Posts Tagged ‘sedo’

BredPit.tel – Sexiest Man Alive (in Macedonia)

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

bredpitI was trolling around SEDO.com again to see what  new .tel names have gone up for sale.

I saw that bredpit.tel was up for sale for $250.  I thought “Oh no – that poor person has done a misspelling on Brad Pitt and is now trying to sell it off for some ridiculous amount.”

Well I was wrong.  Apparently Brad Pitt’s name translates to Bred Pit in Macedonian.  There is a Facebook Group for Bred Pit with almost 500 members.A Google search for bred pit, brings up large numbers of Brad Pitt links without asking “Did you mean Brad Pitt”.

Who knew that you had to get not only your real name but your translated name?  Gosh, it’s exhausting. Hmmm – it looks like “Van Disel” will be having the same problem.

Search for yourname.tel, and don’t forget to pick up the Macedonian translation ;)

.TEL Aftermarket Starts to Heat Up

Friday, April 17th, 2009

Now that we are a few weeks into general registration, the aftermarket for .TEL names is starting to liven up. Earlier this week Lesbians.tel sold for $1,000 USD on Sedo.com, and the latest bid on Tarot.tel is $1,000 EUR.  In addition to some great .TEL names, the 125+ pages of .TEL names on Sedo also contain lackluster fare such as pkwkauf.tel and teehshirts.tel.

Besides the usual aftermarket sites, over the past few weeks I have seen a number of blogs, and even some Google Adword campaigns (vet.tel comes to mind), advertising premium .TEL names for sale.

Although .TEL aftermarket activity is on the increase, it’s important to note that a lot of great names are still available in the primary market. Before you fork over more than $30 for an aftermarket .TEL, make sure you search out variants and related word combinations at a .TEL registrar, you might be surprised at what is still available.

Happy .TEL hunting!

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