.mobi .Mobi is a true case-study of crowd mentality

[thegenius1]

In an email sent out today, Moniker.com has announced a re-auctioning of a batch of .mobi domains purchased recently from the TRAFFIC domain auction in Florida. The domains have now been placed back on the market by the winning bidder.

Note: I was not a .mobi buyer or bidder.

The buyer/bidder of these .mobi names at TRAFFIC wants to sell the domains at cost due to other financial obligations. Here is a list of the premium names sold at TRAFFIC to one bidder that now wants to sell them for cost .

Since you were a .mobi buyer/bidder in our most recent Traffic auction I am sending this email in regard to the .mobi names. We are giving you first shot at them but we need you commitment at of above the prices below.

These are available for purchase (on a first come -first serve basis) at these prices below thru this Friday November 9th.

Domain Venue Price

News.mobi Live $110,000.00
Shopping.mobi Live $55,000.00
ZIPCodes.mobi Live $8,000.00
elections.mobi Silent $3,000.00
jewelry.mobi Silent $15,730.00
move.mobi Silent $3,000.00
price.mobi Silent $3,993.00
weightloss.mobi Silent $3,000.00

Will we see others follow suit and sell, first at cost, and later at loss? .Mobi is a true case-study of crowd mentality. There were three domain heavyweights in the first auction (Rick Schwartz, Anything.com’s Larry Fischer and partners, and Webmagic founder Greg McLemore) that set the tone for many speculators to follow. The speculators thought the three knew something more then others (hack, some between the three thought the same on each other as well) and all hell broke loose.

The only one who I believe knew what he was doing, in my humble opinion, is Rick Schwartz. Rick knew very well his purchase was a long shot and took his chances, but it wasn’t as much based on .Mobi as it was circumstantial. The rest of the story about this I cannot disclose, but maybe Rick will one day, maybe he won’t.

In the final analysis, based on all I know, .Mobi = Total speculation. Highly unrecommended as a domain investment vehicle.

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[Pred]

oh dear, i'll jump ship to idns then. LOL

 

[thegenius1]

oh dear, i'll jump ship to idns then. LOL

LOL , dont shoot the messenger

 

[mejcdj]

God forbid anyone should be a .mobi buyer and have a personal issue.

I wonder how many .com, .net, .us, etc buys have gone unpaid or returned. I know of 3 .com sales from my own experience that went unpaid.. wonder what that means...?

Cowboys.com ring a bell? Everyone came up with so many reasons for that screw up.. but not once did some one say.. this spells the end for the .com followers of Rick and .. blah blah blah.

Enough with the alarmist crap already. We are already invested. No turning back.

 

[tophatter]

I concur

 

[Mobi Cheap]

God forbid anyone should be a .mobi buyer and have a personal issue.

I wonder how many .com, .net, .us, etc buys have gone unpaid or returned. I know of 3 .com sales from my own experience that went unpaid.. wonder what that means...?

Cowboys.com ring a bell? Everyone came up with so many reasons for that screw up.. but not once did some one say.. this spells the end for the .com followers of Rick and .. blah blah blah.

Enough with the alarmist crap already. We are already invested. No turning back.

Great point.

There is so much to be said about this, but I won't even start.

I hereby offer Moniker $5,000 for price.mobi if they can wait seven weeks for payment.

Who do I need to PM about this?
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