Anything to learn form this bidding war of yizhe.com ?

[Primary Names]

Currently there is a bidding war going on at GD for the auction of a domain named yizhe.com. It has reached $11000 at this moment with 78 bids. I tried to search what yizhe for what it means or is associated with, thinking maybe that is the factor. But all google search returns was a name of an asian guy.

Now there is one thing going for it - the domain age. It is 17 years old. But I dont think it is reason enough for someone to pay $11K for it. I have seen lot of crappy names that are very old with zero value. I also looked if it meant anything in chinese or japanese - but nada.

I just want to learn if there is a pattern I am missing ? What is happenning here ?

Here is the link to the auction - auctions.godaddy.com/trpItemListing.aspx?domain=yizhe.com

 

[CrocodileDundee]

Has some chinese meaning;

https://chinese.yabla.com/chinese-english-pinyin-dictionary.php?define=yi+zhe

 

[Primary Names]

@CrocodileDundee thnks for chiming in. I dont think the meaning is strong enough though

 

[Haris]

.vip and .org developed. And a more detailed research will definitely help find more potential bidders.

 

[barefooted]

It seems also it is a Chinese name - for example https://www.linkedin.com/in/yizhe-zhang-2b615b51

 

[RCO]

one thing that you can learn from this is: never get caught into a bidding war

 

[Primary Names]

yizhe.cn redirects to henkuai.com/forum.php which seems to be a programming related site. yizhe.net does not resolve to anything. The only interesting guys seem to be yizhe.org which seem to be a group of people around chinese medicine and phoilosophy. Maybe these guys are after the .com version.

I am not certain at this moment else I would probably suspect some form of manipulation. IF NOT, then I am very very keen to know how do you drive a useless name to such top dollars.

 

[Haris]

@Kassey Lee Your input would be appreciated.

 

[Silentptnr]

I would say it is because it sounds like Yi Zheng. Yi Zheng is a city in China and also the name of a chinese billionaire. Yi Zheng is #36 on forbes list of the richest people.

 

[TheWatcher]

Domaining hype!

Just one of many reason other domainers are broke (or maybe rich)

 

[ResoluteDomains]

What is to learn? What I think is that there is always a buyer for a domain, sometimes more than one. The domain just has to get in front of the eyes of that potential buyer. So just because you own a name for many years and its got a few offers or maybe even none, doesnt necessarily mean there are no buyers. Domains need exposure. It only costs $8 something to renew a name. If its getting type-in traffic and/or offers - renew it. Hey, I could be wrong but many names I've sold have been held for a long time (> 5 years) and many that I have dropped have been picked up by companies -- so I know there are end-users out there. Exposure.

 

[168]

@CrocodileDundee thnks for chiming in. I dont think the meaning is strong enough though

look at the meaning of Yi and Zhe separately There are lots of possibilities good ones too

 

[168]

yizhe.cn redirects to henkuai.com/forum.php which seems to be a programming related site. yizhe.net does not resolve to anything. The only interesting guys seem to be yizhe.org which seem to be a group of people around chinese medicine and phoilosophy. Maybe these guys are after the .com version.

I am not certain at this moment else I would probably suspect some form of manipulation. IF NOT, then I am very very keen to know how do you drive a useless name to such top dollars.

It probably is the .org owners as it can mean "medical experience"


Yi Zheng is also a medical pharma company in china

 

[Kassey Lee]

@Kassey Lee Your input would be appreciated.

Can mean 一折 (10% discount). A quick Baidu search reveals excellent upgrade for 1Yizhe.com and likely few more companies.

 

[usernamex]

Auction has been stopped and restarted

 

[RGkiiing]

maybe kanye wants it

 

[Lox]

Yizhe Clothing Factory? Last year they got the deal with Walmart. Or meaning 译者 = Translator

 

[urlurl]

if i don't 110% know, i don't buy