Comments on: .Mobi Domain Registration Base Down 10% Over Year

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[...] dotMobi hit its first renewal period it lost 10% of its registration base, similar to many other [...]

By: Guy

Guy — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:13:19 +0000

I think the biggest problem that is in .mobi’s way is the fact that the ONLY people that know about it are a few businesses / mostly domain investors.

For it to ever get big, the CORRECT businesses need to own them so that they can actually use them to create value.

No one is creating value with .mobi domains, and thus, consumers don’t care about /remember it.

Still deciding on whether or not to pull the trigger…

By: Guy

Guy — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:08:46 +0000

Good point. But that is somewhat of a pain for developers, no?

I guess the bottom line is, what odds do you put on .mobi catching on?

I’m considering buying some quality names (just a few), and given that the prices are so low it might be worth it. Even if the odds are 20:1 it fails.

By: Andrew Allemann

Andrew Allemann — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:26:08 +0000

Guy – one of the other standards could be just .com. With web detection, it’s getting easier to just render the same site differently for visitors depending on the device they use.

By: Guy

Guy — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:48:27 +0000

Ok. No matter what, mobile web browsing is going to be huge. No one questions that right?

So it is just a matter of whether companies are going to use m.site.com, or mobile.site.com. BUT unless they choose a universal standard, then consumers might confused. Correct?

In the event that everyone is confused, companies will want to CREATE SOME KIND OF STANDARD. Which is what .mobi was meant to be.

If they don’t create a standard, like everyone using m., or mobile., then do you think that still leaves opportunity for .mobi.

Also, I believe .mobi is still unlike ANY other extension strictly because it targets a completely different platform, mobile. Every other failed extension still targeted desktop/laptops, but .mobi does not.

Opinions?

By: ChineseDomain

ChineseDomain — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:34:32 +0000

More comments about .mobi in China.

One China Domainer said that:
Before, there is no response at all after email end-user about .mobi; now there are about 10% will response. The China Company now accept .mobi rather than reject .mobi

Also, it is very hard to catch Chinese Premium Pinyin .mobi without backordering by Pool/SnapNames.

By: ChineseDomain

ChineseDomain — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:26:49 +0000

mtld did a great job in China by cooperating with Chinese government. they successed in binding China idn .mobi with already well-known 12114 wireless keywords. it not only increased 10% registration, but also open the door to China 3g websites. China domainers already benefits from it. Now company knows .mobi and start to accept .mobi.