.mobi History in the making: Largest bidder turnout ever on .mobi auction crashes Sedo

[coast]

In the last few minutes of bidding on the .mobi premium auction, Sedo confirmed that the high number of bidders crashed their system - talk about an interested group of people!

At the time, games.mobi was selling for $300,000. The auction will be extended for two hours.

Amazing! Way to go .mobi!

From Sedo's website:
"05/12/07 |
.MOBI Auction Will Be Extended
We are aware the there are some problems with the .MOBI Auction at this time. Due the down time we were not able to extend the auction before the set closing time. Some bidders may have received emails saying that they have won the auction, however because the system was down the highest bid at the time the system failed are not binding according to our terms and conditions. The auction will be up and running very shortly and will be extended by 20 minutes to ensure all interested parties can place their bids. While this is unfortunate, the good news is that the problems are due to the large number of last minute bidders! This is the first time an auction has brought down our servers due to such a large amount of activity.


Be assured that if there is any additional down time again, it will again be extended to ensure all bidders can place their desired bids. You may want to check your buyer control panel to see if all your bids were logged properly. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused."

 

[allnicksgone]

Every silver lining has a dark cloud.

 

[-REECE-]

I'd love to see a note in DN Journal about this, alongside a number 1 Leaderboard appearance by Games.mobi... Doesn't seem as farfetched today as it did a week ago

 

[DomainMayhem.com]

I'd love to see a note in DN Journal about this, alongside a number 1 Leaderboard appearance by Games.mobi... Doesn't seem as farfetched today as it did a week ago

That would be something to see Reece!

 

[TheBaldOne]

Poor old Sedo, even when something is going right for them they somehow manage to mess it up! But what else would you expect...................

 

[Pred]

Every silver lining has a dark cloud.

no, he's banned from this forum
:hehe:

but he's been trolling the sales threads instead, where he's not banned :td:

 

[DomainName1]

That was a great mobi auction! I've witnessed all 3 auctions and this one by far got the most attention! Go mobi Go!

 

[thebiffenator]

I must say I am happy with it And go mobi go once again

 

[Pred]

:sold:

 

[NewWorldArk]

http://domainnamewire.com/2007/12/05/musicmobi-sells-for-record-616000/

Music.mobi Sells for Record $616,000
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

Record Sedo auction sells over $1.5M in .mobi domain names.

dotMobi fans are cheering today after Sedo concluded its most successful .mobi auction to date. According to an unofficial tally from Domain Name Wire, the auction cleared $1.5M in sales.

The highest sale was Music.mobi, which sold for an astonishing $616,000. Games.mobi sold for $401,500. Compare this to the record sale prior to this event, Flowers.mobi for $200,000.

With prices this high, major investors clearly took part in the auction. Both “music” and “games” are prevelant on mobile phones, so it’s no surprise that these domains sold for a premium. But these prices were unexpected by even many of the biggest .mobi promoters. Earlier this week I predicted that Games.mobi might break the Flowers.mobi record, but these numbers are simply astonishing.

Other notable sales include:

sports.mobi $101,000
movies.mobi $82,000
juegos.mobi $61,000
game.mobi $61,000
videos.mobi $51,000
photos.mobi $51,000
fashion.mobi $32,000
video.mobi $25,555
dictionary.mobi $21,500
musica.mobi $20,600
movie.mobi $20,500

Posted in Domain Sales by Andrew

 

[Pred]

it begs the question.................

could sex.mobi break the million? :yell:

 

[NewWorldArk]

...that & most likely P?rn.mobi

short for one of your favorites Arnie......Popcorn. =)

 

[E-Thunder]

Amazing sales! Glad I've held on to quite of few .mobi domains.

 

[dag]

Other notable sales include:

sports.mobi $101,000
movies.mobi $82,000
juegos.mobi $61,000
game.mobi $61,000
videos.mobi $51,000
photos.mobi $51,000
fashion.mobi $32,000
video.mobi $25,555
dictionary.mobi $21,500
musica.mobi $20,600
movie.mobi $20,500

And that's not even the final top group -- among others, Job.mobi and SportsBetting.mobi both ended up in the middle of that price range...

 

[NewWorldArk]

I took the day off today & I was absolutely stunned at the final bidding prices
for both Music & Games dotMobi.

..Wow.

 

[hedgefund]

it begs the question.................

could sex.mobi break the million? :yell:

I guess it will. It looks like .com guys have woken up.