.mobi - Now it's in decline -confirmed! - IDN Forums

Wot · #1 02-20-2007, 12:39 AM

Now you guys can be happy.

Just seen recent auctions at Sedo- all sold:

SouthKorea.mobi $3K +

Burma.mobi mid $xxx

TurksAndCaicos.mobi, mid $xxx

NorthKorea.mobi low $xxx

Fka200 · #2 02-20-2007, 12:50 AM

northkorea went for low xxx! whoa!

thegenius1 · #3 02-20-2007, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Fka200

northkorean went for low xxx! whoa!

NorthKorea.jp

北朝鮮.jp

Taking xxx offers via pm

ScottFish · #4 02-20-2007, 08:20 AM

i think north and south were sold by the same person.

Wot · #5 02-20-2007, 10:46 AM

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i think north and south were sold by the same person.

They were all sold by the same person, and Gaza.mobi

A good profit nonetheless! $

touchring · #6 02-20-2007, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Wot

They were all sold by the same person, and Gaza.mobi

A good profit nonetheless! $

Yes, smart move. Cash out while some still believe there is value.

Read this thread - http://domainstate.com/showthread.ph...threadid=74039

sarcle · #7 02-20-2007, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by touchring

Yes, smart move. Cash out while some still believe there is value.

Read this thread - http://domainstate.com/showthread.ph...threadid=74039

Smart and decidedly Bad move. Good for him made some cash. Bad for .mobi right before the next auction.

touchring · #8 02-20-2007, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by sarcle

Smart and decidedly Bad move. Good for him made some cash. Bad for .mobi right before the next auction.

I think there might be surprises in the auction, the likes of rick can throw in a few more hundred grand -they got the money?

We have to take a medium term view - over a year or so to see the real trend.

thefabfive · #9 02-20-2007, 06:01 PM

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sarcle · #10 02-20-2007, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by touchring

the likes of rick can throw in a few more hundred grand -they got the money?

It's not whether the got the "money." It's who's going to buy it again? Last time it set of a craze now it's pretty much died out, think the market will believe it again?

Hell, IDNs get way more traffic and are much more in the bank than .mobi, but are still seen as "speculative" compared to what people will pay for .info and the likes. Hell even revenue IDNs are hard to sell.

touchring · #11 02-20-2007, 07:23 PM

The domain mkt as a whole is lethargic. Now with the mobi hype over, it's even quieter - just look at the number of new threads/posts on DNF. Falling PPC is creating a negative impact on sentiments.

So it looks like we really need to play the SEO game to earn some adsense cash while waiting for the next hype.

Fka200 · #12 02-20-2007, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by touchring

The domain mkt as a whole is lethargic. Now with the mobi hype over, it's even quieter - just look at the number of new threads/posts on DNF. Falling PPC is creating a negative impact on sentiments.

So it looks like we really need to play the SEO game to earn some adsense cash while waiting for the next hype.

Amen. One of the wisest things I have read on the forum so far.

Touch, you are my savior... now if only we can learn some really good SEO techniques.

Olney, wanna take the torch from touch?

touchring · #13 02-20-2007, 08:08 PM

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Amen. One of the wisest things I have read on the forum so far.

Touch, you are my savior... now if only we can learn some really good SEO techniques.

Olney, wanna take the torch from touch?

Thks, but Olney's really one of the first here to emphasize on development. I'm just following the trend, like almost everyone else.

jose · #14 02-20-2007, 08:36 PM

“You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time.”

Abraham Lincoln

Alphamale · #15 02-20-2007, 09:01 PM

“You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.”

George W. Bush

true.

jacksonm · #16 02-20-2007, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by sarcle

It's not whether the got the "money." It's who's going to buy it again? Last time it set of a craze now it's pretty much died out, think the market will believe it again?

From my relatively small amount of experience on the subject, I believe that the fate of .mobi rests in the hands of the handset manufacturers such as Nokia, Sony, Motorola, etc. It's also a symbiosis with the advertising agencies - in 3GSM, they mentioned that mobile advertising would become a USD 15b+ business over the next several years. When can advertising agencies start to deliver location based ads based on the location of the phone?

They pushed .mobi at 3GSM in Barcelona last week, now let's see if they put their money where their mouth is and do a few things to promote .mobi, such as make it the default extension on mobile devices, setup some phone support sites with .mobi, etc.

If you tell the average idiot (90% of the population) that .mobi is meant for mobile phones, I think that they will believe it, remember it, and start to use it. Of course, we know that we can detect a user agent from whatever tld and feed it appropriate content if we are so motivated, but the average idiot can't fathom such a concept.

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jacksonm

thegenius1 · #17 02-20-2007, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Alphamale

“You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.”

George W. Bush

true.

I thought this is What Dubya is famous For

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qDuG0ZYD5I

Fool Me once ( 5 second pause) shame on ............................. shame on you ......................................Fool me Cant get fooled Again

Wot · #18 02-21-2007, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by touchring

The domain mkt as a whole is lethargic. Now with the mobi hype over, it's even quieter - just look at the number of new threads/posts on DNF. Falling PPC is creating a negative impact on sentiments.

So it looks like we really need to play the SEO game to earn some adsense cash while waiting for the next hype.

Yes, the domain market in general seems to be in mothballs. My sales/ppc are way down in the last couple of months after two very good years.

Also significant is that yet again a .mobi thread gets the most attention on what is an IDN forum.