How much will flowers.mobi be sold for?
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guesses the closest price.
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My guess is:
$ 63.000
The winner of the game is the one who
guesses the closest price.
:bingo:
My guess is:
$ 63.000
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.mobi The Mobi Flower Game
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Keith
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Just over a year ago casino.mobi sold for $135k. There may have been 5 figure sales behind closed doors as well.
HeyNow
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Despite the hype, attendance at domainer conventions ain't what it used to be. I'd say he needs the money. Huge egos suck up huge amounts of money. So if he figured the sit-on-your-ass and make money gravy train would last forever, then he probably spent money foolishly. What other reason could there be for selling something you paid $200k for in a down market where you'd be lucky to get one-tenth that amount now?
Hi thanks for the info. Seems that was the second highest mobi sale ever, and it was direct from the registry, not aftermarket.
Found more info here
http://www.thedomains.com/2009/09/08/casino-mobi-sells-for-135k/
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$200,000
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Reserve for Flowers.mobi is already met,
current high bid is $750, it's the domain with the most bids so far lol..
I submitted Air.mobi and Dvr.mobi as well to the Miami auction (At No Reserve!! I am ready to take a loss, if ever, those are my 2 only .mobi investments anyhow)
I was too late for the live auction so they will only show them in the extended Miami auction, not exactly sure when it will start...
I think those 2 .mobi domains will reflect the current value of .mobi a lot better then Rick's Domain, what you think DVR.mobi and AIR.mobi will sell for?
current high bid is $750, it's the domain with the most bids so far lol..
I submitted Air.mobi and Dvr.mobi as well to the Miami auction (At No Reserve!! I am ready to take a loss, if ever, those are my 2 only .mobi investments anyhow)
I was too late for the live auction so they will only show them in the extended Miami auction, not exactly sure when it will start...
I think those 2 .mobi domains will reflect the current value of .mobi a lot better then Rick's Domain, what you think DVR.mobi and AIR.mobi will sell for?
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Current high bid is already at $2,200
If you haven't figured out how the "domain game" works when it comes to conferences like S.T.R.O.K.E.F.E.S.T. (sorry, I don't want sued), you need to understand one very important concept:
Mr. 'S' lives in a house of cards. It seems like he has a great hand, but like any good poker player, there is a lot of bluffing going on.
With that said, when it comes to many of these domain conferences, there is a price you see, and a price that is actually paid. Have you ever wondered why many of these purchases are made by people in the S.T.R.O.K.E.F.E.S.T. inner circle or by "anonymous" bidders? Wake up, people.
Mr. 'S' lives in a house of cards. It seems like he has a great hand, but like any good poker player, there is a lot of bluffing going on.
With that said, when it comes to many of these domain conferences, there is a price you see, and a price that is actually paid. Have you ever wondered why many of these purchases are made by people in the S.T.R.O.K.E.F.E.S.T. inner circle or by "anonymous" bidders? Wake up, people.
Why wouldn't he sell at a loss if if thought it had poor prospects or they money could be better spent elsewhere?
People get all emotional about names and find it hard to sell at a loss but it isn't a logical. Selling a name at a loss should be as easy to do as selling at a profit. The purchase price is past news....you've already paid that. The mistakes usually occur when people buy, not selling won't change it.
Personally I think he is making the right move and I think whatever it gets tonight it will be worth less in a few years.
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Don't feel yourself BS, people very rarely get rich from luck. He's made more money than anyone on this forum and knows more about domains than most on the game. If you think it is luck head down to the nearest blue collar bar and you'll find plenty who agree. Many poor people think rich people made money via luck, that is a major reason why they are poor, they don't understand how people make money.
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It might not all be luck. But some of it certainly is. If you read some of his recent blog posts describing his sales method. Well then you just have to scratch your head and think. Man that guy must be lucky.
He pretty much says he opens up a negotiation by insulting his potential buyer. This way he does not have to deal with people that can not look past insults to get his name. This way he does not waste his valuable time. That is borderline stupid. Now he might be a good trader, but he would never cut it in a professional sales outfit. There you have the time to actually go after each sales enquiry without calling your prospect an ass.
So he is lucky. Lucky that he got in the game early enough to secure such names that he could insult his buyers and still make sales. If RS did not have those names he would not make any sales. Today its a mute point since he is the "domain king" and his reputation will open any door for him.
So I see him as a sort of curiosity. He definitely has some sales skills (although I have no idea what they are), but he is no people person. And as such I will subscribe to the notion that he is lucky like hell..
Look at the actual sales he has had, not what you think of his logic.
It is easy to say from the peanut gallery that he is stupid, but the fact is he's made millions, obviously his strategy is working.
So he couldn't get a sales job making 60k a year....I wonder if he is disappointed by that?
Sometimes people do insult buyers, I've seen this strategy at times especially for very high priced items like premium real estate where there is egos at play. When I have seen it is from the best performing sales people (the type of people who can get away with it without getting fired) to motivate someone to offer more.
You are right that if he didn't get in early he wouldn't have those sales. Getting in early isn't the result of luck though. Lots of people talk about how they knew about domains in 1998. You see them here somewhat often "I remember checking news.com and it was available....etc" Very few made significant money.
So basically it boils down to you not liking the guy? I don't like him either, but he sure is a good domainer.
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I just knew you would say "look at his sales, it proves he is a brilliant sales man". I think you jump to conclusions though.
Its obvious that RS has many talents. But I believe that probing each lead is necessary to determine the value of it. RS however has plenty of leads because he has a very nice portfolio. He does not need to be efficient and make every sale. As he says his time is to valuable for that, implied in that sentence is that his time is to valuable to get the lesser sales. Us in the peanut gallery as you say, need the lesser sales and if he was an efficient sales man he would also get them.
You view luck as a mechanism being employed by people not understanding a concept. I believe that there is something to be said about random chance having preferences sometimes. So I have no beef with the concept of luck.
So when I say RS has been lucky, it is because I think that some of his success has reached him in spite of his sales pitch, not because of it.
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In regards to sellers making 60K a year. Some sellers make much more than RS does in a year. But my comment was not about him getting a job. It was about what I think is proper business etiquette and sales technique.
Its obvious that RS has many talents. But I believe that probing each lead is necessary to determine the value of it. RS however has plenty of leads because he has a very nice portfolio. He does not need to be efficient and make every sale. As he says his time is to valuable for that, implied in that sentence is that his time is to valuable to get the lesser sales. Us in the peanut gallery as you say, need the lesser sales and if he was an efficient sales man he would also get them.
You view luck as a mechanism being employed by people not understanding a concept. I believe that there is something to be said about random chance having preferences sometimes. So I have no beef with the concept of luck.
So when I say RS has been lucky, it is because I think that some of his success has reached him in spite of his sales pitch, not because of it.
EDIT
In regards to sellers making 60K a year. Some sellers make much more than RS does in a year. But my comment was not about him getting a job. It was about what I think is proper business etiquette and sales technique.
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yes i guess Danto is our winner
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anyone had an offical guess lower than Danto's 10k ? he might be the winner
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Only 1K from the final price..
Looks like the sale is well under what most thought it would get. (actually there doesn't seem to be any lower predictions).
Remember the arguments a year or so about the level of price falls? Many naysayers thought the top premium names such as this were down about 90% back then. Obviously the market it is far worse now with a 97% loss on such a significant name. It sounds like a flipper has bought it so expect a desperate sale soon and maybe an even lower price.
Just like a lot of people joined the .mobi market when this sold last time and I think we'll see a lot head for the exit after this. With the top names getting 4 figures leaves little hope for the middle and lower rung names. I also think we'll see an increase in selling of the top names, wouldn't surprise me if RS sold off the rest of his and probably a lot of people who followed him in will do the same.
This is the 2nd defining moment for this extension....yesterday people knew the .mobi market was sick, today the front page news on every second domain blog will be far worse than just a sick market.
Remember the arguments a year or so about the level of price falls? Many naysayers thought the top premium names such as this were down about 90% back then. Obviously the market it is far worse now with a 97% loss on such a significant name. It sounds like a flipper has bought it so expect a desperate sale soon and maybe an even lower price.
Just like a lot of people joined the .mobi market when this sold last time and I think we'll see a lot head for the exit after this. With the top names getting 4 figures leaves little hope for the middle and lower rung names. I also think we'll see an increase in selling of the top names, wouldn't surprise me if RS sold off the rest of his and probably a lot of people who followed him in will do the same.
This is the 2nd defining moment for this extension....yesterday people knew the .mobi market was sick, today the front page news on every second domain blog will be far worse than just a sick market.
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