Chinese based social media company YY Inc is changing it’s name to Joyy Inc. The company runs on the very valuable YY.com. Joyy.com is owned by Joyy Mobility out of Germany. Here is the press released announcing the change. Hat tip to Lox. GUANGZHOU, China, Dec. 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — JOYY Inc. (YY) […]
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A handful of expired gems on GoDaddy including a 3L and 4N.com
GoDaddy auctions has a handful of gems that you normally don’t let expire. Last week I wrote about a 3L.com DAE.com which closed at $126,000 and the week before a 4N.com 4600.com expired and closed at $68,000. Currently they have a 3L (CTX.com), 4N (8034.com) a 3N.cc (882.cc) and a 2L .net with QF.net expiring. […]
Continue ReadingZB.com and its domain implication in corporate China
LL (letter-letter) .com domains are made for China. They are prestigious, short, and easy to remember. Most importantly, they “speak” both Chinese and English. In 2017, serial entrepreneur Will Hua (花松秀) launched Zhong Bi (中币=China Currency) as a cryptocurrency exchange now based in Hong Kong. Zhong Bi rose within a very short time to be […]
Continue ReadingLL 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. The US and China are the largest economies, and a recent Bloomberg article even went so far as to say […]
Continue ReadingLiquid Domain Market Overview for Q3 Sales up almost double
Giuseppe Graziano published the Liquid Domains Market Overview for Q3 2018. According to the report volumes were up almost double to $9.2 million. From the report In Q3 the total volume of disclosed sales almost doubled from $5.4M to $9.2M. We also registered a 50% increase in the volume of escrow.com sales, which jumped from […]
Continue ReadingLiquid domains did not have a good second quarter according to report
Giuseppe Graziano released his LXDO liquid domains market report for the second quarter. As GDPR takes effect, Escrow.com reports the lowest volume of sales since the start of LXDO. Giuseppe commented that the median values of disclosed transactions also recorded very large decreases in almost all categories. This calls for caution in view of the […]
Continue ReadingAfter a successful sale of QM.net now KQ.net up for sale on Namepros
A couple weeks ago I wrote about QM.net being put up for auction on Namepros. You don’t see a valuable, liquid name such as a 2L.net be put up with a $1 start, no reserve. The auction started on July 29, so it took two weeks to close but the auction closed at $13,777 and […]
Continue ReadingQM.net sells at Namepros
A couple weeks ago I wrote about QM.net being put up for auction on Namepros. You don’t see a valuable, liquid name such as a 2L.net be put up with a $1 start, no reserve. The auction started on July 29, so it took two weeks to close but the auction closed at $13,777 and […]
Continue ReadingYou don’t see these everyday – 2L.net auction starting at $1
Let me say upfront, Namepros members don’t verify their identity. You don’t see a 2Letter.net auctioned everyday on Namepros with a $1 starting bid. But that’s what we got with QM.net being auctioned off by a member who has 73 positive reviews, 0 negative. QM.net is up for auction. XR.net just closed at NameJet on […]
Continue ReadingLiquid Domains Overview for Q1 2018 shows 4Ls kept consistent with $4.8M in turnover
Giuseppe Graziano released the Liquid Domains Overview for Q1 2018. Always a great read and if you own these names you should go over the whole report. From the report 2018 starts with a continuation of the trends observed in our past reports: China continues to gain market share, especially on the 5Ns front where […]
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