Traditional business cards have existed for centuries and let’s be realistic, no one loves them but there hasn’t been a better way. Contact info on business cards may not be the latest. People hate storing them. Trees are killed and the cards end up in the garbage can.

Enter the next generation business card, an online business card on your very own domain name. Yes there have been similar efforts before, but none were under your own domain name. Now what’s more professional and easily accessible than that.

What I’m referring to is the awesome .tel technology that allows anyone to register thier own www.yourname.tel. As you’ve probably figured out, your online business card can be accessed just like a regular website and that’s what makes it so neat. Your customers can just launch the browser and enter your .tel names and bam, you’re instantly available. they can then carry on to call you with the various methods that you gave or just check out your information.

Without further delay, here are 10 reasons you need one now.

1. Yourname.tel loads quickly on a cell phone.

Sure people can visit your .tel on a computer, but if they have to call you or want to check out your info briefly from a cell phone they can. People have cell phones on them everywhere they go and you can be reached easily with your .tel name.

2. All of your contact information is clickable.

If a client wants to call you while visiting yourname.tel on their cell phone, they simply click on your phone number. If they want to skype you, they click on your skype. If they have to email you, they click on your email. If they want to connect through facebook, they click on your facebook. If they want to locate you, they click on the map. It’s that simple. It’s not possible to click on paper business cards and make your phone auto dial, but you can with .tel.

3. Forget web hosting.

If you’re a web developer you might be wondering, “No way is it possible” That’s the amazingness of .tel technology at work. Data is entered in the DNS so paying for webhosting is not required.

4. It’s easy, you don’t need web designing. Just log in and input your information.

How’s that possible? Again, data is entered into the DNS so there’s no need to pay for web designing.

5. It’s dirt cheap.

For the price of a dinner, you get your .tel name and be up and ready almost instantly.

6. You can enter important info about yourself or your company.

Information like food and drink menu, store hours, rates and prices, or even your resume can be added easily.

7. Just hand out yourname.tel to people and they’ll remain updated to contact info changes.

There’s no need to contact everyone about phone number or email changes. If they have your .tel, they’ll stay updated.

8. People don’t have to memorize your phone numbers.

They can contact you by going to your .tel name, which is a lot easier to remember than your phone number and they can be sure they’ll reach you and not an out of service number. Dialing phone numbers should be phased out a long time ago.

9. Private or public.

You can make your business info visible to the world if you like. Google can pick up and index your business if that is your goal. You can also make information private for certain people if you want.

10. No two .tel can be the same.

This means if another business or person has the same name you do, you might risk losing your name to the competition. Get it before it’s taken because no two .tel name can be the same.

Heck, keep using traditional business cards if you really love them. You can print your .tel name on traditional business cards or write it on a piece of napkin. It’s all up to you. By printing your .tel name on your cards, you won’t have to worry about your contact info being old. Yourname.tel will keep people updated. You must now go and register .tel while your name has not been taken. You’ll be the envy of your colleagues.