.mobi mTLD Monthly Operator Reports

[acc]

This site might be of interest to those who enjoy tracking the growth of dot mobi and some other extensions:
ICANN - Registry Operator Monthly Reports

Here's the monthly dot mobi name "TRANSACTIONS" (not registrations) through April 2007.
There's a nice graph of the data on page 9 of the pdf file

Average Daily Transaction Range (In Thousands)
Month - Avg/Day - Max/Day

2006-May - 24 - 71
2006-Jun - 65 - 96
2006-Jul - 88 - 106
2006-Aug - 133 - 196
2006-Sep - 295 - 803
2006-Oct - 1,099 - 1596
2006-Nov - 1,256 - 10,023
2006-Dec - 6.044 - 11,138
2007-Jan - 5,233 - 5,729
2007-Feb - 3,683 - 4,537
2007-Mar - 2,545 - 2,994
2007-Apr - 2,480 - 2,699

It would also be interesting to look and see when the change from 2 years to 1 year minimum registration and the registry price drops took place. May-June-July numbers - will they be the same or higher??? We'll see....

EDIT -
1. The numbers shown above are for "TRANSACTIONS" in thousands - not registrations.
2. The drop from pre-reg pricing to landrush pricing (at least at GODaddy) for two-year regs took place approximately 10/11/06.
3. The change from 2-year minimum to 1-year registrations took place roughly 2/26/07. (At least that is my first 1-year reg on hand.)

Sorry for any misconceptions caused by the earlier assumptions.

 

[GeoOwners]

I'm sure it made a pop up when the price went down...I know I took about 5 or 6 more right after.


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[dag]

I'm sure it made a pop up when the price went down...I know I took about 5 or 6 more right after.


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The price drop was toward the end of November, and sure enough, you can see the huge difference in daily registrations that month and in December...

 

[Jeff]

I believe the May-June-July numbers will follow the pattern and thus trend lower, IMHO. Of course we shall see, but there really hasn't been anything significant as far as its promotion or mass adoption ... and this has translated back to the number of registrations / speculations by domainers and other IMHO. Moving beyond the selling of .MOBI hand registrations and developing those premiums/reserved's & RFP's are its future, in my view.
I also see .MOBI freebie and near-freebie $1.99/year registrations - like .INFO's - on the horizon, as well. :imho:
Nice stats, thanks for the post!
-Jeff

 

[namewaiter]

i'm real shocked as to just how low Sept/Oct & Nov '06 were... especially when you factor in all the pre regs (but if the majority of Sept was really only based off of the 4 days, then divided out over the month it makes more sense)

 

[acc]

i'm real shocked as to just how low Sept/Oct & Nov '06 were... especially when you factor in all the pre regs (but if the majority of Sept was really only based off of the 4 days, then divided out over the month it makes more sense)

Yes, that is a great point - the numbers seem way too low for Sept. My pre-regs that were filled on opening day 9/26/07 would alone account for xx% of the 803 highest daily amount for the month which I assume would be on 9/26.

The graph is titled "Average Daily TRANSACTION Range (in thousands)" which may not mean average daily registrations. "Transactions" could mean all kinds of "Calls" into the registry - whois lookups, registrations, etc. Can someone else please take a look at the graph and pdf text to make sense of this. Thanks.

Note: Since the numbers posted in the OP misleadingly looked like "registrations" and not "transactions" and I did not emphasize the "(in thousands)", I edited the OP to reflect this.

... I also see .MOBI freebie and near-freebie $1.99/year registrations - like .INFO's - on the horizon, as well. :imho:

Yeah, and oh - is that Jessica Biel over there walking over here to plant a big wet one on me? IMHO.

Where on earth does one get any credible notion that .mobis are or will become "freebies" or $1.99/year? Wishing it so does not make it so. This seems like the umpteenth time that "freebies" or mtld "giving away" names, etc. has been mentioned or implied by a few on these boards. The not-so-subtle .mobi extension undermining and disinformation campaign continues. :imho:

BTW - I remember taking advantage of a Staples promotion around 1999-2000 for .coms for $1.00 each. Guess that really devalued the extension.

 

[Jeff]

Where on earth does one get any credible notion that .mobis are or will become "freebies" or $1.99/year? Wishing it so does not make it so. This seems like the umpteenth time that "freebies" or mtld "giving away" names, etc. has been mentioned or implied by a few on these boards.

:hi:

There are no less than FIVE (5) concurrent threads here in this active .MOBI Forum™ referencing ".MOBI price wars", ".MOBI registration discounts", and ".MOBI annual specials" that are offering ~ $4 - $6 first-year, annual registrations, IMHO. The pricing structure - due, in part, from the recent lack of substance out of mTLD (RFP's, specifically) - IS definitely trending downward hand in hand with this news ... "freebies", like .INFO's, is the next logical step in my personal view. Be careful to consider future RENEWAL FEES in this context, as well! :gl:
Thanks for the post.
-Jeff

 

[acc]

There are no less than FIVE (5) concurrent threads here in this active .MOBI Forum™ referencing ".MOBI price wars", ".MOBI registration discounts", and ".MOBI annual specials" that are offering ~ $4 - $6 first-year, annual registrations, IMHO. The pricing structure - due, in part, from the recent lack of substance out of mTLD (RFP's, specifically) - IS definitely trending downward hand in hand with this news ... "freebies", like .INFO's, is the next logical step in my personal view. Be careful to consider future RENEWAL FEES in this context, as well!

$4 first year .mobi ??? Where ??? Take it if you can find it - if you have a list of pending decent names. People can title their threads anyway they like even if they are innacurate.

Over the years, there have been numerous specials run on .com/.net/.biz/.info/,us, etc off and on. Sometimes registries run promotions that get passed on through registrars. Sometimes registrars run loss-leader promos just to attract more business to all their services. Smart business marketing.

A statement such as "The pricing structure - due, in part, from the recent lack of substance out of mTLD" is pure conjecture and can be refuted with anyone's own IMHO. Only if one wears perma-bear glasses does every little discount mean doom and gloom for dot-mobi. IMHO

Unfortunately renewals are often NOT included in short-term special pricing offers, no matter what the extension. I have tried to take advantage of such specials when I can in other extensions.

Again - Previous reference to .mobi "freebies" is inaccurate.
Again - $1.99/year .mobi regs is pure conjecture for negative purposes.

PS - Someone conveniently forgot to comment on my $1.00 .com pricing example - At that time did it mean that .com was doomed to fail? Hmmm?

PPS - So, according to your reasoning, the pricing structure of .infos for $0.99-$1.99 for many many months - is due, in part, from the recent lack of substance out of .info registry??? Wait ... hmmmmm ... no other registry even makes ANY effort to support and promote its extension like dev.mobi, ready.mobi, site.mobi, etc. ... Interesting if you JUST THINK about it.

Have a nice day.

 

[Jeff]

Wait ... hmmmmm ... no other registry even makes ANY effort to support and promote its extension like dev.mobi, ready.mobi, site.mobi, etc. ... Interesting if you JUST THINK about it.

Wait ... hmmmm ... no other registry has (at the onset) espoused the "ecosystem" with such great importance, and then (subsequently) dissed it by not successfuly getting its key reserved/premium/RFP domains into the hands of actual DEVELOPERS who will, in turn, build that "ecosystem"! :gl: imho:
And previously announced RFP's are now going ... into auction?!?
Think! :yell:

Have a nice day.

You too, friend.
-Jeff

 

[garrett200]

And previously announced RFP's are now going ... into auction?!?
Think! :yell:

Well, they never actually said that in so many words, but they did imply that it could happen.

 

[Jeff]

Well, they never actually said that in so many words, but they did imply it.

Fair enough ... if Caroline would simply take a moment to post here for quick clarification, I - as most here - would greatly appreciate it! :talk:

-Jeff

 

[garrett200]

I'm not sure if she will Jeff. She was in here looking at the morning's discussions and never chimed in.

And quite the discussions we are having today! The .mobi forum is HOT today, thank god or I wouldn't have a job, lol.

 

[acc]

Wait ... hmmmm ... no other registry has (at the onset) espoused the "ecosystem" with such great importance, and then (subsequently) dissed it by not successfuly getting its key reserved/premium/RFP domains into the hands of actual DEVELOPERS who will, in turn, build that "ecosystem"! :gl: imho:
And previously announced RFP's are now going ... into auction?!?
Think! :yell:

You too, friend.
-Jeff

And once more - "Ecosystem-Shmecosystem" the "ecosystem" term was used about ONCE by someone from mtld in a discussions and it is YOU who have ESPOUSED it in just about every post as it is THE ONLY thing in the world to make or break a whole extension.

I AM THINKING - Thinking about how I know my names and my plans - and I AM SEEING too - Seeing the LACK of a .COM mobile ecosystem and LACK of good content on MANY .com names that have been in existence for ten years.

Patience.

 

[mkylut]

Jeff, why don't you develop your mobis to add to the eco^%*%^$# imho. Posting too much about your opinions in term of mabi failure don't add to the eco#&$%%& imho . Don't talk too much, but take actions Jeff .

 

[Jeff]

Jeff, why don't you develop your mobis to add to the eco^%*%^$# imho.

Please see my signature (Mobile Experience™ Fall '07!) ... also, as the mTLD premium/reserved/RFP's actually get in to the hands of DEVELOPERS adding to the "ecosystem", so too will I increase my developments and additions to same IMHO. :gl: :talk:

Thanks for the post.
-Jeff

 

[mkylut]

Good luck with your MOBI dev , but you need to change the color of your sig imho.

Anyway, all the best Jeff and I'm sure all your hardwork will be paying off.