Recently, the blogosphere stirred up quite a bit due to the release of .Tel domain names. Remember how the .Com age took the Internet by storm? Literally thousands of businesses and individuals spent lots of time and money acquiring domain names on Internet. Some register these names for their own use, while others do it to make a profit.

For sure, there are some lessons to be learned here. That is, if you want to secure the domain name that you desire, you must act quickly. If you don't, they could be registered by someone else the next day. Today, if you visit any domain registrar and make a quick search, you will find that almost all the valuable properties are taken up. It's very hard to find a good virtual property.

And that is exactly what a name becomes once you own it - it is a piece of real estate in the cyber world. If you are running a business, and you know that your name helps bring in sales for you because of the reputation you have worked so hard to build, you know that you must absolutely own this name. You don't want to wait until someone looking to make a quick buck register for the name and then try to sell it back to you for a few thousand dollars. Happens all the time to .com domains.

With the release of .Tel domains, you once again have the opportunity to own the name that you really want. The main difference between a .Tel and a .Com is that you get a web presence immediately the moment you are the owner of a .Tel. In other words, there is no need to sign up for web hosting, hunt for Content Management Systems, or hire a web designer. All you have to do is to logon to your account, and fill in the details.

There is a .Tel for business, and there is a .Tel for individuals. The key difference between the 2 product lines is that you can setup different locations for business plans. For individual plans, the process is more straight forward. Simply go through the wizard, fill in all the information, and you have a website online.

The best part is, you don't just get a website to go with your .Tel domain. You get a traditional website, and a mobile website. That allows you to reach out to a wider audience. Your prospects and customers can reach you anywhere as long as they are connected to the Internet. If they are connecting from the office, they can browse your traditional website. If they are traveling, they can logon to the Internet using their latest 3G mobile phone and access your mobile website.

This is great news for many business owners because the new service essentially eliminates the need to be technically savvy. Anyone can get a web presence immediately with zero knowledge about HTML, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, Editors, etc.

A .Tel domain costs just $21 and the price includes the hosting. If you buy in bulk, you get to enjoy incredible discounts. With bulk discounts applied, the cost of a domain name can go down to as low as $12.25 per name.