.mobi The first 10 PREMIUM names have been announced for sale!

[jeremyp]

The first set of ten .mobi domain names will be made available via auction at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East domain conference in Hollywood, Florida, on October 27, 2006.

See www.targetedtraffic.com for further details on this event.

The ten .mobi domains to be auctioned are:

Fun
Hot
Wow
Laugh
Party
Flowers
Celebs
Gossip
Cheaptickets
Stockquotes

 

[MinionDH]

The first set of ten .mobi domain names will be made available via auction at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East domain conference in Hollywood, Florida, on October 27, 2006.

See www.targetedtraffic.com for further details on this event.

The ten .mobi domains to be auctioned are:

Fun
Hot
Wow
Laugh
Party
Flowers
Celebs
Gossip
Cheaptickets
Stockquotes

great news! thanks for the info Jeremy

 

[newton]

Very nice indeed and looking forward to seeing the final prices on these if available.

 

[thaiboy]

:hehe:
I got SendFlower.mobi
Interesting!

 

[owntype]

Fun.mobi will be the most expensive one among them

(IMO)

 

[namewaiter]

I'd have to go with StockQuotes.mobi

 

[MCDomains]

Hot.mobi seems like it would attract the biggest spenders, we'll see. It will be an interesting auction for sure

 

[Ben42]

I dunno, Party might be huge too...all those late night commercials trying to get you to text crap for a party line...ugh. Watch out for that one.

 

[MCDomains]

I dunno, Party might be huge too...all those late night commercials trying to get you to text crap for a party line...ugh. Watch out for that one.

Good point... forgot about those late night commercials, haha.

 

[MinionDH]

Hot.mobi seems like it would attract the biggest spenders, we'll see.

I agree. It's short and can be applied to wide variety of businesses (anything from games to porn)

 

[seanboy]

what are the starting prices on these names?

 

[StrictlyNames]

my guess is flowers will bring the most.

 

[qO_Op]

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[RegFee]

my guess is flowers will bring the most.

I think so too.

Just think....you're at work late, and your boss watches your internet access like a hawk. You forgot today was your anniversary, and forgot to get a gift. No time to stop on the way home. What do you do? <cue jingle> Flowers.Dot.Mobi.

 

[DomainBuyerBroker]

"Just think....you're at work late, and your boss watches your internet access like a hawk. "

Didn't even think about that benefit to .mobi.

Anyway, my vote is for fun.mobi. Short and broad.

 

[Nam]

"Just think....you're at work late, and your boss watches your internet access like a hawk. "

Didn't even think about that benefit to .mobi.

Anyway, my vote is for fun.mobi. Short and broad.

Me too -

 

[the_yehezkiel]

Let the auction begin....

I think the higher price will still between cheaptickets and stockquotes.
Thats what .mobi offer to all people around the world ... to give the easiest and fastest way to access those kind of information. But who knows?... Let the auction begin....

 

[izo-pod]

...Keystrokes is the "key"

7 - Fun
6 - Hot
5 - Wow
10 - Laugh
9 - Party
20 - Flowers
16 - Celebs
17 - Gossip
25 - Cheaptickets
27 - Stockquotes

I would say "hot" .mobi will garner the most attention because it's a LLL.mobi with 6-under keystrokes, that can easily bring in the do-ray-me.

Fun.mobi will come in at a solid #2....

Flowers.mobi would be great for qwerty/smart phone users, but when looking at the whole picture it's not so great. There are 3 billion mobile phone users compared to probably under 100 million english centric Smart/phone PDA users.

 

[allnicksgone]

...Keystrokes is the "key"

7 - Fun
6 - Hot
5 - Wow
10 - Laugh
9 - Party
20 - Flowers
16 - Celebs
17 - Gossip
25 - Cheaptickets
27 - Stockquotes

I would say "hot" .mobi will garner the most attention because it's a LLL.mobi with 6-under keystrokes, that can easily bring in the do-ray-me.

Fun.mobi will come in at a solid #2....

Flowers.mobi would be great for qwerty/smart phone users, but when looking at the whole picture it's not so great. There are 3 billion mobile phone users compared to probably under 100 million english centric Smart/phone PDA users.

"Sorry honey, I wanted to get you flowers for our anniversary, but it was just too many keystrokes, I'm sure you understand."

I don't buy the big deal being made about keystrokes. I think it is just one small part of the big equation. If I wanted to go to a flower website on my phone, I would try flowers.mobi, not wow.mobi because it is less keystrokes. I can't think of any reason why I would type "wow" unless it was already a website I knew.

 

[MinionDH]

I don't buy the big deal being made about keystrokes. I think it is just one small part of the big equation. If I wanted to go to a flower website on my phone, I would try flowers.mobi, not wow.mobi because it is less keystrokes. I can't think of any reason why I would type "wow" unless it was already a website I knew.

I completely agree. No one is going to care how many keystrokes it takes to find the information they are looking for. People send text messages everyday that are composed of 100+ keystrokes without any thought (Even small messages like "I love you" is 24 keystrokes). BusinessWeek.mobi is 32 keystrokes and that hasn't stopped them from spending money on advertising. I can rant about this topic all night but you guys get the point..