.mobi Big Plus Of A .MOBI

[binaryman]

There is one very important PLUS for .Mobi. There are companies out there which cannot go online with a .com domain simply because the .com is already taken. .Mobi gives them a opportunity to get a website with the potential to be just as well known an extension as .com especially now that the mobile internet is about to take off. It's all very well for companies who already own a .com to go the way of M. but .Mobi is the alternative for those who dont have a .com

 

[RJ]

Not following. How about an example? Hypothetical would be fine.

 

[binaryman]

Not following. How about an example? Hypothetical would be fine.

Well imagine for instance you have started up a company recently, trading in say leather handbags. You want to register "Leatherhandbags.com" but it is already taken by a company also trading in that product. You might even find that the .net which you dont really feel much for is taken as well as well as .info and .biz. And possibly the .net or one of the others is for sale but like I said that's not really the option you wanted. But you really wanted a .com. Then you read about the .mobi domain and the expected mobile internet boom to come. So you check out leatherhandbags.mobi and see that it's available. Bingo. OK but in this case leatherhandbags.mobi is already taken and is not for sale so you are back to square one. Oh well Icann is about to release a few hundred more Tld's soon so no worries.
But you get my point? .Mobi does offer a real alternative to .com for companies or other entities as long as the .mobi is also still available.
And also of course for existing .com owners who see the benefit of having both a .com , a .M.com and a .mobi all at once.

 

[Steven]

I'm also having a bit of trouble following the story 1 & 2.
Sorry...

 

[binaryman]

Which part are you guys having problems with understanding?

 

[mo_dork]

I agree with Binaryman, its a new space, new opportunities for all. There aren't many more good dotcom names available or affordable for small startups to use, so mobi offers a clean slate. So, whatever growth happened in dotcom will also happen in mobi, except it will happen exponentially faster. The PC based internet is maturing and there are now entrenched titans. Mobi opens up fresh ground for new innovation, it allows startups with good ideas to nail high quality pertinent names that will allow them to have equal exposure with dotcom companies.

If all the trends are correct, we will all be accessing information via our phones, many of us are already to a degree. Technology is changing and being adopted at a faster and faster rate, it will happen with the mobile web too.

I can visualize the mobile web being more important than the regular web one day, as all the growth is/will be occurring in the developing world. These guys leapfrogged landlines straight to mobile. In theory they should leapfrog straight to the mobile web.

 

[acc]

There is one very important PLUS for .Mobi. There are companies out there which cannot go online with a .com domain simply because the .com is already taken. .Mobi gives them a opportunity to get a website with the potential to be just as well known an extension as .com especially now that the mobile internet is about to take off. It's all very well for companies who already own a .com to go the way of M. but .Mobi is the alternative for those who dont have a .com

That is a very good point and so obvious that many people probably overlook it. ... Rep+ binary.

Company "A" owns "generickeyword".com. It's off the market. Company "B" in the same market acquires "generickeyword".mobi and puts up a website - of course it has its required mobile device compatibility. But it can also contain just as much content as company "A" 's .com website. Just like if they had the "generickeyword".net but having the .mobi has the BUILT-IN mobile marketing angle covered too.

So many great and good .com/.net/.anything keyword domains are tied up and used just as parking pages. Along comes another **g**TLD and it provides another chance for DIFFERENT owner to use it to deliver relevant content. And for the premium names that the dotMobi registry is now auctioning/releasing, development is part of the deal. So at least all those new .mobi sites WILL HAVE CONTENT as contrasted to their current .com/.net/.etc cousins. And content is king.


EDIT - someone please Rep binaryman for me - the system won't let me. Thx.
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[dag]

He's just saying that it gives a company that didn't get their related generic keyword domain in .COM a chance to get it in .MOBI...

 

[binaryman]

Thnx I,m glad everyone gets it now

 

[Keith]

He's just saying that it gives a company that didn't get their related generic keyword domain in .COM a chance to get it in .MOBI...

Correct. But it goes beyond that.

We are assuming that all companies want a .com. Why even bother with a .com now that .mobi is in the mix. I mean, you can reach millions of people with a .com, which is good for business. With .mobi, you can reach billions of people, which is better for business.

Lets say I am a new company with limited capital and I want to gain mass exposure. I would recognize the power and future potential of the mobile web...it's obviously going to be huge. I could get in for next to nothing and reach tons of people. I would next look at .com and realize that it would cost a small fortune just to get my site going. Why would I even bother wasting time and money on the .com? I would'nt.

There is a vast world beyond the companies that own .coms. For all those new businesses out there or corps that don't yet have a website, mobi offers a new playing field. We have to realize that .com is not the end all when it comes to the internet folks. If anything, it could very well be on its way out the door to make way for a new generation of internet!

 

[james0306]

Agreed with your point that it's much easier to find a better .mobi name than .com now. I would appreciate if you can let me know your thought about questions below.

1. Why can't a company get .CC, .TV, .BIZ .... instead of mobi ? By a webmaster prospect, all above domains can set as mobile compatible by adjusting css configuration.

2. Will .mobi still have the same advantage when .TEL released ?


Thank you,

James

 

[cac14850]

Agreed with your point that it's much easier to find a better .mobi name than .com now. I would appreciate if you can let me know your thought about questions below.

1. Why can't a company get .CC, .TV, .BIZ .... instead of mobi ? By a webmaster prospect, all above domains can set as mobile compatible by adjusting css configuration.

2. Will .mobi still have the same advantage when .TEL released ?


Thank you,

James

Actually here is where you run into a trademark issue if company one uses leatherhandbags.com to sell leatherhandbags and you want to use leatherhandbags.mobi to also sell leatherhandbags that is likely going to be an issue.

Be that as it may, the original post is completely relevant for all those key word phrases held by domainers that have nothing but ads or redirects. (now yes there are other domains but none with a mobi function) The comment regarding other extensions is a good point and only becomes a win for mobi specifically when mobi has greater saturation than now (Or if you want a mobile specific site)
p.s. did you really just bring .tel into the conversation? Really? Now there are certainly some relevant remarks in this thread regarding why not use another extension but you obviously have no idea what mobi is and what tel is suppose to be.

 

[dag]

1. Why can't a company get .CC, .TV, .BIZ .... instead of mobi ? By a webmaster prospect, all above domains can set as mobile compatible by adjusting css configuration.

2. Will .mobi still have the same advantage when .TEL released ?

1. If the company/webmaster want people to know that the site is clearly mobile compliant, they'll go for the .mobi over those others.

2. .TEL has nothing to do with .MOBI -- read up on what .tel is all about and you'll see that it's nothing more than an always updated contact card.

 

[Steven]

1. If the company/webmaster want people to know that the site is clearly mobile compliant, they'll go for the .mobi over those others.

2. .TEL has nothing to do with .MOBI -- read up on what .tel is all about and you'll see that it's nothing more than an always updated contact card.

One question about .tel.
Is a webmaster for .tel restricted to building only a contact card website, or can he or she build any website without restriction with it?

 

[PVFARKAS]

my initial reading on it was that it would serve largely as a click to call link. i may be missing other features, but my take was a visual phone listing/use as its core.