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Originally Posted by XF.com  IS THIS A POSSIBILITY: MAYBE the large coporations don't even know
that their generic .mobi is up for auction at sedo?
I was viewing all of the auctions, and most of the GREAT names only had
400-500 visitors the listing.
I KNOW that sedo doesn't do much effort in contacting serious end
users to participate in the auctions. If I am wrong, certainly correct me... and I'll cower down in shame 
But honestly, is sedo contacting ANY serious end users when
premium names are coming to auction? I know that the few premium GENERIC .com's that I've listed
on sedo auctions... they didn't pick up the phone at all and
try to reel in a big fish. My opinion:
WHY haven't the large corporations jumped in yet?
3 things...
1. they are waiting to see if it catches on (and if it does, they certainly have the money to spend to buy the .mobi they want... no matter WHO owns it)
2. they might not even know that their desired .mobi is being auctioned off, since sedo doesn't prospect large buyers very well
and
3. it took them a while to see the value in a generic .COM so I doubt
they'll jump right in the generic .MOBI... it might take time.
Again, if my thinking or ideas are 100% wrong... it's just my opinion
and I don't feel strongly one way or another. |
XF, if it were just a few names, it would've been fine.
But when you look at virtually ALL really premium names owned either by mTLD or domainers, you really start to question things. Even the ones relevant to .mobi aren't held by big corporations - Mobile, Mobiles, CellPhones, Cell, Phone, Phones, etc. are all owned by domainers and mTLD. Even for your name (which is one of the few .mobi names I really like), the .com is owned by a big corporation (Comedy Central owns Jokes.com)
Some premium names being owned by domainers is a good thing. It promotes name values. But virtually all premium names being owned by domainers and the registry just says that end users aren't biting. As domainers, we really wait for the end user sales - thats why domainers are willing to pay 20k+ for a LLL.com.
I know someone will mention .net/.org/.info here. Sure, big companies usually don't own .info too. But then, noone hypes .info and no one is really paying for 600k for .infos either. Heck, even .net, an extension which receives a fair amount of type ins and has the second most public recall among domainers can manage only xx,xxx sales. Music.net wouldn't have sold for more than 200k at an auction.
And the even more absurd part is when folks start comparing .mobi and .com, that .mobi is here to compete with .com.
