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]

Chinese Domain News

Single letters N.game and L.game sold recently via West.cn for $1,455 (9,700 yuan) and $1,470 (9,800 yuan). N may mean 你 (you), 女 (woman), or 男 (man). L may mean 乐 (fun), 旅 (travel), or 龙 (dragon). >>

Geo in acronym excels. BJQP.com sold for $2k (14k yuan), almost double of current 4i .com prices. BJ may mean Beijing and QP may mean 汽配 (auto parts). >>

LXF.com sold for $43k (286k yuan) in recent auction. LXF may mean 联想房 (a room to associate cognitively with...), 留学坊 (study abroad workshop), or 流行坊 (workshop on trend) >>

9927.com sold for mid 6-figure yuan in private transaction. 99 is luckly number and 9927 rhymes with 久久爱情 (long lasting love). >>

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[mrliu]

Hi
Could you help me out by telling me the meaning of zhipin please. If there is one.. Thanks

纸品 Paper

 

[wot]

Hi
Could you help me out by telling me the meaning of zhipin please. If there is one.. Thanks

制品 zhìpǐn products / goods

纸品 zhǐpǐn paper products / stationery

织品 zhīpǐn textile

 

[Kassey Lee]

Chinese Domain News

Aircar smart in getting $3m (20m yuan) funding but not so smart imo in selecting domain name. They need to drop the "port" from their domain name Airportcar.cn. >>

177.net sold for $40k (265k yuan) in July 14 auction. 177 rhymes with 一起去 (Let's go together). >>

QA.cn sold for $53k (350k yuan) in recent auction. QA may mean 去啊 (go!), 亲爱 (dear), or 请安 (greeting to wish good health). >>

.com.cn is worth something. PH.com.cn sold to end user for $45k (300k yuan) recently. PH may mean 片花 (tidbits related to a film), 普惠 (general favor), or 票号 (ticket number). >>

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[10001]

@Kassey Lee how much do you think is 996. Worth?

 

[Kassey Lee]

@Kassey Lee how much do you think is 996. Worth?

Sorry, I don't know its value. I'm constantly reminded of Dudu.com sold for $1m few years ago when pros were saying it could only fetch 4 or 5 figures at most.

 

[wot]

Interesting fresh reg with potential,or not?

XILARUI.com​

 

[domainsmgm]

What is the value of xxx.business in Chinese market?
As mentioned in the above post, X can represent many good Chinese characters, such as 信 (trust), 喜 (joy), 学 (learn). 性 (sex), or 戏 (game)

 

[wot]

What is the value of xxx.business in Chinese market?
As mentioned in the above post, X can represent many good Chinese characters, such as 信 (trust), 喜 (joy), 学 (learn). 性 (sex), or 戏 (game)

I own 中国XXX.com which gets a few hundred hits per month so who knows. But .business is long and not popular.

 

[10001]

@Kassey Lee Also do .co.com domains get sold in China?

 

[dordomai]

@Kassey Lee Also do .co.com domains get sold in China?

co.com is not an extension it is a worthless subdomain. Don't buy into this crap.

 

[Kassey Lee]

XILARUI.com

When I see a new name, I usually check it using Yabla or Baidu. Yabla returns 希拉蕊 (Hillary) and Baidu shows similar result. Not sure about the commercial aspect of this name.
https://chinese.yabla.com/chinese-english-pinyin-dictionary.php?define=XILARUI

What is the value of xxx.business in Chinese market?

I've never seen this extension in Chinese domain news, and it's quite long too. Chinese like "short".

Also do .co.com domains get sold in China?

The way I see it, the world is moving to just one dot. Just look at .uk, .au, .nz etc. Even new extensions focus on just one dot, so I'm not sure how hard it is to go against the trend.

 

[wot]

When I see a new name, I usually check it using Yabla or Baidu. Yabla returns 希拉蕊 (Hillary) and Baidu shows similar result. Not sure about the commercial aspect of this name.
https://chinese.yabla.com/chinese-english-pinyin-dictionary.php?define=XILARUI

If she becomes president there will certainly be a few options. Yet to be dtermined

 

[Kassey Lee]

Chinese Domain News

Logistics firm Zhong Tong (中通) upgraded from zto.cn to zto.com to ready for IPO in USA and going global, but domain name not exact match of company name. ZT.com would be perfect by cutting out the "o" in its .com name. >>

5L domain name used by end user spotted. Pharmaceutical firm Zhang Zhou Pian Zai Huang operates on ZZPZH.cn. Acronym does match company name. >>

Name + number getting popular. Kuang Bao Wang (矿宝网) just received $1.8m (12m yuan) funding. Official site is Kuang100.com. Other similar names reported in recent news include Maimai100.cn, 39Hospital.com, and 66RPG.com. Some numbers considered good in Chinese are 100, 58, 360, and 88. >>

DJZ.com sold for $40k (268k yuan) in recent auction. DJZ may mean 等兼职 (waiting for a second job), 登记证 (registration certificate), or 第九章 (chapter 9). >>

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[Kassey Lee]

Chinese Domain News

.shop registry signed registrar agreement with Aliyun of Alibaba group. eCommerce in China expected to double in 5 years to exceed $1 trillion. GA in September. >>

Verified real personal or company name required in whois information for .com and .net in China starting July 25. If not, domain name will be put on "ServerHold", meaning domain name will be deleted from DNS and therefore cannot resolve to website, and buy/sell will not be possible. Currently, 60% of domain transaction fail because of incorrect whois information. New whois information will act like certificate of ownership >>

.co domain name auction held on 22.cn scored $255k (1.7m yuan) in sales. 19 LL domain names were sold, with CY.co being highest in price. CY may mean 创业 (entrepreneurship), 创意 (creativity), 厨艺 (kitchen skills), 畅游 (easy travel), 财源 (wealth source), 车友 (car friend), or 餐饮 (food and beverage). All can be big businesses. Z0-Z9.co also sold, in bulk. >>

Verisign met with domain specialists at 5778.com and announced implementation of real-name registration for .com and .net domain names via Chinese registrars, starting July 18. A domain name with registrant identity not verified within 5 days of registration will not resolve within China. >>

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YK.com and future of Chinese domain market >>

 

[Kassey Lee]

Chinese Domain News

Kaifeng-born Mr. Huang paid 6 figures (7-figure yuan) and more than 15 years to acquire Kaifeng.com. Kaifeng (开封) has long history being capital of many dynasties. Buyer plans to develop domain name into website on rich history of city. Kaifeng is also where Jewish community exists since AD960. >>

3168.com sold for $47k (315k yuan) in recent auction. 3 mean lively and 168 rhymes with
一路发 (making a fortune all the way). >>

BZN.com sold for about $38k (250k yuan) in July 18 auction. BZN may mean 抱着你 (embrace you), 保证你 (guarantee you), or 帮助你 (help you). >>

3 .win names sold in recent West.cn auction. 1.win for $9k (62k yuan, 9.win for $9k (60k yuan, and j.win for $5k (35k yuan). 1 may mean 医 (medical), 要 (want), or 邀 (invite). 9 may mean 久 (long time), 购 (buy), or 酒 (wine). J may 价 (Price), 景 (scenery), or 金 (gold). >>

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[London555]

jiucheshichang.com We know it's long ( 4 pin) but we also know what an extreamly big market it is and getting bigger each year.

 

[dordomai]

Chinese Domain News

Name + number getting popular. Kuang Bao Wang (矿宝网) just received $1.8m (12m yuan) funding. Official site is Kuang100.com. Other similar names reported in recent news include Maimai100.cn, 39Hospital.com, and 66RPG.com. Some numbers considered good in Chinese are 100, 58, 360, and 88. >>

Another site that i discovered recently:

http://www.shanghai9.com/

E-commerce site selling booze. 9=Wine

 

[London555]

Another site that i discovered recently:

http://www.shanghai9.com/

E-commerce site selling booze. 9=Wine

D-in our effort to find great semi pinyin names time and again we came across name&number re: caifu8.com che8888.com etc etc and LOTS of them. All regd by major companies. So when on here we hear " that name doesn't work' we really don't pay much attention if we think it does. That's exactly what we heard ( "v") about 990v.com before we sold it to China.

 

[Kassey Lee]

Chinese Domain News

Number of phishing sites reported 6,637 in June. 52% phishing sites used .com, followed by .cc (12%) and .tk (11%). Only 1% of .cn as real name registration deters such use. >>

HQN.cn sold for $5k (37k yuan) in recent auction. HQN may mean 好青年 (a good young person), 还去哪 (where else do you want to go?), or 好千年 (good for a thousand years). >>

YLL.com sold for $60k (400k yuan) in recent auction. YLL may mean 有礼了 (good manner), 月利率 (monthly interest rate), or 又来了 (here we go again). >>

YGY.com sold for $63k (420k yuan) in recent auction. YGY may mean 鱼肝油 (cod liver oil), 摇滚乐 (rock 'n roll), or 一个月 (one month). >>

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