Recent ‘drop’ .mobi prices
December 19, 2009
Some notable sales from the recent drops.
The following domains were caught and sold mid december 2009 at either snapnames or pool.
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coupon.mobi $7,754.00
taxis.mobi $825.00
german.mobi $275.00
young.mobi $325.00
legal.mobi $351.00
limos.mobi $581.00
betting.mobi $4,100.00
pizzas.mobi $477.00
concert.mobi $350
properties.mobi $903
orgasms.mobi $350
italian.mobi $725
compare.mobi $310
cinemas.mobi $360
tools.mobi $661
location.mobi $1,051.00
rates.mobi $3,303.00
The owner of coupons.mobi bought coupon.mobi
Coupons.mobi sold for $21,175 in 2007
we will actively update list………………..
Check Toy Safety By Mobile - SafeToy.mobi
December 14, 2009
Well this time of year everyone is looking for toys and you’d think
they’d look in the most convenient place - on their phone . So is it
happening? Are kids in playgrounds browsing the latest toys by phone?
And are parents actively looking for safe toys?
Last month saw the launch of toysafety.mobi a heavily promoted site encouraging people to report dangerous US toys and read consumer group warnings about toys. Unfortunately it doesn’t list recalls, but we found a toy recall list, easy search feature, advice and information on safetoy.mobi
But can you actually buy or browse toys on .mobi sites?
Sure, there are hundreds of sites out there. A few we found lightsaber.mobi sells lightsabers, toyark.mobi sells toys. It seems toysrus, mattell, hasbro etc need to pull their finger out as their .mobi sites go nowhere.
Some fun sites that are up from marvel and dc comics are:
http://batman.mobi
http://superman.mobi
http://wonderwoman.mobi
http://spiderman.mobi
Again, you will get a tailored experience whether visiting from pc or mobile.
View the screenshot below of safetoy.mobi . Great to view from a pc or mobile phone. Check it out on both devices. This is a must visit site in our opinion for every parent of small children. It’s a real God send this site is around, particularly for the festive period and beyond.
Incidentally we notice safetoys.mobi is not developed. I don’t think we can have enough of these sites informing parents. I think the top toy brands have a duty of care to develop and promote these kind of sites, along with relevant governments.
UKJobsNet.co.uk launches mobile site: UKJobsNet.mobi
December 14, 2009
www.ukjobsnet.co.uk is a very popular job search site in the UK. It has a global alexa rank of 89k, and a UK rank of 8k
They have now launched their mobile site at ukjobsnet.mobi
Again, they are happy to leave the .net, .org etc unregistered. Like more and more firms and sites,they are realising the branding power of .mobi for mobile.
If you visit ukjobsnet.mobi from your pc you are taken to this page: www.ukjobsnet.co.uk/rsm/39/jobs-on-the-go
See screenshot below. UK Jobs Network are promoting their new mobile site. Naturally when visiting on a mobilephone you will have their mobile site displaying at ukjobsnet.mobi
From ukjobsnet pc site:
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what’s it all about?
Mobile web browsing is no longer limited to the painful WAP experience it once was. The new generation of mobile devices allow us to get the full experience of the internet whilst on the move.
If you’ve got one of the new generation of smartphones you can now search the latest UK jobs from any place you can get a wireless or wifi signal. Our mobile site is designed to be compatible with many different devices and you don’t have to purchase or install any applications to use it.
To start searching our UK jobs from the comfort of the coffee shop armchair or whilst passing time on your daily commute, just enter the ukjobsnet.mobi in to your device’s web browser.”
MOKO.mobi raises $1,000,000 in funding
December 8, 2009
MOKO.mobi raises $1,000,000
Announcement comes after mobile device communications platform provider seals first major EU deal.
ASX-listed mobile device communications platform provider, MOKO.mobi (ASX: MKB) has announced it has raised over $1 million in capital at a price of $0.10 per share and is in the process of investigating a “significant corporate transaction”.
In a statement to the ASX, the company said the capital raising was done under a private placement and will be made under the approval given by shareholders at its annual general meeting in September.
It also said the formalities of the transaction would be completed over the coming days with any deal subject to shareholder approval. A spokesperson for the company would not provide further information.
“We are encouraged by this show of strong support from private and institutional shareholders, providing additional working capital to assist MOKO.mobi in its current carrier rollout program” MOKO.mobi managing director Ian Rodwell, said. “The company continues to make progress in acquiring new mobile telephone carriers supplying our product to their user base, and these additional funds will enable the company to better support those new contracts.”
In August the company announced it was in the process of raising $1.5 million in equity with funds coming through a private placement with “Triscreen Media Group (TMG) agreeing to invest a further $500,000 as part of the placement”.
At the time of the announcement it said it was confident of “achieving at least $1.5 million under this placement”.
Early in December, the company also announced it had signed its first major continental European deal with Telefonica Spain.
MOKO.mobi raises $1m
Computerworld Australia
FlyTheSouthAfricanFlag.mobi - SA National Pride Campaign - fifa
December 7, 2009
The world will be watching – and you can be there!
Learn more about our National Flag and enter the competition to win tickets to the FIFA Confederations Cup 2009. The champions are coming …
This mobile site was built on behalf of ‘Brand South Africa‘ which is the International Marketing Council of South Africa.
Further promotion for FlyTheSouthAfricanFlag.mobi can be found on one of their other official portals:
http://www.southafrica.info/2010/flytheflagforfootball.htm
‘Brabys’ launches mobile site at ‘Brabys.mobi’
December 7, 2009
Brabys is one of the leading business & shopping directories in South Africa.
Promotion:
www.brabys.com
www.brabys.com/landingpages/BrabysMOBI
The cctld pc site can be found at Brabys.co.za , it has an alexa of 62,000. Their .com site, Brabys.com, has an alexa rank of 29,000. This is obviously globally. In South Africa and Africa, the rank is in the low xxx range.
You can’t miss their .mobi promotion when visiting the pc .com site:
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Screenshot of Brabys.mobi site:
Malaysia Airlines launches Mobile Site: ‘Flymas.mobi’
December 7, 2009
Malaysia Airlines
Malaysia Airlines have launched their mobile website at FlyMas.mobi
Carry Malaysia Airlines in your pocket with MHmobile
Promotion:
http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/MHmobile
http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/hq/en/home.aspx
About Malaysia Airlines, from Wikipedia:
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) (Malay: Sistem Penerbangan Malaysia; Chinese: ????????; MYX: 3786) is the government-owned flag carrier airline of Malaysia. Malaysia Airlines operates flights from its home base, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, and its secondary hub in Kota Kinabalu. It has its headquarters on the grounds of Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah International Airport in Subang, Selangor.
Despite a financial restructuring exercise in 2006, Malaysia Airlines maintains a strong presence in Southeast Asia, East Asia, South Asia, Middle East and on the Kangaroo Route between Europe and Australasia. Malaysia Airlines also operated transatlantic flights from Kuala Lumpur to Newark, via Stockholm until October 2009. It operates transpacific flights from Kuala Lumpur to Los Angeles, via Taipei. In 1997, the airline flew the world’s longest non-commercial, non-stop flight from Boeing Field in Seattle to Kuala Lumpur, flying eastward passing the European and African continents and breaking the Great Circle Distance Without Landing record for an airliner on a Boeing 777-200ER longer than the record held by the Boeing 777-200LR.
Malaysia Airlines non-aeronautical revenue sources include maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), and aircraft handling. Malaysia Airlines has two airline subsidiaries: Firefly and MASwings. Firefly operates scheduled flights from its home base Penang International Airport which focus on tertiary cities, while MASwings focuses on inter-Borneo flights. Malaysia Airlines has a freighter fleet operated by MASKargo, which manages freighter flights and aircraft cargo-hold capacity for all Malaysia Airlines’ passenger flights. MASCharter is another subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines, operating charter flights using Malaysia Airlines’ aircraft. After recovering from past losses, Malaysia Airlines is keen on merger and acquisition (M&A) activities: particularly airlines in the Asia Pacific region. Malaysia Airlines was ranked second with score 88 in Aviation Week’s Top Performing Companies which accurately measures financial viability of an airline.
Since its inception in 1963, after Malayan Airways was separated into two parts, Malaysia Airlines has built up a strong brand name in the aviation industry for service and safety , coupled with numerous awards from international bodies such as Skytrax. Malaysia Airlines is accredited by International Air Transport Association with IOSA (IATA Operational Safety Audit) for its operational safety practices.
It is one of only six airlines to be given a 5-star status airline by Skytrax (the other 5 are Asiana Airlines from South Korea, Cathay Pacific from Hong Kong, Qatar Airways from Qatar, Singapore Airlines from Singapore and Kingfisher Airlines from India). Malaysia Airlines is also listed among Skytrax’s Quality Approved Airlines, alongside fellow 5-star carriers Asiana Airlines, Kingfisher Airlines and Qatar Airways .
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Check out screenshots of flymas.mobi
Homepage contains:
Home Screen.
Menu :
1. Book Flight
2. My Booking – Check booking status
3. Check in
4. Flight Status
5. Timetable
6. Contact
7. Baggage Tracker
8. Deals and Offers
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book a Flight on mobile
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Confirmation & Timetable Checks
ArriveAlive.mobi Road Safety Mobile Site
December 7, 2009
http://arrivealive.mobi/ <South Africa>
http://www.arrivealive.co.za/ Main site promoting their .mobi
http://nigeria.arrivealive.mobi/ <Nigeria>
Equipped with emergency details, road safety news, vehicle safety, safe driving & driver tips.
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ARRIVE ALIVE ROAD SAFETY INITIATIVE
Arrive Alive Road Safety Initiative (AARSI), is a duly accredited, non-governmental organization with the fundamental objectives of saving lives through enhancements of road safety awareness and ultimately, road safety culture among the citizenry.
The AARSI is committed to the awareness, adoption and observance of global road safety practices towards reduction of the huge annual losses in human and material resources through accidents on our roads. It proposes to do this through a combination of policy and legislative reform advocacy and the execution of road safety actions, in collaboration with appropriate Government Agencies, which would be funded by the private sector, donor agencies and the international road safety community.
Read at the bottom of this blog response by an AARSI Nigeria official here…
http://roadsafety.wordpress.com/2008…nefit-nigeria/
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The sponsors for this NGO includes Chevron, DHL and numerous international banks.
Here is Chevron’s site explaining AARSI program in general.
http://www.chevron.com/globalissues/…y/arrivealive/
Full promotion is all over the .co.za pc site now.
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http://www.arrivealive.co.za/news.aspx?s=1&i=1405 Promotion
On top of everything else, it seems every country has an arrivealive site, from Australia to Trinidad.
UK Met Office launch mobile site: MetOfficeMobile.mobi
December 7, 2009
The UK Met Office is perhaps the most respected meteorological & weather reporting site on the planet. Their official pc based site is & has an alexa rank of 6,801
They were savvy enough to register all major extensions, and all the .com, .info, .org, .org.uk , .co.uk etc. variants point to their www.metoffice.gov.uk site
With 2 exceptions. They own metoffice.mobi & metofficemobile.mobi . The first domain is a redirect to their stand alone mobile site at metofficemobile.mobi
A screenshot of the mobile site’s homepage can be seen below:
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The Met Office, ‘about themselves’…………..
“We are one of the world’s leading providers of environmental and weather-related services. Our solutions and services meet the needs of many communities of interest… from the general public, government and schools, through broadcasters and online media, to civil aviation and almost every other industry sector - in the UK and around the world.
Customers are the top priority for the Met Office, whether the general public, or a company.
Our staff, customers and visitors are encouraged to use environmentally sustainable means of travel to visit Met Office locations.
We are committed to meeting our objectives in a sustainable way and acting in a positive manner in our dealings with our staff, customers, suppliers and the wider community.”
Better still, when searching for ‘met office mobile’ on Google, it displays the metofficemobile.mobi site with the top results, along with pc site pages of promotion for the .mobi site. Personally I think they should have run with the shorter metoffice.mobi url, but I guess it’s just to help the public, in their eyes.
Again, they tell people on their mobile site as you would expect : metofficemobile.mobi/url
I would like to see a simple text link ‘mobile’ or an icon on their pc site on the homepage to educate their visitors to their pc site, so they are more aware of the mobile version when out and about, however they do have a page dedicated to promoting the mobile site www.metoffice.gov.uk/media/mobilevideo.html
See below………………..
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We found the site clean, slick, easy to use and navigate. I hope they build the site out even further, and look forward to even more promotion also. Radio adverts would be great. Even banner ads on mobile sites also, like weather.mobi used in their campaigns.
Orlando.mobi launched! Orlando Mobile
December 6, 2009
orlando.mobi is now live!
Our first instinct is to say what a beautiful, easy to navigate mobile site. With Florida attracting over 45 million tourists every year, Orlando was crying out for a defacto mobile site for it’s visitors, who are, let’s face it, mainly on the go!
The site scores 5/5 with Ready.mobi and loads instantly on your mobile phone. Mobile visitors can find all relevant information at their fingertips including, Weather, Restaurants, News, Things to do, & of course hotels.
In fact tourists can choose from over 80,000 hotels worldwide when accessing Lodging.mobi which is the mobile site that powers the accommodation search and provision.
We hope you enjoy exploring we believe the best and most useful orlando mobile site on the web.
