.mobi Hope this isn't true

[Pred]

Just seen this at dnf
sorry mods to link to another forum, but hope this is someone let out the loony asylum and is on a windup
http://www.DNF/f283/i-bought-best-mobis-games-movies-music-photos-sports-videos-thread-263493.html

 

[dalem]

The guys full of shit. Forget about the sad loser.

 

[GijsZePa]

The guys full of shit. Forget about the sad loser.

Welll....i think he's not...

http://alvaroalbarracin.blogspot.com/

Martin

 

[sashas]

Something even more disturbing is the fact that this guy ALL the six best names.

Do you really think that if Rick, Kevin or Frank were in on the auction, they would let ALL the best names go? These guys could certainly afford to pay much more if they wanted a name. The fact that all the names went to the same guy tells me that all the big domainers stayed out...doesn't raise too much confidence.

 

[GijsZePa]

Something even more disturbing is the fact that this guy ALL the six best names.

Do you really think that if Rick, Kevin or Frank were in on the auction, they would let ALL the best names go? These guys could certainly afford to pay much more if they wanted a name. The fact that all the names went to the same guy tells me that all the big domainers stayed out...doesn't raise too much confidence.

Well..there were still other bidders involved to get the prices THAT high...

Martin

 

[Alan Glennon]

But when noobs buy up all names, it essentially means that someone bought the hype.

Getting new people excited about domaining is a very good thing. You call them noobs; I call them my valued customers. New people and new money is good for .mobi and it's good for all extensions. You can call it hype. You could call it enthusiasm. Doesn't matter. If this guy is the actual purchaser and fails miserably -- it will serve as a cautionary tale. Mtld still gets the money -- the guy is the loser, not the extension. However, if this guy makes money, he will be seen as a visionary. Regardless, as long as the transactions are completed, these will have been epic sales with real, new money. I'm hopeful they are completed. Those several highest prices go well beyond the current market domaining business model values.

 

[dalem]

why in the hell would anyone buy those names through a second person???? If someone wanted them, Which obviously alot did! Would you not just buy them at the auction. Instead of buying them at a jacked up price off that wezzel.

 

[Alan Glennon]

It's called domaining -- identifying undervalued properties and fitting them to an appropriate end user.

why in the hell would anyone buy those names through a second person???? If someone wanted them, Which obviously alot did! Would you not just buy them at the auction. Instead of buying them at a jacked up price off that wezzel.

 

[dalem]

So you think they were undervalued??? Anyone prepared to throw that sort of cash around would have there finger on the pulse.

 

[connections]

I think this guy is trying to destroy .mobi

wasn't the point of this auction to DEVELOP the names.

Not "sell" them.

I think this guy will loose all his domains if he does not develop.

 

[Alan Glennon]

If I thought they were undervalued, I would have bought them. As such, though I monitored the auctions (assessing whether any might be undervalued), I did not purchase any.

So you think they were undervalued??? Anyone prepared to throw that sort of cash around would have there finger on the pulse.

 

[accent]

Who knows at 2:30 AM? This will sort itself out quickly, probably somewhere between the extremes of full mobi justification and total mobi despair.

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[Alan Glennon]

I think the money will be quite helpful for .mobi no matter who the buyer (or buyers). I'm looking forward to confirmation of these larger purchases to get to the bottom of whether it was just this one guy or not. If so, it would seem likely that the highest offer sales would fall through.

In any case, Sedo was the problem today, not the buyers.

I think this guy is trying to destroy .mobi

wasn't the point of this auction to DEVELOP the names.

Not "sell" them.

I think this guy will loose all his domains if he does not develop.

 

[dalem]

So jagusa do you think you might be interested in buying them for an even higher price off this guy?

 

[italiandragon]

Why don`t you guys just relax a minute?

Anyone had the right to buy, it was an auction.

If this person had millions invested in stocks, no one would have judged him a noob right?

He may have 100 millions or 10 billions , who knows? So, how can you judge someone from just 1 post with 3 lines in it?

I`d wait.

 

[connections]

true, he has the right to buy them as much as any one else does.

he seems to have a decent amount of cash after reading his BIO,

but whats to even say if he is the buyer or not.

I have been yet to see nay proof, time will tell.

 

[DBADT2007]

Something even more disturbing is the fact that this guy ALL the six best names.

Do you really think that if Rick, Kevin or Frank were in on the auction, they would let ALL the best names go? These guys could certainly afford to pay much more if they wanted a name. The fact that all the names went to the same guy tells me that all the big domainers stayed out...doesn't raise too much confidence.

With no disrespect intended to the Domainers you have mentioned, but with intention to bring things into perspective- at one point they also were unknown individuals which due to their vision became the well respected domainers you have come to know them as today. Therefore, to assume that this individual is not experienced or doesn't know what he is doing, shows a clear lack of vision and a truly biased opinion of the .mobi extension.

What I find most remarkable is that all the naysayers maintain their skepticism whether its conspiracy theories, price manipulations, hype, organized crime, "you name it"... one thing is for certain and that is that- had this been .com sales, none of you would question their legitimacy or question the logic of investment on .coms, that in itself speaks louder about the .com investors fears. Otherwise, you would let things run their course and sit back and watch, but instead you keep trying to disparage the .mobi extension because in all of your minds, you know it will be so successful, that it will threaten your .com investments. Looks like the mobile web is coming to you by 2008 and it has .mobi written on it.

 

[sashas]

With no disrespect intended to the Domainers you have mentioned, but with intention to bring things into perspective- at one point they also were unknown individuals which due to their vision became the well respected domainers you have come to know them as today. Therefore, to assume that this individual is not experienced or doesn't know what he is doing, shows a clear lack of vision and a truly biased opinion of the .mobi extension.

What I find most remarkable is that all the naysayers maintain their skepticism whether its conspiracy theories, price manipulations, hype, organized crime, "you name it"... one thing is for certain and that is that- had this been .com sales, none of you would question their legitimacy or question the logic of investment on .coms, that in itself speaks louder about the .com investors fears. Otherwise, you would let things run their course and sit back and watch, but instead you keep trying to disparage the .mobi extension because in all of your minds, you know it will be so successful, that it will threaten your .com investments. Looks like the mobile web is coming to you by 2008 and it has .mobi written on it.

DBAD...if we were really scared of .mobi overtaking our .com investments (you really think a 2 year old domain could take over a 20 year old one? .mobi receives almost no type-ins - the basis of .com and parking), we would've bought .mobis, right? Either at landrush, or at the aftermarkets. Fact that we didn't shows that we don't want to. So please, make no assumptions.

Regarding .mobi, only time will tell. Who are you and I to decide the fate of the internet?

 

[DBADT2007]

DBAD...if we were really scared of .mobi overtaking our .com investments (you really think a 2 year old domain could take over a 20 year old one? .mobi receives almost no type-ins - the basis of .com and parking), we would've bought .mobis, right? Either at landrush, or at the aftermarkets. Fact that we didn't shows that we don't want to. So please, make no assumptions.

Regarding .mobi, only time will tell. Who are you and I to decide the fate of the internet?

Then why bother questioning and speculating on the nature of the auction sales surrounding the .mobi extension at all? Last time I checked this doesn't occur with any other extension except the .mobi one.

You are correct in the fact that the domain extension is quite young compared to .com, but the current market for .mobi is heating up to .com prices, as the latest auction has proven. Therefore, I am not at all deciding the fate of the Internet- the current market is doing that as we speak. And if you had read carefully my previous comment you would have noticed that I stated; to just let things run their course and sit back and watch instead of trying to disparage the .mobi extension.

And BTW, I seriously doubt .coms had type-ins or even a parking program for that matter when the .coms made their debut. As far as I can tell, there are a lot of assumptions and distortion of facts going on with one goal in mind...to discredit .mobi, the only problem is, people ain't going to be buying it for much longer.

 

[sashas]

Then why bother questioning and speculating on the nature of the auction sales surrounding the .mobi extension at all? Last time I checked this doesn't occur with any other extension except the .mobi one.

You are correct in the fact that the domain extension is quite young compared to .com, but the current market for .mobi is heating up to .com prices, as the latest auction has proven. Therefore, I am not at all deciding the fate of the Internet- the current market is doing that as we speak. And if you had read carefully my previous comment you would have noticed that I stated; to just let things run their course and sit back and watch instead of trying to disparage the .mobi extension.

And BTW, I seriously doubt .coms had type-ins or even a parking program for that matter when the .coms made their debut. As far as I can tell, there are a lot of assumptions and distortion of facts going on with one goal in mind...to discredit .mobi, the only problem is, people ain't going to be buying it for much longer.

.com has type ins BECAUSE its been around so long and has established itself as the extension of the internet. Most people don't know of .mobi - I'm 20, and none of my friends have any idea of .mobi. Heck, they don't have any idea of any other extension than .com, .net, .org and .edu

But again, coming back to .mobi, who knows. It might be a success, it might be not. I hope that all the good people associated with it (no, not Tim Schumacher and Sedo. Their unprofessional ass needs to be hauled to court) don't lose any money and make profits. If .mobi can maintain its sales price over the next 2 years, I'll be a believer too.

 

[DBADT2007]

.com has type ins BECAUSE its been around so long and has established itself as the extension of the internet. Most people don't know of .mobi - I'm 20, and none of my friends have any idea of .mobi. Heck, they don't have any idea of any other extension than .com, .net, .org and .edu

But again, coming back to .mobi, who knows. It might be a success, it might be not. I hope that all the good people associated with it (no, not Tim Schumacher and Sedo. Their unprofessional ass needs to be hauled to court) don't lose any money and make profits. If .mobi can maintain its sales price over the next 2 years, I'll be a believer too.

Okay, I did state that sashas, when I said: I seriously doubt .coms had type-ins or even a parking program for that matter when the .coms made their debut.

I'm not surprised about .mobi not being known by most people. Just like .com was unknown at its inception.

And you are correct it might be a success or not be, but that is true of anything. Just like the real estate market in the US, once believed to be a solid investment, has fallen to over-valuation. Equally likely .com could one day be considered over-valued. There are no guarantees in life, except death. Everything is possible.