.mobi U-T.mobi

[dag]

I just saw that u-t.mobi is now in a Sedo auction -- for $3000! This is great news for anyone who picked up an L-L.mobi!

I did a WHOIS on it, and sure enough, it belongs to one of our own. (I'll let him step forward himself.) I'd love to hear more about how you got an offer that large -- whether you were approached or if you hunted down some potential end-users...

 

[dag]

rubbish

Rubbish? Hardly. I present one piece of evidence, and I'm sure if you did an exhaustive WHOIS search of all L-L.mobi names, you'd find others:

Domain Name:H-M.MOBI
Created On:29-Jun-2006 13:11:49 UTC
Last Updated On:05-Jan-2007 15:28:06 UTC
Expiration Date:29-Jun-2008 13:11:49 UTC
Trademark Name:H&M
Trademark Country:GB
Trademark Number:000984781
Date Trademark Applied For:1998-11-04
Date Trademark Registered:2000-02-15
Sponsoring Registrar:Melbourne IT Ltd (13)
Created by Registrar:Melbourne IT Ltd (13)
Last Updated by Registrar:Melbourne IT Ltd (13)
Status:OK
Registrant ID:T115147374003115
Registrant Name:H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB
Registrant Organization:H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB
Registrant Street1:Head Office
Registrant City:Stockholm
Registrant Postal Code:10638
Registrant Country:SE


H&M, in case you haven't heard the name, is a huge international department store chain. Going to H-M.mobi for now only redirects to their .COM, but nonetheless, I don't think you can say that there's no chance for L-L.mobi names to be valuable down the road.

 

[success83z]

I agree dagersh

 

[seanboy]

Congrats on the sale

 

[mjnels]

the winning bidder is the SanDiego Union-Tribune, which is the 25th largest newspaper in the United States according to subscriptions.

their current mobi site (which appears to be only for testing purposes right now) is SignOn.mobi, i imagine they wanted u-t.mobi for a nice short domain for their newspaper, which by the way has about 400,000 subscribers. their .com site is: SignOnSanDiego.com

some of the major newspapers actually use hyphens pretty often, here is a list of the top 100 in the usa:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_the_United_States_by_circulation

 

[seanboy]

Wow, so my guess of "Unreal Tournament" wasn't even close

 

[acc]

the winning bidder is the SanDiego Union-Tribune ... i imagine they wanted u-t.mobi for a nice short domain for their newspaper ... some of the major newspapers actually use hyphens pretty often, here is a list of the top 100 in the usa:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_the_United_States_by_circulation

Excellent sale mjnels - and a perfect end user application.

Out of all those newspapers my favorite names has always been: The Sacramento Bee ... what an odd old name. Wonder if they'll go after bee.mobi ?????

 

[mjnels]

Excellent sale mjnels - and a perfect end user application.

Out of all those newspapers my favorite names has always been: The Sacramento Bee ... what an odd old name. Wonder if they'll go after bee.mobi ?????

yep.. i have a feeling in a couple years or sooner the theory about "there are no end users out there for .mobi they are just protecting their brand" will be flushed down the toliet completely.

I actually got a call several times from this company, but they eventually left a message.

there are 676 L-L combinations, and id guess at least 500 of them are owned between only 2 different people..

i was reading a couple days ago and the Union-Tribune has had a mobile site since the year 2000.... like wap.ddes.s.com or something.. but they planned to upgrade to the new .mobi domains

see, .mobi works just as a vanity domain, if nothing else.. if .info can exist .mobi can exist and actually have an application. i didnt see all these places running out building .info sites...

but you DO see SOME running out getting .TV sites.. Why? because its a different, hugely popular media outlet, Television!

the moblile industry is a largely untapped media outlet at this point, that is, compared to what it will be like in the year 2015.

 

[scandiman]

Excellent sale mjnels - and a perfect end user application.

Out of all those newspapers my favorite names has always been: The Sacramento Bee ... what an odd old name. Wonder if they'll go after bee.mobi ?????

Sacramento Bee's website is sacbee.com and yes, they have registered sacbee.mobi, back in June during the Trademark pre-landrush period. They also own sacramento.com and are obviously committed to their internet presence.

 

[krishmk]

L-L.mobi

I had regd. 5 L-L.mobi and sold 2 (state abbrv.) of them somewhere in december 06.

I have 3 more L-L.mobis

W-A.mobi (Washington)
N-H.mobi (New Hampshire)
N-S.mobi (Nova Scotia)

And the sale of U-T.mobi makes me happy.

 

[brindle123]

I bought G-Q.mobi, G-O.mobi, and D-O.mobi. I'm glad I did. This was the only way to get a two letter .mobi. They aren't making any more of them and they're all gone. Maybe I should send a letter to GQ magazine to see if they have any interest in G-Q.mobi. I really like G-O.mobi, it really goes with the ext. You can not get any less than 3 characters or two letters/numbers in this domain. This make them rare and short. I only see their value climbing from here.

 

[duceman]

I.... Maybe I should send a letter to GQ magazine to see if they have any interest in G-Q.mobi.....

I would not do that

 

[mjnels]

(dead thread revival)

looks like their site is actually live now.. u-t.mobi, uniontribune.mobi, and signon.mobi all goto the same place


USA's 25th largest newspaper is .mobi now

 

[seanboy]

rubbish

How do your words taste?

 

[duceman]

IMO, As TLD's .mobi is growing with "large company" end user sites much faster than other's (.info, biz, us)