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]

On June 1, Namebio report sale of Listy.com for $13,888 on Godaddy. This word is not found in traditional dictionaries such as Merriam-Webster but Yourdictionary.com describes "listy" as an adjective meaning "resembling a list".

Interestingly, on the same day, Listy.cn was registered on registrar Aliyun. This suggests Chinese domain investors are watching the western markets and have no problem with English domains.

 

[lambo.com]

On June 1, Namebio report sale of Listy.com for $13,888 on Godaddy. This word is not found in traditional dictionaries such as Merriam-Webster but Yourdictionary.com describes "listy" as an adjective meaning "resembling a list".

Interestingly, on the same day, Listy.cn was registered on registrar Aliyun. This suggests Chinese domain investors are watching the western markets and have no problem with English domains.

Listy is a good price at $14k, very reasonable for buyer. My ask would be 5 times that min.

 

[lambo.com]

I have 88287 (/com) in godaddy auctions with a reserve between $5000-10k. Is this name pretty enough to get in that range? If not, that's ok.

 

[Kassey Lee]

Except a few numeric .com such as 1688.com owned by Alibaba with good meanings, I don't understand how long numbers can be remembered by consumers and therefore favored by businesses in China.

 

[lambo.com]

Except a few numeric .com such as 1688.com owned by Alibaba with good meanings, I don't understand how long numbers can be remembered by consumers and therefore favored by businesses in China.

Doesn't seem long to me but your cultural reference and expertise is noted and important

 

[China auto]

Kassey know you stated that did not think Crypto was still used ?
Just posted: Crypto Visa card company Monaco just spent millions to buy Crypto.com Experts told The Verge that Crypto.com could have attracted as much as $10 million, however Monaco CEO Kris Marszalek declined to go into the specifics Nothing like owning the cognitive generic domain like owning the main marketing routes without a lifetime of paying ferrymen Crypto - Cyber are global generics Ultimately the mix of Latin and Pinyin become part of our linguistics CyberSuo.com.com (Cyber Lock) CyberAnquan.com (Cyber Security) CryptoHuob.comi (Crypto Currency) https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/05/crypto-com-mco/

Respectfully do you offer your personal registration for sale ? I would be interested to seem them in order to have a more rounded opinion of my own possible errors it seems a reasonable request as so many people as your opinion on the subject ........

 

[Kassey Lee]

When it comes to crypto, I'm really ignorant, so I don't have any opinion to offer.

Regarding domains consisting of both English word and Pinyin word, yes, I have seen such use by Chinese startups, but have not seen it being popular among major companies in China.

 

[China auto]

When it comes to crypto, I'm really ignorant, so I don't have any opinion to offer.

Regarding domains consisting of both English word and Pinyin word, yes, I have seen such use by Chinese startups, but have not seen it being popular among major companies in China.

"When it comes to crypto" Difficult to believe that Kassey,

Ref Pinyin /Latin generics major China centric companies use English if generic or Pinyin brands if China centric ? Not that Tencent JD or Alibaba need to care.

WeChat generation two word generics keep national pride and are apirational (linguistics) Baidu WeChat Google & Tech terms change global linguistics. Cixin Liu "TheDark Forest" got that right

As for "Respectfully do you offer your personal registration for sale ? I would be interested to seem them in order to have a more rounded opinion of my own possible errors it seems a reasonable request as so many people ask your opinion on the subject ........" you dodged the question Why ?

 

[Kassey Lee]

@China auto, you have overvalued me, my friend. I'm really not into crypto and I own no crypto-related domains.

"Respectfully do you offer your personal registration for sale ?" Do you mean my own domains? I'm more a collector and don't actively sell. It's more a hobby.

 

[China auto]

@China auto, you have overvalued me, my friend. I'm really not into crypto and I own no crypto-related domains.

Thanks for the reply. I can understand that one has to believe in a chosen market

"Respectfully do you offer your personal registration for sale ?" Do you mean my own domains? I'm more a collector and don't actively sell. It's more a hobby.

Yes your own registrations, my interest was not in buying that would be to presumptuous. It would have been interesting to have noted range of the collection but no matter, I understand your privacy data can be turned card ......... on a forum

 

[Kassey Lee]

The world's biggest AI startup is from China but its domain is not .cn

My college days at The Chinese University of Hong Kong were about fun, friends, and sometime aimless activities. Yet, to some, it's a place to germinate great ideas. Take Xiaoou TANG and Li XU, a CUHK professor and a PhD student respectively who in 2014 had an "aha!" moment and founded the AI startup SenseTime,.

 

[China auto]

The world's biggest AI startup is from China but its domain is not .cn

My college days at The Chinese University of Hong Kong were about fun, friends, and sometime aimless activities. Yet, to some, it's a place to germinate great ideas. Take Xiaoou TANG and Li XU, a CUHK professor and a PhD student respectively who in 2014 had an "aha!" moment and founded the AI startup SenseTime,.

.cn would not scale but you know that .....

 

[Kassey Lee]

According to Chinese news, starting from May 29, individuals in China can now register .cn and .中国 (IDN). Three years ago, the government announced these two extensions could only be registered by businesses. This may attract more interest from small investors who do not own a company.

Source: http://news.163.com/14/0310/15/82MR75IV00014JB5.html

 

[Kassey Lee]

China-based blockchain consulting company Crypto Future just raised $1.8 million in funding. But it has a problem. Is Crypto Future based in Beijing? I couldn't find it using Google and Baidu. There is a Vienna-based Crypto Future on CryptoFuture.com which also offers Blockchain technology services. Crypto Future consulting will face a serious problem as the Austrian Crypto Future has already taken the right spot on the internet.

 

[Kassey Lee]

China-based electric car startup Byton was founded only in 2017 but has already received $500 million investment. Byton's corporate domain is brand-matching Byton.cn but it has also secured Byton.com which was registered in 1997.

 

[Kassey Lee]

Yes, .net is used by Chinese companies too, though the number is very small. For example, when SEO startup Tian You Network (甜柚网) was founded in February this year. At the same time, they acquired TYW.net domain for 50,000 yuan ($7.5k).

 

[Kassey Lee]

A Chinese vision fund provider without a visionary domain

I have been a fan of Softbank for a long time. Legend has it that in the early days Masayoshi Son once stood on a wooden fruit box and spoke with passion about his grand vision to his only handful of employees. In between the years, he rose from a small software distributor in Japan to become the 38th largest public company in the world. Last year, he stunned the investment circle by creating the world's largest technology fund: Vision Fund.

 

[Kassey Lee]

Domain KSAQ.com sold for 2,500 yuan some time ago has been developed into a mining safety site. KSAQ is an acronym for the name of the site Kuang Shan An Quan (矿山安全).

Note that the name contains the letter "a", one of the letters in aeiouv not favored by the Chinese "chip" investors.

4L .com domains often sell for 5 figure yuan so the prices are very accessible to startups in China.

 

[Kassey Lee]

4L .com domains often sell for 5 figure yuan so the prices are very accessible to startups in China.

4 or 5 figures

 

[Kassey Lee]

In my opinion, 2-pin .com are probably the most popular type for Chinese companies. They often sell for 6 figures in yuan. Recently, well-known directory info service provider 58同城 (58.com) CEO reportedly sold QiMiao.com for over 1 million yuan. Qi Maio may mean 奇妙 (amazing).