Neil says sex.mobi is coming

Work In Progress · 08-21-2007, 02:40 PM

Here's a copy of Neil Edwards latest blog just released:

"August 21, 2007
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/dot-mobi/364683-neil-says-sex-mobi-is-coming.html
sex.mobi To Go On Sale, And More

Have you seen the zagat.mobi or AAA.mobi going live this week? Weather.mobi's service is really cool and a testament to a major brand making a decision between m.myname.com (or myname.com/mobile or mobile.myname.com) and myname.mobi.

We are poised to break 700,000 names under management very soon. More significantly, both small and big brands are putting their content live on a daily basis. Check our the showcase page to see examples and case studies.

Also, have you checked out the mobile site builder which recently went live with Network Solutions' BuildMyMobi.com? Registrars everywhere are embracing the mobile hosting and content creation opportunity in a big way for the coming year. Hopefully, your company will not miss out.

More after the jump...

I recently read some postings that dotMobi is doing nothing with its reserved and premium names. "Hogwash," as they say down south. dotMobi released its city names program several weeks ago and it's now live. Any city government with a commercial sponsor may request their cityname.mobi. The simple rules and application are on the dotMobi web site. We had a tremendous response already and a great success with the Helsinki.mobi test case back in June.

Also, dotMobi will release 500 premium names -- yes, including sex.mobi -- through several venues. You can count on the fact that these valuable names will be sold and usable content will be created for the mobile consumer in the coming months. If you are a brand manager or a domainer, then you need to get ready for the sale of the dotMobi premium names. You also need to know how to build mobile content or you will not be an eligible buyer.

Finally, I would be remiss not to mention growth of the developer forum, http://dev.mobi. Just a few months after its launch, there are more than 3,000 members in the dev.mobi developer community. Services like ready.mobi, dotMobi Developer Certification, our Developer Guide, coding examples, and testing tools are used by mobile developers on a daily basis. The latest version of ready.mobi will crawl every page of your mobile site, then give you a report and tell you how to improve your site for free. If you develop software for a mobile, then you should be using dev.mobi everyday. Best of all, it is free. (I wish I had these tools when I was doing client/server programming in the early '90s.)

Of course, dotMobi investors such as Telecom Italia, Vodafone, Telefonica, Nokia, Google, Microsoft, Visa, and others continue to turn on the dotMobi platform of tools and services for their products and services.

dotMobi is on the move in a big way. I look forward to give you more updates in the coming weeks.

-- Neil Edwards, CEO, dotMobi

Posted by Neil Edwards on August 21, 2007 at 03:36 PM"

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garrett200 · 08-21-2007, 02:44 PM

OK, if what he says actually happens, 500 RFP's going live, that will be tremendous news.

If the backers start doing their thing, that will be stupendous news as well.

If all this happens by the end of the year, I will be very happy with that progress.

binaryman · 08-21-2007, 02:49 PM

Sounds very positive. I'm getting all revved up again..vrooom..vroom..vroooooooom!!!!!

bricio · 08-21-2007, 02:49 PM

it is the one of best things ive ever read about .mobi

thats really great news and from now on .mobi success will be achieved faster than many people thoought it could be... and u must remember when .mobi was launched...
.mobi is really doing fine

Pred · 08-21-2007, 02:53 PM

sex.mobi is coming .............no punn intended

has to be great news.

he was a bit wishywashy.mobi about the cityrfp process
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=364683

yeah we know about helsinki. lol
that was yonks ago & there's been nothing else..

we're watching Neil. give us some hard progress, not just the same old 'baloney'

consider us as shareholders, we have questions and we want factual answers regularly

cheers now

garrett200 · 08-21-2007, 02:56 PM

Words are easy, but like Arnie I want to see action.

Work In Progress · 08-21-2007, 03:15 PM

It was also good to go to zagat.mobi....be directed to zagat.com......BUT see a big old ad for their MOBI site being ADVERTISED

bricio · 08-21-2007, 03:19 PM

isnt zagat.mobi directing to zagat.com only in the desktop?
i didnt try zagat.mobi in a cell phone yet... i cant try!!! believe me i cant!!!

Jasdon · 08-21-2007, 03:22 PM

Sex.mobi is coming ....... typo?????????

qO_Op · 08-21-2007, 03:23 PM

Sounds good Neil. Look forward to see what happens next!

mjnels · 08-21-2007, 03:28 PM

lots of sites redirect on a PC... mTLD is even one of em..heh
zagat.mobi is also one of them.. displays just fine on an iphone.

device detection: its for mobi too.

Work In Progress · 08-21-2007, 03:28 PM

Originally Posted by bricio

isnt zagat.mobi directing to zagat.com only in the desktop?
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=364683
i didnt try zagat.mobi in a cell phone yet... i cant try!!! believe me i cant!!!

Yep...I'm sure this is the case. Forgot to mention that part!

And again....even IF it did redirect to mwhatever.whatever....the important issue is the ADVERTISING of the MOBI site!

DomainBELL · 08-21-2007, 03:35 PM

interesting...

will keep an eye out...

~DomainBELL (Patricia)

MinionDH · 08-21-2007, 03:48 PM

I own Sew(dot)mobi. It's only one keypress away from Sex.mobi and sure to get a lot of traffic as .mobi becomes more established. PM me if interested (serious inquiries only).

garrett200 · 08-21-2007, 04:40 PM

I think it's nice that Neil Edwards is responding to the RFP issue and giving us a heads up as to what's coming soon. Sounds like they are really listening to the replies to the blogs and doing what they can to be reassuring.

And, Zagat.mobi is a very big deal too. So is AAA.mobi. It's a good sign that major corps just keep on coming and choosing .mobi for their mobile presence!

All in all, it's a good week on the .mobi front.

hawkeye · 08-21-2007, 05:44 PM

Originally Posted by MinionDH

I own Sew(dot)mobi. It's only one keypress away from Sex.mobi and sure to get a lot of traffic as .mobi becomes more established. PM me if interested (serious inquiries only).

maybe for a while, but with more phones going with querty keyboards, well..
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=364683

nice name though!

saltysoda · 08-21-2007, 06:01 PM

sex.mobi ! wow,this is good news .

hedgefund · 08-21-2007, 06:34 PM

Wow, sex.mobi is the best name.

-REECE- · 08-21-2007, 07:00 PM

Excellent news if they do get released. This does bring up bad memories though...

Jeff · 08-21-2007, 08:07 PM

Did someone say SEX?!?

Originally Posted by Reece

This does bring up bad memories though...

Oh yeah, and way back in January '07 ...
...
Just now hearing the latest, and checking in quickly here while on vacation ...

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=364683

From the top, Zagat.mobi looks great from this link (as well as the flash ad on their .COM website):
http://www.zagat.com/about/about.aspx?menu=PR83

Is there a similar corporate PR link (and .COM website promotion) for AAA.mobi?

Congratulations, again, on sole RFP Weather.mobi ... from its trial long ago with its (same) eventual suitor, The Weather Channel, it's good to see that one finally culminate, IMHO. What of the remaining three (3) initial RFP's ... can it definitively be stated here and now that they will NOT ever be auctioned?

What are your thoughts regarding Comcast's decision to launce their "on the go" platform as: m.comcast.net Link: http://m.comcast.net

Which city governments can we begin to look forward to seeing soon on their respective developed cityname.mobi's?

Specifically, how and when is Google(.mobi) turning on the dotMobi platform of tools and services for their products and services ... and then being promoted in the mainstream?

Quote:

Also, dotMobi will release 500 premium names -- yes, including sex.mobi -- through several venues. You can count on the fact that these valuable names will be sold and usable content will be created for the mobile consumer in the coming months. If you are a brand manager or a domainer, then you need to get ready for the sale of the dotMobi premium names. You also need to know how to build mobile content or you will not be an eligible buyer.

These valuable names will all be sold?

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=364683

Finally, for now, which venues will these be released (sold, if that is the case), and when (in how many total months)? Considering the plight of ringtones, news, and stocks ... how can it be assured that these domains will get properly developed with critical usable mobile content - getting these into the hands of qualified buyers (those that can guaranteed development with proper coding) who are End users/developers versus domainers/speculators (Usual Suspect™ or othewise)?

For now, great to see the post and I look forward to further additional updates, and as always ... substance regarding the developed .MOBI "ecosystem", IMHO.

See you soon, and enjoy the rest of summer friends!
-Jeff

PS.

Originally Posted by garrett200

Words are easy, but like Arnie I want to see action.

Righto ... the topic may be "it's coming", but the KEY is substance in a timely fashion!

accent · 08-22-2007, 11:06 PM

Originally Posted by MrNeil

....dotMobi will release 500 premium names -- yes, including sex.mobi -- through several venues. You can count on the fact that these valuable names will be sold and usable content will be created for the mobile consumer in the coming months. If you are a brand manager or a domainer, then you need to get ready for the sale of the dotMobi premium names. You also need to know how to build mobile content or you will not be an eligible buyer....

"Release" does not necessiarily mean RFP. Release can mean auction. "Several venues" cannot mean RFP. "...not be an eligible buyer..." is the only really hopeful part of the message.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=364683

I hope that MTLD understands that the more good content there is on .Mobi sites the more names they will sell and renew. I think mostly they do, but it is so important that I worry.

Jeff · 08-23-2007, 03:23 PM

Righto, eligible buyer ... I share your concern(s), accentnepal!

-Jeff

PVFARKAS · 08-23-2007, 04:39 PM

Originally Posted by accentnepal

I hope that MTLD understands that the more good content there is on .Mobi sites the more names they will sell and renew. I think mostly they do, but it is so important that I worry.

Originally Posted by Jeff

Righto, eligible buyer ... I share your concern(s)

do you? with the two "profitable" sales you had, will you face any renewal fees?

Jeff · 08-23-2007, 06:29 PM

Originally Posted by PVFARKAS

do you? with the two "profitable" sales you had, will you face any renewal fees?

My renewal fees (for a while) are completely covered with my sales, yes ... but if you re-read my post - see the bold - it was instead in response to accentnepal's post and, specifically, the part about "eligible buyer(s)", IMHO.

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=364683
No worries.
-Jeff

Work In Progress · 08-29-2007, 09:36 PM

Originally Posted by accentnepal

"Release" does not necessiarily mean RFP. Release can mean auction. "Several venues" cannot mean RFP. "...not be an eligible buyer..." is the only really hopeful part of the message.

I hope that MTLD understands that the more good content there is on .Mobi sites the more names they will sell and renew. I think mostly they do, but it is so important that I worry.

Just a little follow up from this past post to Neils post today (posted in another thread by Hawkeye)
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=364683

Pimp-daddy Neil states that he will be selling sex dot mobi via auction as per the following quote"

"I blogged last week that sex.mobi will go on sale very soon. It is not a joke. We will be releasing approximately 500 high value names for sale in the coming months. These names will be sold through three to four of the well know online and live auction venues from September to next January. You will see more public announcements about the sale of the dotMobi premium names in the coming weeks."

Let's see how many end up in Miami Traffic

08-21-2007, 02:40 PM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
Work In Progress Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sunnyvale Trailer Park Posts: 1,122	Neil says sex.mobi is coming Here's a copy of Neil Edwards latest blog just released: "August 21, 2007 ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/dot-mobi/364683-neil-says-sex-mobi-is-coming.html sex.mobi To Go On Sale, And More Have you seen the zagat.mobi or AAA.mobi going live this week? Weather.mobi's service is really cool and a testament to a major brand making a decision between m.myname.com (or myname.com/mobile or mobile.myname.com) and myname.mobi. We are poised to break 700,000 names under management very soon. More significantly, both small and big brands are putting their content live on a daily basis. Check our the showcase page to see examples and case studies. Also, have you checked out the mobile site builder which recently went live with Network Solutions' BuildMyMobi.com? Registrars everywhere are embracing the mobile hosting and content creation opportunity in a big way for the coming year. Hopefully, your company will not miss out. More after the jump... I recently read some postings that dotMobi is doing nothing with its reserved and premium names. "Hogwash," as they say down south. dotMobi released its city names program several weeks ago and it's now live. Any city government with a commercial sponsor may request their cityname.mobi. The simple rules and application are on the dotMobi web site. We had a tremendous response already and a great success with the Helsinki.mobi test case back in June. Also, dotMobi will release 500 premium names -- yes, including sex.mobi -- through several venues. You can count on the fact that these valuable names will be sold and usable content will be created for the mobile consumer in the coming months. If you are a brand manager or a domainer, then you need to get ready for the sale of the dotMobi premium names. You also need to know how to build mobile content or you will not be an eligible buyer. Finally, I would be remiss not to mention growth of the developer forum, http://dev.mobi. Just a few months after its launch, there are more than 3,000 members in the dev.mobi developer community. Services like ready.mobi, dotMobi Developer Certification, our Developer Guide, coding examples, and testing tools are used by mobile developers on a daily basis. The latest version of ready.mobi will crawl every page of your mobile site, then give you a report and tell you how to improve your site for free. If you develop software for a mobile, then you should be using dev.mobi everyday. Best of all, it is free. (I wish I had these tools when I was doing client/server programming in the early '90s.) Of course, dotMobi investors such as Telecom Italia, Vodafone, Telefonica, Nokia, Google, Microsoft, Visa, and others continue to turn on the dotMobi platform of tools and services for their products and services. dotMobi is on the move in a big way. I look forward to give you more updates in the coming weeks. -- Neil Edwards, CEO, dotMobi Posted by Neil Edwards on August 21, 2007 at 03:36 PM" URL __________________ Our Mobile Sites \| Classic Commercials Was Sarah Palin a Bad Choice? \| Barack Obama Speeches Bid Now At TRAFFIC \|Why.mobi? Obama Mama \|Free Auto Insurance Quote \|Great Abs!

08-21-2007, 02:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
garrett200 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Diego, California Posts: 2,310	OK, if what he says actually happens, 500 RFP's going live, that will be tremendous news. If the backers start doing their thing, that will be stupendous news as well. If all this happens by the end of the year, I will be very happy with that progress. __________________ Adopt A Polar Bear Today!

08-21-2007, 02:56 PM	#6 (permalink)
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08-21-2007, 03:15 PM	THREAD STARTER #7 (permalink)
Work In Progress Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sunnyvale Trailer Park Posts: 1,122	It was also good to go to zagat.mobi....be directed to zagat.com......BUT see a big old ad for their MOBI site being ADVERTISED __________________ Our Mobile Sites \| Classic Commercials Was Sarah Palin a Bad Choice? \| Barack Obama Speeches Bid Now At TRAFFIC \|Why.mobi? Obama Mama \|Free Auto Insurance Quote \|Great Abs!

08-21-2007, 03:35 PM	#13 (permalink)
DomainBELL DNOA Founding Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ohio - USA Posts: 1,298	interesting... will keep an eye out... ~DomainBELL (Patricia) __________________ VeryFastCash.com ------ For Sale Offers Considered.. What's NEW with me... My Whats New Section - BLOG DomainBELL.com/WhatsNew/ -- Twitter: DomainBELL

08-21-2007, 02:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
binaryman Account Closed Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 2,108	Sounds very positive. I'm getting all revved up again..vrooom..vroom..vroooooooom!!!!!

08-21-2007, 02:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
bricio Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Rio de Janeiro Posts: 2,553	it is the one of best things ive ever read about .mobi thats really great news and from now on .mobi success will be achieved faster than many people thoought it could be... and u must remember when .mobi was launched... .mobi is really doing fine

08-21-2007, 02:53 PM	#5 (permalink)
Pred Account Closed Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 6,713	sex.mobi is coming .............no punn intended has to be great news. he was a bit wishywashy.mobi about the cityrfp process ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=364683 yeah we know about helsinki. lol that was yonks ago & there's been nothing else.. we're watching Neil. give us some hard progress, not just the same old 'baloney' consider us as shareholders, we have questions and we want factual answers regularly cheers now

08-21-2007, 03:19 PM	#8 (permalink)
bricio Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Rio de Janeiro Posts: 2,553	isnt zagat.mobi directing to zagat.com only in the desktop? i didnt try zagat.mobi in a cell phone yet... i cant try!!! believe me i cant!!!

08-21-2007, 03:22 PM	#9 (permalink)
Jasdon Account Closed Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: UK Posts: 1,014	Sex.mobi is coming ....... typo?????????

08-21-2007, 03:23 PM	#10 (permalink)
qO_Op Namepros Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,175	Sounds good Neil. Look forward to see what happens next!

08-21-2007, 03:28 PM	#11 (permalink)
mjnels Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sunny Florida Posts: 2,181	lots of sites redirect on a PC... mTLD is even one of em..heh zagat.mobi is also one of them.. displays just fine on an iphone. device detection: its for mobi too.

08-21-2007, 03:48 PM	#14 (permalink)
MinionDH NamePros Regular Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 572	I own Sew(dot)mobi. It's only one keypress away from Sex.mobi and sure to get a lot of traffic as .mobi becomes more established. PM me if interested (serious inquiries only).

08-21-2007, 04:40 PM	#15 (permalink)
garrett200 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Diego, California Posts: 2,310	I think it's nice that Neil Edwards is responding to the RFP issue and giving us a heads up as to what's coming soon. Sounds like they are really listening to the replies to the blogs and doing what they can to be reassuring. And, Zagat.mobi is a very big deal too. So is AAA.mobi. It's a good sign that major corps just keep on coming and choosing .mobi for their mobile presence! All in all, it's a good week on the .mobi front. __________________ Adopt A Polar Bear Today! Last edited by garrett200; 08-21-2007 at 05:36 PM.

08-21-2007, 06:01 PM	#17 (permalink)
saltysoda NamePros Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 125	sex.mobi ! wow,this is good news .

08-21-2007, 06:34 PM	#18 (permalink)
hedgefund NamePros Regular Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 608	Wow, sex.mobi is the best name. __________________ iTravel.mobi - Interstate Highway Travel Guide \| iAnswer.mobi \| Why.mobi?

08-21-2007, 07:00 PM	#19 (permalink)
-REECE- NamePros Expert Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 8,996	Excellent news if they do get released. This does bring up bad memories though...

08-23-2007, 03:23 PM	#22 (permalink)
Jeff Emeritus Join Date: May 2003 Location: Winter Break© Posts: 29,526	Righto, eligible buyer ... I share your concern(s), accentnepal! -Jeff __________________ Be cool. Be polite. Be professional.™

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