[ga] .MOBI Auctions

[Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>]

>From CircleId:

[excerpt]

"dotMobi, the company behind the .mobi Internet
domain, successfully closed its first-ever online
auction on October 3. dotMobi auctioned 100 domain
names through Sedo.com, and is the first domain
company to offer selected names directly to the market
via an online auction process rather than a
traditional ?first come, first served? process. 

Dozens of names were purchased, and more than $850,000
generated for the continued creation of mobile content
tools like dotMobi?s popular http://ready.mobi and
http://site.mobi tools. 

With bidders from 34 countries, the auction?s most
desired names were hosting.mobi (sold for $101,000),
bank.mobi ($51,501), download.mobi ($51,500),
currency.mobi ($47,000) and insurance.mobi ($42,005)."

http://www.circleid.com/posts/71098_dotmobi_online_auction_domains/

In view of these results, one can likely expect most
future new gTLDs to adopt a premium domains approach.




       
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