Dot-Mobi Reaches 200,000 Mark
November 1, 2006 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The registry operator for the new .mobi top-level domain (pc.mtld.mobi) announced on Tuesday it has reached two major milestones since its public launch in September.
DotMobi says the general demand for .mobi names continues to grow rapidly as it domain name sales broke the 200,000 mark with more than 218,000 registrations by customers in 104 countries around the world. In addition, during the auction, DotMobi says the first set of .mobi premium domain names generated some of the highest market demand seen in 2006 for higher value domain names.
The first set of nine .mobi premium domain names were auctioned during the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East conference on October 27 and achieved record results for new top-level domains. Flowers.mobi and fun.mobi sold for $200,000 and $100,000 respectively and are among the top 20 domain sales for 2006.
“It is obvious that dot-mobi strikes a chord with content providers large and small who want to build a direct to consumer mobile channel,” says Neil Edwards, CEO of DotMobi. “Dot-mobi provides the first open solution for Internet-based content on a mobile phone that the average person can afford and access. We are excited to see such a positive and strong market response to dot-mobi this early in our business.”
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