List of four Premium Names to be put out for RFP

DomainBuyerBroker · 11-06-2006, 06:22 AM

This just posted at http://pc.mtld.mobi/switched/premiumsales.html :

The Request for Proposals (RFP) process commences on 6 November 2006. The .mobi domain names to be offered through the initial RFP process are:

news.mobi
ringtones.mobi
sports.mobi
weather.mobi

Read the RFP application here http://pc.mtld.mobi/documents/PNameRFP_FINALVERSION.pdf

namewaiter · 11-06-2006, 07:06 AM

wow ... 4 of their highest profile domains!

dag · 11-06-2006, 07:48 AM

Unfortunately, we won't find out until mid-January who gets them!

thinking1 · 11-06-2006, 08:43 AM

That's too long to wait!

I can't really take this waiting anymore. I think I'm going to finish registering my last few names this week. Develop them and then unplug my computer for a year, or at least until I hear about mobi again from a radnom person.

For that year I'll pick up a new hobby and forget about my domains to keep myself occupied. Then when I go back online I will be happy to learn that MOBI is a big success and I'm part of it.

dag · 11-06-2006, 09:28 AM

Originally Posted by thinking1

That's too long to wait!

I can't really take this waiting anymore. I think I'm going to finish registering my last few names this week. Develop them and then unplug my computer for a year, or at least until I hear about mobi again from a radnom person.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/dot-mobi/254921-list-four-premium-names-put-out.html

For that year I'll pick up a new hobby and forget about my domains to keep myself occupied. Then when I go back online I will be happy to learn that MOBI is a big success and I'm part of it.

Fantastic idea! Really, I keep thinking similar thoughts myself...

shopperx · 11-06-2006, 09:48 AM

When i first saw RFP i thought... Release For Public! i guess it was too good to be true.

thinking1: Sounds like you have a good plan going...

Regards

thinking1 · 11-06-2006, 10:09 AM

Thanks. That's the only realistic way I see myself getting through this.

accent · 11-06-2006, 02:30 PM

When the 2007 fall product lines come out in advance of Christmas sales we will see how many mobile devices feature .MOBI as an option and how many have it as a default.

That will mean a great deal more than the $$$,$$$ those four names (and others) bring.

Although I imagine each will affect the other.

owntype · 11-06-2006, 03:06 PM

I hope News.mobi rushing to the top and finally be developed as the No.1 News site on the phone!

Then I may get some traffic to my Mews.mobi

Jo · 11-06-2006, 03:44 PM

Thanks for sharing (you were taught well

) I have been wondering what they were going to do with all the money they have made with those auctions, and will be making...hopefully they are using it to advertise the .mobi extension and not lining their pockets!

Bodhi · 11-06-2006, 04:19 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrijo

Thanks for sharing (you were taught well

) I have been wondering what they were going to do with all the money they have made with those auctions, and will be making...hopefully they are using it to advertise the .mobi extension and not lining their pockets!

If they are smart they will spend the money on advertising so they can REALLY start lining their pockets!!! And ours too

hedgefund · 11-06-2006, 04:47 PM

I thought they already gave weather.mobi to weather.com. Am I wrong?

gamehouse · 11-06-2006, 04:54 PM

Check out propositions at ICANN, they do show expected profit numbers and they have no reason necessarily to put that money back into advertising unless they can show that those advertising bucks will bring in lot more. Will that hold true once all the premium names are sold? I am not sure.

Interesting times ahead...

GH

Originally Posted by Kerrijo

Thanks for sharing (you were taught well

) I have been wondering what they were going to do with all the money they have made with those auctions, and will be making...hopefully they are using it to advertise the .mobi extension and not lining their pockets!

namewaiter · 11-06-2006, 06:52 PM

Originally Posted by hedgefund

I thought they already gave weather.mobi to weather.com. Am I wrong?

i thought so too?

Bodhi · 11-06-2006, 07:24 PM

I've been thinking about the RFP thing all day. At first I was thinking it was a bad thing and wishing they would just auction off the names, but the more I think about it, this is a very calcutated way to ensure that premium .mobis get developed. I think it is a smart move. If the premium names were auctioned off or available at landrush, many of them (or most) would just be parked pages. This way, premium names will have some development money behind them. I think the people at .mobi have thought this one through.

space101 · 11-07-2006, 02:42 AM

Originally Posted by neobodhi

I've been thinking about the RFP thing all day. At first I was thinking it was a bad thing and wishing they would just auction off the names, but the more I think about it, this is a very calcutated way to ensure that premium .mobis get developed. I think it is a smart move. If they were auctioned off or available at landrush, many of them would just be parked pages. This way, premium names will have some development money behind them. I think the people at .mobi have thought this one through.

I Agree totally. I think the parties involved (i.e Google,Microsoft,Nokia, etc . .) have come up with a very well thought out plan to capitalize on the next big thing. And besides they have the billions of dollars to hire research firms who have access to data that we do not.

Aboutdomains · 11-07-2006, 03:03 AM

Originally Posted by rsequin

This just posted at http://pc.mtld.mobi/switched/premiumsales.html :

The Request for Proposals (RFP) process commences on 6 November 2006. The .mobi domain names to be offered through the initial RFP process are:
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=254921

news.mobi
ringtones.mobi
sports.mobi
weather.mobi

Read the RFP application here http://pc.mtld.mobi/documents/PNameRFP_FINALVERSION.pdf

So I will have reason to be happy with my smsnews.mobi? same case as myflowers.mobi before -

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DomainBuyerBroker NamePros Regular Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cape Cod Mass Posts: 884	List of four Premium Names to be put out for RFP This just posted at http://pc.mtld.mobi/switched/premiumsales.html : The Request for Proposals (RFP) process commences on 6 November 2006. The .mobi domain names to be offered through the initial RFP process are: news.mobi ringtones.mobi sports.mobi weather.mobi Read the RFP application here http://pc.mtld.mobi/documents/PNameRFP_FINALVERSION.pdf __________________ Rob Sequin = Domain Buyer Broker

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thinking1 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,081	That's too long to wait! I can't really take this waiting anymore. I think I'm going to finish registering my last few names this week. Develop them and then unplug my computer for a year, or at least until I hear about mobi again from a radnom person. For that year I'll pick up a new hobby and forget about my domains to keep myself occupied. Then when I go back online I will be happy to learn that MOBI is a big success and I'm part of it.

11-06-2006, 10:09 AM	#7 (permalink)
thinking1 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,081	Thanks. That's the only realistic way I see myself getting through this.

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owntype Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,137	I hope News.mobi rushing to the top and finally be developed as the No.1 News site on the phone! Then I may get some traffic to my Mews.mobi __________________ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z . C O M

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Jo Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 2,225	Thanks for sharing (you were taught well ) I have been wondering what they were going to do with all the money they have made with those auctions, and will be making...hopefully they are using it to advertise the .mobi extension and not lining their pockets!

11-06-2006, 04:47 PM	#12 (permalink)
hedgefund NamePros Regular Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 608	I thought they already gave weather.mobi to weather.com. Am I wrong?

11-06-2006, 07:24 PM	#15 (permalink)
Bodhi Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 3,129	I've been thinking about the RFP thing all day. At first I was thinking it was a bad thing and wishing they would just auction off the names, but the more I think about it, this is a very calcutated way to ensure that premium .mobis get developed. I think it is a smart move. If the premium names were auctioned off or available at landrush, many of them (or most) would just be parked pages. This way, premium names will have some development money behind them. I think the people at .mobi have thought this one through. Last edited by neobodhi; 11-07-2006 at 02:44 AM.

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