A few .mobi questions

[Fearless]

Fearless, Since 5 is 5 too many maybe you can transfer iphones.mobi to me for the reg fee then?

I need to get around to dumping it. The stats have remained flat (no traffic) the whole time I've had it. No ramp up as everyone finds out about the great mobee. No need in keeping this dog any longer. Some mobee freak will buy it and develop into a great limited site that no one goes to.

 

[yourguide]

I need to get around to dumping it. The stats have remained flat (no traffic) the whole time I've had it. No ramp up as everyone finds out about the great mobee. No need in keeping this dog any longer. Some mobee freak will buy it and develop into a great limited site that no one goes to.

Great, well since it's so worthless how about $110 bucks for it? 1000% profit!

 

[Fearless]

what you forget, is things like ebay, paypal, google, myspace, facebook, all never started out with any traffic... this completely throws your theory out the window that you need a flow of natural type in traffic for your business to survive.

This is a weak argument for .mobi. You could pour money into any website and generate traffic, regardless what domain name is used.

Given the choice between pouring money into a .com or a .mobi, the smart money goes to .com. Just like your examples.

 

[katherine]

But you have to look where mobile phones are going. Those numeric keyboards are converting into qwerty keyboards slowly, the screens are getting larger etc.

I dont expect wonders either but I do expect technology to catch up to what the end users want.

Indeed the distinction between mobile and desktop has already blurred, making the need for .mobi obsolete.

 

[yourguide]

Indeed the distinction between mobile and desktop has already blurred, making the need for .mobi obsolete.

If all or even a significant portion of the .coms actually loaded properly on mobile phones that statement would be correct.

 

[mjnels]

This is a weak argument for .mobi. You could pore money into any website and generate traffic, regardless what domain name is used.

Given the choice between poring money into a .com or a .mobi, the smart money goes to .com. Just like your examples.

a weak argument is saying .mobi keywords are completely worth $0 because they dont have traffic.

a majority of the pro-mobi and anti-mobi people have extreme opinions... there is a middle road here that you fail to see because you dont need to... you're blinded by your PPC checks.

 

[yourguide]

This is a weak argument for .mobi. You could pour money into any website and generate traffic, regardless what domain name is used.

Given the choice between pouring money into a .com or a .mobi, the smart money goes to .com. Just like your examples.

Hmmm, goes back to major companies picking up .mobi

They seem to be pouring money into developing and starting to promote their own .mobi domains. as more promote, the .mobi extension will become more commonplace.

what about that $110 offer for that worthless .mobi of yours?

 

[Fearless]

They poured the money and it didn't cause any effect. They poured money down the drain.

 

[jasdon11]

They poured the money and it didn't cause any effect. They poured money down the drain.

Jeez, looking for instant gratification, or what!

So, what are you going to do with that useless name of yours? You keep saying you're going to get rid - so crap or get off the pot. You've had several offers for it, far in excess of it's ppc value which seems to be the only yardstick you seem to know; what are you waiting for - instructions from above?

 

[mjnels]

Fearless does the .mobi bashing mostly for the fun of it...

this robotic thought that traffic = value every time is just retarded..


welcome to domaining 2.0 everyone... and lucky for latecomer n00bs like me... keywords in alternative extensions do have *some* value.

 

[yourguide]

They poured the money and it didn't cause any effect. They poured money down the drain.

Fearless, it's just beginning. Let's see, what essentially monetized .coms? Major corporations setting up web sites and promoting web usage and internet traffic. You didnt see these staggering prices pop up for domains when major corporations first got on board? No, it was only after content and usage had developed. Those major corporations helped bring internet usage into the mainstream.

Now you have another device that can access the internet but most of the content is frustrating to use because it doesnt load properly.

Now major corporations see there is another device their consumers are accessing the internet on and instead of trying to jam their .com content on smaller screens they are offering more streamlined versions on .mobi to make this work for the end user. They have only just begun promoting these, the market is just now getting started. And again as technology improves, the end user wants more, and major corporations are directing their traffic to this extension (not .net, not .org) the market is bound to open up.

Follow the money, honey...

 

[Fearless]

So, what are you going to do with that useless name of yours? You keep saying you're going to get rid - so crap or get off the pot. You've had several offers for it, far in excess of it's ppc value which seems to be the only yardstick you seem to know; what are you waiting for - instructions from above?

I had an offer for more than I paid for it right after I bought it. I paid $600. I'm looking for real mobee investors. :lol:

 

[yourguide]

Fearless, you paid $600 for a worthless .mobi?

 

[jasdon11]

I had an offer for more than I paid for it right after I bought it. I paid $600. I'm looking for real mobee investors. :lol:

The smart move would've been to take that offer Gregy Bear

 

[Gerry]

The smart move would've been to take that offer Gregy Bear

I offered $300.00.

Then maybe instead of talking about how little traffic he gets he can talk about all the money he poured into it and lost.

Greg, no one has to know the exact numbers except you and me. You can talk about the tens of thousands lost (in potential revenue) and I won't dispute it.

 

[Fearless]

The smart move would've been to take that offer Gregy Bear

Why, because mobee values are on a rapid decline?

 

[yourguide]

Why, because mobee values are on a rapid decline?

The auction results seem to show the opposite.

In fact wasnt the interest in the last .mobi auction so great it crashed internet servers?

 

[jasdon11]

Why, because mobee values are on a rapid decline?

No, because it's not that good a name.

 

[Fearless]

The auction results seem to show the opposite.

In fact wasnt the interest in the last .mobi auction so great it crashed internet servers?

You must be living under a rock. At the last mobee auction at DomainFest not one bidder raised their paddle to bid on any of the mobees. There were 2 bidders online though and one of those 2 bidders only bid on one mobee. Do you think those 2 bidders crashed the Sedo servers?

 

[jasdon11]

BTW Greg - love the way you've started to spell .mobi to stop it getting indexed; classic!