Can we wait for the .mobi auctions?

[jazzpetals]

Good luck everyone! I only regged one .mobi, most likely a dud, but I hope all you guys that were lucky enough to catch the premium names cash in big!

[alex_d]

It's not only about PPC and ads (on information sites). It's also about bookings:

Hotels
Last Second Deals
Gambling
Shopping
and of course the Ringtones and MP3s.

Well for me its great that someone else can see potential for mobile domains other than simply parking and PPC.

2 of the 3 mobi's I bought are up and running, ihotels.mobi and idownloads.mobi. Even had a mid $XXX offer for one of them, though at this moment in time, I am not really looking to sell them.

Alex

[Laird Mobi]

I'm getting offers all the time for some of mine, although for the moment i'm letting them down gently until i can find the true value of the .mobi, but my beedy eye will be firmly rooted to the screen for the outcome of the auctions on friday! Good luck .mobi!!!

[PRED]

Agreed aggie !
Will be of great interest. I really want to develop a couple of mine , quickly & dirt cheap. I have very basic skills as you'll see if you visit my site below!
It's temporary until my developer can get at.
Anyone got any suggestions on how to knock up a .mobi site dead quick?
Anyone done one at GoDaddy Hosting?
Cheers, Pred

[Laird Mobi]

I tried with godaddys little tool but the site looked so crap i decided to park it instead! LOL

[alex_d]

Anyone got any suggestions on how to knock up a .mobi site dead quick?

Quickest and easiest way would be to use of the pre-existing templates offered by the .mobi corp.

You can find them at: http://pc.mtld.mobi/community/content_devforum.html

On the right side, are two option - Narrow and Wider .Mobi Template.
Just unzip them, place your content, make any colours changes if you want, and upload. They look very basic, but are very useful as a way to make up .mobi compliant sites very quickly.

Good luck


Alex

[PRED]

top man Alex!
Cheers, Pred

[3dGEEK]

Quickest and easiest way would be to use of the pre-existing templates offered by the .mobi corp.

"place your content, make any colours changes if you want, and upload. They look very basic, but are very useful as a way to make up .mobi compliant sites very quickly."


Alex

Downloaded these zip files yesterday ... now What? :greenembarrassed:
Sorry but I am new to all this webdesign stuff, so how do I do this exactly :greensighw:

I think its about time I make a start. Would someone be my mentor please? coz I have no idea where/how to start, although I am a quick learner...

[alex_d]

3Dgeek

TO do simple one page site using these templates, use the one named index.xhtml.

Open this using whatever program you use for webdesign. If you dont use one, simply open it up using Notepad.

When you start looking at the code, you will see that there are comments inside, which you can use as a guide to what bit of the code does what.

All you really need to do is change the content from whats in the code to what you want on your page.

Once that is done, simply upload the file to your server/host and bingo - you have a webpage up for your .mobi domain.

Alex

[3dGEEK]

Thanks alex, I'll will give this a shot :greensmile:

[9888]

Wonder how we will get to hear what the auction results are...any one from DNForum at TRAFFIC and able to let us know?

[Domain Jedi]

It's almost show time...

[hugegrowth]

My belief is that mobile devices will be used somewhat frequently for things like information search. And then one day we will discover that very little actual commerce is done on mobile devices other than ringtone downloads.

.mobi aside, how can you think that little commerce will be done on mobile devices in the future? The younger generations are all growing up with mobile devices, the devices keep getting better, internet coverage is increasing, rates are generally dropping, etc etc. It just seems to make sense that more, not less, commerce will be done on mobile devices in the future. Similar to how 15 years ago there was no online commerce, now it's in the billions and rising every year.

[WEBecri]

.mobi aside, how can you think that little commerce will be done on mobile devices in the future? The younger generations are all growing up with mobile devices, the devices keep getting better, internet coverage is increasing, rates are generally dropping, etc etc. It just seems to make sense that more, not less, commerce will be done on mobile devices in the future. Similar to how 15 years ago there was no online commerce, now it's in the billions and rising every year.

I hope and think you are right HugeGrowth...

For the ones not convinced about .mobi:
Don't think about how mobile devices are used now. Really delete your memory and facts about the now.

Only think about how mobile devices will be used in the future...
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GAMBLE.mobi ~ HOSTELS.mobi ~ SportsNews.mobi ~ NOTARY.mobi

[PRED]

It's almost show time...

when is showtime?
just trying to gauge what time it will be here in UK when it kicks off.
any live feeds we can tap in?
Pred

[WEBecri]

It starts in 5 minutes...

Fingers crossed. Wish you all luck...

http://www.webmasterradio.fm/
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[9888]

[QUOTE=WEBecri;981992]It starts in 5 minutes...

Fingers crossed. Wish you all luck...

http://www.webmasterradio.fm/
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Any idea why your gamble.mobi did not get in?

I am dissapointed that my one did not make it into either auction also, as i have a private buyer but have now given Moniker an exclusive to sell it for 180 days...
perhaps they did not get my contract??

I imagine they will be too busy for a while sorting out all these sales to be able to talk to us!

:cry_smile: