question What makes .Mobi Domain Valuable ?

[ezee]

Hi I have been going through namebio and have been quite surprised with some of the High value sales in this extension.

Could you please shed some information on this extension .
1.The perceived Value of the Extension
2 .Why would someone pay 5 or 6 figures for this extension .

Sales Of .Mobi Domains with Six Figures

 

[ezee]

Thats something I would have to seriously consider development to recover

 

[Fancy.domains]

Thats something I would have to seriously consider development to recover

Good idea. Maybe set up a great website and sell the whole concept?

 

[ezee]

oh yes absolutely I still think its a great name

 

[SellDomains.site]

hello.mobi 1,726 USD 2017-06-15 GoDaddy

 

[mpls]

.mobi & valuable are two words that should not be in the same sentence.

 

[Joe123]

The .com button on smart phones was one of the things that pricked the .mobi balloon

 

[Chris Hydrick]

Not that this matters (and this is not a recommendation to buy) - I just ran a small scan numeric scan for .mobi.

1-999 (All registered)
1000-5000 (3,461 Available | 540 registered)

Full Disclosure: I only cared to check numeric .mobi regs because I have 420 (.mobi)

 

[urlurl]

Hi I have been going through namebio and have been quite surprised with some of the High value sales in this extension.

Could you please shed some information on this extension .
1.The perceived Value of the Extension
2 .Why would someone pay 5 or 6 figures for this extension .

Sales Of .Mobi Domains with Six Figures

look at the dates 2006-2007!

they are a fraction of what they were selling for back then - lost value

 

[eurorealtor]

There is a numerous post across NP where .mobi was an example of downfall posted by Kate. Also .mobi .me .eu was the "lesson learned" for many investors to avoid heavy spending for the new GTLD, INMO.

 

[domaintrades]

To me a lot of those .mobi domain names just don't make sense. Yet, it seems they are being bought and sold, so I suppose someone must like them.