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Landrush for TEL domains has arrived.

The TEL landrush is first come first serve. Make sure to register high value TEL domains before open registration.

Date: February 3, 2009
Time: 15:00 GMT
Cost: $325 for a 3 year registration ($299 bulk)
Nexus Requirement: None, anyone can register a TEL domain
Trademark Requirement: None, Landrush does not require a trademark to register

We are not taking pre-orders for TEL landrush. The TEL registry is offline right now. Around 15:00 GMT the servers will come back online. At that time you can attempt your registration through our system or through our API.

There is no grace deletion for TEL domains. All registrations are final.

You cannot set name servers for TEL domains. You can only enter your contact information with the TEL central registry and they will generate a page for you that looks like this:

http://www.justin.tel/

NOTE: Open registration is March 24, where the price will drop to around $10/year per TEL domain.

TEL Newsletter
http://www.telnic.org/newsletters/landrush/

TEL Reserved Names
http://www.telnic.org/reserved-names.html

Telnic has delayed the start of integration to Feb 27. So we will not have it available until early March.

Dynadot Staff

Any updates on our .tel accounts and the interface to update them with our information?

r_k_makaweli_us_1:

Sorry, we won't be able to credit you the price difference.  

Landrush for new extensions is a bit different in that it's mostly for people who want to get premium domain names before  registration is open to the general public, for that privilege, the Central Registries charge a premium price.  

TEL domains purchased during the landrush also have 3 year registrations versus a 1 year registration during the General Availability period.


[This post has been edited by dynadot_staff on Feb 19, 2009 10:38am.]

Hi staff,

I understand the price for .Tel will drop drastically from $299.00 to $10-$17 in March 2009, will we be credited the difference?.

Thanks,
Rus

Adding your contacts to your TEL page is currently not available. We will be integrating with the TEL servers around late Feb.

At that time, there should be a link in your Dynadot domain control panel that will bring you to the TEL signin page to edit your contact info.

Since this is still Landrush, not all features are up yet. If you check your expiration date, you will see that it has been extended for an extra month to account for this.

Dynadot Staff

updated: fixed typo


[This post has been edited by dynadot_staff on Feb 3, 2009 12:09pm.]

Sorry for the confusion. I was referring to setting up the .tel contact page. I wasnt sure if it would be under the DNS page here at Dynadot.

The answer to my question is: Feb-25 is when .tel will allow the contact directory / page to be created

P.S. the pages won't be activated before late February: read Telnic's website, it is all there!

You cannot change the DNS for the .tel - maybe this will change some day, but not for the time being.

.tel names do not work like other domain names: every page will look more or less the same, like a large online directory (with some possibilities of internal configuration, however), with all names hosted on Telnic's central server.

(I have seen some articles hinting that they might be at some point put on other servers, but with strict and specific conditions, probably primarily for large companies, but not for working like an usual website.)

How do I setup my DNS to generate the page? Is it here on Dynadot?

Tried whois.nic.tel no luck.

(referring to the page that contains the contact info page specific to the (dot)tel domain. Wasnt sure if the setup page would be hosted here at Dynadot or if I would go to Nic.tel to setup)


[This post has been edited by c_e_painesville_us on Feb 3, 2009 11:27am.]


[This post has been edited by c_e_painesville_us on Feb 3, 2009 11:28am.]

Wow!  It´s in my account now!

No future registry surprises, right?

Once I have the Order Finished it is 100% ok, right?