goodkarmaco

Its going to happen sooner than later.

Some day a .mobi will be reported sold for over one million dollars.

What name do you think will set that record? If that is to difficult to answer, what industry will it address?








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Jeff

I don't see it happening, IMHO.

Thanks for posting in the proper Forum!
-Jeff

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labrocca

news.mobi imho

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dentalpro

I think a geo name like Chicago or Canada etc.
read the cover story from last month at dnjournal...palmsprings.com makes 1 million plus off just the front page per year...as mobile devices get better I dont see any reason a .mobi cant make at least a big % of that.

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goodkarmaco

Jeff,

Why not? You may be right, but my thinking is it will. Do you think the extension will loose favour as time progresses?.

Yes, I just realized I had the post in the wrong section. How do I delete it in .mob marketplace. Or maybe a mod can do that for me?

Thks

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mirrorcube

Sex.mobi of course, or maybe good ole Business.mobi

-OutlawBiker-

Agree. I've got a couple dozen mobis that seem better than most, but I really think the extension could die just as easy. All just a shot anyway.

domaindigger

I think each of these could sell for $1 million if .mobi continues to take off: http://www.namepros.com/dot-mobi/284...-reserved.html

Anyone else agree?

scandiman

As the owner of gaming.mobi I certainly hope you are right But I think sports, news, and sex will be top contenders, assuming they are ever actually sold.

Oh, like Jeff said, thanks for posting in the right forum

Razeeman

[QUOTE=goodkarmaco]
...If that is to difficult to answer, what industry will it address?

I think that one of the big telecoms would buy a developed and successful social networking .mobi site for over a million. You know rebadge it and make it their own.

btw, Hi GKC...
Last year in my very early days of domaining goodkarmaco gave me some stern and straightfoward advice, and for that I thank him.

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nombre

i agree, i own only 20 mobis and will buy another 20 but it is still a crap shoot, could easily become an also ran

but

it could also end being worth more than dot com

if somebody invents the perfect small sized browsing device and people start to ditch their pc's in favor just like people have done with their wired phones and if the third world sees very large wireless phone growth compared to pc growth you could end up with a scenario where you have 4-5 times as many eyeballs looking at mobi everday as dot com

of course on a small screen, revenue will be harder to generate

it's still a crapshoot as far i can see

Jeff

Agree on both points, IMHO ... and very difficult, potentially, to monetize IMHO.

Just my two sense.
-Jeff

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nombre

everytime i read about a domainer selling some or all of his portfolio, i always ask myself, is he just churning to buy more, profit taking as they say, or did he sit down one day and ask himself yeah, well, ah "how are we gonna make money with these mobi's anyway ?"

goodkarmaco

Razeeman,

Thanks! and you are very welcome, Nmae Pros friend. I sure know I had my head in a hole about domaining for a long time.

That being said I think this discussion can help keep to it in scope, (buying .mobis) not buying names just because.mobis seem to be hot. I mean come on you all seen some of the names people are buying?.

But yes as Scandiman says sex.mobi seems a likely contender. But there are many others too.

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seanboy

If that ever happens, it will be a .mobi that is DEVELOPED (hint, hint)

lazyleo

Not happening

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agent006

it's gotta be sex, as the old cliche goes "sex" sells

mirrorcube

You can monetize anything if you have eyeballs. If mobis get traffic, money will come.

goodkarmaco

I like that " you can monetize anything".

Every new invention or contraption built that helped make life easier, car, washing machine, refridgerator, tv, etc started with controversy and then something happend. The masses embraced the new way.

If it gets the exposure and becomes the "hip" thing then it can very well soar. How many of us thought a domain in the .mobi could have sold for over $200,000, (flowers.mobi)?.

So I am thinking whats so far off from that price to one million? Not much really and think about this.. the flower.mobi buyer is the "early bird". No precedant had been set up until then. That was a bold move. But the pro who bought it doesn't think so.

But once the water is tested and I think that is happening, then the market place is not so cautious.

What ever business is thinking about investing in .mobi probably did not register their particular domain. But think about it. If a business wants to be, or stay a industry leader they cannot sit on the sidelines with this.

Americas business, whether it is Banking, Casino, Service, Travel, Communications, whatever, the first boy in the pool gets the lobster.

So in my opinion the money is not a issue at all. I mean to the gambling industry whats a million dollars? No whatever figure we are discussing, its not if a sector of Americas fortune 500 club will pay for a .mobi that will give them some added advantage, its why should they.

When they get tuned into the huge potential of having the .mobi domain they will be on board.

Then we will see many million dollar .mobi sales. Look around if you are a reseller, many of us have those knds of domains and because of pressing needs of cash many keyword .mobis can be picked up and "flipped", just like what happens in a hot real estate market.

Yes it very well may be true that the time for that kind of exposure might be a while. But thats is why great oppourtunities exist for resellers.

I mean I have some names on Ebay auction in the hopes of getting a good sale. But, if my fiances were much better I would not sell at this time. I would be waiting for the above situation to unfold.

Razeeman, I cannot for the life of me remember what I said to you. But I know I wish I had not learned every mistake I made the hard way.

Like every glimpse of promise, the .mobi seems to be embraced.

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gingeman

I think it will be a geo specific name IF it ever happens, and to be honest I have my doubts about some of the .mobi sales being reported, as I think they may have a hidden agenda. If it happens though I believ it will be a name realting to local services. If I could afford any .mobi, I think I would want local.mobi. If enough money was ploughed into developing a name like this so that it could tell where you where and then allowed you to search local services and businesses, thewn that woiuld be one hell of a useful site. I think wilth .mobi speculation, too many lose sight over where a .mobi would actually be used instead of a .com. That is why I also think registering names based on current overture is not necessarily a good idea. You need to put your self in the position of somebody who has no access to a home pc/laptop and think "what would they be looking for" I am not a major investor in this area, although I have a couple of nice ones.

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Jeff

Excellent post, gingeman ... Rep. added accordingly, IMHO.

See you soon.
-Jeff

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S-L-O-W

I have to disagree with you on this one gingeman. Histroy has proven that entertainment is where the money is at. Whether it is the sex industry or games industry- entertainment is and will continue to be the driving force for mobile devices. The whole geo-specific thing sounds great but it errs on the precipt that an investor would be able to recap his/her million dollar investor in a timely fashion. Traditional ad revenue is not going to work for .mobi as a profit matrix. What will work is some sort of pay-per-use service. That said I think the name(s) that may be first to hit 1 mil will be either games.mobi or video.mobi. or maybe ebooks.mobi- Pay per download content. No ads needed. How often have you ever had to use your phone for directions or to find a venue? Most people do that BEFORE they ever leave the house or the office. Entertainment is what the iPhone is about, entertainment is what .mobi will be about; Pictures, ebooks, games, video, gambling.

scandiman

I agree that entertainment will be big for mobile but your other comments are not really forward thinking. With capable mobile devices and services in your pocket, why bother preparing before I leave when I can do it on the go? It won't be long that I don't need a PC to do these things so why would I use one other than to see it on a bigger screen? Even then I am wrongly assuming that mobile devices won't soon have the ability built in to drive an external monitor.

npaddict

flowers.mobi .. i think

Badger

Yeah, nice one Ginge. A very pragmatic and level headed post.

My fear for .mobi investors, especially new ones, is that this current almost unbelievable wave of euphoria (bordering it seems on hysteria) may be clouding their judgement when portfolio building. And with prices considerably higher than .com this is not a cheap exercise in educated risk taking.

As a .mobi investor myself i was fully prepared for action pre landrush. Like always, I asked myself, what sort of names fit the extension? Or, on this occasion, "what do i or will i use my pda for?" As, like .tv, I believe not all names will work. Anyway, I made a list of 40 and ended up with 1. This wasnt because I didnt want anymore or was a sceptic, I just didnt find any left that fitted the extension that werent premium.

Seeing people buying up thousands of ill fitting names for a 2yr rolling registration cost of $$,$$$ when theres no chance of any PPC revenue in return, on the back of Rick's "ill buy it because i can" purchase of flowers.mobi at T.R.A.F.F.I.C fills me with horror and I fear for some of the newer guys in this industry who may be getting swept along right now in all the excitement.

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