Any questions for Neil Edwards, CEO of dotMobi? - Page 3

NameCharger · 05-22-2007, 01:20 PM

Can someone please summarize the discussion with Edwards?

ICANN -> cel browser using dotmobi as default -> browser manufacturers -> cel phone manufacturers

To what length is dotmobi pursuing this?

scandiman · 05-22-2007, 01:35 PM

Originally Posted by thinking1

Can someone make a transcript of the interview for me. I can't access it.

Sorry, I type too slow, you'd be waiting another week. Your browser won't let you listen to it?

Originally Posted by FitzDomains

Can someone please summarize the discussion with Edwards?

ICANN -> cel browser using dotmobi as default -> browser manufacturers -> cel phone manufacturers

To what length is dotmobi pursuing this?

Best to listen to it for yourself I think. Your questions were not specifically addressed in the interview.

accent · 05-22-2007, 02:18 PM

The link for downloading at the bottom is broken, the streaming at the top works - a three second segment then wait, then 3 seconds then wait, the whole thing cut out after about twelve minutes. )))sigh(((

There was a whole lot of "that's a good question, we have not decided."

Big news to me was that Nokiea started this process in 2000, was rejected, and then brought Microsoft et al onboard to impress ICANN - in other words this is industry created, not some guys with an idea selling it to industry.

He does not appear to differentiate between cybersquaters and domain speculators - seemed to me he used the terms interchangeably.

There is no hurry to assign premium names, waiting for the right time. Small businesses with a really good application have a chance, even for music.mobi (unhuh...) Did seem to favor content for the premium names over auctioning them.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/dot-mobi/325934-any-questions-neil-edwards-ceo-dotmobi.html

OK that is the first 12 minutes, let me see if I can get the entire thing this time.

garrett200 · 05-22-2007, 02:19 PM

Overall, good interview. Answered my questions satisfactorily for now.

accent · 05-22-2007, 03:52 PM

Edwards said that all the investor corporations are rolling out .mobi sites and using the extension. He thinks .mobi will pass the 1 million name mark in about a year. He frequently mentioned with pride the 500,000 registrations, without noting that a large percentage of those are by domainers, who are thus supporting the extension.

Resellers pay $8 to $12 for .mobis depending on their volume - that helps explain the wide variation in prices.

He did show some optomistic thinking when he said that half the registered names had some content (he must count SEDO as content) and 15% now have "deep" content = over two pages. That seems exagerated and may reflect poorly on the value of his other observations.

scandiman · 05-22-2007, 03:58 PM

Originally Posted by accentnepal

He did show some optomistic thinking when he said that half the registered names had some content (he must count SEDO as content) and 15% now have "deep" content = over two pages. That seems exagerated and may reflect poorly on the value of his other observations.

I agree this is a big exaggeration on his part. Sedo is content?

acc · 05-22-2007, 09:54 PM

Originally Posted by accentnepal

Edwards said that all the investor corporations are rolling out .mobi sites and using the extension. He thinks .mobi will pass the 1 million name mark in about a year. He frequently mentioned with pride the 500,000 registrations, without noting that a large percentage of those are by domainers, who are thus supporting the extension.

Resellers pay $8 to $12 for .mobis depending on their volume - that helps explain the wide variation in prices.

He did show some optomistic thinking when he said that half the registered names had some content (he must count SEDO as content) and 15% now have "deep" content = over two pages. That seems exagerated and may reflect poorly on the value of his other observations.

Mr. Edwards sounded proud of their accomplishments for sure. It sounded like there is a lot of action behind the scenes re: promotion. That was to be expected.

The original investors' stake plus the reg fees have given them some operating funds to work with. - Average of $10/yr x 500,000 names = $5M in 7 months (but the actual figure is definitely higher than that because sunrise (TH holder) fees were in the $100s/yr, landrush at +/- $20/yr and then it dropped to the current range. You'd have to go back to see how many TM holders regged early, and the figure of 75,000-100,000 names rings a bell for landrush. I'd guess regs so far total in the $7M range. Investors were 14M euro = about $18M then + Visa's buyin. So about $25M to work with in Year 1 so far. Just a rough guess, it's fun running the numbers. I did catch that in response to a question he said that it is a private business and as such actual financials are not for general public knowledge. Knew that was coming no matter how many people cry for more details.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=325934

The numbers details about how much "content" is actually out there can be argued. They get their stats from somebody and the interviewer was not knowledgeable enough in this industry to expand the discussion.

The podcast was okay, not great. Can't believe that the interviewer admitted up front that he knew very little about dot mobi. Wouldn't you as an interviewer research your upcoming guest better than that? Especially with all the action his blog got ahead of time from you guys and your questions. I'd be all over the mtld site and googleing away prepping for such an
interview

Generally I took away from the podcast that Dot Mobi is on plan, adjusting and tweeking as needed, understand the criticisms out there (including the "need" and "length" for the extension - settled non-issues in their eyes), understand that this is a long term plan, and realize that their investors need to be pleased with the work Dot Mobi does to further the project.

05-22-2007, 02:18 PM	#53 (permalink)
accent Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,299	The link for downloading at the bottom is broken, the streaming at the top works - a three second segment then wait, then 3 seconds then wait, the whole thing cut out after about twelve minutes. )))sigh((( There was a whole lot of "that's a good question, we have not decided." Big news to me was that Nokiea started this process in 2000, was rejected, and then brought Microsoft et al onboard to impress ICANN - in other words this is industry created, not some guys with an idea selling it to industry. He does not appear to differentiate between cybersquaters and domain speculators - seemed to me he used the terms interchangeably. There is no hurry to assign premium names, waiting for the right time. Small businesses with a really good application have a chance, even for music.mobi (unhuh...) Did seem to favor content for the premium names over auctioning them. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/dot-mobi/325934-any-questions-neil-edwards-ceo-dotmobi.html OK that is the first 12 minutes, let me see if I can get the entire thing this time. __________________ Domains for sale For List Of Country Code Domains Jewelry of Tibet and Nepal TibetanJewelry.mobi Tibetan Symbols Om Pyramids Ancient Egyptian Secrets Ancient Mystery Eden Shakti

05-22-2007, 03:52 PM	#55 (permalink)
accent Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,299	Edwards said that all the investor corporations are rolling out .mobi sites and using the extension. He thinks .mobi will pass the 1 million name mark in about a year. He frequently mentioned with pride the 500,000 registrations, without noting that a large percentage of those are by domainers, who are thus supporting the extension. Resellers pay $8 to $12 for .mobis depending on their volume - that helps explain the wide variation in prices. He did show some optomistic thinking when he said that half the registered names had some content (he must count SEDO as content) and 15% now have "deep" content = over two pages. That seems exagerated and may reflect poorly on the value of his other observations. __________________ Domains for sale For List Of Country Code Domains Jewelry of Tibet and Nepal TibetanJewelry.mobi Tibetan Symbols Om Pyramids Ancient Egyptian Secrets Ancient Mystery Eden Shakti

05-22-2007, 01:20 PM	#51 (permalink)
NameCharger Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,695	Can someone please summarize the discussion with Edwards? ICANN -> cel browser using dotmobi as default -> browser manufacturers -> cel phone manufacturers To what length is dotmobi pursuing this?

05-22-2007, 02:19 PM	#54 (permalink)
garrett200 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Diego, California Posts: 2,310	Overall, good interview. Answered my questions satisfactorily for now.

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