.mobi An end to the speculation?

[Jasdon]

So, for anyone who thinks that .mobi is a failure, or that the registry needs to 'help' domainers to make a living (this I can't get my head around - if I never hear from them again, so what???????), read this;

I have never done anything more than park my .mobis since buying them.

I did not buy any .mobis until early Oct 06, after I had seen some secondary sales reported.

I have never bought a .mobi on the secondary market, ie, all my .mobis are hand reg'd.

I have approx 150 .mobis across several languages and various themes.

Now consider this;

If I sold my top 15 .mobis at a multiple of 30 months revenue (based on May's figures, so far), I would recoup my total investment and have a small profit.

I admit, this is far in excess of my expectations at this early stage of the game.

This to me says that .mobi has something that most other extensions will never have.

RFP delayed? So what...?
mTLD don't respond to questions posed on a forum? So what...?
Got to develope to see a profit? Not true.

When it all comes down to it, the three most important factors to consider with .mobi, domains, and business;

1. Revenue
2. Revenue
3. Revenue

What else matters?

 

[scandiman]

Congratulations on your early successes. Well done and you're right, revenue is all that matters. A few questions if I may:

-Who are you parking with currently?

-Is there high OVT or Wordtracker for your better performers?

 

[dag]

Congratulations on your early successes. Well done and you're right, revenue is all that matters. A few questions if I may:

-Who are you parking with currently?

-Is there high OVT or Wordtracker for your better performers?

My questions exactly -- is it NameDrive? I've been considering moving my .MOBIs to them to give it a try over there...

 

[-REECE-]

My questions exactly -- is it NameDrive? I've been considering moving my .MOBIs to them to give it a try over there...

I've had much, much better success at Namedrive than Sedo. Can't really explain it -- I don't see the same difference in other extensions.

 

[Jasdon]

Congratulations on your early successes. Well done and you're right, revenue is all that matters. A few questions if I may:

-Who are you parking with currently?

-Is there high OVT or Wordtracker for your better performers?

I'm parking .mobis at namedrive.

The Ovt is ok but not really outstanding - my best 3 for traffic are;

amatoriali.mobi - Italian for 'amateurs'
arses.mobi
suckme.mobi

top 3 for revenue are;

badcreditpersonalloans.mobi
suckme.mobi
niceasses.mobi

 

[-REECE-]

I'm parking .mobis at namedrive.

The Ovt is ok but not really outstanding - my best 3 for traffic are;

amatoriali.mobi - Italian for 'amateurs'
arses.mobi
suckme.mobi

top 3 for revenue are;

badcreditpersonalloans.mobi
suckme.mobi
niceasses.mobi

In response to that, I have some .mobis with OVT <1000 getting large amounts of views (5+ daily). Goes to show that what people search on the PC web isn't necessarily what they're interested in searching on cell phones. Some of my best names are for "herbal libido enhancers"... Hehe, I can only guess why :yell:

 

[seanboy]

Just a reminder..

vcool has an excellent .mobi parking template for all of use to use: http://magic.dir.mobi/

I just wanted to make known all of the options available to us

 

[movingconcierge]

I've been getting lots of traffic at ND and some clicks too. The clicks were averaging $0.25 to $1.+ early on, but are now down to $0.1.

Last 30 days:
1615 views
123 clicks
US$ 0.12 avg click
91 names

 

[-REECE-]

I've been getting lots of traffic at ND and some clicks too. The clicks were averaging $0.25 to $1.+ early on, but are now down to $0.1.

Last 30 days:
1615 views
123 clicks
US$ 0.12 avg click
91 names

Nice

Last 7 days:
547 views
22 clicks
US$ 0.07 avg click
357 names

You're killing me on CTR

 

[garrett200]

Reece, You're killing ME on CTR, my rate is .73%!!

 

[-REECE-]

Reece, You're killing ME on CTR, my rate is .73%!!

Are yours at ND Garrett? For some reason, ND seems to get better CTR than Sedo on .mobis.

 

[garrett200]

All at SEDO. Considering moving them.

 

[circa1850]

Namedrive

.mobi
2560
188
7.34%
US$ 0.07 avg
164 domains

Most Hits/Clicks
doye.mobi (spanish;others)
74
26
35.14%
US$ 0.05 avg

Highest Conversion
endspiel.mobi (German)
28
22
78.57%
US$ 0.05 avg

grandi.mobi (Italian, Spanish, Latin)
9
12
63.16%
US$ 0.09

Numbers may not be anything to brag about, but this represents raw typed in traffic from countless sources. I absolutely love seeing the mix of words and lanquages.

My top english words are F*ckVids.mobi and Laughed.mobi.

 

[dag]

Holy Nameservers, Batman!

I've got my .MOBIs parked at the wrong place! With over 500 of them at SedoPro, I rarely get any clicks at all! Moving them within the next 24 hours...

 

[garrett200]

Me too dagersh. I get a lot of page views, but rarely a click, and baby needs a new pair of shoes....

 

[-REECE-]

Namedrive

.mobi
2560
188
7.34%
US$ 0.07 avg
164 domains

Most Hits/Clicks
doye.mobi (spanish;others)
74
26
35.14%
US$ 0.05 avg

Highest Conversion
endspiel.mobi (German)
28
22
78.57%
US$ 0.05 avg

grandi.mobi (Italian, Spanish, Latin)
9
12
63.16%
US$ 0.09

Numbers may not be anything to brag about, but this represents raw typed in traffic from countless sources. I absolutely love seeing the mix of words and lanquages.

My top english words are F*ckVids.mobi and Laughed.mobi.

My top name by far is:

ubersexual.mobi
35 views
11 clicks
31.43% CTR
average click: $0.08

Somewhat surprised -- not what I guessed would be my best name...
edit: 9 clicks in the last week alone on it

 

[scandiman]

you all are showing that adult will have a future in .mobi, proving people want there jollies NOW and not when they get home. Not my cup of tea but I wish you all well.

my stuff at namedrive for this month:

31 names
444 views
10 clicks
CTR 2.25%
avg PPC $0.28

Best traffic is alcatraz.mobi at 26 views
Best pay is charterjet.mobi at $0.92 Avg PPC and a 9% CTR

All at SEDO. Considering moving them.

Sedo sucks, I'm migrating mine over to namedrive.

 

[movingconcierge]

last 30 days:

most views - allister - 157 (only 1 click )
most clicks - getty - 17 (only 54 views - 31.5% ctr)
highest click - $1.82 on housesitter

 

[scandiman]

most clicks - getty - 17 (only 54 views - 31.5% ctr)

getty, nice name!

 

[-REECE-]

I'm trying to decide if I should target some of my names towards mesothelioma patients. What I'd do for a few $100 clicks :yell: