.mobi My final .Mobi portfolio (42 names)

[binaryman]

Now I am stopping...definitely..yes.

Here is my final list.

AUTOAUTO.MOBI
AUTOEXPERT.MOBI
AUTOLINE.MOBI
AUTOLINK.MOBI
AUTOPRO.MOBI
AUTOSITE.MOBI
CARSITE.MOBI
DREAMCAR.MOBI
DREAMCARS.MOBI
EUROJOB.MOBI
EUROJOBS.MOBI
EUROMUSIC.MOBI
FINESTHOTELS.MOBI
HAPPYTRAVEL.MOBI
HOTELLINK.MOBI
HOTELPORTAL.MOBI
HOTELSITE.MOBI
HOTELWEB.MOBI
HOTELWORLD.MOBI
JOBINDEX.MOBI
JOBLINK.MOBI
JOBPORTAL.MOBI
LIMORENT.MOBI
MOBIPRO.MOBI
MOBISCOUT.MOBI
MUSICCLUB.MOBI
MUSICLINK.MOBI
MUSICPORTAL.MOBI
MUSICSITE.MOBI
REMARKABLE.MOBI
SPORTLINK.MOBI
SUPERJOBS.MOBI
TOPCAR.MOBI
TOPHOTEL.MOBI
TOPHOTELS.MOBI
TOPSAIL.MOBI
TOPSPORT.MOBI
TRAVELEXPERT.MOBI
TRAVELINDEX.MOBI
TRAVELPORTAL.MOBI
TRAVELTEAM.MOBI
TRAVELTIME.MOBI

 

[frank_view2008]

A lot of nice names IMO.
Good luck!

 

[izo-pod]

I would stop buying .mobi names Binary. What you are purchasing are names that are "left overs". I would adopt a investment strategy like JeremyP is doing. He is buying from people who purchased names up through 9/26/06.

It's cheaper in the long wrong to buy one good name vs hundreds of so-so names that aren't really type-ins--(a bigger difference when we are talking keystrokes). If .com has taught us anything, this would be it. If us domainers back in 1997-98 would have instead made a 5K offer on a great .com name back then instead of speculating on hundreds of ok names we would have come out further ahead.

 

[Damion]

I agree, i see a couple on the list that look allright but the majority is basically lost money in my opinion.
Good luck though Fred!

 

[binaryman]

I appreciate that you guys mean well( Frank's right on the money but Izo-Pod and Damion are off the mark IMO)) but I feel that these are very good names. I am actually a bit taken aback at your prognosis. I carefully checked all these names before I regged them. They are all taken under all the Generic tld's and all have websites under .com at least and mostly under all of them. These are also websites owned by big players. Apart from that the generic sites were all regged around 1995-1997. Then also the names are regged under most of the country tld's and most have websites. And all my names I checked also on Sedo under the .com version and the few that are for sale all have tons of bids on them. Each of my names in it's particular field is already taken in most of the other extensions and in those fields plenty of bids are made on names which are lesser then mine. For instance MusicClub.com was expected to fetch up to $500,000 on TRAFFIC's auction and TOPSAIL.com also. That means that although my .mobi wont be as high value as that it still will fetch a good price.TOPSAIL is a very popular vacation island on the coast in the USA near Carolina somewhere. Plenty of top sites devoted to TOPSAIL Island. Hotels? What can I say? It speaks for itself as does JOBS and MUSIC and AUTO'S and TRAVEL. Then also I feel these names will be popular in their field,(popular and desirable to the persons who already own the .com or other mayor extensions) for what is searched for on .mobi as they contain popular KEYWORDS. Excample: HOTELSITE.MOBI The .com or .net or .UK.CO or .DE owner would want the .mobi version as well if .mobi is popular. So there are my reasons that I feel that my domains will be highly sought after especially by end-users once .mobi takes off.
Thanks anyway for your comments but like I said I cannot agree.
regards
Fred

Ps. Hey Damion dont you wanna buy some .eu names at bargain prices? :lol:

 

[MCDomains]

I agree with izo & damion on this one, but only time will tell. We all know that just one sale can justify all those regfee's.

 

[sf2010]

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Ps. Hey Damion dont you wanna buy some .eu names at bargain prices? :lol:

People are giving their honest opinions because you asked for it. You will agree with some and not agree with others.

I don't think your last statement to Damion is fair nor is it justified.

We all wish EVERYONE to do well with their mobi portfolios.

My 2 cents
Kev

 

[binaryman]

"People are giving their honest opinions because you asked for it." DID I? Where? I did not actually but anyway that is not important. I can take critique and I was not complaining but only responding in a curteous way and also saying why I disagree with their view. That's allowed is it not? You however misinterpreted something here and decided you needed to reprimand me for it.
What do you mean by my last statement to Damion is not fair nor justified? It's a joke OK that Damion will understand. And I'm serious too as Damion also purchased .eu's from the same registrar as me and yes I am selling them for 5 Euro each. And yes if he wants them he can have them..even for free as far as I am concerned. So dont be so quick to judge me here. I never done you anything and secondly I posted my list of .mobidomains and did not ask for anyone to pass judgements on it. I have seen other posters list their sometimes real junky domains and I have never passed any comment as none was asked for. And of course I understand that not everyone can have the same opinion. Thank Goodness.

 

[Damion]

I don't think your last statement to Damion is fair nor is it justified.

Fred doesn't mean harm by saying that Kev, he knows i have a substantial amount of .eu domains as well and while some of them will never see a sale there are enough in the batch that i deem worthy to renew and develop.

I hope Fred has more luck with his .Mobi collection then he has had with the .eu batch.

 

[izo-pod]

We all wish EVERYONE to do well with their mobi portfolios.

My 2 cents
Kev

Exactly... I'm invested in .mobi albeit with only three names, but I do think there is a lot of potential. The main reason I think there is potential is that the handheld internet market is virtually untapped. Who is going to tap into it? My guess is in the next few years almost every company whose legit will have some sort of play in the handheld market (alerts, etc). It's just too vast of a potential market to overlook.

Now, as far as my comments binary. I would hope they are taken constructively. I'm being honest when I say the names shown above are "left overs". When names were picked clean at the landrush, anything else (for the most part) is 2nd pickings. As domainers we shouldn't be going after those names. GIVEN what we learned with dot com.

You don't have to make the same mistakes most of the domainers on this board made because we can give you the kind of advice to ensure your future success.

But...to each is own. Is what I always say. Best of luck Binary! I do mean that!

 

[accent]

It's cheaper in the long run(?) to buy one good name vs hundreds of so-so names that aren't really type-ins--(a bigger difference when we are talking keystrokes). If .com has taught us anything, this would be it. If us domainers back in 1997-98 would have instead made a 5K offer on a great .com name back then instead of speculating on hundreds of ok names we would have come out further ahead.

Easier said than done.

I think it is safe to say that back in '97 you and others didnot buy those "great" names because you did not know how great they were. The same holds true now. I have been in this over a year and would have trouble telling apart half of last month's DNJournal listed sales from a drop list. If I tried to buy one $5000 name (beyond the all-eggs-in-one-basket issue) I would not be able to choose the best available. There is a lot of knowledge needed to make good choices in this market, knowledge that takes a lot of time to acquire, and the methods used by the pros (i.e. auctions for $$$$) would be a disaster for those without that knowledge.

There are good deals on lower levels - It looks like my mid-level LLL.mobis will do very well.

 

[sf2010]

First of all, I want to publicly apoligize to binary; I certainly didn't mean to come across as being an arrogrant-jack*ss but upon re-reading my post, I can see how it can be miscontrued.

As far as us not knowing what is valuable and what is not, that is certainly true; However, not knowing the direction of dotMobi (just yet), I think I would rank my risk tolerance this way:

<low risk> one word -less than 7 char
<low-med risk> two words - less than 14 char
<med risk> two words ro more - more than 14 char
<high risk> hyphens and typos

Onc exception to the rule would be something like iQuotes mentioned earlier (although that is a personal preference).

Cheers,
Kev

 

[binaryman]

It's OK already KEV. I appreciate your apogoly. I myself should not get so worked up and emotional either. Nobody can really predict what will and what wont work for .mobi. I mean anything can happen. If .Mobi turns into a big flop then it does'nt matter if you have a top generic keyword name or not. If it flops big time then it's going to hurt when you are the owner of FLOWERS.mobi I guess.
PS.That said I dont foresee it flopping and I foresee most of my names attracting offers and finding owners. Perhaps not in the range of Flowers.mobi but certainly enough to recoup my initial investment and have something left over.(left-overs) That what you meant Ezipod?