboy trademark in several formats.

I never said it could be done legally. I simply stated it could be done.

I personally stayed away from trademarks in this launch. For everyone else who didn't, I doubt it has much to do with a "new era TLD launch." There are thousands of trademark names registered each day in .com as well. Some for traffic purposes and others for resale purposes. Why should this TLD be any exception?

[Acro]

I doubt that you can say "it could be done" and get away with it. Are you condoning the act but not the consequences?

That's the kind of carrot bait that domain newbies fall for. Instead of educating newcomers to the scene, they are allowed to perceive the domain field as a wild west; a free-for-all fest.

Playmate.tel should not have been registered, period.

I had a funny argument with Justin from TelNic at my twitter feed today. He seemed to be upset by my statement that TelNic forced trademark holders to pay $125 per year with 3 years down! But that's the fact. No other TLD launch before .tel that I'm aware of did this. Justin's counter-argument was that TelNic didn't hawk premium domains to auction in the future. That's questionable, but even if that's the case that's no valid response to my argument about scalping tm holders at sunrise.

[cee]

Hehe. Acro, you are a rather funny individual. I'll give you that.

I was making light of the fact that people tend to break the law more willingly on the Web, as if it is less of an offense, e.g.: downloading pirated music, software, etc. I've seen plenty of unlawful registrations being commercialized and profited from. While they don't last long, it doesn't mean that they don't happen. I just think you are making everything related to .tel a little too personal. I'm here to argue that this is the way of the world, not the .tel era.

[Doc Com]

Originally Posted by cee

...some good .tel domains

The more I see some of the domains on here the more I ask myself, that is good???

It boils down to someone's interpretation.

The only .tel I got and the only I will ever get was K9s.tel.

It will tie into K9s.mobi and a K9s Twitter account.

This is purely as a business venture of linking dog rescue leagues across the country. Yeah, another one of my massive projects and undertakings that I do not have time for but jumped in to it anyways.

[Acro]

Originally Posted by cee

Hehe. Acro, you are a rather funny individual. I'll give you that.

I was making light of the fact that people tend to break the law more willingly on the Web, as if it is less of an offense, e.g.: downloading pirated music, software, etc. I've seen plenty of unlawful registrations being commercialized and profited from. While they don't last long, it doesn't mean that they don't happen. I just think you are making everything related to .tel a little too personal. I'm here to argue that this is the way of the world, not the .tel era.

I am funny indeed, but not when it comes down to the situation I've explained already.

This thread is about .tel, correct? That's why my focus is on .tel
It's nothing personal, nothing biased. I've analyzed my position on .tel at my blog, in 5 long posts. Some people get it, some don't. I am not holding your wallet shut, spend it all on .tel if you want.

[cee]

Originally Posted by Acro

Playmate.tel should not have been registered, period.

Agreed, but to each their own!

Originally Posted by Acro

I had a funny argument with Justin from TelNic at my twitter feed today. He seemed to be upset by my statement that TelNic forced trademark holders to pay $125 per year with 3 years down! But that's the fact. No other TLD launch before .tel that I'm aware of did this. Justin's counter-argument was that TelNic didn't hawk premium domains to auction in the future. That's questionable, but even if that's the case that's no valid response to my argument about scalping tm holders at sunrise.

Sounds like you were talking to a politician. I think the real reason for many of the things they are doing or have done is that they want to build the hype. The more people they get to spend money at a premium rate, the better their overall business plan looks. It's all about image at this early stage in the game for them. I think it's smart business, myself. But obviously it is going to piss off the more experienced people in this industry... you.

Originally Posted by Doc Com

This is purely as a business venture of linking dog rescue leagues across the country. Yeah, another one of my massive projects and undertakings that I do not have time for but jumped in to it anyways.

Better to keep busy than to rust away and lose all form

[Albert Tai]

Yes playmate is a playboy trademark why would you do that?
That's stupid...
Reg something like phonesex.tel or something if you want something like that
playmate is just stupid
I reg cun.tel and dun.tel which has no trademark issues w.e.
Should reg non trademark domains.....tel isn't even gonna sell that high if you want to try to hog it .
~Al

[cee]

The domains I dropped are getting picked up rather quick. Look at the first post of this thread for the stats!

[PRED]

To o/p
rep.tel was your best one, you shouldn't have dropped that
i actually checked after you said you dropped them as would have nailed that even though i don't like this extension , but i do think short 3 letter words that are also peoples initials 'may' be reasonably desirable, again only maybe low xxx reseller as individuals are not gonna pay much for a contact page

also i would have took 'kit' being a 1980's nightrider fan

[cee]

Originally Posted by PRED

To o/p
rep.tel was your best one, you shouldn't have dropped that
i actually checked after you said you dropped them as would have nailed that even though i don't like this extension , but i do think short 3 letter words that are also peoples initials 'may' be reasonably desirable, again only maybe low xxx reseller as individuals are not gonna pay much for a contact page

also i would have took 'kit' being a 1980's nightrider fan

Now you tell me!! Just kidding. Yeah, I thought long and hard about that one. I decided to only keep the ones I liked, rather than the ones that have potential resell value (since the day of their value increasing may very well never come). You should have told me you wanted it, and I would have pushed it to you for the reg fee. I gave people a couple days to tell me if they wanted any of the ones I was dropping, but no one said anything.

[nitro4]

Interesting stats... shows how bad this TLD is already failing...

[victornumber]

anyone know if .tel are resellable as my registrar has no grace period. Have kpu.tel. Think its possible to sell to kwantlan p university or kpu telecommunications or it would cause more trouble than its worth?