{"id":106,"date":"2010-02-01T16:43:41","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T16:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.above.com\/blog\/?p=106"},"modified":"2013-10-17T20:55:11","modified_gmt":"2013-10-17T09:55:11","slug":"mobi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.above.com\/blog\/mobi","title":{"rendered":".mobi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ringtone.mobi.jpg\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/ringtone.mobi.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;\" width=\"167\" height=\"113\" \/><\/span>.mobi is a sponsored <a href=\"http:\/\/www.above.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/top-level-domain.html\">TLD<\/a> which provides the Internet to mobile phones. .mobi domains are made to be viewed on mobile phone screens. .mobi registry is sponsored by Nokia, Samsung, T-Mobile, VISA, Vodafone, Afilias, Ericsson, Microsoft, Google and other international mobile identities.<\/p>\n<p>.mobi was approved by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.above.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/icann.html\">ICANN<\/a> on July 11, 2005 and then made available for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.above.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/register-registrar-registrant-registry-what-does-it-all-mean.html\">registration<\/a> from the 26th of Sept 2006.<\/p>\n<p>As mobile phones replace every day computers it may be worthwhile for you to look into the .mobi extensions.&nbsp; Before purchasing a .mobi extension you need to deem whether marketing via the Internet will benefit your business.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nTop .mobi sales:<br \/>Flowers.mobi $200,000 (2006)<br \/>Poker.mobi $150,000 (2007)<br \/>RingTones.mobi $145,000 (2007)<br \/>Casino.mobi $135,000 (2009)<br \/>SportsBook.mobi $129,800 (2007)<br \/>Rates.mobi $3,303 (2010)<\/p>\n<p>As you can see, with the above figures, the .mobi market has declined since the highest .mobi sale in 2006. <\/p>\n<p>Rates.mobi was sold for $3,303 at the beginning of 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the domain industry have acknowledged this decline and believe that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.above.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/top-level-domain.html\">TLD<\/a> will continue to decline each year. <\/p>\n<p>The decrease in .mobi sales is due to fact that mobile phones did not back the .mobi platform and software plugins are being introduced for mobile phones through websites; this has defeated the need for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.above.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/top-level-domain.html\">TLD<\/a>, .mobi.<\/p>\n<p>In comparison to other <a href=\"http:\/\/www.above.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/top-level-domain.html\">TLD<\/a>&#8216;s; RealEstate.mobi sold for $85,000 and RealEstate.net sold for $300,000. 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