The first all-mobile auction site

Ebay, watch out, there's a new kid in town. Selling is free at MobMart and you can manage the whole process from your phone.

To sell something, just snap a picture and sent it to 07720 11 00 22 and fill in the simple form with the details. There is no charge for selling an item.

MobMart is the first auction site to let you do everything from your mobile; sell, browse, bid and pay. Because you're using your camera phone, you can post video clips too. This means you can create your own TV ads too which I think is a really nice touch.

It also has online features so you can do all this from the comfort of your desktop or laptop if you wish. You'll get a text message when bids are placed on your items or when you're out-bid. And the team has done their best to keep everything simple so it's really easy for you to sell stuff and find a buyer quickly. And you can pay from your mobile using Luup too. But if you find any glitches or hitches, they'll be all ears I'm sure as they're the kind of folks who actually care about your experience as a customer (after all, one of the team is also behind the wonderful MoblogUK).

And if that's not enough, there's a fab competition starting on Monday 9th October. The MobMart team will be looking for the "best" item posted each day and giving the seller £50. That might be the biggest, the smallest, the craziest, the best video, or just the most well crafted sales pitch. So that's a really nice incentive... not only are there no seller fees, but you might well find a buyer and you're in with a chance of winning 50 quid. Can't be bad.

• To sell, snap a picture, send it to 07720 11 00 22 and fill in the simple form.

• To browse and buy just text "MOBMART" to 80988 to get the link to your phone or go straight to http://mobmart.mobi/ on your phone if you want to type in the wapsite URL.

• To browse online, go to http://www.mobmart.com/

Now, I need to go and find some things to sell and get my creative juices going to create my own TV ad...

It's Friday, have some fun

and be your own Jackson Pollock.



Via Ben

NMK does it again

Had a fab time at the NMK event earlier this week 'New Directions in Mobile'. A great turn out, with a lively audience with lots of questions and discussions which is how I like it. Ewan's written up a summary of Alfie's session and I'll be writing up some notes too from my session (by popular request!). I expect Deirdre will do the full write-up in due course.

In the meantime, I've booked to attend 'My So-Called Second Life' on 24 October also run by NMK. Virtual reality and massively multi-player games are on my radar but I've never really got into it but I know it's huge. I've spoken to a few folks about their love for Second Life and I find it fascinating but until I upgrade my computer, I won't be venturing there (my hard drive and processor just won't cope with the software and I don't want to kill the damn thing!). I'm also really interested in the learning angle of Second Life and virtual communities (there are seminars and classes streamed into SL) and also the commercial opportunities (like Adidas setting up their own island recently). So this is a good chance for me to really check it out and get the lowdown.

Anyone fancy joining me? Tickets are a very reasonable £80 (or a bargain £50 for freelancers) for an afternoon of information, discussion and debate. Oh, and I expect there'll be some networking thrown in.

Flashmob clubbing is gonna strike Liverpool St next Wednesday

Mobile Clubbing returns on Wednesday 11 October 2006 at London's Liverpool Street Station at precisely 19:24.

There are some rules to follow:

1. Bring your favourite dance music and walkman/mp3/ipod/phone with you

2. Arrive at the station at around 19:15

3. No dancing before 19:24

4. Spread out throughout the whole station concourse

5. When the clock strikes 19:24 DANCE LIKE CRAZY!!

6. Try not to dance in one place

7. Dance like you've never danced before

8. Dance for as long as you can

9. Enjoy :)

Don't worry, you'll be one of many (apparently) and there are also events happening on the same day in New York, Paris and Madrid.

Unfortunately I won't make it as I'll be otherwise engaged with my brownies in South London (I've just received my 5-year long-service award). But if you do go, be sure and take some photos.

Mobile clubbing photo from willismonroe at flickr
Story via Trendcatching.

Added Thurs 12 Oct. It seems that a few folks turned up at Liverpool Street last night and there's a link here to a short video clip of the event over at youtube. It's well worth a watch. Thanks to Anthony for sharing the link!








And there are photos over at flickr here and here. Photo from Monkeys & Kiwis.

It's a 5th Birthday Party

Ok, so the nights are drawing in and the weather is on the turn and we're into Autumn. But never fear, Swedish Beers is here! And not only that, it's our 5th birthday (how time flies) so come and help us celebrate with a beer or two on Tuesday 17th October courtesy of our wonderful sponsor for the evening Bango (http://www.bango.com). If you fancy a drink and a chat, have a vaguely passing interest in things mobile and media then Swedish Beers is for you. No presentations, no speakers, nothing formal - just turn up and mingle.

Swedish Beers – Tuesday 17th October, 6.30 pm at the Nordic Bar.
Swedish Beers is held in London at the Nordic Bar at 25 Newman St, London W1 – (nearest Tube – Goodge St or Tottenham Court Rd). The Nordic Bar’s web page is at http://www.nordicbar.com/. You’ll find us in the back bar.

About our sponsor
Bango helps content providers maximize their mobile revenue opportunities. The mobile internet is opening up a huge potential market for content providers and using Bango's open, global platform, you can take advantage of this opportunity immediately. Bango removes the complexity of selling content off-portal by understanding the direct-to-consumer market and what content providers need to be successful. Follow the lead taken by MTV, The Sun newspaper, Discovery Networks and Sony BMG to build a profitable, direct relationship with consumers on mobile.

Check them out at http://www.bango.com and of course, I'm sure a few of the team will be with us on the 17th. As will a fair few of their clients I expect.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Skål

Helen, Steve and the team from Bango

Geekdinner tonight in London with Howard Rheingold

Looks like it's a last minute thing but Howard Rheingold is in town tonight, 22nd September - author of SmartMobs. Ian's organising a geekdinner - which will probably be a dinner rather than just drinks. Find out how to sign up over at the geekdinner blog. I'm a bit networked out this week what with Mobile Content World 'n all, but if I get second-wind, I'll be there.