Sportsbook.mobi was sold for $XXX,XXX

[DomainEngineer]

I´m sure we will see another mobis hate and love thread very soon...lol

Yeah, I can't wait to see IDNers (RD included) to come here and ruin the party :sigh2:

PS: I will believe the sale when I see it in DNJournal.

 

[Domain Jedi]

Here are this member's other .mobi's:

uae.mobi insure.mobi sweepstakes.mobi uploading.mobi blogging.mobi siliconvalley.mobi journeyplanner.mobi

 

[hugegrowth]

Get ready for another flurry of high .mobi sales after this is announced...

 

[DaveZilla]

Nice job!

 

[Laird Mobi]

Hopefully it a true sale! It would be very good news for all of us .mobi fans! Hoping it'll give my bookmakers.mobi a fighting chance of a good sale!!

 

[mjnels]

someone that obviously knows something on another forum is saying to watch dnjournal tommorow..

 

[Duckinla]

Don't get confused by this. Sportsbook.com is a very old and well established gambling site on the internet. I've been betting there since at least 1999 (7 years). Sportsbook is a very common word in the US. That's the part of the casino that you place sports bets at. The direction signs in the casino will pretty much always refer to it as "sportsbook". In the US there probably isn't a better possible name for a sports betting website than sportsbook.com.

 

[Vision]

Sportsbook.info sold for $3,500

 

[nrmillions]

If this turns out to be real then this is good news for people who own .mobi names of big .com sites.

 

[labrocca]

FYI- I got a PM from the broker of the sale...he was convinced I thought the sale was real...and I was 99% sure it was..then after his PM to me..I checked out his site. NO WAY. I won't reveal my info but my first impression is this is a hoax to get people to his site which sells similar yet much crappier domain names in the sportsbook mobi arena. One has to wonder really if this is legit. If it came from Moniker or Sedo I might believe it.

There is also a rumor going around that the premium mobi sedo auction may get cancelled...some weird news is floating around this week. I really don't know what to think.

I don't think it beyond anyone to set up hype and in-turn try and profit from it. It's practically a scam. Domains and scams seem to go hand in hand.

Are we really to believe that an unknown guy registers at NP out of nowhere and announces he has a $xxx,xxx sale? Sorry but it takes experience and hard work to make sales like that. Most would have taken $xx,xxx for the domain. Who the heck bought it? If it was sportsbook.com...maybe they forked it up. If I was seller and I connected sportsbook.com to the offer...yeah I would shoot for the moon.

Did it happen? Not sure..but could it have happened...maybe.


EDIT: I just looked at this "brokers" site again...all the domains with keywordsportsbook.mobi are registered to his site. I am smelling such bullshit in this. Even if it gets in DNjournal...we need as much proof of this sale as possible. I just don't see it happening at this point. Sportsbook.mobi now has a site there and it doesn't appear to be related at all to sportsbook.com with no copyrights from any major company and a Godaddy hidden whois. BS.

 

[robert]

sportsbook related .co.uk were sold in 2006 for high £xx,xxx so someone is parting with cash for that style name.

 

[financialtraffic]

Don't get confused by this. Sportsbook.com is a very old and well established gambling site on the internet. I've been betting there since at least 1999 (7 years).

You mean you've been losing money there since 1999?

 

[PRED]

You mean you've been losing money there since 1999?

lol
Pred

 

[dreambig]

Ok, i saw this in another forum related to this sale:

Originally Posted by SpareDomains: this will be my second and last post regarding this sale, domain sold for 1xx,xxx and was completed in december but held to a 1 month temporary non disclosure from buyer, after this time buyer, seller and myself authorized the president of escrow.com to release the sales receipt to ron at dnjournal and will be posted this evening, as far as what domains or where they resolve to on the site is irrelevant, 80-90% go to parked.com and the only ones that go to sedo are the ones not allowed at parked.com, buyer contacts me and asks what domains can you get a hold of in this category or they tell me the exact domain they wish to purchase and I go get it for them, this is how it works, as far as how old the site is is also irrelevant as I have been in this forum for 2+ years with 100% positive feedback and have been online for years before this as well and have also obtained quite a few other domains for other namepros and non namepros users as well, saltysoda and this sale is legit and the best thing to do is sit back and wait for dnjournal posting.

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This is way better than tv drama!

 

[dreambig]

Ok, i saw this in another forum related to this sale:

Originally Posted by SpareDomains: this will be my second and last post regarding this sale, domain sold for 1xx,xxx and was completed in december but held to a 1 month temporary non disclosure from buyer, after this time buyer, seller and myself authorized the president of escrow.com to release the sales receipt to ron at dnjournal and will be posted this evening, as far as what domains or where they resolve to on the site is irrelevant, 80-90% go to parked.com and the only ones that go to sedo are the ones not allowed at parked.com, buyer contacts me and asks what domains can you get a hold of in this category or they tell me the exact domain they wish to purchase and I go get it for them, this is how it works, as far as how old the site is is also irrelevant as I have been in this forum for 2+ years with 100% positive feedback and have been online for years before this as well and have also obtained quite a few other domains for other namepros and non namepros users as well, saltysoda and this sale is legit and the best thing to do is sit back and wait for dnjournal posting.

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This is way better than tv drama!

 

[PRED]

Ok, i saw this in another forum related to this sale:

Originally Posted by SpareDomains: this will be my second and last post regarding this sale, domain sold for 1xx,xxx and was completed in december but held to a 1 month temporary non disclosure from buyer, after this time buyer, seller and myself authorized the president of escrow.com to release the sales receipt to ron at dnjournal and will be posted this evening, as far as what domains or where they resolve to on the site is irrelevant, 80-90% go to parked.com and the only ones that go to sedo are the ones not allowed at parked.com, buyer contacts me and asks what domains can you get a hold of in this category or they tell me the exact domain they wish to purchase and I go get it for them, this is how it works, as far as how old the site is is also irrelevant as I have been in this forum for 2+ years with 100% positive feedback and have been online for years before this as well and have also obtained quite a few other domains for other namepros and non namepros users as well, saltysoda and this sale is legit and the best thing to do is sit back and wait for dnjournal posting.

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This is way better than tv drama!

okay, fair comment by the dude! as ever i look forward to dnjournal on a wednesday morning with a nice mug of tea!
Pred :cheers:

 

[Domain Jedi]

Sportsbook.mobi at $129,800, Bravo!

http://dnjournal.com/domainsales.htm

 

[Laird Mobi]

This is good!!!!! Congrats to the seller! It's yet another instance the haters will be trying to explain away with their 'hype' rubbish! I'm glad i'm 'all in' no matter what they now say!

 

[seanboy]

This sale is BS...

because I wasn't the seller!!! :upset:

 

[GT Web]

Sportsbook.mobi at $129,800, Bravo!

http://dnjournal.com/domainsales.htm

Just wondering...are we sure this suddenly make it legit? I know Ron is a great reporter, but just because he reports it, doesn't mean the sale occurred (although it does add some credibility).