dotMobi's having an auction

Ever fancied getting your hands on a really cool .mobi domain name, but found it was taken? You might be in luck, as some of the 5,500 commonly used words the registry ‘reserved’ before offering registrations to the public are to be auctioned off  via Sedo starting this Wednesday.

“The mobile web is bigger than the PC-based, wired web with more than 1.6 billion Internet-enabled consumers walking around the world. Brands need an easy-to-remember way to attract consumers on the go. dotMobi has one of the highest sought-after list of in-demand domain names in the world,” said David Ryder, dotMobi’s VP of Marketing and Sales. “dotMobi is selling these highly- sought after names through Sedo because they are one of the main places on the Internet where brand managers search for domain names.”
Tim Schumacher, CEO of Sedo, said, “dotMobi’s premium names are specifically designed for people wanting to reach a mobile audience. Sedo’s buyers have been lining up for more than a year now to get a chance to buy these dotMobi names. We are excited that dotMobi will use us as their first online auction.

Full information, including the list of auction names, is located on the dotMobi web site at http://premiumauction.mobi/.