.mobi Digits and .mobi

[FPForum]

I'm still a little new to the .mobi world..I'm curious if high traffic domains like myspace (6977223 on your celluar keypad) have any type of value? Could these types of domains see lots of traffic since many people will be typing them on their phones??

 

[JasMate]

I'm still a little new to the .mobi world..I'm curious if high traffic domains like myspace (6977223 on your celluar keypad) have any type of value? Could these types of domains see lots of traffic since many people will be typing them on their phones??

Some would likely say yes but most including myself would say NO. Reason is .mobi is a future domain extension, it is not for todays mobile phone. In the future we will have voice command, touch screens, ect. So I would not bother with numbers for .mobi. :hi:

 

[FPForum]

thanks for the reply jasmate. I was thinking the same thing but with all the reading I've been doing I'm noticing more and more people talking about getting digit domains thinking people will be typing the digits into their cellphones...Personally, I agree with you and don't think they will work out..However, i'm thinking of picking this one up just incase..Only since its a VERY popular site and the .com has an OVT of over 600k

 

[JasMate]

I'm noticing more and more people talking about getting digit domains thinking people will be typing the digits into their cellphones

Think about it this way, in your example above is it easyer to remember "6977223" or "myspace"? Trust me NO ONE will remember "6977223", they will remember "911" or "000" but anything with 4+ digits forget it in my opinion, all the best though

 

[maxwellsmart]

The point of using numbers on the keypad is that users do not need to remember the numbers. They can look at the keypad, set it to numerical and type out "MYSPACE" as a 7 digit number.

It's no big deal, people a quite good at calling 1-800-FLOWERS.

The bottom line is no one knows what will develop in the .mobi world. Maybe this shortcut method will become a thing and maybe it won't. But I can tell you that many people are taking a shot at it. Many major keyword numerical equivalents were gone at landrush, ie: email, movie, video, music, hotel. Also many major website numbers were also taken quickly ie: ebay, myspace, google.

I certainly do not claim to know the future, but for an investment of reg fee,
it's not a big risk.

 

[JasMate]

The point of using numbers on the keypad is that users do not need to remember the numbers. They can look at the keypad, set it to numerical and type out "MYSPACE" as a 7 digit number.

It's no big deal, people a quite good at calling 1-800-FLOWERS.

The bottom line is no one knows what will develop in the .mobi world. Maybe this shortcut method will become a thing and maybe it won't. But I can tell you that many people are taking a shot at it. Many major keyword numerical equivalents were gone at landrush, ie: email, movie, video, music, hotel. Also many major website numbers were also taken quickly ie: ebay, myspace, google.

I certainly do not claim to know the future, but for an investment of reg fee,
it's not a big risk.

Yeah good points I hadnt' thought about it like that

 

[seanboy]

I have a few of these. My favorite is 8255.mobi (talk)

 

[jacpar]

The day I've began to buy DOT MOBI, I was thinking that, like you, digits-majors were great value. It for that, I've registrated many of them ; here are some :

4686245.mobi -------- HOTMAIL
466453.mobi ------ GOOGLE
4666666455533.mobi --- GOOGLE (hint : to get «O» -> click 3 times «6»)
6399675.mobi ------ NEW-YORK
9328437.mobi ----- WEATHER
2378289.mobi ----- BEST BUY
729725.mobi ------ PAYPAL
672643.mobi ------ ORANGE
8647.mobi -------- VOIP
627327.mobi ----- NASDAQ
86323663.MOBI --- VODAFONE

Google has registrated 466453.com in January 2000

I don't beleive they have any value, because a digit is good only for the first letter of the key you press. The most valuable is 4666666455533.mobi
Am I right ? Please comment

 

[mejcdj]

If you look at your telephone keypad.. u will see letters with the #s starting with 2..

2 is abc, 3 is def, 4 is ghi etc. That is what Google and the others did. They are using the numeric versions of their domain name.

seek would be 7335. I suppose it will depend on what type of keypad the person is using. If its qwerty, then 'seek' will be best. If they are using numerical keypad, then 7355 would be better than 77773333333355.

I only have one of those.. 8663.mobi (tone)


mejcdj

 

[FPForum]

Thanks for the responses guys. It's great to see what some others are doing and what they think will happen. I agree with maxwellsmart that it's just too early to tell right now..I decided to reg. the domain (3743637837.mobi)..which spells out friendster on your keypad...Yes, it's a fairly long one..but if this sort of thing does take a boom in the mobi world then I'm destined to get some traffic and revenue from it...and if not, then its not a huge loss but was certainly worth a shot..MySpace, Hotmail, Google, Paypal, Chase, Yahoo..are all taken..So maybe this will work out and maybe it won't..Thanks for your opinoins