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Q&A with Pinky Brand, of dotMobi CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ENTRY

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With the recent introduction of the world’s first mTLD, .mobi, and the extremely successful initial launch, which included a very early $200,000 sale of Flowers.mobi at the recent T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East conference and expo, we thought that it would be more than appropriate to get in contact with the people behind the extension that has everybody talking right now. We managed to secure a Q&A with Pinky Brand, Director of New Markets for the dotMobi extension, and he had a lot of great information to share.


Here is what Pinky Brand, of dotMobi, had to say:

Q: db – What is your full name and where are you from and what did you do prior to getting involved in the domaining industry?

A: PB – Hi, my full name is Pinkard Alan Brand. Everyone calls me “Pinky.” I am the Director, New Markets for dotMobi (mTLD Top Level Domain Ltd) You can obtain a full background of my domain name industry experience by visiting my personal web page at www.pinkybrand.com . I’ve owned and operated two corporate domain name registrars, one sold to Network Solutions in 1998 (idNames) and the other (Arcemus) to Iron Mountain in 2004. I would describe myself as a “serial entrepreneur” prior to be being involved in the domain industry in 1996. I had invested in and operated several businesses in various industries including such advertising, marketing and restaurant retailing before starting up idNames with Marc Ostrofsky in 1996. My original background is in the television news industry as a photographer, editor, producer, reporter and then involved in TV advertising sales and traffic management.


Q: db – What inspired you to get involved in the domaining industry, more so get involved with the creation of an all-new domain name extension?

A: PB – I have been impressed by the undeniable trends toward mobile computing and browsing and had contacted Neil Edwards (the CEO of dotMobi) earlier this year. Neil and I had worked together at Network Solutions during the early days of .com as well as at VeriSign. The mTLD investors’ and Neil’s vision for the mobile Internet and dotMobi along with the sensibility and creativity the truly global-thinking staff brought to the table were big pluses in my book.

Q: db – When did you originally come up with the concept for .mobi and how much effort went into to bringing it to a reality?

A: PB - I did not come up with the concept. The original concept for dotMobi was developed by its sponsors (hence we are a sponsored top-level domain). Our investors include Ericsson, Google, GSM Association, Hutchison, Microsoft, Nokia, Orascom Telecom, Samsung Electronics, Syniverse, T-Mobile, Telefónica Móviles, TIM and Vodafone.

Q: db – .mobi is the world’s first mTLD. Can you tell us more about what an mTLD is?

A: PB - .mobi is the first and only top level domain dedicated to delivering Internet content to mobile phones. Built on the open standards developed as part of the Worldwide Web Consortium's Mobile Web Initiative, the .mobi domain makes accessing Internet sites on a mobile device faster, less expensive and more reliable by offering content tailored for the mobile Internet. This all means that the .mobi domain increases the profile and the reach of any company, organization or individual who wants to get business, visibility or traffic from the Internet.





Q: db – Can you tell us more about .mobi? What registrars carry the .mobi extension and what exactly are the fees and rules associated with registering a .mobi domain name?

A: PB – We have 118 registrars in Europe, Asia and America. Fees vary by registrar. Most are competitive and want to help content-providers reach users on the mobile Internet. Several have developed tools that allow registrants to create mobile friendly and dotMobi compliant web pages that work on all mobile phones in any country---and many more are planning to introduce the same so I believe things will continue to stay rather competitive on the pricing end. A list of registrants with links to their pricing and services can be found on our web site at www.mtld.mobi .


Q: db – There were multiple land rush periods prior to .mobi’s official worldwide launch. How did everything go? Was it all as smoothly as planned?

A: PB – I’m not sure what you meant by multiple land rushes as we conducted only one land rush. We did have a trademark sunrise period and limited industry sunrise period prior to our land rush. From what I heard, the land rush launch went very well for us and our registrars. Individuals and businesses in more than 100 countries around the world registered more than 100,000 .mobi domains in the first four days, demonstrating a strong demand for the next evolution of the Internet. In contrast, it took ten years for the general public to register 100,000 PC-based domain names in the early days of the Internet.


Q: db – A lot of premium .mobi domain names were auctioned off recently. Some fetched as much as five-figures. Were you surprised by this or was this excepted?

A: PB – We have been monitoring some of the early after-market sales from land rush and general registration. There is no surprise to me that the market is catching on to the dotMobi message. We noticed four names in Top 20 sales for week ending October 15th according to the Domain Name Journal. They were:

mortgages.mobi $10,500
freeringtones.mobi $ 9,100
call.mobi $ 8,200
mybank.mobi $ 7,110


Q: db – Many of the best single word generic .mobi domain names were reserved for a private auction at the recent T.R.A.F.F.I.C. event. Can you say which domains were sold and how much they were auctioned off for?

A: PB – We attended the TRAFFIC East Conference in Miami last week and offered nine names from our Premium List during the live auction. All of them were sold for the following prices:

flowers .mobi $200,000
fun.mobi $100,000
hot.mobi $40,000
stockquotes.mobi $27,000
party.mobi $13,000
wow.mobi $9,000
gossip.mobi $5,000
laugh.mobi $3,000
celebs.mobi $2,250

As a result it appears that dotMobi will have two entries in the top 20 domain sales for 2006. The results also indicate that the market believes in the mobile Internet and is bullish on our approach to improving the mobile browsing experience and eventual traffic that flows from such an improved experience.





Q: db – How may .mobi domain names have been registered up until this point and how many do you predict will be registered come 2008?

A: PB - We have registered over 200,000 names and look to have 1 million registrations within the next 12 months. More .mobi web sites are coming online every day from a wide variety of content providers. Examples include:

Bmw.mobi
Kicker.mobi
Businessweekonline.mobi
Neckermann.mobi
Live.mobi
Utexas.mobi
Thalys.mobi
Flirtbox.mobi
Bestswimsuits.mobi


Q: db – What does the future have in store for the .mobi extension?

A: PB - We want to work with enterprising organizations and individuals who register new names or acquire premium names to help them generate relevant content to mobile Internet users. To that end on November 6th we will launch a Developer Forum that will assist in fueling further mobile Internet content development.

Also, on November 6th we expect to announce the release of several Premium Names to be allocated via a request for proposal (RFP) process. We will disclose the actual RFP process for those select names on that date as well.

In 2007 we expect to release additional names via various auction processes and additional RFPs, so stay tuned to our site at www.mtld.mobi for further details and to download the entire list of Premium Names.


Q: db – Are there any tips you can give to domainers looking to make the most of their .mobi domain names?

A: PB – I can’t say it enough. Develop content. The mobile Internet sorely lacks it at the moment. dotMobi and our investors are working hard to make sure that consumers, mobile operators and content providers are aware of our value proposition. Domainers who are first on the block with content have a much better shot at attaining success in the rapidly growing mobile world vs. those that just sit back and do nothing. Think where .com was ten years ago. I believe it won’t take nearly as long for .mobi to have an impact.


Q: db – Do you have any additional domain name extensions or projects in the works the domaining community should be on the lookout for in the anytime in the future?

A: PB – There are no immediate plans to apply for or develop other TLD domain extensions per se as it relates to dotMobi. However we will continue to roll out developer tools, education and certification services for mobile content and messaging. I also suggest that any serious domainer that wants to have an impact on the mobile world to look at possibly joining the dotmobi Advisory Group (MAG). It is the "eyes and ears” of mTLD. Through the MAG, mTLD can reach out to the mobile Internet consumer, keep in touch with trends and understand, assess and prioritise the needs of the entire community. In turn, the MAG gives its members the opportunity to shape the future of the mobile Internet. More info can be found on our web site.

CLICK HERE to check out dotMobi's mobile phone emulator.



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The top 10 reported domain name sales of the week go to:

1. Gays.com - $500,000 (Sedo)
2. Cafe.com - $300,000 (GreatDomains)
3. UncleSam.com - $185,750 (SnapNames)
4. SPN.com - €95,000 = $121,266 (Sedo)
5. Yonkers.com - $70,750 (SnapNames)
6. Series.com - $45,500 (Sedo)
7. Online-Gambling.co.uk - €35,000 = $44,657 (Sedo)
8. USGrants.com - $40,000 (NameCollecting)
9. Ostomy.com - $37,361 (SnapNames)
10. VactionPlans.com - $35,700 (Enom's Club Drop)

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*These are merely the top reported sales of the week. Many private transactions take place in addition to these that are never reported.



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IDNs have helped internationalize the Internet but many believe that it is not enough and they don’t want to be forced to use Latin alphabet, as many feel it is holding them and their people back. For this reason Vint Cerf, chairman of ICANN and Google’s VP, is attempting to put together a solution and accommodate the world with a multi-lingual Internet before further separation happens similar to China going off and creating their own DNS.

Vint wants to satisfy the world’s needs but also believes it is going to be a tremendous technical challenge without interfering with the current domain names and domain name system. Cerf said, "A miss-step could easily and permanently break the Internet into non-interoperable components."

At this time, ICANN is currently testing the introduction of the new scripts into the domain name system. At any moment the Internet could suddenly be broken permanently.

CLICK HERE for an article by BBC.co.uk about just this very topic.



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Domain Name Sales

The domain gays.com was recently sold for $500,000 (US) through Sedo, the world’s largest marketplace for domain names and internet addresses.

The new domain owners are Julius and David Dreyer of Germany. “We are very proud to have invested in such a representative domain as gays.com. Building an internet portal for the gay community has always been one of our biggest goals,” said Julius Dreyer. “We are confident that we will be able to introduce an entertaining and informative website in the near future; one that will meet the needs of the gay community.”

At Sedo, high value domain sales are negotiated regularly. This year alone, bike.com and blue.com were each sold for $500,000 (US) over Sedo. The highest sales record for any domain also occurred in 2006, when sex.com sold for $14 million (US).

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