.mobi Where the heck is Mobi forum moderator: garrett200 ?

[mjnels]

just curious....he hasnt been on the forum for like 2 months... where did this dude disappear to?


isnt it interesting, how people on the interwebs are just there all the time one minute... and *poof* gone the next..... it happens pretty often, i imagine especially in a niche like "domaining"...



hrmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[-REECE-]

I haven't heard anything from garett and am equally in the dark. It'd have been nice to know if something in real life was taking importance over domaining or if something happened to him...

There's alot of people I remember (and not just the mobi forum) being here a year ago and not being here today.

I can only guess that many of them came to domaining expecting to get rich like unfortunately many of the top domaining sites like to pretend is easy. They come here, learn it's not so easy, and that's the end of that... People who come here while having a stable full time job and approaching this as a hobby that may turn into more seem to stick around much longer from what I've seen.

just curious....he hasnt been on the forum for like 2 months... where did this dude disappear to?


isnt it interesting, how people on the interwebs are just there all the time one minute... and *poof* gone the next..... it happens pretty often, i imagine especially in a niche like "domaining"...



hrmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[mjnels]

a bunch of his .mobi domains have started to drop.... granted, many are of questionable quality, but a lot of us newbie's to domaining are guilty of registering questionable-quality-names.

domaining in general probably has a huge drop-out rate... for various reason but im sure the main ones are running out of money/motivation... there is a fine line between the right amount of risk and just being stupid... its incredibly easy to cross this line being new.. as i have several times.


i hope the guy's okay though..

 

[-REECE-]

Agreed. On that note, anyone heard back from Mobi Cheap recently? He went missing as well recently. With all his NNN.mobis, I'd have guessed he'd have been pretty much the last one to go missing...

a bunch of his .mobi domains have started to drop.... granted, many are of questionable quality, but a lot of us newbie's to domaining are guilty of registering questionable-quality-names.

domaining in general probably has a huge drop-out rate... for various reason but im sure the main ones are running out of money/motivation... there is a fine line between the right amount of risk and just being stupid... its incredibly easy to cross this line being new.. as i have several times.


i hope the guy's okay though..

 

[PVFARKAS]

always liked him, was truly helpful, and left fun posts..

i'd say there are many domainers that are very devoted to the extension.

 

[duceman]

I had to knock the dust off of this section when I posted yesterday.


I'm wondering if the stronger .mobi supporters are wavering As I posted yesterday, I just got around to reading the Feb issue of Moder Domainer and was impressed with MobiMogul's article.

I plan on re-reging 75% of mine.

 

[-REECE-]

I'm keeping just over 100 myself -- almost all my nutrition names, all my dictionary word mobis, and a few very strong 2 word combinations.

I had to knock the dust off of this section when I posted yesterday.


I'm wondering if the stronger .mobi supporters are wavering As I posted yesterday, I just got around to reading the Feb issue of Moder Domainer and was impressed with MobiMogul's article.

I plan on re-reging 75% of mine.

 

[bricio]

I can only guess that many of them came to domaining expecting to get rich like unfortunately many of the top domaining sites like to pretend is easy. They come here, learn it's not so easy, and that's the end of that... People who come here while having a stable full time job and approaching this as a hobby that may turn into more seem to stick around much longer from what I've seen.

Reece, thats 100% true!!!

when you begin domaining first things you read are stories of success of all the guys succeed and you think there is only success here what is not true

if you have another job (like me) and domining can be a plus you dont have an obligation to live from its profit then there isnt so much pressure and your chance of succeed might be better, who knows

 

[Traveler]

A lot of people left to go the the "other" .mobi forum, due to the unprofessional nature of a couple of the members here at namepros.

 

[BrainPower]

Dot mobi is still in an interesting spot (imo).

it seems all the manufacturers are trying to create better versions of the iphone. What I want to see is what Nokia is doing. I believe they are the biggest cell phone manufacturer involved with dot mobi. Looks like our non US folks would need to provide this feedback.

afterall, by the time the US gets their hands and usage of these newer phones will be FOREVER

 

[sf2010]

I hope Garrett is doing well.

Even with the worse case scenario of mobi extension falling off the cliff, I think you can still make a decent profit if you have valuable keywords.

 

[-REECE-]

Agreed, I mean some people still do well with .cc

I hope Garrett is doing well.

Even with the worse case scenario of mobi extension falling off the cliff, I think you can still make a decent profit if you have valuable keywords.

 

[mjnels]

another month, another no garrett... i called the phone # listed on the whois of many of his dropping .mobi domains, all i got was "you have reached the sprint pcs mailbox of..."

oh the casualties of being new to domain name speculation... 8-X

 

[dag]

And "Mobi Cheap" is still M.I.A. as well...

 

[-REECE-]

I recently introduced a new Namepros member to domaining (offline friend). He didn't make the best investment early out, buying some LLLL.coms for a fair bit more than they were worth... All in all, he's happy to be domaining and he's happy he lost money early on (he's a couple weeks into domaining now) -- in his words, losing a bit early on helped him learn more about domaining than any amount of reading could.

For those who try and fail... You're never gonna succeed if you don't try again!

The one illusion about this industry is that everyone makes money -- and unfortunately the largest publications and news media in this industry reinforce this very false statement. I see 90,000+ Namepros members -- I don't see 90,000 DN Journal cover stories.

I understand that "The man who Owns the internet" is better at selling papers than "This person lost $5000 trying to make money online", but how can we really know the truth if we never hear the other side?

I really wish Ron would publish a little guy's journey through domaining every once in awhile. It doesn't have to be a total noob's journey -- even writing an article on someone like Giode or Sashas who made $XXX,XXX in their first year would be a welcomed change from interviews about people who made their money 10 years ago or own giant companies that a person starting out today would have little to no chance of replicating.

I've tried to make money online just about every way there is to make money on the internet -- get paid to read, paid surveys, paid learning quizzes, selling on ebay, dropshipping, web design, adwords arbitrage (before it was outlawed), other forms of internet arbitrage, affiliate programs, and... domaining.

It took a L-O-N-G time (9 years :red: ), but I'm not ashamed to say today that I make enough on the internet to never work a day job. Too many people think they can start today and be there tomorrow. If you consider not achieving that failure, then I guess pretty much everyone in the world is a failure.

You don't become the CEO of a company overnight, you don't become a hedge fund manager overnight, why would someone think that they could make enough money to retire on overnight, all the while in their PJ's?

If you start today and work hard at it for 9 years, I'm almost 100% certain you'll be there -- probably alot less if you actually apply yourself and don't approach everything haphazardly like I did for the first few years.

But overnight? :bah:

 

[Krossat]

Very well said Reece.
One very positive step in this direction is the Sales Reports threads and some sales reporting websites like namebio who assimilate sales done and serve as a good sales analysis tool.
They give us a real time idea of what sells and whose buying.

I recently introduced a new Namepros member to domaining (offline friend). He didn't make the best investment early out, buying some LLLL.coms for a fair bit more than they were worth... All in all, he's happy to be domaining and he's happy he lost money early on (he's a couple weeks into domaining now) -- in his words, losing a bit early on helped him learn more about domaining than any amount of reading could.

For those who try and fail... You're never gonna succeed if you don't try again!

The one illusion about this industry is that everyone makes money -- and unfortunately the largest publications and news media in this industry reinforce this very false statement. I see 90,000+ Namepros members -- I don't see 90,000 DN Journal cover stories.

I understand that "The man who Owns the internet" is better at selling papers than "This person lost $5000 trying to make money online", but how can we really know the truth if we never hear the other side?

I really wish Ron would publish a little guy's journey through domaining every once in awhile. It doesn't have to be a total noob's journey -- even writing an article on someone like Giode or Sashas who made $XXX,XXX in their first year would be a welcomed change from interviews about people who made their money 10 years ago or own giant companies that a person starting out today would have little to no chance of replicating.

I've tried to make money online just about every way there is to make money on the internet -- get paid to read, paid surveys, paid learning quizzes, selling on ebay, dropshipping, web design, adwords arbitrage (before it was outlawed), other forms of internet arbitrage, affiliate programs, and... domaining.

It took a L-O-N-G time (9 years :red: ), but I'm not ashamed to say today that I make enough on the internet to never work a day job. Too many people think they can start today and be there tomorrow. If you consider not achieving that failure, then I guess pretty much everyone in the world is a failure.

You don't become the CEO of a company overnight, you don't become a hedge fund manager overnight, why would someone think that they could make enough money to retire on overnight, all the while in their PJ's?

If you start today and work hard at it for 9 years, I'm almost 100% certain you'll be there -- probably alot less if you actually apply yourself and don't approach everything haphazardly like I did for the first few years.

But overnight? :bah:

 

[DBADT2007]

A lot of people left to go the the "other" .mobi forum, due to the unprofessional nature of a couple of the members here at namepros.

Partially true. I keep up more on the other .mobi forum, just cos its accessible through my phone, unlike the namepros.mobi, which is a shame to be honest. And I do drop in by PC here and try to keep up, although I'm quite busy these days. :D

And BTW, I'm keeping my registered .mobis and are now acquiring through the secondary market some more!

The overall news I hear is that the 733t are working in stealth mode!

-DBADT2007

 

[thebiffenator]

IIf you start today and work hard at it for 9 years, I'm almost 100% certain you'll be there -- probably alot less if you actually apply yourself and don't approach everything haphazardly like I did for the first few years.

But overnight? :bah:

Defintly well said Reece, I just wanted to reference it. Domaining is not instant wealth for many. It takes knowledge and time!

We live in the "microwave society .....Im here, I'm impatient, but want my food real quick (relating to money)" Now the Microwave food may cook quick, but is it the best and healthiest and does it taste real good? Probably not, but I say Go for the slowcooking, use your oven and do it right, put some time and care into it and the benfits are rewarding in the end.

My first name was purchased in 2000, But was as site similar to Johny , but I gave up after 6 months of nothing and went back into the printing bussiness. The moral is, if I would of stuck with it, I could of been better off today.

But I learned alot and since then I am better, I am 1 1/2 years into alot of project sites and seeing a slow steady increase every day. And soon I know my ship will sail in if I have the patience.

 

[bricio]

And soon I know my ship will sail in if I have the patience.

i second what you are saying
patience is the keyword and today all of us want everything overnight; we dont want to wait we want things happen immediately
i think we should take our minds back to the mid of 20th century regarding patience; imagine the patience you need to wait for a letter, to have news from a distance place...
today, we would die if we had to wait that long!

very well said Reece and thebiffenator

BTW, any news about garrett200?
thats what this thread is for

 

[Pred]

And "Mobi Cheap" is still M.I.A. as well...

There's a conspiracy theory there somehwre :sold:

Serilously though, i really liked both of them, hope they are ok