.mobi How will you make MONEY?

[SKG]

I did not post this to bash anyone who has bought or is buying .mobi. I, myself have bought some .mobi names. However, I want to ask a question to all .mobi investors/developers here how is it you/I plan on making monies for the the domain outside of reselling it? The sites will be small and fast loading but really there is no space for ads. Also, who will have time to click an ad on there cell and wait for a full blown page to load onto there cellphone? I think this is a huge problem. The only thing I can come up with is a subscription service or sorts, but even that will be a tough buy for a consumer, imo.

When I look at Flowers.mobi, which so far has been the highest reported sale. Flowers does make sense and is a huge market, but it makes sense for and enduser in the business of selling flowers. But as one nper pointed out, who is going to sit on there cellphone and enter there info, credit card number, etc and all that to order flowers? Would it not be easier just to call?

Also, due to cost, most people have the ability to surf via phone but do not because of costs for bandwidth. I have unlimited bandwidth on my blackberry but pay 50 bucks a month just for that. I am also on a company BES server which can restrict sites I can go to.

So I am asking for me and for others who have invested in .mobi how we can monteterize on the extension without developing a full blown business in which profit will come from orders.

Thank you.

 

[satsdifference.com]

Viability

Good question, but it can be done.

Soon phones will run off the internet with new technology voice over ip, therefore lots cheaper: for example, with your ?, you might see:

Click here to call eflowers and speak to a rep

as the phone and the internet become one.

Think viability, truth and trends for mobile phone experience.

I actually have some viable projects I will release in 2007, but its all about getting the hits. Most successful sites are free first (myspace, friendster, youtube) in beta, then it spreads virally, after alot of hits, clever ideas are needed to monetize max; or, the big buy out occurs. The internet market changes fast, so its good to be a first mover in .mobi. Getting loads of traffic is the prerequisite for even trying to make any money from any ideas in the first place. It all depends on the domain and running project for those $$ ideas..
That's why one must pick wisely..

Sometimes a name like taxitaxi.mobi becomes a bigger hit than spinach.mobi etc. hehe $$ needed to market and be first..

Regards,

 

[Ben42]

Well, I have to believe Paypal is already looking into (If they haven't already) how payments will work on the mobile internet.

Also, I think the cell phone companies could become paypal-like where people can purchase flowers or pay to download a game and they handle the billing for a percentage.

 

[GoDesign]

The way i intend to make $ if from advertising within the games i produce for the mobile gaming community,allthough its miles away from even being a factor just yet.
Any service that generates a 'captive audience' will benefit from advertising, including live chat,gaming,search results etc etc, the remainder will have to survive on B2C.
Static mobisites offering just readable browsing data including adverts won't be acceptable i don't think.
GD.

 

[Jo]

Static mobisites offering just readable browsing data including adverts won't be acceptable i don't think.
GD.

Won't be acceptable in what way?

 

[Aboutdomains]

I think other way!

Why do we only use mobile to access mobi site????? you have pc to visit other sites and when you see a mobi site, you have to use your mobile to access?

I think that you have PC plus mobile to access ==> other domain extension is only PC ==> mobi is more popular !!!

 

[gamehouse]

If one can achieve some good traffic first, either static or dynamic .mobi sites just need some creative ways to monetize through advertising. And that creative ideas may need great pushing and development and of course, some money. IMO.

Sounds like a good idea. If that .mobi can figure out that the user is from a PC and render a full site, great. But the .com can do the same for a mobile user.

On the other hand, if you mean .mobi as .mobi on a pc, well, would n't it be a back step to take a user used to more user friendly and flashy sites to a simple looking and lean .mobi site?

GH

I think other way!

Why do we only use mobile to access mobi site????? you have pc to visit other sites and when you see a mobi site, you have to use your mobile to access?

I think that you have PC plus mobile to access ==> other domain extension is only PC ==> mobi is more popular !!!

 

[MinionDH]

Well, I have to believe Paypal is already looking into (If they haven't already) how payments will work on the mobile internet.

Yup, PayPal is already mobile. Plus they registered their .mobi on June 12, 2006

 

[iNod]

You cannot have people purchasing stuff over the phone or there goes any sense of security. Phones/Cell phones can be traced and tracked. And they can also be eavesdropped, but so can the internet. It is abit trickier but ten times less security.

http://www.tinhat.com/cell_phone/mobile_phone_security.html

The thing with paypal is.. It is not actually money. Meaning the funds are in your account. But not really, they are all stored in a huge bullion offshore in Switzerland probably.
And funds are just binged around.

But as soon as you start making it normal to buy stuff using a credit card off a phone. You get eavesdroppers who just sit in a mall with there pratically invisable ear plug and microphone and listen to people saying off there credit card numbers.. Now how easy is that to do.

So we don't want creditcards mobile, we want to be able to just use paypal mobile.

Mind you digital is very hard to crack, so.. But you can still do it.

As of right now.. The only way is to put up a "Phone 1-800-800-8000" and order things. No advertisement is in place (YET), and no reason to build sites (YET)

I am all for mobile and I love the idea of .mobi and I want to see .mobi survive.

Go mobi hrm :/


- Steve

 

[GoDesign]

Won't be acceptable in what way?

Hi Kerri,
I meant to say that if casual surfers come across too much advertising it could damage the productiveness of .mobi's future.Whereas, if the users are participating in an event or process specifically for mobile devices they probably will accept its pressence as a sacrifice for taking part in that event.
I for one hope that when .mobi's do take off, they don't end up littered with annoying adsence and the likes,often meaning you have to scroll down half the page to get to what you're after.Hopefully people will give it time to grow before trying to bombard pages with adds.

 

[Binfus]

I did not post this to bash anyone who has bought or is buying .mobi. I, myself have bought some .mobi names. However, I want to ask a question to all .mobi investors/developers here how is it you/I plan on making monies for the the domain outside of reselling it? The sites will be small and fast loading but really there is no space for ads. Also, who will have time to click an ad on there cell and wait for a full blown page to load onto there cellphone? I think this is a huge problem. The only thing I can come up with is a subscription service or sorts, but even that will be a tough buy for a consumer, imo.

When I look at Flowers.mobi, which so far has been the highest reported sale. Flowers does make sense and is a huge market, but it makes sense for and enduser in the business of selling flowers. But as one nper pointed out, who is going to sit on there cellphone and enter there info, credit card number, etc and all that to order flowers? Would it not be easier just to call?

Also, due to cost, most people have the ability to surf via phone but do not because of costs for bandwidth. I have unlimited bandwidth on my blackberry but pay 50 bucks a month just for that. I am also on a company BES server which can restrict sites I can go to.

So I am asking for me and for others who have invested in .mobi how we can monteterize on the extension without developing a full blown business in which profit will come from orders.

Thank you.

I guess the answer to this question would be the same as the one to a very similar question that many were asking until just a few short years ago: How these crazy people dumping their hard earned cash in .coms plan to recoup their investments other than the hope that one day they'd sell their domains to someone else? How about if they can't re-sell them? More than likely this is all just a fad and bubble thats gona burst soon....it does not even stand a chance against the good old brick and mortar "KING*. Did anyone back then even heard of the animal called "PPC" or the entities like Domain Sponsor, Sedo, Fabulous and the like? ......So, to many it seems like the history repeating itself ....unchartered, exciting, and promising territory of this whole new world called the "mobile web". Certainly like the 90's, there are again lots and lots of unanswered questions but I believe this is exactly what's creating all the excitement; its like *de javu* for those who were around in the 90's, and a dream for those who were not fortunate enough to benefit from that early domain era for one reason or another. If all the answers were known and everything was a sure deal then who would call it a speculation? Why not then put one's $$ in government bonds?

 

[AndyR]

structural.mobi developed

1. Sell minisites, (1 page) to structural / civil engineering specialists, companies, embedded in a directory structure. $100 - $250 pa to start. for example structural.mobi/a/alpha_ltd/index

2. Add value by putting structural reference pages, links, standard calculations etc.

3. Enable a full PC website 'pc.structural.mobi' with advertising.

Comments?

 

[satsdifference.com]

nice

I guess the answer to this question would be the same as the one to a very similar question that many were asking until just a few short years ago: How these crazy people dumping their hard earned cash in .coms plan to recoup their investments other than the hope that one day they'd sell their domains to someone else? How about if they can't re-sell them? More than likely this is all just a fad and bubble thats gona burst soon....it does not even stand a chance against the good old brick and mortar "KING*. Did anyone back then even heard of the animal called "PPC" or the entities like Domain Sponsor, Sedo, Fabulous and the like? ......So, to many it seems like the history repeating itself ....unchartered, exciting, and promising territory of this whole new world called the "mobile web". Certainly like the 90's, there are again lots and lots of unanswered questions but I believe this is exactly what's creating all the excitement; its like *de javu* for those who were around in the 90's, and a dream for those who were not fortunate enough to benefit from that early domain era for one reason or another. If all the answers were known and everything was a sure deal then who would call it a speculation? Why not then put one's $$ in government bonds?

What a great response and perspective to fathom. History repeating itself..
I enjoy this dot mobi era. And if all the ?'s weren't there then there would not have been anything left available to register. I am happy.


Regards,

 

[Razeeman]

Disposable one-time credit card numbers can get you the flowers.

Cell phone tracking will have the tow truck to you in record time.

 

[Jo]

Hi Kerri,
I meant to say that if casual surfers come across too much advertising it could damage the productiveness of .mobi's future.Whereas, if the users are participating in an event or process specifically for mobile devices they probably will accept its pressence as a sacrifice for taking part in that event.
I for one hope that when .mobi's do take off, they don't end up littered with annoying adsence and the likes,often meaning you have to scroll down half the page to get to what you're after.Hopefully people will give it time to grow before trying to bombard pages with adds.

Mmmm yes I agree, a couple of lines of text with a URL would do just fine but the video ads and graphic ads would be annoying and also cost the surfer more money (I read that some mobile suppliers charge by the file size downloaded on the phones.) And yes, sites with tons of ads would be useless and drive traffic away. Hopefully developers will think twice and not do this.

 

[GeoOwners]

as for paying by phone...look up "walletphones" you swipe your phone at a coke machine and out comes a coke and your bank account is charged...

 

[zachary0611]

well people use cellphones to purchase things all the time my mom is always calling QVC on her cellphone buying something

 

[acc]

Many different ways depending on name and intent

structural.mobi developed
1. Sell minisites, (1 page) to structural / civil engineering specialists, companies, embedded in a directory structure. $100 - $250 pa to start. for example structural.mobi/a/alpha_ltd/index
2. Add value by putting structural reference pages, links, standard calculations etc.
3. Enable a full PC website 'pc.structural.mobi' with advertising.
Comments?

Andy, I think this is a valid idea for the right names. Industrial/commercial users will find value in different ways than consumers do. Having immediate access to company data, product information, technical information, or sales support items on a PDA or cell phone while out on a job site or client site can be extremely useful and beneficial. It is a different and in my opinion a very promising revenue model. The PPC/Adsense links may also be included where appropriate within the site but the main focus has to be on content, usefulness, and immediate access to information.

When you realize that it can effectively cost hundreds of dollars just to make a sales call, having another tool to help explain, promote, and solidify your company's product, service, and/or image can easily pay for itself. The now widespread use of laptops in the field has proven the potential of this concept to business. I think that the addition of smaller mobile devices into the mix is the next logical entension. It doesn't have to be one or the other. Desktop PCs and laptops are not going away, but the mobile web is here to stay.

 

[mobidick]

I guess the answer to this question would be the same as the one to a very similar question that many were asking until just a few short years ago: How these crazy people dumping their hard earned cash in .coms plan to recoup their investments other than the hope that one day they'd sell their domains to someone else? How about if they can't re-sell them? More than likely this is all just a fad and bubble thats gona burst soon....it does not even stand a chance against the good old brick and mortar "KING*. Did anyone back then even heard of the animal called "PPC" or the entities like Domain Sponsor, Sedo, Fabulous and the like? ......So, to many it seems like the history repeating itself ....unchartered, exciting, and promising territory of this whole new world called the "mobile web". Certainly like the 90's, there are again lots and lots of unanswered questions but I believe this is exactly what's creating all the excitement; its like *de javu* for those who were around in the 90's, and a dream for those who were not fortunate enough to benefit from that early domain era for one reason or another. If all the answers were known and everything was a sure deal then who would call it a speculation? Why not then put one's $$ in government bonds?

Well said...

We can see a bit of the future by looking at mobile habits and technologies already out in Japan and Korea: it appears that the issue of secure mobile shopping and banking has already been dealt with by the use of chips and smart cards:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/phones/2004-07-22-wallet-phone_x.htm

Several German companies already offer mobile shopping sites. See http://quelle.mobi

As for monetizing .mobi sites... I can see businesses paying to have their phone#s shown on local mobile phones - geotargetting will probably get a lot more precise than what is currently offered with PPC. It shouldn't be long before the big 3 PPCs build a base of mobile advertisers, with mobile adsense type pgms to follow - right now we're in a "chicken first or egg first" phase, but once the ball gets rolling in a year or two get set for exponential growth - especially once mobile ads bring substantial price plan reductions.