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.

 

[vravis9]

It is generally quite good but sometimes gives you funny answer. So always check the result with a Chinese-speaking person. All the best.

That's what I was thinking about... Chinese speaking persons help is vital in those situations...
Apart from that I guess more reading on blogs like yours will bring across some small terms and their usage frequency and main purpose...

Thanks for your time

 

[Corey]

Does 591 have any meaning?

Thank you in advance

Cheers
Corey

 

[Kassey Lee]

Does 591 have any meaning?

591: 网就医 (web-based doctor service)

To see how I create Chinese meanings (brands), read my latest article "What is the Chinese meaning of 25.com?" on my site.

 

[China auto]

Interesting to note Xiangcun.com sold for $82,000 this week, guessing Q.org went to China ? pretty sure 8.org will brave move buying the portfolio that is self belief. Took a punt on http://caipiaoyouxi.com/ http://guobaoxian.com/
http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2018/20181031.htm

 

[slader23]

@Kassey Lee I bought an aged brandable about 6 months ago and it's been getting daily Chinese traffic. The domain is also taken in .cn, it tooks some time to figure out but I'm pretty sure the name is Chinese for Crocodile leather lol.

Geeyu.com (Ge e yu) 革鳄鱼

Does that make sense to you? It's the only way I can explain the constant traffic from China.

 

[Kassey Lee]

Geeyu.com (Ge e yu) 革鳄鱼

Yes, it's 3-pin, translating to "leather crocodile"

 

[john888]

Does "xin nian qian xi" mean New Year's Eve? Is it western and not Chinese New Year's Eve.

Thanks.

 

[Kassey Lee]

Does "xin nian qian xi" mean New Year's Eve? Is it western and not Chinese New Year's Eve.

Thanks.

新年前夕 (New Year's eve)

For Chinese new year eve, the common term we use is 除夕
https://chinese.yabla.com/chinese-english-pinyin-dictionary.php?define=除夕

 

[Kassey Lee]

Yue DAI (戴跃) just tweeted on Wechat that he spent several million US dollars to acquire the domain KR.com. This followed his acquisition of JP.com in January this year. JP is the abbreviation for Japan and KR for Korea. Dai also runs his domain shopping mall from Yuming.com. BTW, YuMing.com (域名) is a 2-pin domain meaning "domain".

 

[China auto]

Kassey, Like many I gave up on all other prefixes than the .com & . cn however I do like the .ai as it seems to me to be the perfect generic for the AI industry and in many ways the e-gaming industry. Is there any China centric cultural reason that could stop the growing use of .ai in the Chinese WeChat generation ?

 

[Kassey Lee]

Kassey, Like many I gave up on all other prefixes than the .com & . cn however I do like the .ai as it seems to me to be the perfect generic for the AI industry and in many ways the e-gaming industry. Is there any China centric cultural reason that could stop the growing use of .ai in the Chinese WeChat generation ?

Ai is a Pinyhin word meaning 爱 (love) so the meaning is good, but imho .ai will be like .ly, sy, .co. etc. as they came and went. At a certain time in the future, everything will be AI-based so that no one will talk about this term any more, just like what electricity is today. IMO, only .com and country extensions are the mainstream extensions, the rest are mostly niche markets.

 

[China auto]

Ai is a Pinyhin word meaning 爱 (love) so the meaning is good, but imho .ai will be like .ly, sy, .co. etc. as they came and went. At a certain time in the future, everything will be AI-based so that no one will talk about this term any more, just like what electricity is today. IMO, only .com and country extensions are the mainstream extensions, the rest are mostly niche markets.

Hmm just not sure as I think AI will as you say be part of everything and as such a clear distinct line from mortals. ly sy ect are not generics where as electricity or E-sports (got you thinking ?) dianziyouxi.ai I'm just not sure sure how cool a WeChat generation would think as the future will be a mix of English & Chinese not that I will be around then....

 

[Kassey Lee]

LL and LLL .com domains may be best choices for Chinese companies

Recently I posted on LinkedIn the sale of an LLL (letter-letter-letter) .com domain in China. It triggered discussion among my readers and got me into thinking more about the future of acronym domains in China.

 

[Federer]

Kassey, could you please send me a message in private.

 

[golan]

Hi @Kassey Lee ,

Does VTH means anything? I got an price inquire for .biz domain, from a Chinese guy, so have no idea what price to call, if this doesnt have any meaning then its only a few hundreds, but if does have then it's a different game...

Thank you

 

[Kassey Lee]

Does VTH means anything?

The first thing I always do is to do end user research. Check Baidu. Check .cn. Check .com.cn for China market. Unfortunately, nothing special about VTH popped up.

 

[Federer]

Do .CN domains sell well to businesses in China?

Most .CN sales are probably not reported, but the ones that are (at Sedo), seem interesting (filebox.cn $5385, designchina.cn $2999, paybit.cn $12000, playfab.cn $17250 etc.)

I wonder if there is a website that reports sales of investors to end users for .CN domains (like namebio or a section in a domain forum)….

 

[Kassey Lee]

Do .CN domains sell well to businesses in China?

Yes, number of .cn registrations in China is about 2X of .com. While .com is King by value, .cn is No. 1 by volume.

 

[Federer]

As I don't speak Chinese, is it best to just list my .CN domains at Sedo and Afternic? (I think a chinese buyer would see the sales page in Chinese at Sedo automatically).
I am guessing some end users would also contact me via email sometimes.

 

[Bobromeo]

As I don't speak Chinese, is it best to just list my .CN domains at ...

It is not difficult to list at 4.CN and you can make a shop ... and still sell at GoDaddy/Sedo etc.