.MOBI crashes Sedo... WOW!

[sashas]

Ah hell. Lets close this now.
Time will tell where .mobi will go.

For now, i'm regging typos of Music and Games .mobi

[Keynes]

For everyone who's invested in .mobi I wish you the best efforts in development. Domain valuations are a function of sales and lead generation potential, and while the mobile internet is going to grow it's unfair to necessarily link that trend with .mobi. That being said, forward-looking functionality surrounding mobile access is beneficial to the entire name space, especially the well established extensions.

[Gerry]

I'd call this pretty substantial....

I would like to add that these prices appear to be the totals before the outage. These are not the final tallies.

Indeed substantial.

[XF.com]

Aron, you dog. Let me know which one.

Gerry

JOKES.mobi

It's one that can be easily used from a mobile phone,
wont take much to develop.
People like quick things like jokes and horoscopes and scores.

So, I decided to nab that one.

[Gerry]

JOKES.mobi

Sweet!

Imagine, a minicomputer in you hand (smartphone) able to play vids and audio.

I was after yoga, chef, wine and one other four letter word that I can not recall.

Good luck on development.

[Focus]

How often do you goto jokes.com

[jasdon11]

Because Invest.com definitely deserves it.


All those championing the auction here can't really explain how bidders no. 12 and 13 suddenly joined the auction when it restarted and drove prices up to 611k - the original winners' proxy.

Give me a good enough answer to that, and I'll keep quiet.

And don't tell me that bidders 12 and 13 were just speculators. Heck, if they were speculators, where were they in the original auction? Its easy to find rich speculators within 2 hours, isn't it?

Well, the original auction time hadn't finished - so no-one can say that that they wouldn't have been in the original auction. Ever been to a property (real estate) auction? Half the time a new bidder will come in when he thinks all others have exhausted their bids. I was trying to place my second bid on a name when things went tits-up - that could've quite easily have been my first bid; everyone has their own bidding styles.

And, who's to say that Alvaro didn't place a $1m proxy bid - we don't know. In every auction ever placed, where there are two or more bidders, someone has to come second.

Give me a good enough answer to that, and I'll keep quiet.

Any chance ?

[acronym007]

Ok, question, even the strongest .mobi supporters have to wonder about some of these sales. Seriously, this has to be the biggest joke ever!

kiss.mobi for $23,777

Traffic.mobi for $36,008

Seriously?

[katherine]

When you think of it...
I am wondering if the frenzy that sparked the high prices didn't really start when Rick bought flowers for 200K. Rick is not even a mobi believer, he is testing the waters with a few names and to him 200K is pocket change... but other people are going to get burnt badly.
I mean, it is ironic that a healthy skeptic is unintentionally raising the bar so high for the real cheerleaders

In response to Sasha...

To me, the fact that none of the bigger domainers were in on the auction suggests that the hype will eventually run out.
...
The big domainers are the ones who drive and sustain the hype. The fact that Alvaro won all the top six domains means that Kevin, Frank, Rick, etc. stayed out of ALL the auctions. These guys wouldn't have let all the big names go. And if these guys stayed out, then it definitely tells you something.
Keep in mind that as industry leaders, Frank, Rick, Kevin, etc. have access to a lot more inner knowledge that we guys don't have. If they stayed out, they must've stayed out for a reason.

I think you may be overestimating the knowledge of certain big domainers, they are not omniscient and they take gambles too. Besides I think Rick has enough names to play with, no need for more.

[jasdon11]

Ok, question, even the strongest .mobi supporters have to wonder about some of these sales. Seriously, this has to be the biggest joke ever!

kiss.mobi for $23,777

Traffic.mobi for $36,008

Seriously?

Traffic is a brilliant name for .mobi - sounds cheap to me!

[Focus]

what about notraffic.mobi?

[jasdon11]

what about notraffic.mobi?

What did that go for?

[Focus]

at least a 100k right? lol

[Gerry]

Traffic.mobi for $36,008

Seriously?

Seriously? If you are traveling and want traffic reports, road conditions, weather...what are you going to turn on to get immediate results and up to the minute reports? The radio?

How about turning on your phone.

Do you think traffic has to be about domain names?

Seriously?

Want to see how it works?

Go to en-route.mobi, click on traffic, enter city and state.

Seriously!

To me, the fact that none of the bigger domainers were in on the auction suggests that the hype will eventually run out.

Ah, yes. We want to close this up tight and make it a private club. Makes sense to me.

Keep the same old money circulating amount the 'playas' and don't let anyone else in.

Are you serious? how do you know that none of the big domainers were in this? Speculation or hype?

And why can there not be a new breed of bigger domainers with new money in the industry? Is that not what we all want?

Forget that this even a dot mobi. This is the entire industry that needs an injection of new playas and new money.

Do you sell only to established members on this forum?

Do you buy only from Rick, Frank, Sahar and the rest?

And if people can not understand or phanthom the possibility that there are great generic keywords out there in numerous languages waiting to be picked up and ignor emerging markets, I have a question...why does Frank own some Arabic words? And not in .com?

Hype or speculation?

[alvarodejh]

Hello,

I heard there are some bidders that lost on the bidding because the 3 time extentions placed by sedo due to their machines crashing. I have yet to pay for the names until I talk to them and understand the impact they will cause in all of this. For all fairness to them and to all of the .MOBI community, I like to talk to them. Can someone tell them to contact me here: alvaro@aposmail.com

Thanks,

Alvaro

[Gerry]

Hello,

I heard there are some bidders that lost on the bidding because the 3 time extentions placed by sedo due to their machines crashing. I have yet to pay for the names until I talk to them and understand the impact they will cause in all of this. For all fairness to them and to all of the .MOBI community, I like to talk to them. Can someone tell them to contact me here: alvaro@aposmail.com

Thanks,

Alvaro

Alvaro,

I will contact a few on your behalf that I am able to reach.

There is no animosity at all towards you.

I will also be PMing you.

Thank you for expressing a willingness to discover a resolution.

[Keynes]

...I have a question...why does Frank own some Arabic words? And not in .com?

Hype or speculation?

From Frank's blog 12/6/07:
"***FS***Sell Alvaro .. run like the wind and sell. This man will be joining Dr. Van Neeste in the land of irrelevance shortly."

QED.

[Gerry]

From Frank's blog 12/6/07:
"***FS***Sell Alvaro .. run like the wind and sell. This man will be joining Dr. Van Neeste in the land of irrelevance shortly."

QED.

Yes, and I ask Frank every morning which leg to put in my pants first and if I should use one ply or two ply.

[Creature]

Hello,

I heard there are some bidders that lost on the bidding because the 3 time extentions placed by sedo due to their machines crashing. I have yet to pay for the names until I talk to them and understand the impact they will cause in all of this. For all fairness to them and to all of the .MOBI community, I like to talk to them. Can someone tell them to contact me here: alvaro@aposmail.com

Thanks,

Alvaro

Wow, that's an honorable post. Very refreshing to read.

[Gerry]

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