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.

 

[London555]

qifene.com ( ride share) hopefully lol Comments please?

 

[WhoaDomain.com]

hey Kassey I'm kinda late with this but did you read this before?

http://domaingang.com/domain-news/china-domain-investor-arrested-for-buying-non-premium-letters/

is this what you are telling me about that perhaps Chinese Character IDN's will soon dominate the Chinese Domain investing market?

I mean there can only be a certain amount of usable CHIP domains in the 4L.com and even 5L.com with just consonants and no vowels and of course no V.

Did this really happen? I can see why Chinese domainers might eventually go and invest into short Chinese character .com's eventually?

did you finally write that article about why you believe Chinese IDN domains will soon rise to the top of domain investing in China?

If you did I missed it. I'm eager to read it if it's finished. Thanks.

 

[Kassey Lee]

News with Chinese source...

.cn registration in April hit 280,000 to reach 18,787,105, or 1.5% growth. If this trend continues, I think we may see close to 20% growth for the year. .cn future is solid. >>

Ali Auction (of Alibaba) will be auctioning premium .top domain names such as 10.top, ok.top, mk.top, air.top, and hai.top on May 20. Some well known .top websites are Hitao.top, cnmaker.top, and 100kuai.top. >>

GQW.com sold for 525k CNY in recent auction. GQW may mean 供求网 (supply and demand net), 枸杞王 (wolfberry king), 钢琴网 (piano net), 歌曲网 (song net), 高清网 (high definition net), 广汽网 (Guangzhou car net), 搞趣网 (create fun net), and 钢企网 (steel enterprise net). >>

WYH.com was sold for 495k CNY in recent auction. WYH may mean 微银行 (micro bank) and 微银河 (micro galaxy). >>

Also, today's post: .手机 (Mobile Phone) to Become the New King >>

 

[Kassey Lee]

.mobi-do you think this extension can bounce back?

I think it will become a niche player, in the same way that .手机 (Mobile Phone) will become, as written in my blog post today. LLL .mobi are being picked up everyday at the drop.

qifene.com ( ride share) hopefully lol Comments please?

Don't know. Please include Chinese characters.

is this what you are telling me about that perhaps Chinese Character IDN's will soon dominate the Chinese Domain investing market?

The link is not a news article, please note. I have written about IDN.IDN several times. Please check the old posts on my site: 05.13, 04.26, 04.25, 04.22, 04.10, 04.03. I don't think it will dominate the investment side. In my opinion, it can become the consumer-facing part of a company with no content, but .com will remain to be used as corporate site and also most valuable extension in China.

 

[WhoaDomain.com]

can someone direct me to a good translator

Fiverr.com it's cheap

 

[WhoaDomain.com]

News with Chinese source...

.cn registration in April hit 280,000 to reach 18,787,105, or 1.5% growth. If this trend continues, I think we may see close to 20% growth for the year. .cn future is solid. >>

Ali Auction (of Alibaba) will be auctioning premium .top domain names such as 10.top, ok.top, mk.top, air.top, and hai.top on May 20. Some well known .top websites are Hitao.top, cnmaker.top, and 100kuai.top. >>

GQW.com sold for 525k CNY in recent auction. GQW may mean 供求网 (supply and demand net), 枸杞王 (wolfberry king), 钢琴网 (piano net), 歌曲网 (song net), 高清网 (high definition net), 广汽网 (Guangzhou car net), 搞趣网 (create fun net), and 钢企网 (steel enterprise net). >>

WYH.com was sold for 495k CNY in recent auction. WYH may mean 微银行 (micro bank) and 微银河 (micro galaxy). >>

Also, today's post: .手机 (Mobile Phone) to Become the New King >>

Thanks for this info but now let me ask you. You may know that .cn's creator also created .China but in chinese idn characters.(I am mobile can't really type the characters right now but I'm sure you know it)

If .cn will be big will .China in idn go along for the ride or surpass it in the future?

I have single word or character Chinese idn.idn domains that look like this (after translating from Chinese character to English)

(These are not mine just as examples. Can't really remember my domains right now lol)

Jobs.China
Hotels.China
Business.China
Bank.china

The problem with idn's in general is slow adoption plus the world's addiction to the English Western characters which has dominated domains since day one.

I wonder. If China really is arresting people for investing in premium chip 4L domains that do not translate to pinyin and contains vowels i e a o u and v if they are that strict then how far fetched would it be that maybe the Chinese gov my decree that all Chinese based websites and any website that wants to be shown in China must have along with its current domain a Chinese idn domain and or numeric domain?

This would be so awesome if it ever happened!

What do you think? Will? Is it headed that way?

 

[WhoaDomain.com]

I think it will become a niche player, in the same way that .手机 (Mobile Phone) will become, as written in my blog post today. LLL .mobi are being picked up everyday at the drop.

Don't know. Please include Chinese characters.

The link is not a news article, please note. I have written about IDN.IDN several times. Please check the old posts on my site: 05.13, 04.26, 04.25, 04.22, 04.10, 04.03. I don't think it will dominate the investment side. In my opinion, it can become the consumer-facing part of a company with no content, but .com will remain to be used as corporate site and also most valuable extension in China.

I stand corrected this was not a news article. Are you implying that this is a work of fiction? Made up story. No truth to it?

 

[dordomai]

@ Avtar629

http://domaingang.com/domain-news/china-domain-investor-arrested-for-buying-non-premium-letters/

Domaingang is a satire news site. The news are fake and satire unless stated otherwise. It's like The Onion just for domain news. Of course no one is being arrested for buying "V" domains. Why would anyone do this?

They are making fun of chinese investors avoiding vowels and v.

I can't believe how many people here still cite Domaingang as a news source.A few weeks ago someone reported that domainers were opening a dolphin diving academy, whatever that means, because Domaingang had reported it. :D

http://domaingang.com/about/

 

[WhoaDomain.com]

@ Avtar629



Domaingang is a satire news site. The news are fake and satire unless stated otherwise. It's like The Onion just for domain news. Of course no one is being arrested for buying "V" domains. Why would anyone do this?

They are making fun of chinese investors avoiding vowels and v.

I can't believe how many people here still cite Domaingang as a news source.A few weeks ago someone reported that domainers were opening a dolphin diving academy, whatever that means, because Domaingang had reported it. :D

http://domaingang.com/about/

Hahahaha thanks! Got it! But you what? I wouldn't put it past the Chinese government. They are wacky in that sense. That's why it was a little bit believable.

Would been nice if it were truth though. I still think certain countries and languages should force thee adoption of idn for businesses operating within their borders specifically China, Japan, Korea, Russia even all Arabia countries. At least as a second domain that points to their current company domain. I mean where is the pride in ones own country's language?

I think bribes need to be made to government officials by the big registrar's to make this happen and we will all be rich! Lol

 

[Kassey Lee]

News with Chinese source...

8C.cn sold for 99k CNY in recent auction. 8C relates to 巴川 (wish river), 靶场 (shooting range), and 霸宠 (tyrant's favorite). >>

Chinese unicorn 平安好医生 (Ping An Hao Yi Sheng) received Series A funding. Corporate site at JK.cn. JK may mean 健康 (health), matching company name but not exact match. >>

TAO.com sold for close to 10m CNY. Date unknown. TAO is 1-pin and may mean 淘 (pan), 桃 (peach), 逃 (escape), 掏 (pay), 讨 (beg). >>

51 as prefix popular as 51 rhymes with 我要(I want). 51+Pinyin (eg 51ximai.com - want to buy happily), 51+English (51job.com), 51+acrnym (51zxw.net - want to self-study). >>

Also, today's post: Which is the Most Popular Chinese .IDN? >>

 

[Kassey Lee]

@Avtar629 In terms of Chinese .IDN, there is no clear winner at this stage. Look at the registration numbers in my blog post published today. I do believe Chinese .IDN domain names have a place in corporate domain strategy -- as labels used in marketing to direct consumers to corporate websites because they are easy to remember. We Chinese remember company and product names as Chinese characters, not Pinyin or English names usually.

I think the best Chinese .IDN names are those the flow well, where the name and the extension together make sense. See the examples I gave in my blog post published yesterday on .IDN mobile phone.

Yes, the adoption is still slow, so it may be a long term play.

 

[Kassey Lee]

News with Chinese source...

Chinese investor paid 250k CNY for 888.vip before GA. Registration cheap at 25 CNY. >>

.VIP registration hit 100,000 within an hour of GA. The term is commonly understood in China. >>

Domain investor bought sunyat-sen.com for more thn 10k CNY. Sun overthrew Qing dynasty to found Republic of China. Do we need that hyphen? >>

Inernet Society of China released latest number on mobile Internet users: 780m. Most visited site is QQ.com. Report can be downloaded from isc.org.cn. >>

Also, today's post: How are com/net/org doing in China? >>

 

[Kassey Lee]

News with Chinese source...

Tencent invested in personal care product seller 小红书 (Xiao Hong Shu), making it a Chinese unicorn valued at 1b USD. Domain name used is XiaoHongShu.com. Too long to remember. Time to upgrade domain name.>>

D.pe and Q.pe together sold for 6 figures CNY in private transaction. .pe is for Peru but positioned as "private equity" by Chinese investors. Both buyer and seller are Chinese. >>

Also, today's post: A good name on .org can sell >>

 

[Kassey Lee]

News with Chinese source...

.nikon reported by many Chinese news sources to have started. Site check revealed only nic.nikon active. >>

.nikon found to be reported by only one Japanese news source. Japanese text is "obtained" not "started". Also mentioned Sony and Ricoh registered respective .brand. >>

YEN.cn sold for about 100k CNY in recent auction. Site already active. ecommerce solution provider. >>

Also, today's post: Need to think outside the box >>

 

[Kassey Lee]

News with Chinese source...

CB.cn sold via A5.net domain marketplace. CB may mean 唱吧 (singing bar), 传播 (propagate), 出版 (publishing), and 翅膀 (wing). Can be used for mass communication, music, and entertainment. Price not disclosed. 2L .cn usually sell for 6 to 7 figures CNY. >>

NET.com.cm sold for about 80k CNY. Even long .cm can sell! Domain redirects to Longaizz.com, a knitting company. >>

Also, today's post: Companies find it hard to buy domain names >>

 

[Kassey Lee]

News with Chinese source...

YCS.com sold for 450k CNY in recent auction. YCS may mean 云超市 (cloud-based supermarket), 云测试 (cloud-based test), 云车商 (cloud-based car merchant), and 云出售 (cloud-based selling). This name can be used in cloud-based business. >>

LV.cn sold for 800k CNY in recent auction. LV may mean 旅 (travel), 侣 (companion), 驴 (donkey), 绿 (green), and 律 (law). LV.cn was sold in 2014 for 342k, so the increase in price is big. >>

79.cc sold for 770k CNY in May 22 auction. 79 may mean 千军 (a thousand soldiers), 去购 (go shopping), and 钱酒 (money & wine). 79.cc was registered in 1977. There are only 100 2N .cc, making this domain name valuable. For reference, 79.cn is an entrepreneurship portal. >>

3928.com sold for 320k CNY in May 22 auction. 4N .com selling for about 6 figures, with best ones reaching 1m CNY. >>

Also, today's post: A Korean startup's domain strategy in China >>

 

[deez007]

Hey Kasey

Hope you are well.

Just wondering, what's your take on the .VIP extension and massive sales that have been generated so far in China for this extension. Do you think the extension will continue to do well in the Chinese market?

 

[Kassey Lee]

take on the .VIP extension

.vip has the advantage that VIP is a recognizable term to Chinese and .vip registration fee is very low (e.g. $4 at some registrar), so I can understand the craze. I read Baidu domain news and Techcrunch everyday. What do I see? Most of the big as well as up and coming startups build their empire on .com or .cn. Warren Buffett used to say "We applaud the endeavor but prefer to skip the ride.” That summarizes my take on .vip.

 

[Kassey Lee]

News with Chinese source...

RJW.com sold for 430k CNY in May 23 auction. RJW many mean 人际网 (human relationship net), 软件网 (software net), 日记网 (diary net), 如家网 (as home net), 儒家网 (Confucian School net), 瑞金网 (Ruijin city net), and 融金网 (financing net). >>

RXL.com sold for 310k CNY in May 23 auction. RXL may mean 任性了 (headstrong), 乳腺瘤 (breast tumor), and 人行路 (sidewalk). >>

JXD.com sold for 288k CNY in May 23 auction. JXD may mean 经销店 (retail store), 假想敌 (imaginary enemy), 家乡地 (hometown), and
吉祥岛 (lucky island). >>

FD.cc and 885.cc sold for 166k and 172k CNY respectively in May 23 auction. FD may mean 房东 (landlord), 饭店 (restaurant), 辅导 (to tutor), 房贷 (home loan), and 奋斗 (strive). >>

Also, today's post: Explore derivatives of big money words >>

 

[telatabi]

News with Chinese source...

Ali Auction (of Alibaba) will be auctioning premium .top domain names such as 10.top, ok.top, mk.top, air.top, and hai.top on May 20. Some well known .top websites are Hitao.top, cnmaker.top, and 100kuai.top. >>

Thank you for your helpful posts. I read curiously. Which link is auction list in alibaba? And
I have two premiums.
wbo.xyz
oit.xyz

what are these means in chinese?

Regards.