Fantastic Mobi Article With More Info On The Domain

thinking1 · 03-06-2007, 09:56 AM

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I found this today. It's definitely worth checking out.

scandiman · 03-06-2007, 10:04 AM

Great find!

If .mobi is a scam as many profess it to be then mTLD is going through a hell of a lot of trouble to do it.

thinking1 · 03-06-2007, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by scandiman

Great find!

If .mobi is a scam as many profess it to be then mTLD is going through a hell of a lot of trouble to do it.

That's right.

This is a great interview because it gives us some more info on what mTLD has planned for Mobi and what exactly they are doing in Ireland.

Pred · 03-06-2007, 10:14 AM

Loved it. Thanks

mirrorcube · 03-06-2007, 10:20 AM

Nice article. Curious about the tax breaks in Dublin now.

dentalpro · 03-06-2007, 10:25 AM

finally a number! 14 million $ was put in by the investors...

Jasdon · 03-06-2007, 10:33 AM

Don't like this bit;

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He claims that, by the end of August, any sites that do not score a four or five in the MobiReady report will be removed. At that point mobile users can be confident that dot mobi sites will display effectively on their phones.

I'd better get a move on...

And I think his figures are unrealistic - only 20% have been bought by speculators? More like 80% I'd have thought.

vJRB · 03-06-2007, 10:34 AM

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Dot mobi may have been a start-up when it opened its doors in Dublin last July but it had the luxury of €14 million in funding from some of the world's leading mobile players.

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Originally Posted by dentalpro

finally a number! 14 million $ was put in by the investors...

Actually €14 million = About $18,350,000 from the investors. Not bad!

Thanks thinking1, great find!

thinking1 · 03-06-2007, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Jasdon

Don't like this bit;

I'd better get a move on...

I like that quote. It ensures people won't get turned off by the extension when they look for pages with content. It ensures development

Jasdon · 03-06-2007, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by thinking1

I like that quote. It ensures people won't get turned off by the extension when they look for pages with content. It ensures development

Yeah, I appreciate that - but there's no way I can develop 100+ .mobis by August!

thinking1 · 03-06-2007, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Jasdon

Yeah, I appreciate that - but there's no way I can develop 100+ .mobis by August!

Neither can I.

That doesn't neccessarly mean we can't redirect all of those names to a compliant page, or park those names temporarily at a mobi compliant parked page.

Jasdon · 03-06-2007, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by thinking1

Neither can I.

That doesn't neccessarly mean we can't redirect all of those names to a compliant page, or park those names temporarily at a mobi compliant parked page.

Ahh, well if that qualifies, everythings cool!

vcool · 03-06-2007, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by eJRB

Actually €14 million = About $18,350,000 from the investors. Not bad!

Thanks thinking1, great find!

Great find indeed, thinking1.

Vcool

thinking1 · 03-06-2007, 10:42 AM

your welcome folks. I pass along anything that I find related to Mobi to you guys.

hawkeye · 03-06-2007, 10:54 AM

Kudos thinking1 for the find. Encouraging reading. Especially this part -

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The company has also reserved 60,000 premium addresses for itself which it is selling off in a variety of ways including live auctions at industry conferences.

I thought they only held back 5000 names!

BocaVision · 03-06-2007, 11:07 AM

Fantastic Article.

Thank you Thinking1.

scandiman · 03-06-2007, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by hawkeye

Kudos thinking1 for the find. Encouraging reading. Especially this part - "The company has also reserved 60,000 premium addresses for itself which it is selling off in a variety of ways including live auctions at industry conferences." I thought they only held back 5000 names!

I'm wondering if that is a typo.

Pred · 03-06-2007, 11:13 AM

if they held back 60,000 names, none of us would have anything worth talking about. just typos, lol

**labrocca** · 03-06-2007, 12:14 PM

OMG....that article flips me out.

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"We're here to create something big," he says matter of factly. "Potentially even bigger than dotcom because everyone has a mobile."

OMG he didn't just say that.

And now we have some insight from the investor standpoint. Most likely it was purely a money deal to invest. And between those companies to fork over 18 million is practically a joke. Seems their interest in mobi isn't as well-rounded as some think. It seems someone convinced them to fork over cash and they did. Oddly enough that's exactly what mTLD is doing to domainers...asking them to fork over cash. And it's working. So far mTLD is turning profit...how many mobi domainers can say the same?

Domain Jedi · 03-06-2007, 12:16 PM

Muchas gracias thinking1.

dentalpro · 03-06-2007, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by labrocca

OMG....that article flips me out.

OMG he didn't just say that.

And now we have some insight from the investor standpoint. Most likely it was purely a money deal to invest. And between those companies to fork over 18 million is practically a joke. Seems their interest in mobi isn't as well-rounded as some think. It seems someone convinced them to fork over cash and they did. Oddly enough that's exactly what mTLD is doing to domainers...asking them to fork over cash. And it's working. So far mTLD is turning profit...how many mobi domainers can say the same?

this would be the same procedure for any venture capital transaction...convince people to put up some money...whats wrong with that?

only in this case all the investors are experts in the field...all the better

scandiman · 03-06-2007, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by dentalpro

this would be the same procedure for any venture capital transaction...convince people to put up some money...whats wrong with that?

only in this case all the investors are experts in the field...all the better

Yes, but in our case remember we are only a cult of mindless lemmings, providing our financial sacrifice at the altar of .mobi. Oh great mobi, please make me rich. Oh great mobi, save me from KingCom. Mobi, mobi, mobi, mobi.....

You are trying to reason with someone who sees us in that light.

seanboy · 03-06-2007, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by scandiman

Yes, but in our case remember we are only a cult of mindless lemmings, providing our financial sacrifice at the altar of .mobi. Oh great mobi, please make me rich. Oh great mobi, save me from KingCom. Mobi, mobi, mobi, mobi.....

You are trying to reason with someone who sees us in that light.

lol...

Don't forget about our sacred "Dance of the Mobi," where we all do a tribal dance in a circle around a golden statue of Pinky Brand..

Sheesh...

vcool · 03-06-2007, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by seanboy

lol...

Don't forget about our sacred "Dance of the Mobi," where we all do a tribal dance in a circle around a golden statue of Pinky Brand..

Sheesh...

...And the sacrifice we provide to Mobi God. Don't tell that to mobi haters, it might scare them.

seanboy · 03-06-2007, 12:45 PM

I just sacrificed a lamb in honor of .mobi...

Brb...off to make gyros

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thinking1 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,081 0.00 NP$ (Donate)	your welcome folks. I pass along anything that I find related to Mobi to you guys. __________________ Power Metal Studio City

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scandiman Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: living in exile Posts: 3,617 521.00 NP$ (Donate)	Great find! If .mobi is a scam as many profess it to be then mTLD is going through a hell of a lot of trouble to do it.

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Pred Account Closed Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 6,725 0.56 NP$ (Donate)	Loved it. Thanks

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mirrorcube NamePros Regular Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 361 51.00 NP$ (Donate)	Nice article. Curious about the tax breaks in Dublin now.

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BocaVision NamePros Regular Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Palm Beach Posts: 544 100.00 NP$ (Donate)	Fantastic Article. Thank you Thinking1.

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Pred Account Closed Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 6,725 0.56 NP$ (Donate)	if they held back 60,000 names, none of us would have anything worth talking about. just typos, lol

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