Chinese look at names very seriously. Because names have meanings, we want names that are simple, meaningful, and appropriate. This attitude is best described by Confucius who once said, “If the name is not correct, the words will not ring true (名不正则言不顺)”. Any foreign company entering China must face the task of finding a good […]
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China: the breeding ground of domain ideas
In 2015, China was put in the spotlight when a Chinese investor introduced the idea of bulk trading — buying or selling hundreds or thousands of domain names in a lot. This triggered the China boom which lasted for a few months. Today I want to talk about another innovative idea in domaining that I […]
Continue ReadingLearning from Chinese domain market data
Yesterday I collected and then presented data from CNNIC surveys on Chinese domain names. Now I’d like to look at the data and see if we can find some trends. While data on .cn is available since 1996, I have not found the same for other extensions until 2005. That’s why the .cn chart is […]
Continue ReadingEleven tips for Chinese domain investors
Why is that Chinese domain forums are not active in discussions? Or is it just because I have not found the right one? For example, yesterday I came across an interesting thread on the long-running Domain.cn forum. The original poster, an apparently experienced investor who joined the forum ten years ago, presented eleven points essential […]
Continue ReadingWant to befriend big Chinese investors? Get a nickname
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 […]
Continue ReadingInnovative 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 […]
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