SnapNames.com expiring .mobi are arriving

weblord · 11-21-2008, 08:09 PM

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http://www.dotweekly.com/2008/11/21/...-are-arriving/

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With a current total of 2,962 .mobi domains listed between Member Listed (in auction) and expiring domain names. Currently No Domains have bids.

what you think?

mjnels · 11-21-2008, 08:27 PM

i think its already been going on for almost a month..

Jeff · 11-21-2008, 09:24 PM

Currently no "dot Mobey" domains have bids?

-Jeff

mjnels · 11-21-2008, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff

Currently no "dot Mobey" domains have bids?

-Jeff

not sure why it says that.. im currently watching about 20 auctions all with multiple bidders.

the last auctions i was in the domains went for $500-1,500.. mostly geo .mobi's

Jeff · 11-21-2008, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by mjnels

not sure why it says that.. im currently watching about 20 auctions all with multiple bidders.

the last auctions i was in the domains went for $500-1,500.. mostly geo .mobi's

Weird.
I'm curious if the eventual "buyers" will be more of the same Usual Suspects™ ... and also whether these domains will come with mandated development requirements, as well?

Thanks for any additional insight.
-Jeff

mjnels · 11-21-2008, 09:58 PM

well i would imagine mostly 'usual suspects' (aka domainers) given that this is the case with a large percentage of domain backorders overall in any extension.

these are domains that have dropped so of course there are no development requirements..

Jeff · 11-21-2008, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by mjnels

well i would imagine mostly 'usual suspects' (aka domainers) given that this is the case with a large percentage of domain backorders overall in any extension.

these are domains that have dropped so of course there are no development requirements..

Thanks for the clarifications ... it's reasonable, then, to believe that few, if any, of these will actually be developed in the near future - which is essential for an "dot Mobey" extension and its critical "ecosystem" ... that is also quite likely on the brink of possible foreclosure / extinction, IMHO.

R.I.P.
-Jeff

mjnels · 11-21-2008, 10:40 PM

foreclosure/extinction ?

is ICANN removing the .mobi domain from the root?

vJRB · 11-21-2008, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff

Thanks for the clarifications ... it's reasonable, then, to believe that few, if any, of these will actually be developed in the near future - which is essential for an "dot Mobey" extension and its critical "ecosystem" ... that is also quite likely on the brink of possible foreclosure / extinction, IMHO.

R.I.P.
-Jeff

http://cocacola.mobi/p/539EA9AC-ADBC...29_188x188.gif

Jeff · 11-22-2008, 06:33 AM

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Originally Posted by vJRB

http://cocacola.mobi/p/539EA9AC-ADBC...29_188x188.gif

^ Classic!

Happy Holidays to you, as well!

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Originally Posted by mjnels

is ICANN removing the .mobi domain from the root?

I don't know, I suppose its possible ... have you heard anything?

Regards.
-Jeff

mjnels · 11-22-2008, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeff

I don't know, I suppose its possible ... have you heard anything?

no, but you said it was on the brink of foreclosure/extinction.

if a TLD was going to be shut down there are more obvious choices such as the struggling .travel, who 1 year ago was having trouble paying the fees to remain an active TLD.

Jeff · 11-22-2008, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by mjnels

no, but you said it was on the brink of foreclosure/extinction.

I was talking ... about the critically important developed "ecosystem".

Ironically, since mTLD has effectively abandoned it and the RFP process ... it's now possible that ICANN could remove the struggling "dot Mobey" from the root, IMHO.

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... if a TLD was going to be shut down there are more obvious choices such as the struggling .travel, who 1 year ago was having trouble paying the fees to remain an active TLD.

Righto, both .TRAVEL and .NAME ... and then possibly another long, unnecessary, and awkward extension; the struggling "dot Mobey"!

-Jeff

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mjnels Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sunny Florida Posts: 2,095 357.00 NP$ (Donate)	i think its already been going on for almost a month.. __________________

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Jeff Retired© Join Date: May 2003 Location: Summer 2009™ Posts: 29,109 0.12 NP$ (Donate)	Currently no "dot Mobey" domains have bids? -Jeff __________________ Be cool. Be polite. Be professional.™

11-21-2008, 09:58 PM	#6 (permalink)
mjnels Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sunny Florida Posts: 2,095 357.00 NP$ (Donate)	well i would imagine mostly 'usual suspects' (aka domainers) given that this is the case with a large percentage of domain backorders overall in any extension. these are domains that have dropped so of course there are no development requirements.. __________________

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