Blog
Interesting article.
Afilias wants to buy your failed gTLD
http://domainincite.com/18898-afilias-wants-to-buy-your-failed-gtld
Afilias wants to buy your failed gTLD
http://domainincite.com/18898-afilias-wants-to-buy-your-failed-gtld
Latest topics
» web3 will change everything
by Expert 2023-04-29, 6:03 am
» .tel domains sales from 2009 until today
by Expert 2022-09-15, 3:21 am
» Example for .global domains
by di7 2022-07-21, 2:02 pm
» Change of ownership?
by Expert 2021-09-29, 6:36 pm
» Telnames struck off
by Expert 2021-09-11, 5:40 pm
» The year in .tel
by 4444 2021-07-20, 12:34 pm
» My conclusion after six years with new top-level-domains
by TelDE 2021-04-18, 1:50 am
» The daily .tel statistics
by TelFan 2021-03-30, 1:45 pm
» The big difference between .tel and .online
by Sunrise 2020-12-21, 5:46 am
» Is Justin Hayward a good or bad actor?
by Sunrise 2020-10-31, 4:19 pm
by Expert 2023-04-29, 6:03 am
» .tel domains sales from 2009 until today
by Expert 2022-09-15, 3:21 am
» Example for .global domains
by di7 2022-07-21, 2:02 pm
» Change of ownership?
by Expert 2021-09-29, 6:36 pm
» Telnames struck off
by Expert 2021-09-11, 5:40 pm
» The year in .tel
by 4444 2021-07-20, 12:34 pm
» My conclusion after six years with new top-level-domains
by TelDE 2021-04-18, 1:50 am
» The daily .tel statistics
by TelFan 2021-03-30, 1:45 pm
» The big difference between .tel and .online
by Sunrise 2020-12-21, 5:46 am
» Is Justin Hayward a good or bad actor?
by Sunrise 2020-10-31, 4:19 pm
Most active topics
feeds
+8
mikeseaton
Tim Spears
TelBlogger
4444
FrankW.
Serg
x1y2
silvano
12 posters
Afilias wants to buy failed gTLD
silvano- Senior Member
- .tel domain : albenga.tel
Number of .tel domains : 3
Location : Albenga - Italy
Gender :
Join date : 2012-08-08
Posts : 315 Points : 12056
Reputation : 201
Warning level :
Sunrise- Insider
- Join date : 2012-08-10
Posts : 740 Points : 22124
Reputation : 540
Warning level :
Afilias is the most likely successor for .tel, too.
But due to the sluggish development at Telnic, it may take still many years until this will happen.
If Mister Cash had a little decency, he would look for a successor.
He himself has no active interest in the continuation of the management of .tel.
He's only enjoying his salary at Telnic. In return, he does absolutely nothing.
But due to the sluggish development at Telnic, it may take still many years until this will happen.
If Mister Cash had a little decency, he would look for a successor.
He himself has no active interest in the continuation of the management of .tel.
He's only enjoying his salary at Telnic. In return, he does absolutely nothing.
x1y2- Advanced Member
- Join date : 2013-07-12
Posts : 146 Points : 7411
Reputation : 90
Warning level :
Sunrise wrote:In return, he does absolutely nothing.
He is doing one thing: waiting for an investor to buy Telnic for big money.
Meanwhile the worth of Telnic is sinking more and more in the negative range!
mikeseaton- High-Flyer
- .tel domain : MIkeSeaton.tel
Location : Dorset UK
Join date : 2012-06-11
Posts : 2240 Points : 48002
Reputation : 848
Warning level :
silvano wrote:Interesting article.
Afilias wants to buy your failed gTLD
http://domainincite.com/18898-afilias-wants-to-buy-your-failed-gtld
Afilias would be an excellent choice to take over the .tel project !
Here's a post I made a little while ago:
mikeseaton wrote:I think there are a number of factors at play, any one of which (or more likely a combination) could mean that .tel and Telnic part company soon !
1. Telnic running out of money (there are substantial fixed overheads - regardless of domain registration count - in running a domain registry such as staff/office/server costs, ICANN annual fee, compulsory insurance annual fee, etc).
2. Telnic/Telnames running out of staff to deal with necessary maintenance issues e.g. if you want to sell or transfer a Telnames .tel domain you need Telnames involvement in the process, since they have set themselves up as the domain "Admin" contact. BTW this is not an issue with Telnic .tel domains.
3. Telnic's registars getting fed up being denied access to the latest version of .tel which Telnic sell direct to customers (bypassing Telnic's registrars) via their 100% owned subsidiary Telnames.
4. The 10-year ICANN agreement expiring in 2016 - I doubt if Telnic have the cash to continue but even if they did the grounds for a well-documented objection would be substantial by then.
5. Companies House getting fed up with the cunning move Telnic keeps pulling (reduce ARD by 1 day just before the accounts are due to delay deadline date by a further 3 months).
6. An offer being made for the .tel registry by one of the New gTLD operators.
7. Kash & co. wanting to get on with the rest of their lives.
I'm not worried at all about .tel and Telnic parting company !
ICANN have access to a compulsory insurance policy which will pay for the .tel gTLD running costs whilst a new operator is found.
My guess is that if someone like Afilias takes over the extension will stay as it is i.e. "Data in the DNS".
Where it gets interesting is if a less technically-focussed company is the one with the cash and desire to take over - and faced with that or nothing at all - ICANN may well decide to let .tel be a "normal" extension.
IF - and I stress IF that happens - what price do you think 1-word generic .tels would fetch if they were fully open for development like .coms etc ?
TIME WILL .TEL - BUT IMO NOT LONG TO GO NOW !
http://MikeSeaton.tel
mikeseaton- High-Flyer
- .tel domain : MIkeSeaton.tel
Location : Dorset UK
Join date : 2012-06-11
Posts : 2240 Points : 48002
Reputation : 848
Warning level :
Kash, the contact details for the Dublin headquarters of Afilias can be found at http://afilias.info/contact-us/offices
Please ring them NOW - or if you won't I'm sure one of the other interested parties in .tel will take the initiative !
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE TO SAVE THE .TEL PROJECT !
http://MikeSeaton.tel
Please ring them NOW - or if you won't I'm sure one of the other interested parties in .tel will take the initiative !
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE TO SAVE THE .TEL PROJECT !
http://MikeSeaton.tel
Sunrise- Insider
- Join date : 2012-08-10
Posts : 740 Points : 22124
Reputation : 540
Warning level :
Mister Cash won't find this offer interesting:
Hence we have to wait until Telnic has finally completely run out of money.
Then ICANN has to act instead of Telnic.
http://domainincite.com/18898-afilias-wants-to-buy-your-failed-gtld“Frankly, we’re not going to be paying huge prices for them,” LaPlante.
Hence we have to wait until Telnic has finally completely run out of money.
Then ICANN has to act instead of Telnic.
mikeseaton- High-Flyer
- .tel domain : MIkeSeaton.tel
Location : Dorset UK
Join date : 2012-06-11
Posts : 2240 Points : 48002
Reputation : 848
Warning level :
Sunrise wrote:Hence we have to wait until Telnic has finally completely run out of money.
Then ICANN has to act instead of Telnic.
I hope Kash won't wait until the coffers are completely empty - he is after all a 5.94% shareholder who presumably wants to see some worth to Telnic's shares when sold ?
Maybe it's now time for pro-active activity by all those forum members like myself who have put so much time and money into the .tel project over the last 6 years !
http://MikeSeaton.tel
Sunrise- Insider
- Join date : 2012-08-10
Posts : 740 Points : 22124
Reputation : 540
Warning level :
mikeseaton wrote:I hope Kash won't wait until the coffers are completely empty ...
Waiting - that is exactly what he'll do!
Selling the company for the current market value of Telnic (close to zero) isn't the target.
The shareholders won't agree to get only a small amount for a sale of Telnic, because the only plan that has ever existed is making big money with as little investment as possible!
If you don't believe me, how else this can be explained: http://www.teltalk.org/t1733-telnic-pulls-a-cunning-move ?
BTW - has done Mister Cash anything else than waiting in recent years?
mikeseaton- High-Flyer
- .tel domain : MIkeSeaton.tel
Location : Dorset UK
Join date : 2012-06-11
Posts : 2240 Points : 48002
Reputation : 848
Warning level :
Sunrise wrote:mikeseaton wrote:I hope Kash won't wait until the coffers are completely empty ...
Waiting - that is exactly what he'll do!
Selling the company for the current market value of Telnic (close to zero) isn't the target.
The shareholders won't agree to get only a small amount for a sale of Telnic, because the only plan that has ever existed is making big money with as little investment as possible!
If you don't believe me, how else this can be explained: http://www.teltalk.org/t1733-telnic-pulls-a-cunning-move
@Sunrise - I hope you're wrong - but you may be right !
If the sale of .tel - assuming a willing buyer - is left until the inevitable running out of money then my guess is that the shareholders will get NOTHING !
Most businessman faced with this scenario would rather fellow shareholders walked away with SOMETHING - plus of course there is a matter of pride that the .tel project will continue rather than perhaps disappear into oblivion !
As I said in a previous post TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE - if Kash can't/won't realise this then maybe forum members can help get some results ?
Let's start with a simple tweet - https://twitter.com/mikeseaton/with_replies
http://MikeSeaton.tel
4444- Senior Member
- Join date : 2013-07-21
Posts : 455 Points : 14086
Reputation : 234
Warning level :
Kash is and was wrong for many years. I doubt that we'll see a change of mind by him!
Actually, I have never seen a more stubborn businessman who follows consistently the wrong track for such a long time.
Actually, I have never seen a more stubborn businessman who follows consistently the wrong track for such a long time.
mikeseaton- High-Flyer
- .tel domain : MIkeSeaton.tel
Location : Dorset UK
Join date : 2012-06-11
Posts : 2240 Points : 48002
Reputation : 848
Warning level :
mikeseaton wrote:
As I said in a previous post TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE - if Kash can't/won't realise this then maybe forum members can help get some results ?
Let's start with a simple tweet - https://twitter.com/mikeseaton/with_replies
I sent https://twitter.com/mikeseaton/status/619143229846482946 to Afilias CMO Roland LaPlante and his response was "great idea Mike--happy to talk!"
So Afilias - a major internet player with a track record in successful marketing and administration of multiple gTLDs would consider buying the .TEL project !
Does anybody know the Twitter ID for Kash ?
I would like to tweet him re this potential interest and give him the opportunity to react positively !
http://MikeSeaton.tel
PS. Afilias contact details are at Afilias.info and Afilias.tel
di7- Senior Member
- Join date : 2013-09-24
Posts : 217 Points : 9231
Reputation : 114
Warning level :
mikeseaton- High-Flyer
- .tel domain : MIkeSeaton.tel
Location : Dorset UK
Join date : 2012-06-11
Posts : 2240 Points : 48002
Reputation : 848
Warning level :
di7 wrote:mikeseaton wrote:Does anybody know the Twitter ID for Kash ?
https://twitter.com/telnicceo
@di7 - Thanks for the info - Have just tweeted Kash with https://twitter.com/mikeseaton/status/619626198285598720
http://MikeSeaton.tel
di7- Senior Member
- Join date : 2013-09-24
Posts : 217 Points : 9231
Reputation : 114
Warning level :
Good luck!
4444- Senior Member
- Join date : 2013-07-21
Posts : 455 Points : 14086
Reputation : 234
Warning level :
If Afilias wants to buy failed gTLD, .tel is a failed gTLD indeed!
di7- Senior Member
- Join date : 2013-09-24
Posts : 217 Points : 9231
Reputation : 114
Warning level :
4444 wrote:... .tel is a failed gTLD indeed!
Yes, but I expect that forum participants and .tel customers will support a new registry with all their power.
The current leaders, however, are hated for their really bad management during the latest years.
mikeseaton- High-Flyer
- .tel domain : MIkeSeaton.tel
Location : Dorset UK
Join date : 2012-06-11
Posts : 2240 Points : 48002
Reputation : 848
Warning level :
di7 wrote:4444 wrote:... .tel is a failed gTLD indeed!
Yes, but I expect that forum participants and .tel customers will support a new registry with all their power.
The current leaders, however, are hated for their really bad management during the latest years.
ABSOLUTELY !
Afilias - with Corporate HQ in Dublin - see http://afilias.info/contact-us/offices - and a proven track record in marketing/managing gTLDs would be ideal !
http://MikeSeaton.tel
mikeseaton- High-Flyer
- .tel domain : MIkeSeaton.tel
Location : Dorset UK
Join date : 2012-06-11
Posts : 2240 Points : 48002
Reputation : 848
Warning level :
mikeseaton wrote:di7 wrote:mikeseaton wrote:Does anybody know the Twitter ID for Kash ?
https://twitter.com/telnicceo
@di7 - Thanks for the info - Have just tweeted Kash with https://twitter.com/mikeseaton/status/619626198285598720
Just in case Kash in not checking Twitter regularly I have also sent https://twitter.com/mikeseaton/status/619632912787460096 to Telnic's ex-CTO and strategy/technical guy behind the .tel project Henri Asseily
http://MikeSeaton.tel
Sunrise- Insider
- Join date : 2012-08-10
Posts : 740 Points : 22124
Reputation : 540
Warning level :
Will Mister Cash sell Telnic for a small sales price?
I doubt it, because a big amount has been lost by Tenic's shareholders in recent years.
Hence, he won't sell Telnic for peanuts.
I guess, he'll rather wait until Telnic is completely bankrupt (without getting any money).
At least, this was the strategy during the latest years.
I doubt it, because a big amount has been lost by Tenic's shareholders in recent years.
Hence, he won't sell Telnic for peanuts.
I guess, he'll rather wait until Telnic is completely bankrupt (without getting any money).
At least, this was the strategy during the latest years.
x1y2- Advanced Member
- Join date : 2013-07-12
Posts : 146 Points : 7411
Reputation : 90
Warning level :
We all know that Telnic can't continue the business forever, but no one knows what will happen and how long it takes to see a change.
TelBlogger- Insider
- Gender :
Join date : 2012-04-29
Posts : 621 Points : 17684
Reputation : 273
Warning level :
The important thing is to not waste time developing (lol!) ur .tels or money by renewing the registrations.
Sunrise- Insider
- Join date : 2012-08-10
Posts : 740 Points : 22124
Reputation : 540
Warning level :
This is a deal Mister Cash is dreaming of.
Such sale was and is the only target of Telnic.
Developing .tel was never the plan!
Such sale was and is the only target of Telnic.
Developing .tel was never the plan!
Serg- Newbie
- Join date : 2015-07-24
Posts : 19 Points : 3627
Reputation : 8
Warning level :
It's no wonder 90% of start-ups dream to sell as quickly as possible, and more. Life dictates of their own. In Telnik management no human-engine and no money.Sunrise wrote:This is a deal Mister Cash is dreaming of.
Such sale was and is the only target of Telnic.
Developing .tel was never the plan!
di7- Senior Member
- Join date : 2013-09-24
Posts : 217 Points : 9231
Reputation : 114
Warning level :
The value of Telnic could have been increased a lot by developing .tel into a widely accepted service.
But now, Telnic's value is minus (many costs, little revenues, angry customers and a dead product).
But now, Telnic's value is minus (many costs, little revenues, angry customers and a dead product).
Serg- Newbie
- Join date : 2015-07-24
Posts : 19 Points : 3627
Reputation : 8
Warning level :
Each coin has a flip side.di7 wrote:The value of Telnic could have been increased a lot by developing .tel into a widely accepted service.
But now, Telnic's value is minus (many costs, little revenues, angry customers and a dead product).
Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker. (Friedrich Nietzsche) ;)))
|
|
|