.mobi Update on Sedo's $150 min on .mobis

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I got the response below from Sedo when asking when they'd be reducing their minimum on .mobi sales.

On a related note, regarding the 60-day lock on the .mobis, has anyone had issues with that when selling their domain? I sold "freeringtunes.mobi" in October, and had no problem transferring the domain from GoDaddy to the buyer. Was that a fluke?

Thanks for your email.

I appreciate your suggestion. Unfortunately, at the time being, we will be
keeping the $150 commission on .mobi domain sales.

There is still quite a bit of ambiguity in regards of how to transfer .mobi
domains away from the registrar at which they reside to another registrar.

Registry guidelines are strict with a 60 day lock on a domain once it's been
registered. This means that a domain cannot be transferred out of a
registrar within 60 days of when it's been registered. Since the .mobi TLD
is so new, most .mobi domains are still locked in the 60 day lock mandated
by the .mobi registry. For this reason, we are keeping the $150 commission
at the moment, as the work put into transferring these domains is a bit more
complicated and time consuming than your generic .com domain transfer.

I hope this answers your question David. Stay tuned as time goes by, and
this commission should hopefully be reduced as things get a little easier
regarding .mobi transfers.

Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns. I'll be
happy to help.

Best Regards,

Monica Ibrahim

 

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Was your transfer within GD?

I think 60 day lock is applicable only when transferring a domain from one registrar to another registrar.

And that excuse by Sedo is so lame; For my last dotCom sale, I though I should have been paid BY Sedo for the amount of follow ups I did....

 

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Was your transfer within GD?

I think 60 day lock is applicable only when transferring a domain from one registrar to another registrar.

And that excuse by Sedo is so lame; For my last dotCom sale, I though I should have been paid BY Sedo for the amount of follow ups I did....

Yes, it was within GD...guess that explains it.

Lame or not, I hope she's right about the reduction in the near future...