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.

New: Follow my blog posts on NamePros for updates.

 

[Kassey Lee]

Maybe He wants also my BJWTV.com :P

Maybe you want to contact him.

 

[Goncalo]

@ChinaMobi

Thanks for your help.

What I'm triyng to say is that if these names are all acronyms, they can only be using these initial characters - including ZH, SH and CH.

I've noticed all 5L.com starting with SH and ZH are taken, but there are a lot available starting with CH.

Is it possible that CH***.com domains can count as somekind of four letter acronyms?

Surely someone had this in mind since there are no SH***.com and ZH***.com available.

My question now is: are sound started with CH less valued than those started with ZH and SH?

Thanks

Here you can find the initials list ordered by the times they start a PinYin sylable:
f 9
j 14
q 14
x 14
r 15
b 16
c 16
s 16
p 17
z 17
m 19
t 19
g 19
k 19
h 19
ch 19
sh 19
zh 20
d 22
n 24
l 25

The rationale is that you are more likely to use the letter L than the letter F in an acronym.
Notice this is the famed list that excludes the "bad" letters: A E I O U and V

sounds starting with ZH:
zha/zhe/zhi/zhai/zhei/zhao/zhou/zhan/zhen/zhang/zheng/zhong/zhu/zhua/zhuo/zhuai/zhui/zhuan/zhun/zhuang

sounds starting with CH:
cha/che/chi/chai/chao/chou/chan/chen/chang/cheng/chong/chu/chua/chuo/chuai/chui/chuan/chun/chuang

sounds starting with SH:
sha/she/shi/shai/shei/shao/shou/shan/shen/shang/sheng/shu/shua/shuo/shuai/shui/shuan/shun/shuang

 

[Kassey Lee]

So what's the value of Chinese IDNs? Is there a market for these? Or will English letters always be priority for most to use?

More and more Chinese IDN extensions such as .中国 (China) and .公司(company) are being launched, so there may be a market. It's still early to see the direction.

 

[Lionel Cohen]

@ChinaMobi

Thanks for your help.

What I'm triyng to say is that if these names are all acronyms, they can only be using these initial characters - including ZH, SH and CH.

I've noticed all 5L.com starting with SH and ZH are taken, but there are a lot available starting with CH.

Is it possible that CH***.com domains can count as somekind of four letter acronyms?

Surely someone had this in mind since there are no SH***.com and ZH***.com available.

My question now is: are sound started with CH less valued than those started with ZH and SH?

Thanks

Here you can find the initials list ordered by the times they start a PinYin sylable:
f 9
j 14
q 14
x 14
r 15
b 16
c 16
s 16
p 17
z 17
m 19
t 19
g 19
k 19
h 19
ch 19
sh 19
zh 20
d 22
n 24
l 25

The rationale is that you are more likely to use the letter L than the letter F in an acronym.
Notice this is the famed list that excludes the "bad" letters: A E I O U and V

sounds starting with ZH:
zha/zhe/zhi/zhai/zhei/zhao/zhou/zhan/zhen/zhang/zheng/zhong/zhu/zhua/zhuo/zhuai/zhui/zhuan/zhun/zhuang

sounds starting with CH:
cha/che/chi/chai/chao/chou/chan/chen/chang/cheng/chong/chu/chua/chuo/chuai/chui/chuan/chun/chuang

sounds starting with SH:
sha/she/shi/shai/shei/shao/shou/shan/shen/shang/sheng/shu/shua/shuo/shuai/shui/shuan/shun/shuang

For the simple reason that they refer to city codes. You have 31 geographic divisions in China:
AH BJ CQ FJ GS GD GX GZ HA HB HL HE HU HN JS JX JL LN NM NX QH SA SD SH SX SC TJ XJ ZJ

 

[RU]

.company?

 

[Kassey Lee]

4L.com are top runners. Just look at the Nov 17 auction result on 4.cn. Among the 30 domain names listed, every domain name sold for over 10k RMB is 4L.

zqyk.com ¥17,800
qkrg.com ¥17,690
ctys.com ¥18,207
bpzk.com ¥17,890
sszq.com ¥18,000
gkyh.com ¥18,200
bkxn.com ¥16,800

Chinese source

 

[krx]

Apparently, It is not accurate that Google Translate for Chinese Pinyin to English definition.
Maybe you should download a Chinese input software on your phone.

Could you elaborate on that a bit? What is a Chinese input software and how would it help? Thanks.

 

[Kassey Lee]

8677.com was sold for close to 1m RMB. 8 is associated with 发(make a fortune) and 6 with 顺(smotth). 77 may mean 去去(go go) or 嘻嘻(laugh).

Chinese source

 

[Andy Dexter]

Could you elaborate on that a bit? What is a Chinese input software and how would it help? Thanks.

You can download the Sougou and Baidu input apps. Then you can type the Chinese characters.
For example, when I type PQ, there will be many Chinese characters such as 聘请, 脾气, 抛弃..
Then I copy the characters to Google to translate. I find the 聘请 means hire, 脾气 means temper,
抛弃 means abandon. By this way, I have known what PQ means in Chinese.

 

[Konga]

@ChinaMobi
Can you please tell me if LUV abb same in Chinese as it in English?

 

[sOliver]

Do you have the english translation for the most valuable terms?
- Legal
- Gambling
- Sex
- Vacations
- Insurance
- etc

I already know that FLV means LAW / LEGAL. So FLV.com would be one of the most valuable domains if the meaning is law.com or legal.com - is that correct?

Looks like I really got to take a class in Chinese

 

[sOliver]

旅游 = vacations / tourism but I havent found the letters yet that represent it

法律 = legal = flv

Let's see if we can compile a list or so, would be useful for us non-native domainers with Chinese domains

 

[jkhg]

Legal - 法律 - FL (no v)
Gambling - 赌博 - DB
Sex - 性 - X
Vacations - 假期 - JQ
Insurance - 保险 - BX
Travel - 旅游 or 旅行 - LY or LX

 

[sOliver]

Thanks, that's helpful. So how many Chinese use a latin-based QWERTY keyboard? Or how do they enter latin characters?

 

[Rahulseller]

881. ch is this worth ?

 

[pmax]

Thanks, that's helpful. So how many Chinese use a latin-based QWERTY keyboard? Or how do they enter latin characters?

Everyone I know uses a QWERTY keyboard.
When you key in a consonant, the computer or smartphone automatically shows you the most commonly used words starting with that letter, then you select it. Something like google suggest.
If the word you want is not displayed, you key in the pinyin for a more exact match.
Writing in Chinese is probably much easier than most people think.

If you want to write a common phrase that has 4 words, just in the 4 consonants. (4L anyone?)
4 times out of 5, the computer will get it right.
This is one of the reasons why CHIPs are valuable.
Only the truly hardcore will use a chinese keyboard.

If by latin, you mean spanish or portugese, it's just a matter of installing a language software.

 

[TheName]

As you already know, 8 is a super-hot number in China. Even though 88888888 is 8N, it still has value. To pronounce, just split it into two groups. Say 8888, then another 8888.

I have not found much news of .io reported in the Chinese media.

Within the domain industry, both eName and Admin5 introduced .io as I/O and British Indian Ocean Territory, the same as the extension is interpreted in the west.

BTW, I found a software developer selling in China. http://www.qt.io/cn/

Hi,

I'm really grateful for your detailed insights and taking your time out to reply unconditionally - it's much appreciated

Do let me know if you ever need any insights from London uk - cultural and geo collaboration is a catalyst to success in life ! It's great to have a China expert.

Shall checkout the the enduser link. Currently 88888888.io is sitting at $488 - I shall keep you posted with any China response

Cheers
A

 

[Recons.Com]

Can't you say "eight eights"? )

 

[Kassey Lee]

@TheName Thanks for the kind words. Unfortunately, I'm not an expert on China/domain as clearly stated in my signature. Love UK. Had wonderful short stay in Worcester. Want to see the Lake District and "Pemberley" one day.

 

[Kassey Lee]

A couple of interesting domain names were sold.

ZZ.com.cn @ 290k RMB
租租(rent rent),走走(go go), 找找(find find), 转转(turn turn)

TZZ.com @ 610k RMB
投资者(investor), 挑战者(challenger)

RDW.com @ 600k RMB
融贷网(finance web), 热点网(hot spot web)

SQC.com @ 480k RMB
四驱车(4WD car), 说汽车(talk about car)

MRB.com @ 480k RMB
美容吧(beauty bar)

Chinese source