域名|Chinese Perspective

[Kassey Lee]

I believe only short and easy-to-remember domain names are sustainable, regardless of where in the world you live and which cultural background you come from.

Now that the Chinese domain market has become a hot topic, I myself want to understand this trend too. Is there any real meaning behind each domain name sold in China? Here, I'd like to share with you what I've found as I read the Chinese news everyday.

GZX.com
GZX can stand for 更自信 (even more self-confident) which can be used in many fields such as education, self-help, and even consumer products to raise your self image.

XLY.com
XLY can stand for 夏令营 (summer camp) or 新领域 (new field) which can be used in recreation and high-tech products.

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[Kassey Lee]

E-commerce site selling booze. 9=Wine

I've also seen quite a few LLL9 .com names selling wine in China where 9 is used to rhyme with "wine".

 

[AGermanGuy]

Hey kassey, how are .wang and .win doing in china?

 

[AGermanGuy]

Hm, for some reason i cant edit.

What I wanted to edit was, if you think its worth regging/buying LLL.wangs?

 

[London555]

I would urge all interested in Chinese domains to sign up for @Kassey Lee newsletter that comes out each day. It's free and very informative and you can ask him questions right there and he responds within a day or two every time.

 

[AGermanGuy]

I would urge all interested in Chinese domains to sign up for @Kassey Lee newsletter that comes out each day. It's free and very informative and you can ask him questions right there and he responds within a day or two every time.

Yeah, did an hour ago. Also subscribed to dngeek. his blog is basically the same just for brandables

 

[abdou01]

Hi @Kassey Lee
I received an offer for "ff.ma" @ 4.cn, does ff or ffma have any meaning in China?
Thanks,

 

[London555]

Yeah, did an hour ago. Also subscribed to dngeek. his blog is basically the same just for brandables

Actually as you see and read them they are very different. You'll like them both.

 

[talent001]

Hey kassey, how are .wang and .win doing in china?

.wang and .win not primary in China, Just in secondary do brand protection.

 

[MoMo.Domains]

Will number 82 or 28 have any significance in China?
I have 8282 and 8228 in .ch and just checking which market should I target

Thanks

 

[Kassey Lee]

Chinese Domain News

5TV, video platform known for creative production, received Series A funding recently. Official website is 5tv.com. 5 rhymes with 我 (me) so 5TV implies original TV shows for "me". >>

.cn is No 2 in ccTLD behind .tk. See http://www.verisign.com/assets/domain-name-report-july2016.pdf. Considering genuine end user demand, .cn will take over .tk to become No. 1 in ccTLD in due time. >>

2110.com sold for $25k (165k yuan) in July 20 auction. 2110 rhymes with 爱依依你 (love to rely on you). >>

LL + English may work. Tour operator 梦想 (Meng Xiang) just received $6m (40m yuan) funding to expand its tour business. Official website is on MXtrip.cn. >>

Today's Post
Translation: the picture of an elegant Chinese lady >>

 

[Kassey Lee]

Hey kassey, how are .wang and .win doing in china?

You can use Namestat.org to compare their registrations with other new extensions and see whether they are popular.

What I wanted to edit was, if you think its worth regging/buying LLL.wangs?

They are short, so maybe. I am the worst domain appraiser in the world so I don't know their values.

I would urge all interested in Chinese domains to sign up

Thanks for the kind words. Yes, questions are welcome but please don't ask me to appraise domain names, for the reason stated earlier.

I received an offer for "ff.ma" @ 4.cn, does ff or ffma have any meaning in China?

FF may mean 发发 (make a fortune) but I have not come across the .ma extension until now, so no idea about it.

Will number 82 or 28 have any significance in China?
I have 8282 and 8228 in .ch and just checking which market should I target

82 rhymes with 不饿 (not hungry) and 28 rhymes with 爱发 (love to make a fortune)

 

[WilsonM]

Hi Kassey, I am newbie in domaining and your threads on Chinese domains have been very helpful to me.

I also signed up for your newsletter and looking forward to learn about domaining in China.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I really mean it.

 

[Kassey Lee]

Chinese Domain News

Lian.com sold for $623k (4.15m yuan) in July 21 auction. Domain name was sold for $221k (1.47m yuan) only six months ago in January by overseas owner to investor in China, then sold again to another Chinese investor in March for unknown price. Speculation running high! Lian may mean 廉 (cheap), 恋 (to love), 联 (contact), 连 (link), or 脸 (face). >>

CC.cn sold recently for low 6 figures (low 7 figures yuan). CC may mean 吃穿 (eat and wear), 出差 (business trip), or财产 (wealth). >>

5N .com selling well. Domain investor Aqiang (啊强=nickname) recently sold fifty 5N .com in bulk transaction for more than $300k (2m yuan). In separate transactions, 66613.com and 88910.com also sold for more than $15k (100k yuan) each. >>

LXY.com sold for $47k (310k yuan) in recent auction. LXY may mean 乐逍遥 (a happy and free life style), 流行乐 (pop music), or 量血压 (measure blood pressure), >>

Today's Post
At the garbage dump #1 >>

 

[Kassey Lee]

@WilsonM, You are welcome. Namepros is an excellent place to learn. I have not found anything similar in China. Enjoy the newsletter. If you have any question, just use the Q&A link in the newsletter to send me the question.

 

[AGermanGuy]

Hey Kassey,

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.

Also, does NNLL have less value for chinese than LLNN or doesnt it matter if it begins with numbers or letters?

 

[London555]

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

 

[London555]

@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.

 

[London555]

Xinggan.ch and eXinggan.com

 

[Kassey Lee]

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 >>

Today's Post
China's bulls and bears >>

 

[Kassey Lee]

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?

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...

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

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.

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

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