域名|Chinese Perspective

Wenhouka.com Just got this name -it's a long term hold for us.

@Kassey Lee I thought you and others may find this of interest. We just got an email-from china-on one of our names-it didnt work out but the fellow asked if we had any ".vc" NN or LL names. So if anyone has any drop me a note and ill give you the guys info. He's a real buyer.

Xinggan.ch and eXinggan.com

Chinese Domain News

1212.vip and 1919.vip sold on West.cn recently for $1.8 k (12k yuan) and $1.5k (10k yuan) respectively. 1212 may represent the December 12 sales festival on Taobao. 1919 is brand name of wine chainstore 1919 on 1919.cn. >>

3C warehousing strategy by Hao Nan CHEN continues. Chen recently bought two more 3C domain names: u53.com and j26.com. Prices unknwon. Warehouseing is a strategy by big investors collecting a large number of same type of domain names. (For more info on Chen, see my post coreile.com/p160702) >>

3886.com sold recently $40k (335k yuan) recently. 3 rhymes with 生(alive), 8 with 发 (make a fortune), and 6 with 六六大顺 (idiom=everything is going smoothly). >>

Short clip of Frank Schilling during World Domain Conference in China recently. He said, "We look forward to being licensed later this year to sell .link and .click and .mom and .lol here in China." That means domain names on these extensions will be able to be used to build websites in China. URL: http://wdc.yumi.com/wap/cn/video.php?title=Uniregistry CEO Frank Schilling >>

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China's bulls and bears >>

AGermanGuy said:

how do I find out what 2 letters and 2 numbers mean in chinese? Like, how did you find out that QM32 means dropcatching love each other? I am asking because i have found some NNLL domains without aeiouv04 and would like to know what meaning they have before regging them.letters?

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Try:
https://www.namepros.com/blog/how-to-create-chinese-meanings-for-numeric-domain-names.906264/
https://www.namepros.com/blog/how-to-find-acronyms-for-chinese-pinyin-domain-names.911132/
https://www.namepros.com/blog/your-guide-to-chinese-domain-names-from-a-to-z.927182/
https://www.namepros.com/blog/your-guide-to-chinese-domain-names-from-0-to-99.921830/
https://www.namepros.com/blog/chinese-acronym-domain-names-challenges-of-the-letter-e.929559/
https://www.namepros.com/blog/my-toolbox-for-translating-chinese-acronym-domain-names.931609/
https://www.namepros.com/blog/how-to-evaluate-chinese-pinyin-domain-names.925067/
and more...

London555 said:

Wenhouka.com Just got this name -it's a long term hold for us.

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问候卡 (Wen Hou Ka = greeting card) 3-pin. So it is a real term, but both Wenhouka.cn and Wenhouka.com.cn are not registered yet, according to my Whois check. Baidu search has not revealed any domain name with similar names. 生日卡 (birthday card) has 720k Baidu results and 问候卡 (greeting card) 127k. Detailed research may reveal the reason.

London555 said:

the fellow asked if we had any ".vc" NN or LL names.

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Yes, .vc is good for those in the VC business. One famous example is China.vc as covered in my Feb 22 post.

Kassey Lee said:

Try:
https://www.namepros.com/blog/how-to-create-chinese-meanings-for-numeric-domain-names.906264/
https://www.namepros.com/blog/how-to-find-acronyms-for-chinese-pinyin-domain-names.911132/
https://www.namepros.com/blog/your-guide-to-chinese-domain-names-from-a-to-z.927182/
https://www.namepros.com/blog/your-guide-to-chinese-domain-names-from-0-to-99.921830/
https://www.namepros.com/blog/chinese-acronym-domain-names-challenges-of-the-letter-e.929559/
https://www.namepros.com/blog/my-toolbox-for-translating-chinese-acronym-domain-names.931609/
https://www.namepros.com/blog/how-to-evaluate-chinese-pinyin-domain-names.925067/
and more...


问候卡 (Wen Hou Ka = greeting card) 3-pin. So it is a real term, but both Wenhouka.cn and Wenhouka.com.cn are not registered yet, according to my Whois check. Baidu search has not revealed any domain name with similar names. 生日卡 (birthday card) has 720k Baidu results and 问候卡 (greeting card) 127k. Detailed research may reveal the reason.

Yes, .vc is good for those in the VC business. One famous example is China.vc as covered in my Feb 22 post.

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Kassey- for the protection of Wenhouka.com we just bought the .cn so thank you for bringing this to our attention. We think this name has real potential so owning both is important. Thank you again.

Shengriheka.com ( and .cn) another long term hold for us. ( a bit longer than we'd like but still ok)

Chinese Domain News

Videos, photos, and stories about recent World Domain Conference now available mostly in Chinese on http://wdc.yumi.com/wap/cn/index.php. >>

New extensions sell. 8.show sold for $915 (6.5k yuan). 8 may also suggest 八卦(gossip), so 8.show makes sense as gossip show. 9.show sold earlier for $1.1k (7.5k yuan). Also sold was 4.fish $130 (888 yuan). >>

TYW.com sold for more than $81k (540k yuan) in recent auction. YW may mean 天涯网 (faraway place net), 体育网 (sports net), or 铁友网 (railway friend net). >>

XRR.com sold for $47k (310k yuan) in recent auction. XRR may mean 新日日 (new day), 信任人 (trust people), or 信任融 (financing with trust). >>

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A piece of gem buried in a .club presentation >>

Shengrika.cn (.com was taken but this .cn-we think-is a very good end user name for the right company or developer with 750K hits as Kassey mentioned above)

Chinese Domain News

Quite a few .vip domain names developed into sites: 2kdy.vip (movie), Ttkdy.vip (movie), Ffys.vip (hot movie, tv), and Acgo.vip (Japanese animation). VIP implies quality and belonging to special group. >>

First domain+trademark auction held July 20 on Taobao.com for general public. Event was organized by 22.cn and Alibaba group, and 20 sets of domain+trademark were sold, such as Yangmai.com, Ycd.com.cn, and Blogcn.cn. Details of trademark not publsihed. >>

4i .com rose from $900 (6,000 yuan) to over $1,140 (7,600 yuan) in last 30 days. Nine 4i .com sold on July 25 with average price $1412 (9415 yuan). >>

Growth of 4i .com can be attributed to: (1) multiple meanings for end uers to choose, (2) price cheap enough for investors as well as end users to buy, when compared with 2i or 3i, and (3) still short enough to remember. 4i .com has a large market with over 10m of small companies. >>

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Setting up the benchmark >>

Kassey Lee said:

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Quite a few .vip domain names developed into sites: 2kdy.vip (movie), Ttkdy.vip (movie), Ffys.vip (hot movie, tv), and Acgo.vip (Japanese animation). VIP implies quality and belonging to special group. >>

First domain+trademark auction held July 20 on Taobao.com for general public. Event was organized by 22.cn and Alibaba group, and 20 sets of domain+trademark were sold, such as Yangmai.com, Ycd.com.cn, and Blogcn.cn. Details of trademark not publsihed. >>

4i .com rose from $900 (6,000 yuan) to over $1,140 (7,600 yuan) in last 30 days. Nine 4i .com sold on July 25 with average price $1412 (9415 yuan). >>

Growth of 4i .com can be attributed to: (1) multiple meanings for end uers to choose, (2) price cheap enough for investors as well as end users to buy, when compared with 2i or 3i, and (3) still short enough to remember. 4i .com has a large market with over 10m of small companies. >>

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Setting up the benchmark >>

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What does "i" stand for?

Kassey Lee said:

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Quite a few .vip domain names developed into sites: 2kdy.vip (movie), Ttkdy.vip (movie), Ffys.vip (hot movie, tv), and Acgo.vip (Japanese animation). VIP implies quality and belonging to special group. >>

First domain+trademark auction held July 20 on Taobao.com for general public. Event was organized by 22.cn and Alibaba group, and 20 sets of domain+trademark were sold, such as Yangmai.com, Ycd.com.cn, and Blogcn.cn. Details of trademark not publsihed. >>

4i .com rose from $900 (6,000 yuan) to over $1,140 (7,600 yuan) in last 30 days. Nine 4i .com sold on July 25 with average price $1412 (9415 yuan). >>

Growth of 4i .com can be attributed to: (1) multiple meanings for end uers to choose, (2) price cheap enough for investors as well as end users to buy, when compared with 2i or 3i, and (3) still short enough to remember. 4i .com has a large market with over 10m of small companies. >>

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Setting up the benchmark >>

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Kassey-what would be the meaning-if anything-of our bjbj1.com and what type of Beijing end user might use a name like this? Thank you.

Chinese Domain News

QP.cn sold for $135k (900k yuan) in recent auction. QP may mean 抢票 (grab ticket), 汽配 (auto parts), or 旗袍 (Chinese-style dress). >>

ML.net sold for $30k (200k yuan) in recent auction. ML may mean 魅力 (charm), 魔力 (magic power), or 美丽 (beautiful). >>

Luan.com sold for close to $75k (500k yuan) in July 26 auction. Luan can be used as 1-pin such as 乱 (disorder), 卵 (egg), or 銮 (imperial). It can also be used as 2-pin (Lu An) which may be 六安 (Lu An city), 潞安 (geo, food name, etc.), or 路安 (peaceful journey). >>

H9.cn sold for $49k (325k yuan) in recent auction. H9 may mean 好酒 (good wine), 喝酒 (drink wine), 很久 (a long time), 红酒 (red wine), or 怀旧 (nostalgia). >>

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Frank Schilling's speech and interview at World Domain Conference >>

AGermanGuy said:

What does "i" stand for?

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i stands for initial consonant in Pinyin. Do a search on it for details.

London555 said:

Kassey-what would be the meaning-if anything-of our bjbj1.com and what type of Beijing end user might use a name like this? Thank you.

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BJ may mean 保健 (health care), 比较 (compare), 北京 (Beijing), 报价 (price quote), or 搬家 (move to a different address). Research is required to identify end users.

Hi @Kassey Lee

Hope you're doing well. I would like your opinion on a type of domain name if you don't mind? What do you think of a NLLLLN.com? Where N will be the number 8 and LLLL will be a popular Chinese surname. Do you think this type of domain will be of significant value to anyone in the Chinese market?

Apologies if this has been asked before. I'm not sure how to search for or find posts of the nature!

@GAhmed, welcome. There's no need to apologize. I'm not smarter than you are. I only started earlier than you did. OK. about the pattern NLLLLN.com. I have not seen any Chinese company using this pattern. Usually, 4L is marginal (used mainly by small Chinese companies) and 5L and beyond are rare. When it comes to patterned type domain names, the chips experts may know more. I'm ignorant of chips so can't help.

Kassey Lee said:

@GAhmed, welcome. There's no need to apologize. I'm not smarter than you are. I only started earlier than you did. OK. about the pattern NLLLLN.com. I have not seen any Chinese company using this pattern. Usually, 4L is marginal (used mainly by small Chinese companies) and 5L and beyond are rare. When it comes to patterned type domain names, the chips experts may know more. I'm ignorant of chips so can't help.

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Thanks for getting back. I've just been reading your guides on Chinese numbers and letters. Interesting posts!

The reason I'm pursuing a NLLLLN.com domain is because after reading an article on here on popular surnames (not sure if I'm allowed to repost the link again?), I thought I'd search what domain names were available to hand reg on godaddy.

The only combination that I thought was good and available was the number 8 before and after the surname. But after reading your post on Chinese numbers I realised the number 8 by itself stood for "bar"?! I had the understanding that the number 8 in general was a lucky number? So not sure if other combination of numbers with 8 (for wealth) will be better?

Chinese Domain News

In interview with West.in during World Domain Conference, Crystal Peterson of Neustar pinpointed .co and .biz in partnership with West.in. Will .biz see growth in China? Interview in Chinese can be found at http://news.west.cn/7923.html. >>

VR market said to be $231m (1.5b yuan) in 2015 to grow to $829m (5.7b yuan) in 2016, then $8.3b (55b yuan) in 2020. VR.cn was sold for close to $1.5m (10m yuan) a while ago, and VRChina.com is already a developed VR site. >>

ZZZ.cn sold for high 5 figures (mid 6-figure yuan) recently to investor. ZZZ may mean 转转转 (turn, turn, turn), 赚赚赚 (make money, make money, make money), 制造者 (maker), or 主宰者 (ruler). >>

XT.com site launched. Was sold for $150k (1m yuan) in July, 2015, then $1m (6.8m yuan) in June this year. Price hike incredible! XT may mean 信托 (trust), 小兔 (small rabbit), or 祥泰 (auspicious and peaceful). >>

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GAhmed said:

I had the understanding that the number 8 in general was a lucky number? So not sure if other combination of numbers with 8 (for wealth) will be better?

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8 rhymes with many Chinese characters, such as 不 (no), 发 (make a fortune), 吧 (bar), 抱 (hug), 拜 (bye), and 爸 (father). So, must see the actual name to determine the meaning.

Kassey Lee said:

8 rhymes with many Chinese characters, such as 不 (no), 发 (make a fortune), 吧 (bar), 抱 (hug), 拜 (bye), and 爸 (father). So, must see the actual name to determine the meaning.

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The name I'm interested in hand registering is 8Zhou8.com

The post I read on surnames is titled "Domain Data: Surnames, Part Two. What Is a Last Name Worth?" in the blog section.

I am thinking along the lines of combining numbers with one of the popular surnames that sold for $45K+.

Am I thinking along the right lines here? I'm a little afraid of getting things wrong and offending someone. My knowledge of the Chinese language is pretty much non-existent!

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5760.com and 9103.com sold for about $20k (130k yuan) each. With 3N becoming so expensive, 4N domain names are still attractive for end users. >>

Gou.net sold for high 5 figures (mid 6-figure yuan) to end user. Gou is 1-pin and may mean 购 (buy), 沟 (a ditch), or 狗 (dog). >>

XKT.com sold for $51k (342k yuan) in recent auction. XKT may mean 新课堂 (new classroom) or 修空调 (repair air conditioners). >>

KKK.cn sold for high 5 figures (mid 6-figure yuan). KKK may mean 快快快 (hurry up), 看看看 (look!), or 酷酷酷 (cool). >>

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At the garbage dump #2 >>

GAhmed said:

I am thinking along the lines of combining numbers with one of the popular surnames that sold for $45K+.

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I have never thought about such combination. Baidu search does not have any hint of such pattern, so I'm not sure if it has any application for end users.

Kassey Lee said:

I have never thought about such combination. Baidu search does not have any hint of such pattern, so I'm not sure if it has any application for end users.

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Hmmm. Think I need to read in to it more. Things are unclear to me about the Chinese language let alone the Chinese domain market!

Chinese Domain News

.top website development. Vinus developed Vinus.top for the Chinese market, but Vinus.cn is owned by someone else and not resolve. Why didn't they try to buy Vinus.cn? >>

.vip sites spotted: Clud.vip (music fan club for teens) and Exofanclub.vip (fan club of Korean pop group). >>

VS.com recently developed into website by startup Ying Tou (盈透). The company offers technology products. However, domain name does not match company name. Research gave no hint on naming logic. >>

English words used in Chinese domain name. Mailchat.cn recently received $450k (3m yuan) funding from angel investor to expand email services. >>

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Thunayan K. Al-Ghanim at World Domain Conference >>

Why didn't they try to buy Vinus.cn
maybe they did try ?