Pre-register Your NUMERIC .TEL Domains Early! First-Come-First Served!
Starting on April 28, 2011 at 9:00 UTC, HEXONET will start accepting pre-registrations for numeric .TEL domains. Pre-registrations are available for both Landrush (LR) and Go-Live (also known as General Availability - GA). Additionally, Telnic, the official registry for .TEL Domains, will also be releasing two-character (aa.tel or a1.tel) and numeric-only (from 2 to 7 digit length names with or without hyphens) domains.
Who Should Be Interested?
- Companies with 2-letter or all-numeric brands or trademarks
- Vanity number operators or those wanting to get keyboard-numeric versions of their names
- Individuals who want to be known by their initials or with a penchant for lucky numbers
- Businesses using shortcodes for marketing and support services
Exceptions NOT available for Registration:
- One-letter (from a.tel through to z.tel) and one-digit domains (from 0.tel through to 9.tel)
- Two-character country code top level domains (ccTLDs, such as uk.tel)
- Combinations of digits and/or digit and hyphen strings that contain eight or more characters (for example, 12345678.tel or 123-5678.tel)
Landrush & Landrush Auction Info:
- Landrush Period: June 1, 2011 14:00 UTC - June 14, 2011 13:59 UTC
- Allocation will be on a First-Come, First-Served basis
- Registration Periods: 1 - 10 Years
- Domain Name Registration Policies: View
- Landrush Pricing (first year pricing):
- 2-character or 2-digit Domains: $416.50 (net: 350.00) USD per Domain/Year for ALL PRICE CLASSES
- 3-character or 3-digit Domains: $327.25 (net: 275.00) USD per Domain/Year for ALL PRICE CLASSES
- 4 or more character or 4 or more digit Domains: $238.00 (net: 200.00) USD per Domain/Year for ALL PRICE CLASSES
Go-Live Info:
- Go-Live: June 14, 2011 at 14:00 UTC
- Allocated on a First-come-First-Served basis
- Registration Periods: 1 - 10 Years
- Domain Name Registration Policies: View
- Go-Live Pricing: regular .TEL pricing in the various different price classes apply
Pre-registration Billing: (IMPORTANT)
HEXONET will start withdrawing the DEPOSITS for Landrush on May 23, 2011 and for Go-Live on June 6, 2011. This deduction is only to reserve funds in case all your Pre-registrations are successful. Deposits will be automatically returned back to your account if any Pre-registrations are not successful or if you delete a Pre-registration 24 hours prior to the respective Landrush or Go-Live launch date.
Landrush and Go-Live applications deleted more than 24 hours prior launch are automatically refunded back to your reseller account. Please note, that Landrush and Go-Live deletions are not permitted in the last 24 hours prior launch.
Pre-registration via API
command = AddDomainApplication
class = TEL_NUM_LANDRUSH | TEL_NUM_GOLIVE
domain = 123456.tel
period = 1Y | 2Y | 3Y | 4Y | 5Y | 6Y | 7Y | 8Y | 9Y | 10Y
ownercontact0 = (CONTACT)
admincontact0 = (CONTACT)
techcontact0 = (CONTACT)
billingcontact0 = (CONTACT)
nameserver0 = (NAMESERVER)
nameserver1 = (NAMESERVER)
nameserver2 = (NAMESERVER)
Pre-registration via Control Panel
Pre-registrations can be submitted through the Control Panel by logging into your account and navigating to "Manage Products > Domains" and clicking the "Pre-reg Admin" link in the left side menu. From here one can list existing or submit new Pre-registrations. Users can modify or delete any Pre-registrations without charge up to 24 hours prior to the launch date.