Tag Archives: dotmobi

Thu 30th September 2010
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dotMobi to Auction Off Remaining 1 and 2 Character Domain Names - Company asks ICANN to let it auction off short domain names. dotMobi is asking ICANN (pdf) for permission to auction off remaining one and two character .mobi domain names. Back in 2008 dotMobi requested permission to release one and two character domain names through an RFP process. Now the group wants to auction off any remaining ones, and then open up unclaimed short domains to general registration. Many other registries have released (or are in the process of ... read more ...
Wed 2nd December 2009
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Pinky Brand Discusses a Past, Present, and Future of .Mobi - Pinky Brand explains what’s going on with the .mobi domain name. From the moment it launched, the .mobi top level domain name has been divisive in the domainer community. As people paid tens of thousands — even hundreds of thousands — for .mobi domain names at auctions, onlookers thought these people were crazy while the buyers thought they were getting a bargain piece of property on the mobile web. Even though the rush has slowed down and people have had ... read more ...
Tue 24th February 2009
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dotMobi Steps Up Enforcement for Non-Compliant Domain Names - Registry to take additional measures against buyers who haven’t developed domain names. It’s taken a long time, but buyers of premium .mobi domain names appear to finally be developing their domain names. dotMobi says it will take additional measures against those who have not taken this step as required in their purchase agreement. I’ve written several times about lack of enforcement of dotMobi’s premium domain buyer rules, but the registry finally started ... read more ...
Tue 3rd February 2009
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Red Bull Can Now Energize Mobile Phones - Energy drink seller Red Bull wins rights to RedBull.mobi. Red Bull, famous for giving you an energy boost, can now energize mobile phones with the domain name RedBull.mobi. The company won the domain name in a dispute at World Intellectual Property Association. The respondent, Roy Atar of Israel, defended himself by saying he is commonly known by friends as “Shor Adom”, which translates into English as “Red Bull”. Atar did not park the domain name; it was ... read more ...
Mon 2nd February 2009
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RAI.mobi Owner Needs to Put a Foot in His Mouth - RAI.mobi domain owner did himself a disservice in responding to UDRP. It’s difficult to win a UDRP domain arbitration case when you don’t respond to the proceedings. (Difficult, but not impossible). But sometimes not responding to a case is a better idea than responding with a half-hearted story. That’s what happened in the case or RAI.mobi, a generic domain name won by complainant RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana S.p.A. This isn’t a case of someone registering ... read more ...
Mon 26th January 2009
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dotMobi Details 1 and 2 Character Domain Allocation Process - Short .mobi domains are “free”, if you develop them. As Domain Name Wire reported in November, dotMobi has the green light to allocate one and two character .mobi domain names. The company explained the process for acquiring these domain names on its blog over the weekend. First, you’ll need to complete a very short form to express your interest. This form requires basic contact information and a short description of what you want to do with the domain name ... read more ...
Wed 12th November 2008
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Auction Results: Games.mobi Headlines Lackluster .Mobi Auction - Games.mobi sold for $44,000 in .mobi domain name auction. If you believe in .mobi, the top level domain for mobile devices, then today was a great buying opportunity for you. The Sedo .mobi auction concluded with many domains selling at discounts of 50%-90% of what they would have sold for just 6 months ago. Back in September I said this auction would be a “defining moment” for .mobi. It has been defined, as the economy and perhaps an oversupply of “quality” ... read more ...
Tue 4th November 2008
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Sedo Completes Sale of All-In.com for $40,000 - Domain name aftermarket completes sale of domain name to Canadian man. Domain name aftermarket Sedo has completed the sale of All-In.com for $40,000 to a Canadian man. The seller was Internet Media Consutlants SA of Switzerland. There is currently a placeholder on the page, but we can assume the domain name will be used for Poker, as “all in” is a common poker term. It’s a good thing this name wasn’t named by Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear in his assault ... read more ...
Tue 3rd June 2008
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Premium .Mobi Domain Names Still Out of Compliance - Hello to all Domain Name Wire readers, Appreciate the posted commentary on .mobi domain compliance and auction results status. As a key member of the .mobi ecosystem, our dotMobi Advisory Group (MAG); the dotMobi accredited, independent not-for-profit trade forum focused on .mobi domain policies, style guides and commercialisation efforts; has started a .mobi Compliance Task Force. The goal for the task force is to further evaluate and recommend compliance policies, and encourage the ... read more ...
Tue 13th May 2008
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Acura Chooses .Com for Mobile Web Site - Car company isn’t using its .mobi domain name. Luxury car manufacturer Acura owns Acura.mobi, but it isn’t using it for its new mobile web site. Instead, an announcement in the company’s most recent email newsletter directs mobile phone users to go to Acura.com. Unfortunately, typing acura.com on my Treo didn’t bring me to the mobile site, which actually resides at acura.com/mobile/. Once you get past the point that Acura, just like American Airlines*, has ... read more ...