.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?

 

[circa1850]

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...

The CTR is not as high as SedoPro. But the domains set themselves in regards to landers.

I just set the template as MOBI. I do not even select a keyword. Most of the mobi's are their own keyword. Plus, no wait at NameDrive. As soon as you set your DNS to NameDrive and they point their, your site is populated with a 5/5 mobi compliant page.

Easy as pie.

SedoPro? God forbid if you set your DNS and enter your domain on a Thursday...it will be at least Monday or Tuesday.

NameDrive? Set and Forget it. That easy. Instant results.

 

[ezinaz]

whooosh.....


Sound of max exodus to Namedrive...

 

[-REECE-]

The CTR is not as high as SedoPro. But the domains set themselves in regards to landers.

I just set the template as MOBI. I do not even select a keyword. Most of the mobi's are their own keyword. Plus, no wait at NameDrive. As soon as you set your DNS to NameDrive and they point their, your site is populated with a 5/5 mobi compliant page.

Easy as pie.

SedoPro? God forbid if you set your DNS and enter your domain on a Thursday...it will be at least Monday or Tuesday.

NameDrive? Set and Forget it. That easy. Instant results.

Yep, I was amazed how easy it was. I just copied and pasted my list of names into ND and they were up making cash in no time

 

[circa1850]

Every language is getting hits. Very cool.

My entire .eu portfolio for a year?

176 domains, perhaps 10 hits, 2 clicks...this is for the ENTIRE year of March 2006-March 2007.

Have not checked stats lately on my two active mobi's but I know they are nice.

 

[-REECE-]

Every language is getting hits. Very cool.

My entire .eu portfolio for a year?

176 domains, perhaps 10 hits, 2 clicks...this is for the ENTIRE year of March 2006-March 2007.

Have not checked stats lately on my two active mobi's but I know they are nice.

I've had the same experience with other "subpar" extensions. One of my best names is Peitos.mobi (breast in Portugese), so it looks like porn on cell phones is taking the world by storm, all at the same time :hehe:

 

[verbster]

Here's my unbiased view of .mobi.

I only own around fifteen, so my total investment hasn't been much. Just sold one LLL.mobi for $1100, and that was too cheap by the looks of things.

So now I still own close to 15 .mobis, give or take, 4-5 which are very good; I've made my total investment back with lots left over and think I'll make even more off the remaining domains.

And now I see I might even be able to make a buck or two from parking....

That's all I have to say about .mobi.

 

[pcaero]

My highest traffic by far is
girls.mobi w/ about 15-20 visits a day, w/ a 19% CTR

My top EPC in order are:
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Biggest surprise
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I may look into ND as well..

regards,

PC

 

[garrett200]

I've had the same experience with other "subpar" extensions. One of my best names is Peitos.mobi (breast in Portugese), so it looks like porn on cell phones is taking the world by storm, all at the same time :hehe:

That's good because I just regged another 6 sex related domains with high ovt.

I seriously think this is going to be a big sector for .mobi because people can do it secretly on their phone so no one will find out. :sold:

Also, I'm putting all 163 of my .mobi's on Namedrive immediately.

 

[mobidick]

How could it make a difference in traffic between Sedo and ND? Sedo applies some traffic filters??

 

[-REECE-]

That's good because I just regged another 6 sex related domains with high ovt.

I seriously think this is going to be a big sector for .mobi because people can do it secretly on their phone so no one will find out. :sold:

Also, I'm putting all 163 of my .mobi's on Namedrive immediately.

That's my firm belief as well. Hope ND makes you some real ca$h

How could it make a difference in traffic between Sedo and ND? Sedo applies some traffic filters??

Honestly not sure, however, I've noticed a HUGE difference between the 2. I get both more views than at Sedo + much higher CTR.

 

[mobidick]

OK, that does, mobing to ND!

 

[circa1850]

How could it make a difference in traffic between Sedo and ND? Sedo applies some traffic filters??

I have yet to figure that out. Both are google feeds. But I think, for mobi, ND is very multilingual and multinational friendly.

I am not getting rich by any means parking my mobi's. But it offers some great insights to what is appearing on the landers, who and where is the traffic coming from, and shows a great deal of universal and global acceptance for such a new extension.

I've got so many different language mobi's that it is great to see so many of them getting hits.

In regards to porno and mobi, I would have to be on the side of caution. Are these hits REALLY coming from a mobile source? Unfortunately, there is no way to tell at the moment. But good keyword and search word domains that are themselves THE keyword and search word will do good...and that includes foreign words and phrases.

Overall, the most hits are by far on the LLLL.mobi of any language. I think mobi loves the short domains. Goody Goody Goody!

I seriously think this is going to be a big sector for .mobi because people can do it secretly on their phone so no one will find out. :sold:

Perhaps you weren't around months ago when the NNNN.mobi sold out.

Guess what is also getting lots of hits?

NNNN that SPELL something or a combo of letters/numbers like GA7 (gas) or 2SS (ass). It can be encrypted this way (SE9) and mom will never know what or who little Johnny has been or what he's been doing.

Devious...and cool! How neat is that!

 

[mobidick]

How about German domains CTR? I've got a bunch.

And what kind of stats does ND provide regarding browser / country / referrer / keywords, etc. ?

Are you guys noticing a growth of ad inventory for mobile, or only ads for pc being served?

 

[circa1850]

This is why I think, as far as porn goes, the "unobvious" could be very successful vs. the obvious.

FUX.mobi...obviously a potential for the adult market. Site is actually a fun downloadable ring tone, wall papers, etc. Innocent. Taking the obvious and making it un-obvious.

Vice versa with the other names. Could be interesting to "create" these names.

 

[garrett200]

Was just completing my last tweaks on my .mobi's and ND totally froze up on me.

Uh oh! I screwed up and added ALL OF MY .COM'S TO NAMEDRIVE!!!

Oh well, I guess I'm trying namedrive on all 700 of my domains for a while :hehe:

 

[ezinaz]

Database Error
Our Database Servers are restarting. Please check back in a few moments...

Looks like we took down the NameDrive database!!!

 

[garrett200]

Oh, by golly we did!!! Too many of us transferring our stuff, and me with my 700 domain name mistake I'm sure didn't help. Sorry ND...

 

[italiandragon]

uhm...I did not even set the DNS since I`m sick of seeing $0.01 clicks.

I may give it a go.

 

[circa1850]

How about German domains CTR? I've got a bunch.

And what kind of stats does ND provide regarding browser / country / referrer / keywords, etc. ?

Are you guys noticing a growth of ad inventory for mobile, or only ads for pc being served?

I am getting decent European traffic on the German names.

My method is this: Direct DNS, select MOBI as template. That's it. Most are great keywords in themselves, in any language. I do not even select keywords.

I can, and do, on the two words or more. For instance BetLine.mobi...casino betting sports odds line.

You can click on the domain, then clilck on settings, and get an idea where traffic is coming from...

North America
Europe
Latin America
Asia
Other

If there is a search box, then they have the option of actually entering a word or term they are searching for. For instance, on one domain it shows that someone in Asia was searching for Sims.

Perhaps if I spent more time tweaking they may do better. But with so much going on outside domain world this is quick and easy.

Very happy overall with the mix of names, countries, and traffic sources. Good to see that this is gaining momentum.

Good keyword names will do good. No matter what the language.

uhm...I did not even set the DNS since I`m sick of seeing $0.01 clicks.

I may give it a go.

PPC range from $0.03 to $1.19. Nothing makes any sense regarding payment per click or per particular word... it just does.

I did not so much buy into mobi for parking but rather for the development and function. If I make money parking, great. If not...eh

 

[Work In Progress]

My totals for the month at namedrive-
55 names
506 views
56 clicks
CTR 11.7%
Avg PPC .08

Biggest surprise:
MyAlibi with 51 views
12 clicks @ 23..08 CTR with .10 ave PPC

Largest PPC to date..LowCarbDiets.mobi @ .56

Although it's not much...somethings better than nothing...ND sure has outperformed SEDO for me.