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.

 

[korganian]

YES. And few more possible Chinese phrases:

BP:不怕>Not to be afraid
BP:宝牌>Precious brand
BP:不胖>Not fat
BP:百品>Hundred things

Yabla only shows bp as meaning British Petroleum or base pair
How do you get these other meaning?

 

[Kassey Lee]

Hi,

So HKCN.biz would be used as Hong Kong China maybe ?

Not sure if HK and CN can form a meaningful name. Many Hongkongese are still learning to become part of China (mindset), even though it's been 18 years since the British government handed HK back to China.

 

[Kassey Lee]

Yabla only shows bp as meaning British Petroleum or base pair
How do you get these other meaning?

One source is reading Baidu news on domain names everyday.

 

[Kassey Lee]

Interesting naming convention

Afanti (阿凡题) develops educational apps for students. The company has just received US$ 60m Series B funding. So, it's a serious startup.

What do you think is the domain name they use? Afanti100.com

The Pinyin part is the name of the company, and 100 implies 100% score. Well, it does make sense for an educational app developer. Agree?

The company also owns afanti100.cn and aft100.cn. Unfortunately, Afanti in .com, .cn, and .com.cn extensions all belong to somebody else.


Source: news.ename.cn

 

[Kassey Lee]

A domain investor Ai Mi Yi Jiu(nickname?) just bought 77777.com for 7 figures RMB from an overseas seller.

This domain name is easy to remember and has a wide range of applications: gaming, lottery, etc.


Source: news.ename.cn

 

[Landov]

Thanks for your answer, ChinaMobi.

You said that the abbreviation for Macau is MO and for Hainan is HN.

In Wikipedia says that for Macau is MC and for Hainan is HI.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_of_China

Is Wikipedia correct also?

 

[Kassey Lee]

Thanks for your answer, ChinaMobi.

You said that the abbreviation for Macau is MO and for Hainan is HN.

In Wikipedia says that for Macau is MC and for Hainan is HI.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_of_China

Is Wikipedia correct also?

Macau(澳門)
The name Macau was probably given by the Portuguese in the 16th century when they occupied it. So, the Pinyin system does not work here. Judging from the name, I think you are right. MC is the natural choice. I got MO from country code lists such as http://sustainablesources.com/resources/country-abbreviations/.

Hainan(海南)
Using Pinyin, I get HN as the abbreviation. In your explanation, I think HI was decided for administrative reason. Since HN's already taken by Hunan (also as HN based on Pinyin), I guess the government decided to give HI to Hainan.

I must apologize that I'm not versed in these two cases. Maybe a good solution is to consult someone from Macau and Hainan.

Sorry, not much help.

 

[sandyhere]

@ChinaMobi
You have been of great help here.
Please let us know, can all ccTLDs and gTLDs can operate in China freely?
The internet sensorship is restricted to second level domains or even top level names also require permission. For ex. I have some good names in rare ccTLDs like .hn .gy etc. Are they accessible in China?
Thanks.

 

[markossy]

How to create acronym for Chinese characters

Example: 域名 (two Chinese characters)

1. Visit Yabla.
2. Paste Chinese characters (域名) into Search box.
3. Focus on the one with exact match (域名 | yù míng | domain name)
4. Take the first character of each ASCII word (Y, M).
5. Create acronym (YM).

So in this case, the acronym for 域名 is YM. You can see that the number of Chinese characters is equal to the number of letters in the acronym. Also, there is only one acronym possible for the Chinese characters. In other words, it's a one-to-one relationship.

Can you tell me please if "ncij" means something in chinese , it is an acronym ?

Thanks.

 

[1john2004]

Receive numerous offers from Chinese buyers for AOMK.COM
The domain is not Chinese premium. Why so much interest?
Thank you in advance

 

[33S]

Can "SDREX" mean something for the Chnese? Thanks

 

[Kassey Lee]

Market Watch Transaction Date: 2015.12.16


Numerics

3N	1,550,000 (=)	58,888 (=)	15,666 (v)	49,800 (^)
4N	151,000 (=)	5,100 (v)	999 (=)	3,888 (=)
5N	4,688 (^)	208 (v)	61 (^)	288 (v)
6N	108 (v)	49 (=)	50 (v)	130 (=)

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Numerics w/o 04

3N	3,500,000 (=)	148,888 (=)	16,999 (=)	125,699 (=)
4N	368,000 (=)	13,999 (=)	2,449 (v)	14,888 (=)
5N	23,888 (^)	1,499 (v)	249 (v)	2,345 (=)
6N	1,198 (v)	105 (^)	58 (=)	645 (=)

[th][td]com[/td][td]net[/td][td]org[/td][td]cc[/td][/th]

Initials, Letters, and Characters

3I	999,999 (=)	27,388 (=)	10,888 (=)	16,888 (=)
3L	420,000 (=)	15,988 (=)	10,888 (=)	3,566 (=)
3C	6,666 (=)	258 (=)	85 (^)	199 (=)
4I	15,800 (^)	2,000 (v)	137 (=)	777 (v)
4L	2,350 (=)	97 (v)	55 (=)	218 (=)

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Currency: RMB
Prices: Highest BIN prices of day
Symbols: ^ increase, v decrease, = no change (or no sales?) over previous day
C=L+N. I =Initials
Source: Chaomi.cc

 

[DaveX]

Thank You!

 

[Kassey Lee]

Stats about Internet in China
As of July, 2015

Internet population: 668m (No. 1 globally)
Websites: 4m
Domain names: 22m (.cn 12m)
Fixed line broadband subscribers: 200m (No 1 globally)
4G mobile broadband subscribers: 250m (No 1 globally)
Internet companies listed: 328 (61 in US, 26% of China's total stock market value)
Companies in Internet Global Top Ten: Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, JD.com
Value of Internet economy: 7% of GDP and rising

So, you can see there's still tremendous growth potential of domain names in China

Source: news.sina.com.cn

 

[Kassey Lee]

Upgrade is name of the game

Bailian Group is the largest retailer in China. Since 2009, it's been running its Internet mall on the domain name BLGFSC.com.

I guess no one can remember this name. But, the good news is: the company recently spent the money and upgraded the website to BL.com

BL:百联>Hundred connections
BL:爆料>Exposé
BL:便利>Convenience
BL:宾利>Bentley
BL:巴黎>Paris
BL:柏林>Berlin
BL:伴侣>Companion

So, going short is the trend. That's why I like short names that are easy to remember and can be used for branding.

Source: news.ename.cn

 

[Kassey Lee]

Domain name acquisition

Domain investor Xia Mi bought HYP.com(440k RMB) and LBY.com(410k) at Dec 15 auction.

HYP:欢迎牌>Welcome sign
HYP:行业拍>Industry shoot
HYP:好友派>Group of good friends
HYP:哈佛耶鲁普林斯顿>Harvard, Yale, and Princeton (Big Three)

LBY:绿博园>Green expo garden
LBY:龙博苑>Dragon plentiful garden
LBY:利比亚>Libya
LBY:Libbey's ticker symbol

Source: news.ename.cn

 

[fuzzy]

I don't know. I never understand the merit of half-IDN-half-ascii approach such as IDN.com.

I'm not sure of the merit of IDN either. I decided to register one as an experiment: 北京.ws
I'll let you know if it gains any significant traffic.

 

[Kassey Lee]

Even .cc is hot!

X.cc was sold for 1.85m RMB

X is one of only 26 alphabets so it's very rare.

X:写>Write
X:想>Think
X:选>Select
X:心>Heart
X:学>Learn
X:鲜>Fresh

Earlier J.cc was sold for about 4m RMB and S.cc 2.31m RMB.

Source: news.ename.cn

 

[Salai Domains]

@ChinaMobi how are you? I'm wondering if you could help me with my names? Just say what do you think about they

Thank you

 

[Kassey Lee]

@sandyhere I don't have much knowledge in that area. Sorry.