Landrush is officially over and we’re in the final hours of dot-TEL pre-booking (AKA pre-registration) before the new extension “goes live”. Starting tomorrow at 7:00 am PST, you will be able to register .TEL names in real time with participating registrars.
When Telnic opens .TEL registration to the public, prices will drop to an average of $20 US from the Landrush price of $375. The day before a TLD opens for General Registration is always a busy time for domain investors and participating registrars – and judging by talk on blogs and Twitter, TEL is no exception. Registrars are reporting thousands of last minute pre-registrations.
I was curious to see if there were quality names left, so I did some quick dot-TEL searches on random words and phrases. It appears that tonnes of GREAT names are still available on this last day of Landrush. While this shouldn’t be a big surprise give the price tag for Landrush, it’s exciting because it means those willing to invest in .TEL names at $20 a pop will probably snag some good ones.
Here’s a sample of what I found in 10 minutes of searching:
In other .TEL news, Telnic, the .TEL registry operator recently launched a free, open source iPhone application for .TEL names that has been submitted to the Apple App Store and should be available in the near future.
Register .TEL on March 24 with an official .TEL registrar.