How much $$$ you have spent on .mobi's?

[9888]

There is a 60 day holding period for changing Registrars but not for changing the owner at the existing registrar.

 

[Domain Jedi]

Just registered another one at GoDaddy. When will the madness stop!

 

[namewaiter]

Just registered another one at GoDaddy. When will the madness stop!

ha, yea i got 2 more today also!

btw ... i think your big purchase inspired me to reg musicvids.mobi - nothing compared to your keywords, but i like it.

 

[Domain Jedi]

i think your big purchase inspired me to reg musicvids.mobi - nothing compared to your keywords, but i like it.

I like it to! I wish you the very best!

 

[sags]

is that a typo for oprah? LOL

Wasn't regged for oprah typos but overture shows there are a few thousand typos a month. Actually regged as stock options site. Still can't figure out why opra.com has almost 3000 searches WITH extension. It is only a parked page. But, since I already have traffic to the .mobi, I will take it.

I like topsongs.mobi much better. Google shows 120,000,000 pages for it and Overture shows 150,000 searches for top songs or variations thereof. It would make a great text based top song listing from every year with ad revenue from clicking and downloading the song to a mp3 equipped cell phone or PDA. I was surprised no one registered it during the landrush OR the domain sucks and I wasted 30 bucks...that could be too.

Have a good one...Heck, it's snowing here in Ontario, Canada :greensighw:

 

[sags]

There is a 60 day holding period for changing Registrars but not for changing the owner at the existing registrar.

Thanks for the info, I finally got around to reading a bit of the .mobi rules. I think I should read that stuff first...it could say you only hold the domain for 1 week for all I knew... but the rules go on and on and on.........

 

[dotNetKing]

$0

 

[alex_d]

I personally bought 3. One during the second landrush phase ( ihotels.mobi ) and 2 more a few days ago.

There are still a few more I have my eye on, and might make a move for them very soon.

Alex

 

[namewaiter]

I like it to! I wish you the very best!

thanks DJ and you as well!

 

[DomainBuyerBroker]

WOW.

I am surprised but all the .mobi haters out there. (Then again, I am on the DNForum so not too surprised). Anyway, I thought domainers were forward thinking, cutting edge, technolgy driven entrepreneurs.

I guess a lot of people don't see the .mobi and the natural evolution of the internet. You people need to leave your desktops once and a while and try the mobile internet.

I have $2500 invested in pre-regs and regs and am pretty happy with my portfolio. I am NOT a fan of registering anything .mobi. For example, I don't think bricks.mobi or humidors.mobi have much use since they are not specifically related to a wireless internet environment.

This is not the .eu landrush people...this is the BIG BANG of the wireless internet. Would you rather regret spending a few hundred dollars or regret NOT grabbing a few .mobi just so you can play the game? Your choice.

I am very happy with the pace of the .mobi rollout. The registrar has handled it very well and I think all the skepticism is actually healthy for the future of .mobi.

Best of luck to all of us.

 

[Theo]

*Yawn*. I wonder if Al Gore invented .mobi

 

[9888]

*Yawn*. I wonder if Al Gore invented .mobi

Time will tell...personally I am very upbeat on the chances of .mobi flying, and given I have spent the last 7 years of my life involved with nothing else but the mobile internet, in my view, odds are that it is well worth a punt.

Fortunately there are so many like you Acroplex that there has been many more gems for all of us!!

:lalala:

 

[Theo]

I promise I won't laugh too much watching you drop your 'gems' as soon as the renewal time comes.

Mobile Internet is one thing; worthless TLD's like .mobi is another. But I have to admit, it's thanks to those 'gems' that the good old com/net/org increase in value.

 

[9888]

Unfortunately us latecomers are unable to get .com/.net gems at $20, but there are a still of few of those out there in .mobi,
and i suggest to you that you are seriously under estimating the power of the companies behind .mobi...
no other TLD as been launched with this amount of power!

PS: couple of good .mobis still out there:
GiftShopping.mobi
GardenCentre.mobi
Kitset/s.mobi
fYou.mobi (no disrespect meant!)

:caked:

 

[9888]

Also I have some experience in mobile PPC and the click through rates are 3 to 4 times the PC...
so once the backers educate the market they can direct navigate on .mobi (possibly by forcing the .mobi extension as default)...then I shall reap the harvest of the .mobi seeds I have planted!

:clap2:

 

[Theo]

I don't have anything against new TLD's. I've invested in and sold some .in domains, based on the availability of keywords and the short TLD (plus "in" resembles "internet"). I would love to see .xxx approved eventually, as soon as this ultra-conservative, bible-thumping government changes in 2008 (Vote Democrat!). But I am not a fan of 4-letter TLDs and I don't see how the .mobi mania will catch on outside of the inner circle of geeks (90% of which reside in Seattle).

 

[9888]

...or anyone under 15-20 today!!

dont worry about the 4 characters of .mobi, I am sure within a few years you will not need to enter it, it will be the default on mobile devices.

:nerd:

 

[SigRent.com]

Ive spent around $1600 on .mobi domains 27 premium three letter .mobi's!

 

[oveber]

I bought 3. around 100$

 

[PRED]

Dude,
a good post. I echo your sentiments. Bought 35 which won't bankrupt me, wish i'd got a few more in other area too.
A lot of experienced domainers seem to be missing the point.
All other extensions are just that. .mobi is completely diferent. it is not just another country domain, it is for the mobile, wireless internet. people will want a slice for a host of reasons.
incidentally when is the 'big' auction of reserved names???
interesting viewing me thinks
Predmeister :boxing:

WOW.

I am surprised but all the .mobi haters out there. (Then again, I am on the DNForum so not too surprised). Anyway, I thought domainers were forward thinking, cutting edge, technolgy driven entrepreneurs.

I guess a lot of people don't see the .mobi and the natural evolution of the internet. You people need to leave your desktops once and a while and try the mobile internet.

I have $2500 invested in pre-regs and regs and am pretty happy with my portfolio. I am NOT a fan of registering anything .mobi. For example, I don't think bricks.mobi or humidors.mobi have much use since they are not specifically related to a wireless internet environment.

This is not the .eu landrush people...this is the BIG BANG of the wireless internet. Would you rather regret spending a few hundred dollars or regret NOT grabbing a few .mobi just so you can play the game? Your choice.

I am very happy with the pace of the .mobi rollout. The registrar has handled it very well and I think all the skepticism is actually healthy for the future of .mobi.

Best of luck to all of us.