domain childseat and carsafety.mobi

[TheBulldog]

childseat.mobi
carsafety.mobi

Someone lie to me about how many millions they are worth.

Seriously, if you look in here, please give an opinion.

carsafety.mobi is certified premium:
http://www.premiumdomain.com/check/?domain=carsafety.mobi

 

[Spade]

PremiumDomain.com may have certified it as premium, but Im going to certify it as reg fee. I do believe you would be lucky to sell at a loss. The problem is that this just doesnt make any sense. Why would someone on a mobile device, type in ChildSeat.mobi? I mean, consider yourself - would you ever do that? My problem is that I believe .mobi would have been a great idea years ago, but doesnt make a whole lot of sense now. But even if you buy into the concept, you still have to follow logic. Logic tells me this domain isnt worth much.

Just my 2 cents, best of luck.

 

[Work In Progress]

Are you planning on developing the sites?

That, IMHO, would be the only way to go. In a mobi environment, you might want to look into a "how to" type site of properly securing child seats. Proper seatbelt placement can be a big issue on child seats. I worked at a VW dealership awhile back and they even had special classes for sales reps to take so they could teach parents how to secure seats to their models. IF people know about it, I can see new mothers or fathers searching for such info, especially if they've just bought a new seat and or car.

Good Luck!

 

[TheBulldog]

I am pretty sure I was clear on the whole "lie to me" thing.

 

[Work In Progress]

$52,388,269.02
...not a penny less...
Is that better?

 

[Keith]

I think some people are missing the bigger picture with .mobi. Say you are in a store looking at car seats for your child. You could pull out your phone, go to carseat.mobi to do price comparisons and also look for other car seats that may not be for sale at that particular store.

This form of the internet will be used just as .com is, except it will be on the go. The possibilities are endless with this ext, that is why I like it so much.

I dont think these posted names are worth a fortune, however there is potential for the right end user to make a site worth while for the mobile web.

keithmt

 

[TheBulldog]

$52,388,269.02
...not a penny less...
Is that better?

Oh, I couldn't accept that. 50 Mill was the top end.


keithmt, I agree. Not looking to retire, but if mobi is to be as good as everyone is touting, some sales are going to have to start being noticed by the public so that they even realize the extension is out there.

 

[Spade]

This form of the internet will be used just as .com is, except it will be on the go. The possibilities are endless with this ext,
keithmt

You do realize that companies already have mobile sites on their dot coms? They have the ability to recognize that your accessing the site from a phone browser and can display it in that sense. Just like GoDaddy.com does and TMZ.com - they dont use .mobi

Why? Because there is really no need to. Everything can be done with 1 domain for both sites. Pretty cool huh? Doesnt this make the .mobi extension a waste?

 

[TheBulldog]

no offense.....you really hate .mobi don't you?

 

[Keith]

You do realize that companies already have mobile sites on their dot coms? They have the ability to recognize that your accessing the site from a phone browser and can display it in that sense. Just like GoDaddy.com does and TMZ.com - they dont use .mobi

Why? Because there is really no need to. Everything can be done with 1 domain for both sites. Pretty cool huh? Doesnt this make the .mobi extension a waste?

Yes it is a waste. You should probabley email Microsoft, Vodafone, Nokia... to let them know they wasted their time and money on this ext. If only they had the resources to research the best way to navigate the web via mobiles.
Seeing as they had $18 million to invest, maybe if you can teach them a better way to go they will reward you handsomly!

keithmt

 

[TheBulldog]

Tell little Billy Gates I said hi. Then ask him if he could appraise a domain in this thread.

 

[Spade]

Yes it is a waste. You should probabley email Microsoft, Vodafone, Nokia... to let them know they wasted their time and money on this ext. If only they had the resources to research the best way to navigate the web via mobiles.
Seeing as they had $18 million to invest, maybe if you can teach them a better way to go they will reward you handsomly!

keithmt

So, if I read through your sarcasm properly, your saying that you believe that large companies always make the right decisions?

BTW - I dont "Hate" .mobi - I just dont see the need. What I do see is a company trying to make money (the registry). Just like .XXX - is the extension neccesary?

All I ask is that someone explain to me why having a .mobi is better than simply redirecting the .com to a mobile browser site? Thus far, no one has been able to explain to me why .mobi is better.

Im being open here, so instead of sarcasm, how about an honest response.

Justin

 

[TheBulldog]

My honest answer is money.

I have no problem with that. To be fair, people said the same thing for every extension beyond .com. Personally, I agree with your points, but if I don't like an extention, I just don't reply to threads about them. You obviously don't like mobi/don't see the need/whatever. You have made that clear and we all get it.

Ironically, I agree with you. I find it a bit silly as well. Doesn't stop me from trying to wring money out of it.

To me, the truly stupid extensions are more than abundant and redundent. But I won't say which ones because quite frankly I wouldn't like some jerk like me giving long winded answers that don't actually explain anything.

So are you going to buy my mobi or what?

 

[Keith]

Hey Justin, you are right in saying that large companies can make mistakes. The companies backing the .mobi ext. however are directly related to it. By that I mean they are major phone companies who most likely did research on the best way to provide the mobile web to their customers.
The companies involved want to make money, no doubt, but it is in their best interest to give the consumer the best they can offer. If redirecting a .com was the best way then thats what they would do.
I cant give you technical reasons as to why mobi is necessary because I am not qualified. I can say that from a consumers standpoint, I want to know when I surf the mobile web it is fast and efficiant. This is why all these companies came together to make mobi a reality. I dont believe it was so the registrars could make a buck.

keithmt

 

[TheBulldog]

Ok, so far I have a solid appraisal of $52,388,269.02. Would any of you like to counter that? And can a mod change the title to "mobi debate over showbiz's multimillion dollar domain name"?

 

[domaincrawler]

Low x,xxx for each

 

[TheBulldog]

OK crawler, thanks.

Best place to sell folks?

 

[Spade]

Personally, I agree with your points, but if I don't like an extention, I just don't reply to threads about them. You obviously don't like mobi/don't see the need/whatever. ?

Im sorry, but youve asked for an appraisal, and I have replied with one. You are welcome to disagree with my appraisal, that is up to you. But in a public forum when you get an answer you dont like, you move on. Ive explained my reasoning and even asked questions with an honest open mind. Beyond that, Ive given you my answer and wish you the best in your endeavor.

 

[625domains]

So, if I read through your sarcasm properly, your saying that you believe that large companies always make the right decisions?

BTW - I dont "Hate" .mobi - I just dont see the need. What I do see is a company trying to make money (the registry). Just like .XXX - is the extension neccesary?

All I ask is that someone explain to me why having a .mobi is better than simply redirecting the .com to a mobile browser site? Thus far, no one has been able to explain to me why .mobi is better.

Im being open here, so instead of sarcasm, how about an honest response.

Justin

Ok Justin I usually agree with you but here is the reason I see .mobi working:

In the near future, mobile browsers will default to .mobi addresses, and the reason why they will is this, you can be sure a .mobi address will have mobile suited content on it, I know most larger companies redirect, but you can be sure that .mobi sites are laid out for viewing on a mobile phone. A good example of how this would work, you did a search on google on your phone, google automatically knows your doing a search on your mobile so it will rank mobile formatted/oriented sites higher (whats the easiest way to assume a mobile layout? .mobi TLD)

I do agree with you that redirecting works just fine, but if they can assure that 9 times out of 10 a .mobi domain will be fast loading and formatted for my phone then it will take off in the future.

So lets say for kicks I need concert tickets, I'm not sure that ticketmaster.com will redirect but if I type in ticketmaster and the phone automatically sends to the .mobi TLD instead of .com then the future of .mobi is bright.

If mobile phone mfgs and software companies don't do the necessary footwork on this then the TLD will die. But it is in their best interest to do it since it will only make what they sell, more and more wanted by consumers.

 

[Spade]

If mobile phone mfgs and software companies don't do the necessary footwork on this then the TLD will die. But it is in their best interest to do it since it will only make what they sell, more and more wanted by consumers.

I agree with you. If the phone mfgs with the software providers, default the browsers to .mobi - then yes, the TLD will work. But my concern over the TLD is simply in its logic. If you visit a dot com, and the company has a mobile site, then your redirected to it. If they dont, you can still view the full content site (atleast I can, on my Treo).

But if I visit a .mobi - how do I know that Im getting the dot com's content? Now im not trying to kill any investment in .mobi - I think there is plenty of money to be made, Im simply questioning the concept as logical or not.