.mobi How bad is mobi? Did I just waste $35?

[Nerevar]

I just hand-reged the following (exact monthly searches in parenthesis):
docs.mobi (1,500,000)
refrigerator.mobi (368,000)
saw.mobi (550,000)
scandal.mobi (1,500,000)
suits.mobi (1,200,000)

Seem interesting to me. On the other hand, somebody dropped them, so...

 

[Kate]

There used to be speculative bubbles for every new TLD until ICANN decided to flood the web with TLDs.

It is true, but at varying degrees. Some TLDs were largely ignored, while certain extensions like .asia witnessed a few notable sales but no real, sustained hype. (Domainers were reeling from .mobi...)
Some people also lost a lot of money on .co .xxx .tel etc but .mobi was certainly the worst.

For the newcomers a quick refresher:
What happened back in 2006 is that Rick Schwartz took a gamble and bid 200K on flowers.mobi (he even outbid 1-800-Flowers). That must be what started the frenzy among domainers. Domainers interpreted that purchase as a vote of confidence in the extension, while it was mostly a gamble he could afford. At that point valuation of .mobi domainers, especially generics, shot through the roof. People were even announcing the shift from .com to .mobi because mobile (Internet) is the future.
Also, domainers thought it couldn't fail because it had the backing of industry heavyweights like Google, Nokia, Visa... Still want to invest in.xyz by the way ?

The irony is, 1-800-Flowers now own flowers.mobi. They paid a fraction of the bubble price (5K if I remember correctly):
http://www.domaininvesting.com/1-800-flowers-now-owns-flowers-mobi/

Anybody who wants to be a domainer must do research, study history, and be aware of past failures in order not to fall for the same traps...

Simply put, if you don't know what happened before you entered the market, you know nothing period.

While this story may not repeat itself again, there are still plenty of ways to lose money in the domain game. If anything, there are now even more opportunities to waste money.
Education + common sense + experience = chance of success

 

[ChubbyDfat]

Simply put, if you don't know what happened before you entered the market, you know nothing period.

While this story may not repeat itself again, there are still plenty of ways to lose money in the domain game. If anything, there are now even more opportunities to waste money.
Education + common sense + experience = chance of success

Well put... I would also like to add in one more thing for the chance of success...
Dumb Luck....
Just some times without rhyme or explanation, you come across a person who just had
(for lack of a better term) "Dumb Luck" on their side.

Nothing can beat due diligence in any financial matter (whether it be property, stocks, bonds, or anything else pertaining to investments, speculation, or liquidity), It is always best to know what has happened in the past.

We all heard the saying that "history repeats itself" and even in the stock market or real estate, you often hear about cycles (7 year cycle). This is because in general, history does repeat itself.

So very sound advise from Kate, and I would urge anyone to understand what she is saying here and take heed because the cycle continues to roll and you want to be on the way up... and not on the way down.

Cheers and thank you Kate.

 

[Jasonn]

someone is spamming lesbians.mobi as being for sale, inside they posted a list of the biggest mobi losers. damn it must suck to have spent so much money on something that is now basically worthless.


music.mobi 616,000 USD
flowers.mobi 200,000 USD
poker.mobi 150,000 USD
ringtones.mobi 145,000 USD
casino.mobi 135,000 USD
sportsbook.mobi 129,800 USD
porn.mobi 110,000 USD
news.mobi 110,000 USD
sports.mobi 101,000 USD
hosting.mobi 101,000 USD
fun.mobi 100,000 USD
marketiva.mobi 95,000 USD
realestate.mobi 85,000 USD
movies.mobi 82,000 USD
taxi.mobi 75,111 USD
dating.mobi 73,000 USD
stocks.mobi 70,000 USD
juegos.mobi 61,000 USD
game.mobi 61,000 USD
tickets.mobi 60,000 USD
homes.mobi 53,700 USD
casinos.mobi 52,000 USD
bank.mobi 51,501 USD
download.mobi 51,500 USD
download.mobi 51,000 USD
videos.mobi 51,000 USD
photos.mobi 51,000 USD
sport.mobi 51,000 USD
email.mobi 50,000 USD
pay.mobi 50,000 USD
girls.mobi 49,000 USD
motels.mobi 47,000 USD
currency.mobi 47,000 USD
hotel.mobi 46,000 USD
games.mobi 44,000 USD
job.mobi 43,600 USD
hotel.mobi 43,000 USD
insurance.mobi 42,005 USD
chat.mobi 42,000 USD
worldisland.mobi 42,000 USD
sportsbetting.mobi 41,000 USD
singles.mobi 41,000 USD
date.mobi 40,000 USD
hot.mobi 40,000 USD
traffic.mobi 36,008 USD
radio.mobi 34,500 USD
books.mobi 33,510 USD
scores.mobi 33,000 USD
gamble.mobi 33,000 USD
buy.mobi 32,500 USD
fashion.mobi 32,000 USD
free.mobi 31,500 USD
wine.mobi 30,000 USD
horoscope.mobi 30,000 USD
adult.mobi 30,000 USD
loans.mobi 30,000 USD
play.mobi 28,150 USD
phonenumbers.mobi 28,000 USD
stockquotes.mobi 27,000 USD
marketing.mobi 26,100 USD
property.mobi 26,000 USD
video.mobi 25,555 USD
creditcard.mobi 25,500 USD
mortgages.mobi 25,000 USD
pussy.mobi 24,158 USD
jokes.mobi 24,100 USD
kiss.mobi 23,777 USD
attorney.mobi 23,606 USD
cams.mobi 23,600 USD
pics.mobi 23,000 USD
own.mobi 22,500 USD
holidays.mobi 22,500 USD
flights.mobi 22,500 USD
invest.mobi 22,500 USD
medicine.mobi 21,839 USD
dictionary.mobi 21,500 USD
flower.mobi 21,500 USD
coupons.mobi 21,175 USD
rent.mobi 21,000 USD
pizza.mobi 21,000 USD
musica.mobi 20,600 USD
movie.mobi 20,500 USD
voip.mobi 20,500 USD
creditcards.mobi 20,500 USD
apps.mobi 20,000 USD
vegas.mobi 20,000 USD
shows.mobi 20,000 USD
hello.mobi 20,000 USD
ask.mobi 19,750 USD
photo.mobi 19,500 USD
hoteles.mobi 19,500 USD
wifi.mobi 19,000 USD
directions.mobi 19,000 USD
mortgage.mobi 18,000 USD
horoscopes.mobi 18,000 USD
gay.mobi 18,000 USD
casinoonline.mobi 17,504 USD
drugs.mobi 17,500 USD
celebrity.mobi 17,500 USD

 

[carob]

Hi Jasonn

music.mobi 616,000 USD

That music.mobi sale was cancelled - because Sedo crashed - because a whole batch of premium mobis were being auctioned with the same end time, and there was so much bidding and interest at that time. Threats of lawsuits followed and prices were not as high after when the sales were re-run.

So flowers.mobi remains the biggest in the bubble bunch.

 

[RU]

docs.mobi not bad