.mobi Registrar releases pdf for mobile internet

[newdomainer.mobi]

On the back of the Ries report link that I posted here last week, I thought that this release from mTLD would be of interest to some of you guys... simply as a basis for debate or for some thought... Many of the regulars here are cynical as to what mTLD are actually doing with the reg fee cash that keeps flowing into their coffers & this little pdf spells it out well.

This is not an inflammatory post; it is simply a link from the mTLD people.. I hope that you will find this interesting reading.


http://www.mobithinking.com/tenmistakes/?MPU


Please don't sully this thread with arguing about dotmobi this, that or the other... PM me if you have an issue....

Thank you.

Gary

 

[Jeff]

Just another "press release" hype from mTLD (and similar in fluff as the Ries report, IMHO) and the highly unbrandable "dot Mobey" ... regurgitating the same defensive ™ domains / "websites" that have been repeated here before (and which should, really, be restricted to the proper #1 Namepros .MOBI Forum™), ad nauseum IMHO.

Unfortunately, corporations and End users are still choosing to avoid the purely GENERIC (non ™) domains ... and due to this, and the fact that mTLD completely abandoned the RFP process and is presently not enforcing the six-month development requirements mandate - these are not being developed or promoted, and the extension remains severely languishing - even after all this time - solely amongst a very limited group of regular trade-amongst-each-other-and-call-them-"sales" Usual Suspect© domainers! :imho:
Tick. Tock.

Wasted Reg. fee's, time and energy, and - sadly - broken promises can be found amongst the now massive growing lists of undeveloped .MOBI Drops™, as well! :o
-Jeff

 

[mjnels]

lol!

 

[Jeff]

lol!

Massive wasted Reg. fee's, and folks literally dropping out of sight due to this and mTLD's broken promises are hardly funny, friend! :o

-Jeff

 

[mjnels]

Massive wasted Reg. fee's, and folks literally dropping out of sight due to this and mTLD's broken promises are hardly funny, friend! :o

-Jeff

yes, all things i publicly posted early on that was likely to happen.. i wasnt laughing at that.

just was laughing at your recycled talking-points..

 

[Jeff]

just was laughing at your recycled talking-points..

These critical points are indisputable ... thanks for the clarification! :gl:

-Jeff

 

[mjnels]

These critical points are indisputable ... thanks for the clarification! :gl:

-Jeff

no, they are disputable because its a blanket statement... wasted reg fees, wasted time and energy....


remember, i am a newbie.. when i got into .mobi 4 days before landrush, i knew about the domain world for maybe 1 month at best. i thought .mobi was already out when i first heard about it around September 22nd.

anyway, the point is i didnt waste my time or my reg fees... and i easily could have because i was so new... its a mixure of luck, hard work, and real research that makes all the difference.

 

[coast]

Massive wasted Reg. fee's, and folks literally dropping out of sight

This can be said just as easily about .com or any other tld. People who pick good names will prosper and people who pick poor names will fail. Simple as that.

 

[Jeff]

This can be said just as easily about .com or any other tld. People who pick good names will prosper and people who pick poor names will fail. Simple as that.

Of course, we're not discussing or comparing any other extensions here today ... but with regard to critical developments of the once highly touted AND VERY IMPORTANT "ecosystem" and RFP process ... how do you feel about mTLD's broken promises and failure to enforce mandated development requirements?

Why are GENERIC "premium" (not ™) domains still languishing ... even after they were supposedly "sold" at one time?!? :red:

anyway, the point is i didnt waste my time or my reg fees... and i easily could have because i was so new... its a mixure of luck, hard work, and real research that makes all the difference.

What specific domains have you sold - that are now developed with compelling "on the go" content and being promoted - to End users? :blink:
When, and how much ... and how did you locate and negotitate with them?
Thanks for the assist.

-Jeff

 

[mjnels]

What specific domains have you sold - that are now developed with compelling "on the go" content and being promoted - to End users?
When, and how much ... and how did you locate and negotitate with them?
Thanks for the assist.

wow, thats a pretty strict set of requirements there Jeff.

is that what i need to start keeping track of to make the cashier at Wal-Mart accept my dirty .mobi money?

 

[Jeff]

Substance requested.

wow, thats a pretty strict set of requirements there Jeff.

is that what i need to start keeping track of to make the cashier at Wal-Mart accept my dirty .mobi money?

Strict?

You mentioned "real research" (along with some luck, etc.) above ... please share with the #1 Community™ ... why the reluctance to share information that could add to this discussion, and potentially assist those that are presently losing lots of hard-earned money to mTLD in wasted, undeveloped "dot Mobey" registrations? :talk:

Let's move beyond the "reported sales" hype, and thanks again for the assist.
-Jeff

 

[mjnels]

i have sold 0 that fit your description.. yet i am a newbie that did not lose money on .mobi domains.

i am what you say doesnt exist, because according to you every poor gullible newbie got swindled into this and lost money.

 

[Jeff]

Zero!

i have sold 0 that fit your description..

Zero domains sold to End users ... who have therefore - again - not developed (or promoted) unique and compelling websites for those that are "on the go", IMHO.

How do you feel about mTLD's broken promises ... start with the abandoned RFP process ... and then failure to enforce mandated development requirements of generic/premium domains supposedly "sold" at both earlier Traffic and Sedo auctions (including domains that were to be developed / RFP'd)? :blink: :red:

Thanks for the assist.
-Jeff

 

[mjnels]

How do you feel about mTLD's broken promises ... start with the abandoned RFP process ... and then failure to enforce mandated development requirements of generic/premium domains supposedly "sold" at both earlier Traffic and Sedo auctions (including domains that were to be developed / RFP'd)? :blink: :red:

i feel happy about their "broken promises", as you refer to them as.

first of all, it shows they are a pro-active registry looking for other ways to survive and thrive when their original idea wasnt going as planned.

and 2nd, i love the fact that they auctioned off a TON of names and established some sort of aftermarket value.... this would have taken forever to do if separate domainers owned all these terms.

 

[Traveler]

Thanks for posting this. Even if you don't like .mobi, but are considering developing sites for the mobile web, there are some good points in this pdf. It's worth the couple of minutes it takes to read it.

 

[Jeff]

Greed!

first of all, it shows they are a pro-active registry looking for other ways to survive and thrive when their original idea wasnt going as planned.

That is, ways to make as much money - in the shortest amount of time possible - instead of delivering on the promised RFP's and development mandates ... which would have ensured development and promotion of the once highly embraced "ecosystem", IMHO.

and 2nd, i love the fact that they auctioned off a TON of names and established some sort of aftermarket value.... this would have taken forever to do if separate domainers owned all these terms.

Again, greedily, and at the expense of critical developments and End user adoption (and "ecosystem")! :o :imho:

-Jeff

 

[mjnels]

they did what they did, but i think you are jumping the gun a bit trying to predict the viability of the TLD because of these things.

 

[accent]

.Mobi domains are a great way to show users that your website is specifically intended for mobile use. That we have heard before. DotMobi in this PDF also points out that a business with a .Mobi website alongside its' .Com has a second chance to gather in traffic from search engines - m.Name.Com gets lumped in with the main site, while a .Mobi website gets its own listing.

The mobile web is projected to be a very large - and very different - new use of the internet. At the moment it still is in the development stage, I suspect many of the most important ways that the mobile web will be used have not yet been invented.

It truly is a comparable situation to the early days of the internet in some ways - except the internet is already there to show what is possible. How well the public will connect the .Mobi extension to this new kind of internet and how far it can go remain to be seen. I see a lot of progress.

And this PDF shows both the solid reasoning behind the extension and the creative way in which it is being marketed. Putting a made-for-PC website on a mobile phone is like the fat guy in the tutu in the picture - yes you can make it fit, but it looks pretty weird.

(Thanks to Scandiman for deciphering that photo.)

 

[Jeff]

they did what they did, but i think you are jumping the gun a bit trying to predict the viability of the TLD because of these things.

So we can agree ... that the viability and future of mTLD and the "dot Mobey" have been severely imperilled by the sheer greed of mTLD in #1. abandoning the RFP process, and #2. not ensuring the development mandates of generic (non ™) / "premium" domains?

We can also agree ... TIME is not on the side of of the "dot Mobey"? :blink:
IYHO's.

-Jeff

 

[mjnels]

So we can agree ... that the viability and future of mTLD the "dot Mobey" have been severely imperilled by the sheer greed of mTLD in #1. abandoning the RFP process, and #2. not ensuring the development mandates of generic (non ™) domains?

We can also agree ... TIME is not on the side of of the "dot Mobey"? :blink:
IYHO's.

-Jeff

no, we cant agree on any of that.

and as a TLD, .mobi has no active competitors..