Discover.Asia Reach US$112,111

[WhoNet]

Discover.Asia Reach US$112,111
as Hot-or-Not Contest Excitement Continues

Hong Kong (OPENPRESS) July 25, 2008 -- DotAsia Organisation announced today that auction for Discover.Asia closed at US$112,111 and now has a commanding lead over “sex.asia” on the Top 10 auctions list. The .Asia Sunrise and Landrush auction process is approaching its final stretch, while the .Asia Hot-or-Not Domains Appraisal Contest continues on http://www.think.asia. Grand Prize winner for US$10,000 will be crowned when auctions are expected to be completed later in August.

Battle among the Top 10 Auction continues with challenges coming from gifts.asia (US$36,000) and book.asia (US$32,005). Both entered the Top 10 list this week and have already climbed to 5th and 6th place respectively. The two domains have been exchanging positions back and forth and both auctions are still ongoing. Other names to watch out for include “diamond.asia” and “fant.asia” which are making tremendous strides. On the other hand, “gps.asia”, which broke into Top 10 last week has dropped out of contention.

As the .Asia Sunrise and Landrush auctions continue, “lasvegas.asia”, which went through the Landrush auctions in June sold for US$30,000 last week on the secondary market, breaking into the global Weekly Top 10 domain sales reported at DNJournal (http://www.dnjournal.com).

In response to the remarkable development, Edmon Chung, CEO of DotAsia Organisation commented, “While DotAsia continues to be vigilant over infringement and abusive domain registrations, a healthy secondary market for .Asia domains is beneficial for the adoption and growth of the .Asia domain overall. Some of our critics originally held that the Sunrise and Landrush process could stifle the development of a secondary market for .Asia. The sale disproves such theory and demonstrates the investment and growth value for .Asia domains.”

The combination of “Las Vegas” and “Asia”comes as no surprise to many after Macao, the “Las Vegas of Asia”, surpassed the Las Vegas strip to become the world’s biggest gambling center back in 2006. Reports also showed that Las Vegas have realized that 4 out of 5 of its high rollers come from Asia.

So it waits to be seen if discover.asia may be displaced at the top. With more exciting names entering the scene in the final weeks of the auctions, there are sure to be more surprises. For up to date information, the Hot-or-Not contest and the Top 10 Auction list, check out: http://www.think.asia.

About DotAsia Organisation:
DotAsia Organisation is the Sponsoring Organisation and Registry Operator for the .Asia Sponsored Generic Top Level Domain. DotAsia is a not-for-profit, community-based organisation incorporated in Hong Kong. Asia has developed into a global force in the international commercial, political and cultural network. The .Asia domain aspires to embrace this dynamism in the Asia Century to become a nucleus, intersection and breeding ground for Internet activity and development in the region. To learn more about DotAsia, please visit: http://www.registry.asia.

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[trendicator]

with that kind of money, i would've bought DiscoverAsia.com or VisitAsia.com instead....

 

[htmlindex]

Discover.Asia Reach US$112,111
as Hot-or-Not Contest Excitement Continues

Looks like someone has too much money in their pockets :blink:

They could've probably purchased DiscoverAsia.com for a cheaper price :imho:

 

[Seabass]

Seabass. For our dot Asia discussion so far,
1) You haven't prove that there's a better domain for $10 at TDNAM,

2) You made your point about making money now with the type in and nonexistence traffic, which does not make sense because its a relatively new extension and auctions are still in process. You can't seriously want me to compare dot com who has about 15 years in the making with Dot Asia's traffic in a month? 4 months since go live vs. 15 years of development?

3) I think your assumption about making money now is incorrect for the Dot Asia Investors. Many investors are looking for long term and higher ROI. Type in is not the only way to make money, but you classified it as a specific question to me on traffic/type in. To answer you, it doesn't matter what "parked.com" say I had others reasons to invest.

Seabass you made a lot of statements which does have a point, however its not convincing because I don't think people could understand your grain of salt if you did not explain why its "fools gold".

Best of luck to you, I hope I am wrong and you are right - I mean that.

 

[WhoNet]

Looks like someone has too much money in their pockets :blink:

They could've probably purchased DiscoverAsia.com for a cheaper price :imho:

Yes, fully agree with you

 

[Hurley4540]

I would have just bought a better dot com with 112k....as in a few 3L dot coms

 

[SonnyCooL]

is really funny here, most domainer here is just follower, not a real trader or business to understand ....

My personal though, domainer should be a business man able to think, analysis not talking negative base on personal view.....


discover.asia = 112.000 is cheap, cause it create enough attention(especially those againt it) and history is making ... can u create a history with that prices ? if can does PM me i offer the same prices ...

 

[owntype]

overpriced.

Ditto

 

[martina2061]

The industry is tourism, Asia has the largest market.

The figure is small compared with the advertising budget of a large company looking to break into the Asian market. There was obviously a contest for the name between a number of companies. Why the surprise?

 

[Pred]

i'll be amazed if 'sale' goes through
i agree with earlier posters, i would not pay $100 for this :imho:

 

[henrysim]

The deal has gone through few days ago, and I have got the refund from my registrar for discover.asia

 

[kam]

I own pet.asia ..
Hopefully, it does not worth less than book.Asia

 

[martina2061]

Buy.asia ticking along at 73k, apartments.asia at 31k. :tu:

 

[tech4]

I think buy.asia is going to stop at 73k.

another 10.5k to beat sex.asia ... if it did, it will be history in the making.

 

[tabishis]

k! Who wants to buy my ftps.asia?

 

[DomainTalker]

Gold.asia at $36,126 - still going.

i agree with earlier posters, i would not pay $100 for this

I know we disagree on .asia, arnie...

I sniff some very different dynamics at work in this region - quite different from the European .eu......But, hey....Wouldn't it be a dull world if we all only ever saw the same things, in the same way, all the time, eh?...

.

 

[tech4]

Seabass:

-this is one of the proof that Dot Asia does have traffic behind it.
-the other thread where I post "rebel advertising dot asia on dnjournal" also shows that dot asia is building value.
-the prices for auctions have also increased 5-7 fold since start of auction if you compare items like fuel, oil, technology, metal romance, love ....
-go to the showcase thread where xt said lll.asia were sold for 12k and llll.asia were sold for some other k




Here's the traffic trend my my website www.its.asia

8/4/2008 19 unique visitors
8/5/2008 69 unique visitors
8/6/2008 485 uninque vistors today. (day is not ending yet)

As you can see...it does have traffic.

 

[whitebark]

i'll be amazed if 'sale' goes through
i agree with earlier posters, i would not pay $100 for this :imho:

You'd have to pay me $100 to take a .asia period.
:kickass:

 

[buckshotdots]

Seabass:


-the prices for auctions have also increased 5-7 fold since start of auction if you compare items like fuel, oil, technology, metal romance, love ....
.

Just to clarify as I am a bit confused. The later auctions for comparable domains are selling for up to 5-7 times more (as more info is being gained by traffic and aftermarket sales etc)? These are mine (mostly vanity ones)-

G-O
T-V
KAI
X-X
GCO
C-O

go-
g-

 

[tech4]

just the auction itself. The aftermarket as you see sell much more than that.

aftermarket see rate of 10x+
ie. lasvegas, lll.asia of rx, llll.asia of rx, cheaphotels etc.,

 

[scorpion]

From the dotasia website (4 Aug 08):

"A quick search on the Internet revealed great headway .Asia is making to attract businesses and initiatives alike to utilize the domain. Examples include businesses in the region such as "pingo.asia", "isup.asia" and "webit.asia"; multinationals and media groups such as "ing.asia", "adversus.asia" and "honda.asia"; as well as events and regional initiatives such as "gnome.asia", "childlearn.asia", "aibcs.asia", "bringitalltogether.asia" and "cantonese.asia", etc."

"...Businesses and initiatives embracing the .Asia domain are coming from Asia as well as from around the world who are targeting services for Asia - the Asia market and the Asian audience. The usage of .Asia domain names by small and large companies alike demonstrates the value of an Asia centric Internet web address".