Many Chinese companies use Pinyin domain names to run their businesses. However, many of them later upgrade from their long Pinyin name to the short acronym equivalent. If you own an acronym domain name, such as LL, LLL, or LLLL, you may already have potential buyers for your domain name.
Here's a tip you can try to find potential buyers even if you don't know Chinese. This tip probably works best for .com domain names because .com is still the most preferred extension in China's corporate world. Also, LLLL is likely the longest you can go because there aren't many Chinese companies using five or more Pinyin words for their company names.
Suppose you own XYZ.com, here are the steps to find potential Chinese buyers:
Please share with us your experience.
Here's a tip you can try to find potential buyers even if you don't know Chinese. This tip probably works best for .com domain names because .com is still the most preferred extension in China's corporate world. Also, LLLL is likely the longest you can go because there aren't many Chinese companies using five or more Pinyin words for their company names.
Suppose you own XYZ.com, here are the steps to find potential Chinese buyers:
- Visit Google Translate.
- In the input box, enter
XYZ. - Look for Chinese characters below the input box:
下一站. - Paste
下一站into Yabla. - Check the result:
xià yī zhàn. - Visit domain names using the result: xiayizhan.cn, xiayizhan.com.cn, and other desired extensions (TLDs).
- If there is an active site, click around and pay close attention to pictures of retail stores, factories, a location map of branches, etc. to get a feel for the size of the company and the nature of its business. You can also use Google Translate to translate the site.
- If the sites don't list a way to contact them, you may be able to do a WHOIS lookup on those domain names to uncover the registrants' contact information.
Please share with us your experience.
