.mobi Just got an offer on Bookmakers.mobi

[aggieuk]

As it states above just got an offer for it for $500, now personally i think it's the english version of sportsbook so it's in a good genre for affiliates etc lots of potential to make a directory for gambling sites etc.

What do you lot think about it? I think a long time ago it was appraised at mid $xx,xxx but prices have chilled a little now and i'm wondering what you lot think of the price now???

It's more an British term i believe, so to the rest of the world it may not mean much but we brits love a gamble!!!

any comments would be very much appreciated!

Cheers Chris

 

[-REECE-]

Not worth mid xx,xxx. Perhaps it was appraised at that in light of the sportsbook.mobi sale (which was of immense value to an enduser, rather than being particularly valuable in itself).

That being said, I definitely think you can do alot better than $500. I'd counter with $10k and wouldn't take a pence under 5k.

Good Luck

 

[aggieuk]

Cheers Reece i countered quite a bit higher $45k to be precise but i think most peeps on the other forums, are agreed it's more like low $xx,xxx as the news of the Sun starting the gambling via mobi has just been broken maybe i could even get away with it! But i may even keep it just in case, if The Sun Newspaper does a good job of marketing their gambling site it could sky rocket the prices of UK specific gambling names anyway! So it's a catch 22 situation i suppose!

 

[Mobi Cheap]

Cheers Reece i countered quite a bit higher $45k to be precise but i think most peeps on the other forums, are agreed it's more like low $xx,xxx as the news of the Sun starting the gambling via mobi has just been broken maybe i could even get away with it! But i may even keep it just in case, if The Sun Newspaper does a good job of marketing their gambling site it could sky rocket the prices of UK specific gambling names anyway! So it's a catch 22 situation i suppose!

Aggie, don't let it go before you've spoken to Rupert's .mobi aware UK staff

According to Overture (TM), many more people in the UK search for your keyword than for 'hosting'

It's true that paradoxically 'hosting' is not the most popular term in the hosting keyword universe itself, but as you know it was good enough for $101k when an intelligent end user spotted it at Sedo.

With a few dozen strategically targeted emails IMHO it shouldn't be too difficult to make the same happen for bookmakers.mobi
:gn:

 

[PVFARKAS]

uk Ovt has it roughly half of casino, thats a better comp. Lots of money flowing in both industries. casino is much more a world term. probably throws it into xx,xxx territory.

 

[RWAC]

250 quid for that lil beauty, not on your blinkin' nelly mate, that's a cracker, hold on to it for quite a lot, and I mean, a LOT more.

I'd say hang on to it, do your research in the meantime and start marketing it quietly, wouldn't be at all surprised to see it really climb in price this one.

Would actually work quite handily with my 1st2nd3rd.mobi domain name, racing results on your mobile, which is also available on the .co.uk

Best of luck with it.

Mark

 

[cobo]

Don't let it go for less than 5 figures !!!
Gambling will be HUGE on mobiles !!!

 

[sags]

I looked up "bookmakers" on Overture and it had only 2200 searches so I thought what is the fuss about.

Then I checked the UK Overture. Wow. It shows 270,000 searches. That is just Yahoo searches. With Google, MSN and the other searches combined you would be over 500,000 searches a month. That kind of traffic is worth a lot to any gambling business.

Just shows what a difference location can make.

Hope it goes for big bucks......we all benefit from good sales.

Regards,

Sags

 

[aggieuk]

Aggie, don't let it go before you've spoken to Rupert's .mobi aware UK staff

According to Overture (TM), many more people in the UK search for your keyword than for 'hosting'

It's true that paradoxically 'hosting' is not the most popular term in the hosting keyword universe itself, but as you know it was good enough for $101k when an intelligent end user spotted it at Sedo.

With a few dozen strategically targeted emails IMHO it shouldn't be too difficult to make the same happen for bookmakers.mobi
:gn:

I've tried quite a bit of direct marketing before (Not with bookmakers.mobi) and haven't had much success, i think it's the personal assistants just deleting the emails as they know nothing about domain names etc, so i've given up with that approach now, do you have any particular strategy to ensure the email gets to who it's supposed to?

 

[Keith]

Well I think it would have much more value if it was "bookmaker.mobi". The plural hurts a little IMHO.

With that said, I still think it should go for no less than low to mid $xxxx. Good luck!

 

[aggieuk]

Well I think it would have much more value if it was "bookmaker.mobi". The plural hurts a little IMHO.

With that said, I still think it should go for no less than low to mid $xxxx. Good luck!

No-one i know would say i'm going down the bookmaker! It's probably a british thing but we would call it the bookmakers rather than bookmaker unless that's just me down here in the SW of England.

 

[-REECE-]

Here in Canada, the single form would be more popular (eg. bet, sportsbook, bookmaker). Mind you, if you said bookmaker to most ordinary igloo-bound Canadians, they'd probably think you were talking about a machine that makes books :D

If your market is UK bound -- and the term is clearly very popular in the UK, more power to you :tu:

No-one i know would say i'm going down the bookmaker! It's probably a british thing but we would call it the bookmakers rather than bookmaker unless that just me down here in the SW of England.

 

[aggieuk]

I deffo think it's gonna be a British thing, so i suppose i should be chasing down British gambling business's and spreading the word a little! Cheers all for your kind comments!

 

[Keith]

No-one i know would say i'm going down the bookmaker! It's probably a british thing but we would call it the bookmakers rather than bookmaker unless that's just me down here in the SW of England.

You are correct in that you would not say "i'm going down the bookmaker". However, if you are the company providing the odds, you are the bookmaker. I guess it just depends how you view it. Either way I think it's a great name.

This is similiar to a name I have which is oddsmaker.mobi. I would much prefer to have this name vs. oddsmakers.mobi. Remember that this is coming from a guy in the states so things vary a bit

 

[aggieuk]

Cheers for that keith i suppose we talk the same language but some words have such different meanings or context, at least we can all agree with one thing, and thats we all understand what kicking someones ass means!! LOL! Watch out Bin Laden!

 

[RWAC]

No-one i know would say i'm going down the bookmaker! It's probably a british thing but we would call it the bookmakers rather than bookmaker unless that's just me down here in the SW of England.

I'm in the SW too, and bookmakers is definitely the correct way to say it here in the UK, not bookmaker, the latter in my view is the one which would undermine it. Personally, I think you've done good.

Now, you know that The Sun newspaper is doing this new .mobi gambling, bingo, jackpot thing (post recently about this), I would wait until that really gathers some momentum, and then take out a classified advert to appear in that newspaper at that time.

Ok, it might cost you quite a bit but you should get a great healthy dollop of interest from advertising it there, at that particular time, which could really help to push the price up. In other words 'piggy back' your domain name on the back of The Sun newspapers success. Think about it.

If you needed a sales letter prepared to send out to interested bookmakers here in the UK, feel welcome to give me a shout. I find that generally speaking I have no problems getting my email marketing to the person/s that need to make the decision. In this regard, just a day or so ago for example, I received a couple of email replies from the .mobi directors themselves.

Again, I wish you the best of luck with it.

Best regards.

Mark (Cornwall)

 

[Gregr]

Take the $500 and count your lucky stars.

 

[Keith]

Take the $500 and count your lucky stars.

The $500 offer must be from you :lol:

 

[sags]

Since it is the plural form, another option is to develop a website and charge the various bookmakers a monthly fee to advertise on it. It could provide a nice monthly income.

I would contact the bookmakers who advertise in the papers. Charge a competitive rate and see what happens.

Best of luck in whatever you decide.

Regards,

Sags

 

[Gregr]

The $500 offer must be from you :lol:

Me own a .mobi? Surely you jest.