discuss The Number 8

[Dogmains]

So I've been watching a lot of whats been selling incrementally learning more and more about Chinese numerology and how the number 8 is the "luckiest".

8.com of course is taken but then I started drinking and ran an experiment to see how many times I have to enter 8 to get an available domain. The answer was surprising. All of them were taken except one so I bought it... the number 8 62 times. All the domains more 8s are taken as well. All other numbers were taken so I had to buy it. IDK what anyone would do with it but theres gotta be a reason longer ones are taken as well. Maybe it'll bring me good luck times 62 by having it in my portfolio!

88888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888.com

Any ideas on why the others would be taken?

 

[briguy]

the number 8 62 times.

88888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888.com

So unless someone counts how many "8" they put into search bar, they will end up at another site...
61 "8's" is a different site (parked/developed/blank page/ etc) than 62 "8's"
60 "8's" is a different site (parked/developed/blank page/ etc) than 62 "8's"




at least you got a interesting topic (discussion) for a thread...

 

[Dogmains]

at least you got a interesting topic (discussion) for a thread...

This guy gets it

 

[branding]

@DOMAIN ILLUMINATI There might be a flaw in your .top approach. I noticed you own top.com (idn) which doesn't really make sense....

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

@DOMAIN ILLUMINATI There might be a flaw in your .top approach. I noticed you own top.com (idn) which doesn't really make sense....

Everything makes sense in some way, this IDN is a separate investment and has nothing to do with the immense value of my long domains.
Also, as it is an IDN, it is not compareable with non - IDNs.
So no flawww

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

Question
Can you point me in the direction of where these type names are being used?
Besides being discussed here on NP.
And can not be one of your names.
Thanks

I don't care if or where they are used because these domains are not created for "classical use", they are more collected assets who exist primarily to own them as investment or for own pleasure (every asset has a price at one point).

Nevertheless, here is an example:

All "ahh..." / .com domains

ahh.com
ahhh.com
ahhhh.com
…
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.com

are registered / owned by The Coca-Cola Company.
They even had all of them in active use about a year ago but currently not - probably they will use them in future again.

Another example, maybe NICKELODEON is involved:
https://www.namepros.com/threads/who-says-long-domains-have-no-value.1084791/page-5#post-6753013

But these examples are / were not / never a reason why I own such domains - I own them because I see them as the ultimate domaining / investement possibilityyy as these domains are not beatable in their length / pureness.

 

[owntype]

You can't say / write that you own the "most" "8"s on the internet" (of course you can say / write it - but it's factually wrong).

Simply because you are not the only one who owns this number of "8"s (63 = maximum) in a domain name.

As you may knowww and as as I mentioned in the beginning of this thread already, I own the domain

888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888.top

which contains exact the same number of "8"s (63 = maximum) like your domain.

.com is my world and my Internet

 

[Henry Y]

In Chinese culture, 8 is the luckiest number and closely associated with wealth, so I own a few domains having 8 and related to wealth:

ChangZhou88.com
Earn168.com
Earn28.com
Earn38.com
Earn68.com
FaDa88.com
Fortune28.com
Fortune38.com
FuGui88.com
Treasure168.com
Treasure28.com
Treasure38.com
Treasure68.com
Wealth38.com
Wealthy168.com
Wealthy28.com
Wealthy38.com
Wealthy68.com
Wealthy888.com
Wealthy88.com
18.capital
18.casino
28.capital
38.capital
38.cash
38.casino
68.capital
68.cash
68.casino

 

[wot]

中国8.com

中国888.com​

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

I'm not seeing "top-eight-domain" here.

On the left side the dot I see "eigh" which maybe is another word for eh. This is what I see.

Yes, eight is in there but what is "eight op"? What does this mean?
I don't think this is even considered a hack.
I just don't get it. Or maybe my brain is just not equipped to understand this Domain Illuminati stuff.

Your feedback is welcome.
I recommend you to see my post / domain in context with the emoji I made:



You see what you want to see - so if you want, you can see that the "eigh(t)" "borrows" its "t" from the ".(t)op", in other words, the TLD is "sharing" its first letter (t) with the domainname (eigh)…

...this will let you see "eigh(t)op", I would call it "fusion - hack - domain", it's (original) DOMAIN ILLUMINATI stuff, yes.

I registered this domain as a short forwarder to the highest "8" - domain of all time.

 

[namerav]

These kind of domains mostly registered by Domain Hobbyists.

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

These kind of domains mostly registered by Domain Hobbyists.

Or by domain strategists.

 

[Dogmains]

nobody is going to type in 88888888888888888888888888888888888.com

I did... also according to Estibot quite a few people do a month which is crazy

Exact Searches
Keyword [88888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888]
Monthly Searches 320

 

[miklcct]

I have some pure numerical domains ending in .com with a large numbers of 8s in that. Where should I sell them in order to reach the Chinese market?

 

[DnEbook]

Appreciated if you can tell how to find the Chinese people!

Go to China ....

 

[miklcct]

Go to China ....

I'm in China already, how can I find local domainers?

 

[wot]

I'm in China already, how can I find local domainers?

There are probably many domainer groups on Weibo ,Wechat, WeixinQQ etc do a bit of research.

Check out domain forums in China, Domain dot cn may be a good start.

 

[miklcct]

There are probably many domainer groups on Weibo ,Wechat, WeixinQQ etc do a bit of research.

Check out domain forums in China, domain cn may be a good start.

I forgot to mention that I am lucky to be located in the part of China outside the great firewall (there are three regions of China outside the wall) so I don't use those things (except Wechat to a limited extent), and the great firewall is the barrier between us and the rest of China.

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

The highest possible sub.sub.sub.domain would be this one:

8888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888.888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888.888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888.888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888.top

58 x "8".63 x "8".63 x "8".63 x "8".top
=
247 "8"s at whole + TLD .top

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

The highest possible sub.sub.sub.domain would be this one:

8888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888.888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888.888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888.888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888.top

58 x "8".63 x "8".63 x "8".63 x "8".top
=
247 x "8" at whole + TLD .top

IMPORTANT CORRECTION

The 5th - level - subdomain (the one with the lightest grey in this case) can "only" have 57 "8"s (and not 58 "8"s (like I unintentionally wrongly posted in my previous post above more than 2 years ago) if all other subdomains (including the 2nd - level domain which is technically also a subdomain (of the TLD) have already 63 characters, the highest posible number of characters that a (sub)domain (label) in a domain name (combination of all labels + dots) can have))) - so the highest possible "8" sub.sub.sub.domain is actually this one:

8888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888.888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888.888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888.888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888.top

57 x "8".63 x "8".63 x "8".63 x "8".top
=
246 x "8" at whole + TLD .top



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IMPORTANT NEWS

And, regarding the digit "8" and its potential value in digital assets, the following information / news may be interesting for some of you:

Today, a phone number which ends with (only) 5 "8"s was sold for ¥ 2,25 million CNY ($ 300,000.00 USD) at an online auction in China - you may have read about it (if not, then you can find it in the world wide web).

So if already a phone number (which can, due its more "local" character, not reach the "global" character - and therefore not the same potential - like a domain name can reach through the world wide web) which have (only, yes ONLY) 5 "8"s sells for such an amount, then one can imagine how valuable a domain name that has about 50 times more "8"s (246 "8"s to be exact - and NO OTHER DIGITS (in contrast to the phone number) which makes it PURE) is...

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

IMPORTANT CORRECTION

The 5th - level - subdomain (the one with the lightest grey in this case) can "only" have 57 "8"s (and not 58 "8"s (like I unintentionally wrongly posted in my previous post above more than 2 years ago) if all other subdomains (including the 2nd - level domain which is technically also a subdomain (of the TLD) have already 63 characters, the highest posible number of characters that a (sub)domain (label) in a domain name (combination of all labels + dots) can have))) - so the highest possible "8" sub.sub.sub.domain is actually this one:

8888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888.888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888.888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888.888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888.top

57 x "8".63 x "8".63 x "8".63 x "8".top
=
246 x "8" at whole + TLD .top



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IMPORTANT NEWS

And, regarding the digit "8" and its potential value in digital assets, the following information / news may be interesting for some of you:

Today, a phone number which ends with (only) 5 "8"s was sold for ¥ 2,25 million CNY ($ 300,000.00 USD) at an online auction in China - you may have read about it (if not, then you can find it in the world wide web).

So if already a phone number (which can, due its more "local" character, not reach the "global" character - and therefore not the same potential - like a domain name can reach through the world wide web) which have (only, yes ONLY) 5 "8"s sells for such an amount, then one can imagine how valuable a domain name that has about 50 times more "8"s (246 "8"s to be exact - and NO OTHER DIGITS (in contrast to the phone number) which makes it PURE) is...

IMPORTANT CORRECTION OF THE IMPORTANT CORRECTION

Since the quoted domain name is indeed again (!) incorrect (it has 1 "8" too much (58 "8" instead of "57") in the 5th level subdomain = the most left one = the lightest grey one), I have to post it again - but now definitely corrected (plus a few additions for a better understanding).

Ok - the highest possible "8" domain name = sub.sub.sub.domain.tld. is definitely this one:

888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888.888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888.888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888.888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888.top.

57 "8".63 "8".63 "8".63 "8".top.
=
246 "8" at whole + TLD .top.
=
253 (254 including the root zone - dot right beside the TLD) characters (all digits, all dots) total.

Every possible digit in this domain name is a "8", the rest are the neccesarry dots and the (highest) TLD - so there is definitely no higher "8" - domain name possible in the world wide web.

 

[Darrell Stallworth]

I have 8883330.com listed on G*Da**y. I think the triple 8s should be an easy sell.

 

[mobilespecialists]

I'm in China already, how can I find local domainers?

For example by internet forums : domainclub .org (no so active), club .domain .cn (much more active) ?

(sorry for strange format - could not get working URLs in the text )

Btw. I won on auction 8.LU - Is this not like "lucky path" or something in East Asia? I know 8.LA sold at 25000 USD. What could be value of 8.LU?

 

[DuDD]

“8” means “发” in China

• Therefore domain names associated with 8 cost more
  

 

[DuDD]

And therefore domain names associated with (much) more 8 cost even (much) more (at least that's the case with my 888... ...888.top domain name).

hahaha
good luck to you

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

It lays in "human nature" to reach the top of certain things.
In context of domaining that's why primarily the highest possible number of certain digits / letters / words in certain TLDs are taken.
You can consider such ultimate domains as a virtual way to symbolize that.
Such domains are digital status symbols, if such Domains are offered for sale, the target audience are primarily UHNWI's.

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My answer to your question:

I believe the other domains (with the lower number of "8"s) are taken because their owner/s assumingly also have the above explained "wish" to reach the top, in this case to reach the top of the "8"s.
As they were obviously not able to get the 63 "8"s in this TLD, they registered the next possible highest number of "8" - like you did

My opinion to your domain:

As 62 "8"s are not the highest possible number of "8"s, it is far (yes, far, although it's "just" one "8" too less) away from having the same potential like 63 "8"s can have.

Also, it is ending with the TLD .com - but domains which are trying to symbolize the top (of whatever) or trying to be "near the top (of whatever, in your case near the top of the "8")" should logicallyyy end with the TLD .top - it's self explanatory whyyy
If you want to enter this field of domaining, you have to understand this - no matter what people are trying to explain about .com

Regardless these points. of course I wish you all the best with it.

BTWWW I currently own THE HIGHEST "888... ...888" - DOMAIN OF ALL TIME:

888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888.top

THE HIGHEST "888... ...888" - DOMAIN OF ALL TIME

- 63 x 8 (1 character) = 63 characters
- 63 characters = highest possible number of characters a domain name can consist of left beside the TLD ("topleveldomain" = domain - extension / - ending)
- TLD .top (highest TLD)

The result of this ultimate combination is, that this domain is 100 % the highest "888... ...888" - domain of all time.