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]

Chinese Domain News

Not much mentioned in the news is the fact that Godaddy was one of the three organizers of the 2016 Global Domain Industry Summit held June 3 to 6 in China, indicating Godaddy's commitment to the Chinese market. This is good news for those of us having Godaddy as our registrar. Selling to China will become easier.

Some stats about the auction held during the 2016 Global Domain Industry Summit June 3 to 6 in China. Over 100,000 auction attendees. 150 domain names were sold at total value of 171m CNY. Note that this value is much smaller than the 300m CNY reported by another source (http://news.ename.cn/yumingjiaoyi_20160606_104677_1.html).

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[Aditya321]

I did a Namebio search on 4N starting with 0. The highest is

0857.com 38,333 USD 2015-11-26
Does this give me a hope for 0888357.com to be sold for atleast $50?

Compare 38k with 0571.com's 580k. That's a big difference. However, I'm aware that there is no true comps in the domain world. If someone wants a domain name, he'll pay a very high price.

 

[Kassey Lee]

Chinese Domain News

JHQ.com sold for 240k CNY in recent auction. JHQ may mean 净化器 (purifier), 交货期 (date of delivery), and 江湖圈 (the circle of itinerant peddler or entertainer). Can be used for ecommerce and social networking.

.cn registrations just reached 19,364,064, growing 2,553,327 since January. If this trend continues, I think we'll see about 22m .cn registrations in total. Compare it with .com of about 11m reported early this year. So, .cn is number 1 in terms of number, but .com is still king in terms of value.

eName launched auction campaign between June 8 and June 30 to promote 4i com/cn/net domain names. Some nice names already listed are: NRNR.com (男人女人=men, women), KQTZ.com (快钱投资=fast money investment), and JJGJ.com (基金管家=fund housekeeper).

WZX.com sold for more than 500k CNY in private transaction between investors. WZX may mean 微整形 (mini plastic surgery), 微直销 (mini direct sales), and 微资讯 (mini information). Plastic surgery is a hot market right now.

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[Aditya321]

Chinese Domain News

JHQ.com sold for 240k CNY in recent auction. JHQ may mean 净化器 (purifier), 交货期 (date of delivery), and 江湖圈 (the circle of itinerant peddler or entertainer). Can be used for ecommerce and social networking.

.cn registrations just reached 19,364,064, growing 2,553,327 since January. If this trend continues, I think we'll see about 22m .cn registrations in total. Compare it with .com of about 11m reported early this year. So, .cn is number 1 in terms of number, but .com is still king in terms of value.

eName launched auction campaign between June 8 and June 30 to promote 4i com/cn/net domain names. Some nice names already listed are: NRNR.com (男人女人=men, women), KQTZ.com (快钱投资=fast money investment), and JJGJ.com (基金管家=fund housekeeper).

WZX.com sold for more than 500k CNY in private transaction between investors. WZX may mean 微整形 (mini plastic surgery), 微直销 (mini direct sales), and 微资讯 (mini information). Plastic surgery is a hot market right now.

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Sir would caishen.in have any value.
And does jambhala mean the same and please let me know if jambhala is that famous.

 

[Trenika]

Does "lianjia luyou" translate to cheap travel, travel cheap cheap vacations? Thanks

 

[Kassey Lee]

Sir would caishen.in have any value.
And does jambhala mean the same and please let me know if jambhala is that famous

caishen.cn (财神=god of wealth) is a software company. If they decide to expand to India, then you'll be in luck. jambhala also means god of wealth but I have not heard of it until now, so no idea.

Does "lianjia luyou" translate to cheap travel, travel cheap cheap vacations? Thanks

Pinyin is tricky. In your case, Luyou should be Lvyou. Do a search on v and Chinese Pinyin.

 

[Kassey Lee]

Chinese Domain News

Price of 5N sold double that of 4N in recent auction. Compare 99799.com (255k CNY) with 55355.com (138k) and 3497.com (120k). 9 (meaning forever) is better than 5. Also, the patterned names are better than the non-patterned 3497.

Fifty 5N .com sold in bulk for more than 2m CNY by investor 啊强 (A Qian, nickname, Weixin/wechat:72367), averaging 40k CNY per domain name, much higher than market prices between 10k and 20k CNY. Domain names include 51212.com, 82182.com, 66133.com, and 31515.com.

MMPD.com sold for 8,200 CNY during eName auction campaign (June 8 to June 30). MMPD may mean 妈妈频道 (mother's channel), 美眉频道 (pretty girl channel), and 名模派对 (top model party).

QKZJ.com sold for 8,800 CNY during eName auction campaign (June 8 to June 30). QKZJ may mean 顷刻之间 (instantly), 钱库之家 (the home of money storage), and 期刊之家 (the home of periodicals).

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[Aditya321]

caishen.cn (财神=god of wealth) is a software company. If they decide to expand to India, then you'll be in luck. jambhala also means god of wealth but I have not heard of it until now, so no idea.

Pinyin is tricky. In your case, Luyou should be Lvyou. Do a search on v and Chinese Pinyin.

Thanks a lot.
But i own caishen.co.in
Would any person with sentimental buy it?

 

[Kassey Lee]

Thanks a lot.
But i own caishen.co.in
Would any person with sentimental buy it?

In my opinion, two dots are going away. See recent examples such as .uk, .nz, .au. In the future, there will only be one dot in any domain name.

 

[Aditya321]

In my opinion, two dots are going away. See recent examples such as .uk, .nz, .au. In the future, there will only be one dot in any domain name.

Cool sir.
And one last opinion.
888885.info would it work out for chinese investors?

 

[Kassey Lee]

888885.info would it work out for chinese investors?

I don't know. It's probably used for speculation. No much demand from end users.

 

[Kassey Lee]

Chinese Domain News

DXZ.com sold for 300k CNY in recent auction. DXZ may mean 低胸装 (ow-cut dress), 独行者 (a loner). and 大新镇 (Daxin county). Similar names such as DXZ.gov.cn and Dxzmedia.com are operating sites.

RKL.com sold for 222k CNY in recent auction. DXZ may mean 绕口令 (tongue-twister). RKL.cn is an operating site owned by a consumer electronics company.

Apps.cn sold for 700k CNY in June 13 auction. Apps are hot in China right now. Tencent owns Myapp.com and Alibaba has Aliapp.com.

Chinese investor sold 303 new gTLD domain names in bulk to overseas domainer for 801k USD. Portfolio includes names using "com" on left of the dot such as com.email and com.media, or identical name and extension such as company.company and watch.watch.

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[hullswingerscom]

Chinese investor sold 303 but who was he how do we know this is true?
if it is i have apartments.apartments.
were are you now?

 

[Kassey Lee]

Chinese investor sold 303 but who was he how do we know this is true?

The news source in Chinese is here: http://news.ename.cn/yumingjiaoyi_20160614_104783_1.html

 

[kemjika11]

In my opinion, two dots are going away. See recent examples such as .uk, .nz, .au. In the future, there will only be one dot in any domain name.

But is .com.cn going "away"? lol.

 

[Kassey Lee]

But is .com.cn going "away"? lol.

Please check my next blog post. Thanks.

 

[Kassey Lee]

Chinese Domain News

.store gains support from big name. Internet giant Tencent registered qq.store on May 31 and now forwards it to sale.buy.qq.com, one of Tencent's best ecommerce sites. Tencent is active in the new gTLD scene, owning qq.vip, vr.game, and xy.game. >>

Where do you find the best registrars in China to promote your new gTLDs or other TLDs? Xiamen in Fujian province. Half of domain names registered in China are done so through a registrar in this city. At its peak, Xiamen owned 80% of domain names in China. >>

1985.com sold for 385k CNY in recent auction. Not very good when compared with 2015 sale of 1789.com (1m CNY), 1998.com (7 figures), and 1911.com (high 6 figures). >>

195.cn (252k CNY), 557.cn (190k), and 9161.com (235k) sold in June 14 auction. Numbers 195 and 557 are already used in gaming areas. >>

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.cn still rules, but .com.cn is not going away >>

 

[Kassey Lee]

Chinese Domain News

ZQ.com moved to China but buyer and price unknown. ZQ can be used in a variety of business fields. It can refer to many big money words such as 证券 (stocks and bonds), 足球 (football), and 债券 (bond). >>

Another 51 prefixed name spotted in news. 51SheBao.com (51社保) is an Internet startup in insurance. While not explicitly stated, 51 may mean 唯一 (one and only one), 我要 (I want), and 无忧 (without worries) in this name. >>

WZG.com, WKQ.com, and TFS.com sold for 405k, 385k, and 255k CNY respectively in recent auction. WZG may mean 微众购 (micro group buying), WKQ 外快圈 (circle of extra income earners), and TFS 淘服饰 (hunt for good clothes). >>

Few more 4i domain names sold during eName 4i auction campaign. YCYM.com sold for 8800, ZFXD.com for 8600, and YMTW.com for 8200 CNY. YCYM may mean 英才移民 (talent migration), ZFXD 政府信贷 (government lending), and YMTW 域名天王 (domain god). >>

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[Kassey Lee]

Chinese Domain News

eName upgraded its trademark platform from TM.ename.net to TM.cn, indicating its ambition to expand their trademark business. Other registrars are trying to sell TM+DomainName. Will Godaddy follow? >>

Disney opened it first themed resort in China on June 16. But, look at the official website it uses for Shanghai Disney: shanghaidisneyresort.com. Isn't it a bit too long for consumers to remember? Not if you are using voice input, some may say. >>

YCS.com and GNP.com sold for 350k and 250k respectively in June 16 auction. YCS may mean 云超市 (cloud-based supermarket), and GNP 概念品 (concept product). >>

Three 4N .com sold in June 16 auction. 3935.com (240k CNY), 9498.com (160k), 4393.com (11ok) . 3935 contains no 4 and has highest price. >>

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[Kassey Lee]

Chinese Domain News

QGW.com (430k CNY), RJW.com (410k), HYW.com (520k), and DDZ.com (720k) sold in recent auction. QGW may mean 全国网 (national network),RJW 软件网 (software net), HYW 行业网 (network of industries), and DDZ 斗地主 (Fight the Landlord game). >>

PK.cn (1.4m CNY) and PX.cn (950k) sold in recent auction. PK may mean 扑克 (poker) and PX 培训 (training). >>

4567.com and 8686.com sold for 2.92m and 1m CNY respectively in recent auction. Both numbers are very easy to remember and 86 means easy to make a fortune. But, 4 wins and 4567.com was sold for more than double the price of 8686.com. >>

321.cn and 919.cn sold for 550k and 282k CNY respectively in recent auction. 919 rhymes with 就要酒 (I want wine). >>

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