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news Alibaba had to re-brand its online booking business, because of losing its brand domain!

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Qqm.com was sold for ¥348,000 CNY (approximately $51,100 USD) in an auction.

Nzs.com was sold for ¥240,000 CNY (approximately $35,200 USD) in an auction.

Sh.cc (short for ShangHai) was sold for ¥600,000 CNY (approximately $88,230 USD) in an auction.

Hz.cc (short for HangZhou) was sold for ¥300,000 CNY (approximately $44,110 USD) in an auction.

Xm.cc (short for XiaMen) was sold for ¥251,000 CNY (approximately $36,910 USD) in an auction.

Yg.cc was sold for ¥160,000 CNY (approximately $23,520 USD) in an auction.

9727.com was sold for six-figure CNY, the seller didn’t tell us the price, only said less than ¥300,000 CNY.

81186.com was sold for ¥25,000 CNY (approximately $3,680 USD) in an auction.

87638.com was sold for ¥23,000 CNY (approximately $3,380 USD) in an auction.

91111.cn and 92222.cn was sold for ¥21,000 CNY (approximately $3,090 USD) in an auction.

Dmkd.com was sold for ¥21,000 CNY (approximately $3,090 USD) in an auction.

Mfdj.com was sold for ¥21,000 CNY (approximately $3,090 USD) in an auction.

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Alitrip (Chinese name was Qu A), a travel booking business owned by Alibaba. Yesterday, they announced that they have re-branded as Fliggy, Chinese name is FeiZhu(Flying-Pig). Two years ago, Alibaba announced that they were going to enter into the online booking business, the sub-unit Alitrip named the new brand Qu A. However, the domain name qua.com was soon acquired by its competitor qunar.com at a high price. Qu A has had a very difficult time building up its business, and now they kinda have no other choice, but re-branding.

Right now, unlike the first brand Qu A, Alitrip paid great importance to the brand domain name this time. They have acquired Fliggy.com on Oct.17th 2016, and registered Fliggy.us, Fliggy.hk and Fliggy.tw on Oct. 14th 2016. They also own the pinyin of their Chinese brand name Feizhu.com/.net/.cn.

To qunar.com, it was a great success acquiring competitor’s brand domain, though a high price, but it could not be higher than marketing fees. And to Alitrip, it is an unforgettable lesson. Think about how much they need to spend on new domains and new marketing plans. What a pity.

According to Chaomi.cc’s data, on Oct. 27th, the total sales volume was 29967, and the total sales turnover was ¥3,337,020 CNY (approximately $490,730 USD).
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