santa.tel is the first use of the new .tel domain extension. As mentioned before, .tel is not your average TLD. Its basically used to compile all your business contacts and all administrative work is done by the registrar. You can not run any website on this TLD. Check santa.tel out. Nice holiday start to this new TLD extension.
lol, Nice way to launch the TLD I guess... Its a bit Ironic that the first person to get his business card/site up, is the same guy who never returns a call, or writes back, and is only open one day a year. Cheers James
i just found out -> By submitting your .tel application, you authorize Name.com to charge you a $389.00 application fee, which includes the validation fee of $285.00 and a three year registration term as required by the Registry.
I just want to say how the site is a good concept but for a site which can only have contacts it depends on the type of business you have
so dont you have to own the trademark of the name right now..... and like unless you have the company trademarked you cant order the .tel's until landrush?
Yes, something along those lines. You lodge an application, ICANN reviews your application and decides on the outcome...
I just don't see the real value in that extension... What is the point of having a contact page when every website already has a Contact Us section?
i personally dont think it unless after reading http://telnic.org/brochures/top10/Top10ReasonsToBuy.pdf
I can see why business need it, but honestly, why would anyone type in MyBusiness.tel? Unless Telnic is planning on spending 100 million dollars on advertising the extension it will simply fall short like .mobi did for mobile dedicated sites.