Well, that’s probably not true, but nevertheless it’s the impression I got when I read the list of speakers and participants at the 16th anniversary meeting of the longest running domain forum Domain.cn (域名城) this week. The forum started on August 18, 2000 and many big investors are associated with this forum, such as Domain […]
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Innovative domain services born at an unlikely place
Zhejiang in eastern China is well known. After all, China accounts for 40% of global domain sales and more than half of it comes from Zhejiang. How about Chengdu in the far west? Some of you may have heard of the famous Sichuan cuisine or beautiful women, but domain names? Most likely not. West.cn was […]
Continue ReadingSnapshot of the Internet and domain names in China
Here are some latest figures I think you need to know. The data is provided by CNNIC (China Internet Network Information Center), which is the administrative agency responsible for Internet affairs under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) in China. It also manages the .cn country domain extension as well as internationalized domain […]
Continue Reading.com approved in China, but on April 5?
Yesterday was the watershed moment in the history of .com in China. Almost every Chinese news outlet reported that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) had approved Verisign as the registry for .com and .net in China. Unfortunately, no link to the source of the announcement was included. After looking around for a […]
Continue ReadingHow XMY.com owner fought the UDRP case
Today, I found another interesting news story related to the UDRP case on XMY.com. The story is based on information provided by the lawyer of the respondent Lv Chang Bing, and gives us further insight in this legal case. For the background of this dispute, please read my post published yesterday. The complainant hired a […]
Continue ReadingFunny but dangerous to read translated UDRP of XMY.com
News about short domain names intrigues investors, but it can be frustrating if the information is not available in English. Online translation services such as Google Translate may help, but sometimes critical information may be lost in translation. Here is a case. Huashi Weiye(华世伟业) is a game development company. They acquired the domain name XYM.com […]
Continue Reading62.com CEO interviewed at World Domain Conference
Mr. Xiao Sheng LIU (刘晓生), CEO of You Ming Wang was interviewed during the conference. You Ming Wang is a marketplace for buying and selling of domain names. Its official website is 62.com which has more than 100,000 users according to Baidu Baike. Liu has a positive view on the new extensions. He thinks they […]
Continue ReadingThunayan K. Al-Ghanim at World Domain Conference
I don’t know much about Al-Ghanim because of the lack of information, but his nickname Elequa always stays in my mind as a man who refuses to sell his domain names — too early. The interesting thing is, once he started selling, most of his domain names go to China instead of the US. Elequa […]
Continue ReadingFrank Schilling’s speech and interview at World Domain Conference
Today I’d like to share with you some tidbits that I’ve found in two articles published by West.cn recently about Frank Schilling when he was attending the World Domain Conference in Wuzhen July 6 to 9. Schilling has visited China many times. What he sees right now happening in China is like the 30s in […]
Continue ReadingAdvice from Chinese startup CEO: domain name first
Chinese is a compact language. This is seen in the few words Chang CHENG uses to describe their branding strategy: 先找域名，再定品牌 (Find the domain name first, then settle the brand.) Early last year, the Lenovo executive was tasked to create an innovative line of mobile phones. Naturally, he named the new company ShenQi (magical) and […]
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