.mobi Will dotMobi become the most valuable tld?

[freeflow]

I know there have been many very heated discussions about similar topics. My theory only applies if .mobi becomes very successful. There are of course many other arguments for mobi, but I would like to present you one more.

“Once upon a time a tld called dotMobi became very successful...”

An Example:
Take the German domain name, banken (banks) which must have a high value under .de (Germany). Then take that value and increase it by certain percentage*, because it can be used in all German speaking countries (.at Austria & .ch Switzerland). I am sure especially the Swiss would be very interested in this domain name.

Spanish .mobi: In all Spanish speaking countries

French .mobi: In all French speaking countries

Technical .mobis: Worldwide (mp3, download, voip etc.)

English: Worldwide (Maybe in the future more than .com?)


*Percentage could be population.
Germany 82 Million
Austria 8 Million
Switzerland 7 Million
~+13% (97m x 15m / 100)
This is just one possible theory.

 

[000]

Will dotMobi become the most valuable tld?

No, never.

 

[Steven]

IMHO, I don't believe that it will ever become the most valuable tld.

 

[VisionEdger]

in your dreams

 

[T2H.org]

Nope. .com is king

 

[jxfwolf]

Nothing is impossible!!

 

[hedgefund]

No, it won't. It just tells people that the domain is friendly for mobile use. It is a brand like .org.

 

[freeflow]

If we leave our “living in the industrial world, where almost everyone has a computer” thinking for moment and look at the world from an objective point of view, it might look different in the future. Think of the developing countries like china or India (I’m not sure if they still are, but there are many), were most people don’t have and won’t have a computer in the near future. Isn’t the there a possibility that .mobi or at least the mobile web will dominate there? If it does, the number of users using the mobile web will increase enormously compared to the number of users using the wired web.

 

[hawkeye]

....Isn’t the there a possibility that .mobi or at least the mobile web will dominate there? If it does, the number of users using the mobile web will increase enormously compared to the number of users using the wired web.

There's every possibility the mobile web will dominate in the future. Absolutely! But that is a different subject than .mobi becoming the most valueable tld. By the time the mobile web is the dominating internet experience, .mobi will be just one of the many extensions for websites.

 

[newdomainer.mobi]

Even I would have to agree that to usurp dotcom is a pipe dream for dotmobi... however I do believe that it is very plausible that dotmobi could become the number 2 TLD.... depending on whether you count cc's collectively or individually because I'm not sure if dotmobi will pip the collective cc's to 2nd place or 3rd?

 

[Lalo]

i think it can be comes the most valuable after the .com

 

[sags]

Wireless is destined to surpass desktop search in the future, by the sheer volume of consumers who are fully comfortable with the technology, and who put a premium on anywhere/anytime access. GPS technology merges well with the concept and promotes the usefullness of wireless even further.

As to dot mobi surpassing dot com.

If the service providers, content providers, and phone manufacturers can take the time to stop looking inward for their own "made at home" solution, and start looking elsewhere for a "unified" solution, dot mobi has the potential to be the defacto extension for this huge market.

Dot mobi was created to address the very problems that these companies struggle with. Some companies have adopted the extension, while others have said "Yea, that's nice and thanks for developing it, but we want to develop our own solution to capture a bigger slice of the pie".

If a unified solution is not widely accepted, wireless will remain the fractured, incomplete and under-used media that it has in the past. Consumers want something simple, dependable, easy to remember and operate. They don't want to have to change their viewing habits every time they change cellphones. or change service providers, or have a myriad of url addresses to remember.

The future is the hands of those well placed to benefit from it. Time will show if they are smart enough to manage the opportunity presented them.

Thus far, the companies that have reported the biggest increase of use are dot mobi domains, as far as I have seen reported.

ESPN has reported more viewers on their .mobi than their .com site at times.

The Bank of America has seen a large amount of traffic to their mobi site.

Perhaps in the future, we will start getting more information from companies regarding their wireless traffic and the consumer's method of access.

Then we will have a better gauge of how wireless, and more specifically, how dot mobi is doing in the real world.

Regards,

Sags

 

[Pred]

i think it can be comes the most valuable after the .com

it already is
:imho:

com and mobi baby :sold:

 

[newdomainer.mobi]

Nice Post! Especially the bit in Bold because the trend is already looking this way!

Wireless is destined to surpass desktop search in the future, by the sheer volume of consumers who are fully comfortable with the technology, and who put a premium on anywhere/anytime access. GPS technology merges well with the concept and promotes the usefullness of wireless even further.

As to dot mobi surpassing dot com.

If the service providers, content providers, and phone manufacturers can take the time to stop looking inward for their own "made at home" solution, and start looking elsewhere for a "unified" solution, dot mobi has the potential to be the defacto extension for this huge market.

Dot mobi was created to address the very problems that these companies struggle with. Some companies have adopted the extension, while others have said "Yea, that's nice and thanks for developing it, but we want to develop our own solution to capture a bigger slice of the pie".

If a unified solution is not widely accepted, wireless will remain the fractured, incomplete and under-used media that it has in the past. Consumers want something simple, dependable, easy to remember and operate. They don't want to have to change their viewing habits every time they change cellphones. or change service providers, or have a myriad of url addresses to remember.

The future is the hands of those well placed to benefit from it. Time will show if they are smart enough to manage the opportunity presented them.

Thus far, the companies that have reported the biggest increase of use are dot mobi domains, as far as I have seen reported.

ESPN has reported more viewers on their .mobi than their .com site at times.

The Bank of America has seen a large amount of traffic to their mobi site.

Perhaps in the future, we will start getting more information from companies regarding their wireless traffic and the consumer's method of access.

Then we will have a better gauge of how wireless, and more specifically, how dot mobi is doing in the real world.

Regards,

Sags

 

[DomainTalker]

Thus far, the companies that have reported the biggest increase of use are dot mobi domains, as far as I have seen reported.

Great post, sags,


...I reckon the billions of the world's population that are not online now - when they DO get online - will skip the PC desktop & go straight to mobile...


...Better than evens chance, imo, that VAST numbers of them will use the simplest access device - for both business end-user & consumer access use....ie .mobi


...I say .mobi will be No 2 to .com....

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[freeflow]

"Top trends at CeBIT 2008: Mobile Internet becoming a mass market...According to the latest 'TELCO Trend' survey conducted by Steria Mummert Consulting, mobile Internet stands to become the key future sales engine for the telecommunications sector..."
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[newdomainer.mobi]

I know, it makes great reading doesn't it... the naysayers are starting to look like people trying to hold back the tide... not a good idea unless your names Canute (or Moses if you want to broaden the options

"Top trends at CeBIT 2008: Mobile Internet becoming a mass market...According to the latest 'TELCO Trend' survey conducted by Steria Mummert Consulting, mobile Internet stands to become the key future sales engine for the telecommunications sector..."
View CeBit Webpage

CeBit is the largest computer expo in the world.
Wikipedia

 

[Keith]

Hey, I wonder if the naysayers have ever heard the term "evolve"?

To me it isn't hard to see the internet evolving from one form to
another. Right now we obviously have the domination of the pc.
Tomorrow the internet will controlled completely and utterly by
the mobile phone.

Why is that so hard for some people to see? It's your basic out with
the old in with the new. This happens everyday in the real world.

So to answer the initial question...YES mobi could be bigger than .com!

 

[snoop]

Hey, I wonder if the naysayers have ever heard the term "evolve"?

To me it isn't hard to see the internet evolving from one form to
another. Right now we obviously have the domination of the pc.
Tomorrow the internet will controlled completely and utterly by
the mobile phone.

Why is that so hard for some people to see? It's your basic out with
the old in with the new. This happens everyday in the real world.

So to answer the initial question...YES mobi could be bigger than .com!

This is a bit of a straw man argument, I don't see anyone actually arguing that the mobile internet won't be big.

 

[Keith]

This is a bit of a straw man argument, I don't see anyone actually arguing that the mobile internet won't be big.

Yes you're right. I should have added that this is only if
mobi becomes the go to on mobile.