.mobi My MOBI strategy... buy big, sell a few at a discount, then HOLD, HOLD, HOLD!

[jeremyp]

You know me by now...

- Achieved success in domaining in the old days (1996-2000)
- Believe MOBI as a viable alternative to COM in the mobile space.
- Invested heavily in MOBI.

WHAT AM I DOING NOW?
In my MOBI buying spree, I purchased 193 MOBI domain names. 150 in the landrush phase and 43 additional landrush names on the secondary market at premium pricing.

I've run several auctions and sold some names offline to recoup some of my expenses. I can say that I've been successful in this regard.

I've even accepted a bit of a discount on my recent sales due to a need to reduce my capital expenditures.

I'm probably going to sell 3-5 more MOBI domain names at a discount.

At that point... I HOLD.

HOLD, HOLD, HOLD.

HOLD, HOLD, HOLD, HOLD, HOLD.

You get the idea.

Once you achieve a financial position that is acceptible to you in a long-term speculation play, you must hold firm.

I'm almost at that point on this project.

MOBI is a 3-5 year play. The best names are not on the marketplace. When these names sell at high 5 to high 6 figures, just watch the secondary market explode.

In the next week or two, you will see or hear of me selling a few more MOBI names at a discount. It will only be 3-5 more names.

At that time, I will have purchased 193 names... Sold 10 names... and will be sitting on a potential goldmine.



Here's to MOBI.

Here's to you making smart financial decisions.

Take risks.

Take big risks when you can afford it.

Take measured risks when you can't.

Take RISKS period.

Sincerely,

Jeremy Padawer

 

[jacpar]

I have nerver sold a domain name yet.
I don't know how to deal with a futur client.
Your thread help me and I am using now SEDO to be sure I don't make a mistake.

 

[GeoOwners]

Once you achieve a financial position that is acceptible to you in a long-term speculation play, you must hold firm.

I'm almost at that point on this project.

MOBI is a 3-5 year play. The best names are not on the marketplace.

BIG agree...people are impatient....mobi is not a 3 month investment...always remember you will ALWAYS be able to develope any good names you have in ANY extension !

JP, Any idea how many of your .mobi you will develope? Just curious...

 

[jeremyp]

I'm not entirely certain of the # I will develop.



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BIG agree...people are impatient....mobi is not a 3 month investment...always remember you will ALWAYS be able to develope any good names you have in ANY extension !

JP, Any idea how many of your .mobi you will develope? Just curious...

 

[tophatter]

mobi

Jeremy, You have a good business mind as this is the approach for any speculative venture. I bought .com's in the 90's but let them expire due to other objectives and I lost focus on the really good domains I had.
I reged around 50 names during the landrush and some more during general reg. I had some great names on my buy list that I didn't reg and sorry I didn't but that's probably the case with many.
Let's hope that we all reap the benefits of mobi and Yes we all should be patient.

 

[Don_OKC]

I have nerver sold a domain name yet.
I don't know how to deal with a futur client.
Your thread help me and I am using now SEDO to be sure I don't make a mistake.

Jacpar,
I'm in the same situation as you. I know NOTHING about actually making a domain sale. It's Sedo all the way for myself.
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Thanks Jeremy,
I'm 2 grand deep into domain names and that is scary for a poor ole man. However 2K is nothing relatively speaking for a small business start-up cost. If I could sell a few, getting back to square one, I'd be ready for setting on the rest. My overall longterm plan is to quit domaining and develop my iGeo line-up with iGeo.mobi and now iGeo.TV

I like being a webmaster far more than a domainer.

Thanks!

 

[000]

Sound advice, Jeremy. It's exactly what I'm planning on doing withi my .mobis.

 

[jeremyp]

Don_OKC, everyone...

The key to a domain name sale is a good domain name!



Keywords that have the potential of high volume traffic and high dollar $/click will achieve great return in a speculative market.

Anything else is a longer hold. Not bad, just a longer hold.

Jeremy

Jacpar,
I'm in the same situation as you. I know NOTHING about actually making a domain sale. It's Sedo all the way for myself.
____________________________________________

Thanks Jeremy,
I'm 2 grand deep into domain names and that is scary for a poor ole man. However 2K is nothing relatively speaking for a small business start-up cost. If I could sell a few, getting back to square one, I'd be ready for setting on the rest. My overall longterm plan is to quit domaining and develop my iGeo line-up with iGeo.mobi and now iGeo.TV

I like being a webmaster far more than a domainer.

Thanks!

 

[thinking1]

Good Advice Jeremy. I think it will be a minimum of 2 years before we really see the potential in MOBI.

 

[Don_OKC]

Don_OKC, everyone...

The key to a domain name sale is a good domain name!



Keywords that have the potential of high volume traffic and high dollar $/click will achieve great return in a speculative market.

Anything else is a longer hold. Not bad, just a longer hold.

Jeremy

Yep Jeremy,

I understand exactly what you said. It's not a matter what I like but what others like in a domain. Good advice for anyone who wishes playing this game.
I hope to get out of this alive!

One problem I could see in my domaining, was my collecting them like a kid collecting baseball trading cards and not a businessman investing in domain names.

If I could do over again I would have bought nothing except a few to develop myself and that's it. I like iGeo and I also like Mobized of which I am building or have built sites. The rest need a new home and I'll party-down the day I'm rid of them. I have more of a developer than domainer personality. However I am really neither. lol

Thanks for your insights and I'll be placing iGeo.mobi in Boing.mobi soon as it's finished.

 

[jeremyp]

Don,

I collected baseball cards at one point in my life. I completely understand that perspective, and I agree that many in the domaining community do this...

Yep Jeremy,

I understand exactly what you said. It's not a matter what I like but what others like in a domain. Good advice for anyone who wishes playing this game.
I hope to get out of this alive!

One problem I could see in myself and domaining was my collection them like a kid collecting baseball trading cards and not a businessman investing in domain names.

If I could do over again I would have bought nothing except a few to develop myself and that's it. I like iGeo and I also like Mobized of which I am building or have built sites. The rest need a new home and I'll party-down the day I'm rid of them. I have more of a developer than domainer personality. However I am really neither. lol

Thanks for your insights and I'll be placing iGeo.mobi in Boing.mobi soon as it's finished.

 

[hawkeye]

One problem I could see in myself and domaining was my collection them like a kid collecting baseball trading cards and not a businessman investing in domain names.

A very interesting perspective indeed! Perhaps one that more domainers should sit back and consider - of which is their course?!. (inclusive - )

 

[GeoOwners]

I was a small time sportscard dealer in my spare time...around 1995.
best advice for cards was "buy what you like and you'll still be happy even if it's only worth $1 10 years from now"

 

[mejcdj]

I certainly have more names than I could ever develop, but I do have a business plan in mind for a portion of them.

I never really got into PPC, there are too many choices and I have too many other obligations to deal with. I don't have the time to research every PPC company out there.

I want to sell 2 or 3 good names. Names that will get me in the green again and pay for an additional 2 years on each name. Then I can focus on the business I want to start.

The problem is, I cant seem to decide what my 2 or 3 best are and how I am going to get them sold lol. I have them all on sedo, and I have done well in the past with .com names, but I think I am in a 'funk' and cant really concentrate on selling. I know I have been completly involved with the hunt on .mobi names, but I have ended that as of today. I have enough (as Im sure most of you do as well) and need to focus on getting back some of the investment and moving on to develpoment.

If any of you are willing, I sure could use a little unbiased feedback on what names will bring me the best return and in a relatively short amount of time. Jeremy?

 

[satsdifference.com]

Hold Hold Hold

Hold Hold Hold

If your hard up on money, sell one or two

Then you can buy more, still.

DotMobi only 12 weeks old, values will just ascend as more people will know about it.

I also collected sportscards, interesting what attracts us to domaining.
With cards, though, other people may have the same item as you, and also as with other commodities like gold, jewelry etc; but with domaining, only one , registrant, for all 6 billion people on Earth.. Once the mainstream recognizes what "registering a domain name " act is (Thanks Godaddy for SuperBowl Commercials), then domaining leaves its infancy stage, and then maybe I'll see you in some resort as values will skyrocket. Dot mobi helps spread awareness that there is more than just .com mentality and desire, and this uplifts our virtual real estate investments and domaining as a whole - as domain names becomes the ultimate commodity and collectible.

Just trying to trend read here..

 

[GeoOwners]

Hold Hold Hold

If your hard up on money, sell one or two

Then you can buy more, still.

DotMobi only 12 weeks old, values will just ascend as more people will know about it.

I also collected sportscards, interesting what attracts us to domaining.
With cards, though, other people may have the same item as you, and also as with other commodities like gold, jewelry etc; but with domaining, only one , registrant, for all 6 billion people on Earth.. Once the mainstream recognizes what "registering a domain name " act is (Thanks Godaddy for SuperBowl Commercials), then domaining leaves its infancy stage, and then maybe I'll see you in some resort as values will skyrocket. Dot mobi helps spread awareness that there is more than just .com mentality and desire, and this uplifts our virtual real estate investments and domaining as a whole - as domain names becomes the ultimate commodity and collectible.

Just trying to trend read here..

I'm waiting for someone like Rick Schwartz to do an info-mercial on how they made millions domaining and we'll all be at that resort :wave:

 

[Don_OKC]

Something that has been on my mind.

Will it be an issue of getting folks to use dot-Mobi on their mobile phones or just getting folks to use their mobile phones for internet access. Around here I see no one with internet enable phones bothering to use the internet. They don't use dotcom, net, org or whatever.
Mobile internet has not caught-on yet. :imho:

It's much like the ole saying: Which came first? The chicken or the egg.

 

[newton]

People are using them and there is a fair portion of those in adult, who use them to surf, post on boards and email.

It will get better if the 'walled gardens' of carriers open their doors and allow for cheaper unlimited surfing outside of their walls.

Build a site that appeals to both pc and mobile surfers and you get the best of both worlds

 

[Jeff]

The problem is, I cant seem to decide what my 2 or 3 best are and how I am going to get them sold lol. I have them all on sedo, and I have done well in the past with .com names, but I think I am in a 'funk' and cant really concentrate on selling. I know I have been completly involved with the hunt on .mobi names, but I have ended that as of today. I have enough (as Im sure most of you do as well) and need to focus on getting back some of the investment and moving on to develpoment.

If any of you are willing, I sure could use a little unbiased feedback on what names will bring me the best return and in a relatively short amount of time.

I would expect this to be an recurring sentiment shared by many who have jumped, perhaps too far in some cases, into the .MOBI hype / landscape, IMHO. :blink:

Do you have, perhaps, an active appraisal thread ... so that folks may be able to assist with opinions on your 2 or 3 "best" .MOBI's, potential avenues for development and/or (re)sales, recouping at least some of your investment, etc? :gl: :talk:

Hope to be of assistance.
-Jeff

 

[Damion]

Don_OKC, everyone...

The key to a domain name sale is a good domain name!

May i ask you how or even did approach potential end users? or did you listed the domains you sold at Sedo/Afternic/Forum Signatures-Threads and the buyers came on their own?