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events Highlights: 2015 Top 10 Events List in Domain Name Market

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At the end of 2015, DN.com wants to summarize Top 10 important Events in Domain Name Market, mostly in Chinese market. Let's review together.

1. Price Inflaction

We have witnessed the price inflaction. LLL.com and LLLL.com domain names become the newly favored investing types.

2. Financial Leverage is Widely Used

P2P platforms are emerging in this rapidly developing Internet Era, which also affects domain name market. Financing platforms launched with domain names becoming the intangible mortgageable assets. Large amount of capital rush into the market, making domain name market flourishing!

3. 360.com Sold for $17 Million

In February, 360.com was sold for 17 million US dollars by Chinese.

4. Escrow.com Acquired by Freelancer.com

In April, Escrow.com was acquired by Freelancer.com. It's a quite stunning news. This is Freelancer.com's strategic acquisition. And most importantly, this presents that domain market is publicly recognized gradually.

5. WE.com Acquired by Renrendai.com

In June, WE.com is acquired by Renrendai.com. The seller told DNclass that the brokerage commission reaches to more than 1 million US dollars. So we guess the domain names price is more than 8 million US dollars.

6. Google Use nGLDs: .XYZ

In 10th August, Google announced company restructuring, which caused great attention worldwide. In the meanwhile, Google put .xyz domain name into effect, triggering the debate and attention on nglds.

7. DomainFest is Held in Macau, Asia

In September, DomainFest is held in Macau, Asia, indicating that Chinese domain market is becoming more valued and is of considerable chances in becoming the center of world domain name market.

8. Chinese Investor Spent Millions in Registering

In September, Chinese investor Yipeng Xie spent 1.65 million in registering 330K six-number domain names,which suprised the whole Chinese market. Registering boom was triggered thereafter.

9. John Xu's Speech

In November, Chinese investor John Xu, owner of 4.cn and dn.com, made a speech on Chinese market situation, which is considered quite controversial. For more information, see in here( https://www.namepros.com/blog/successful-chinese-domainer-gives-advice-to-investors.895525/).

10. The First Domain Name Festival

In December, 190.com held the first “Chinese Domain Name Festival& Chinese Digital Assets Investing Summit”. The total sales amount of the auction is added up to 155 million in RMB, which is another highlight news to the market.


Here we only listed ten important events to Chinese domain name market. There are certainly much more memorial events we failed to mention.

What's your TOP 10 events in domain market? Welcome to share with us !
 
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