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 […]
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Thunayan 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 […]
Continue ReadingChina’s bulls and bears
Last week I saw a post on Domain Name Wire inviting comments on the Chinese domain market and whether the bull run has ended. That got me thinking. According to World Domain Conference 2016, China now accounts for more than 40% of the global sales of domain names. Will China continue to grow and remain […]
Continue ReadingYK.com and future of Chinese domain market
It’s in the news! YK.com was just sold to China. Naturally, we wonder who actually bought it. What’s the reason of this purchase? And, what does it tell us about the future of the Chinese domain market? A Whois check reveals that the new owner is 徐俊 (Jun XU, also known as Cai Jun XU), […]
Continue ReadingDot CC credible with some end users but adoption puzzling
The performance of .cc has surprised me. In my July 15 post, I analyzed domain extensions used by the best rising stars in the internet world of China. What I correctly expected was the dominance of .com and .cn. What I didn’t expect was the appearance of .cc on the stage. In fact, this extension […]
Continue ReadingBest Chinese brands and their domain names
While researching to write the post on Line.com, I read about the World Brand Summit held in Beijing last month. During the conference, a list of the 500 most valuable Chinese brands was released to the news. Naturally, my attention was drawn to the domain names these brands use. So, I used Baidu to find […]
Continue ReadingHow I look at aeiouv04 in Chinese domain names
Knowing what Chinese buyers like is important when, according to World Domain Conference 2016, China now accounts for more than 40% of the global sales of domain names. One debate that has been going on in the domain investment community is whether Chinese like domain names containing aeiouv04 or not, thus affecting their values. First […]
Continue ReadingHow long is too long for Chinese domain names?
When sale of a Pinyin domain name is reported in Chinese news, it is often described as 1-pin, 2-pin, etc. These terms indicates the number of Pinyin words in a domain name. The more pins a domain name has, the longer it becomes. So the question is: how many pins will Chinese companies go before […]
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