Motorcyclists.mobi - 1 that makes sense 4 sale!

[-OutlawBiker-]

MOTORCYCLISTS.MOBI Exp 12/2/2008

Here's a premium .mobi for those that think the extension best fits those consumers on the move.

Selling this weekend and may pull on a decent offer at any point.

Minimum super-duper (better than Enom) such the deal pricing starts at only.

$25.00 and up



Q. Why does Doc sell so cheap? To see if there really is a .mobi market other than at the hyped auctions.

 

[-OutlawBiker-]

Looks like I might be keeping this one huh? Until expiration time that is.

The secondary market for mobis doesn't look so good in the light. Look around on the forum here or the other forums. Even the ones being sold by the registry and appearing to be bought by those who have an extra incentive to see the group increase at their auctions seem to be trending down big time too. Like Flowers.mobi that now appears to have been vastly overpaid.

To me, the extension and the basis for it just doesn't work. Would love for anyone to show me why investments in the group shouldn't be rated sell now?

 

[mjnels]

Looks like I might be keeping this one huh? Until expiration time that is.

The secondary market for mobis doesn't look so good in the light. Look around on the forum here or the other forums. Even the ones being sold by the registry and appearing to be bought by those who have an extra incentive to see the group increase at their auctions seem to be trending down big time too. Like Flowers.mobi that now appears to have been vastly overpaid.

To me, the extension and the basis for it just doesn't work. Would love for anyone to show me why investments in the group shouldn't be rated sell now?

psssst... ill tell ya a secret - its a buyers market.

100's of top quality names being released by the registry at once makes it even more of one....

it is what it is what it is... a brand new, raw, speculative, unstable market that is currently being flooded with great names like GPS, Travel, Date, Bank, Hotel, Motel, Taxi, Trip, Vacation, etc..... the cream of the crop.

im a new "domainer" and ive been surviving purely on my .mobi aftermarket sales - but i was there pounding away new regs since landrush... there wernt very many of us.

 

[-OutlawBiker-]

psssst... ill tell ya a secret - its a buyers market.

100's of top quality names being released by the registry at once makes it even more of one....

it is what it is what it is... a brand new, raw, speculative, unstable market that is currently being flooded with great names like GPS, Travel, Date, Bank, Hotel, Motel, Taxi, Trip, Vacation, etc..... the cream of the crop.

im a new "domainer" and ive been surviving purely on my .mobi aftermarket sales - but i was there pounding away new regs since landrush... there wernt very many of us.

Wow, surviving on the .mobi aftermarket? Would love to see what's selling lately in this extension other than the registry stuff. Those are great names they're releasing, just don't know if the extension makes sense at all anymore.

 

[Jeff]

Those are great names they're releasing, just don't know if the extension makes sense at all anymore.

mTLD surely is making though, and I agree with you Outlaw! :yell:

Take care for now, and Good Luck with your sale!
-Jeff

 

[Pred]

mTLD surely is making though, and I agree with you Outlaw! :yell:

Take care for now, and Good Luck with your sale!
-Jeff

and i'd always given you the benefit of the doubt jeff


truecolours.mobi

ps: aren't you banned from this section? :hehe:

nb: sorry stockdoc for butting in sales thread

 

[mjnels]

Wow, surviving on the .mobi aftermarket? Would love to see what's selling lately in this extension other than the registry stuff. Those are great names they're releasing, just don't know if the extension makes sense at all anymore.

yup, this is pretty much my only job now.

mobi mobi mobi... the fragile .mobi aftermarket.

honestly, it is mostly the registry stuff selling now.. as for the extention making sense.. it still makes sense.. mobi isnt the end-all-be-all of mobile internet.. but its one alternative to the other extentions.. whether it will be used frequently in the future... who knows. (i happen to think it stands some chance)

but im having fun speculating and systematically hedging my bet until then. :tu:

 

[cac14850]

Since your sale thread has turned into a bash mobi thread I think part of the reason you have no takers is this is not all that great of a name. 1.5 million google hits, no searches to speak of (which goes to show "motorcyclists" do not think of themselves in this terminology,) and no ad score. I have been doing fairly well on the after market as of late and I think if you browse the sale thread those names worth money are selling. You have 50 people or so regularly using this forum, go to sedo and there has actually been a recent uptick in number of sales (and yes I am excluding the premium auctions).

 

[-OutlawBiker-]

Since your sale thread has turned into a bash mobi thread I think part of the reason you have no takers is this is not all that great of a name. 1.5 million google hits, no searches to speak of (which goes to show "motorcyclists" do not think of themselves in this terminology,) and no ad score. I have been doing fairly well on the after market as of late and I think if you browse the sale thread those names worth money are selling. You have 50 people or so regularly using this forum, go to sedo and there has actually been a recent uptick in number of sales (and yes I am excluding the premium auctions).

Thanks for the post. This doesn't have to turn into a "bash mobi thread" at all. More than just a sales thread though, it helps to understand a little of what is marketable in .mobi and what isn't and why.

To me, mobi meant mobile, away from your pc, where searches for anything not of immediate need could better be performed. The best names related to those on the go (like motorcyclists) or products and services you might be looking for while mobile like a hotel, or a pizza or the movie listings. Using measurements for pc traffic didn't make complete sense. True, you might search for an attorney immediately if on the go and involved in an accident, or arrested, but are people really going to spend time searching for a new attorney via their mobile device?

Technically, the extension is unnessary now, so it seemed to me the extension could gain recognition and acceptance as the goto place while people are mobile, or not and whither away. Hype itself can't be all there is for the extension to hold value for long right?

Anyway, my thought on this name for sale was that motorcyclists are pretty much always on the go, but the establishments they might look to find are not the same as say the business traveler. Motorcyclists have their own preferences and needs such as biker friendly hotels or bars or restaurants. Putting them all under one site and distinguishing them from others as the goto place while on the go via an unusual extension (Mobi) would help with branding.

Was I reaching here?

 

[mjnels]

Was I reaching here?

no, not at all.
of course without the 'S' might be better.. but meh.

its hard to say what people will or will not search for on mobile in the years to come.. although it cant hurt to stick with obvious "mobile" names like you said..

the mobi aftermarket is a funny thing... there is some interest, but its a young extention and prices are all over the place... its like an untamed beast.

 

[cac14850]

I apologize outlaw biker, I misconstured your comments (and was also responding to a follow up post). I dont think motorcyclists is a terrible name and certainly worth the reg fee. I think the future of mobi are for those on the go and who dont have access to comuters but, also, more and more I am seeing that mobi could become larger and not smaller than I originally hoped. In my eyes there is no way we are ever going to have sites that work equally well on a monitor and on a handheld device. Thinking back to when I was a kid 20 years ago I remember everyone talking about portable tvs and how it would be no time at all until it was common to carry them around. There is a reason this didnt come to pass of course, you can not watch tv the same on a 5 inch screen as you can on a larger screen. I see mobile computing/internet etc. moving in the same direction. It remains to be see if the "internet" can be so cleanly split in two segments but technology evolves and there is a chance mobi becomes huge. Think of it in terms of a lottery ticket. There may be only a 1 in ten chance of mobi making us rich but that is certainly better odds than spending a couple thousand on lottery tickets.