dotmobi.gifDas Wall Street Journal hat einen ausführlichen Artikel zur Nutzung von .mobi Domains durch kleinere Unternehmen.

Johannes Tromp says the Web site for his South Carolina bed-and-breakfast generates good business. But last fall, he found a way to reach even more potential customers: He made a version of the site for cellphones.

Mr. Tromp signed up for a mobile Web address with the newly available suffix “dot-mobi” and used a self-starter kit from a company called Roundpoint Ltd. to build www.kilburnie.mobi, the mobile site for his Inn at Craig Farm. He says he’s gotten a surprisingly good response, with 30 to 40 new calls per month from interested travelers who heard of his inn by accessing the cellphone site.

“For people to find me, I have to make myself available any way I can,” says Mr. Tromp, a Dutch native who was general manager of the Windows on the World restaurant in the World Trade Center before moving south for a career in hospitality.
Die Kritik an der mTLD ist ja bis heute nicht verstummt, dass Unternehmen sich die .mobi Domains eigentlich nur sichern, aber nicht nutzen.

Skeptics say a lot of companies are probably registering dot-mobi addresses just as a defensive measure — to prevent other start-ups from registering the same name and diluting their brands and trademarks. The company estimates that more than 17% of the 475,000 dot-mobi domains it has registered since it launched last summer are in use with live content.
Interessant finde ich auch den Hinweis auf die Preise von Bango2go, über dessen Start ich ja erst kürzlich geschrieben hatte.

In March, Bango rolled out Bango2Go, which offers small businesses hosting and mobile Web development as well as software that lets companies track who is visiting their site and bill customers for purchases. Bango’s introductory package is $1,000, plus ongoing maintenance fees that will usually be a few hundred dollars. For bigger companies who want a more elaborate site with more content, the Bango fee is about $5,000.

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