Last year China introduced the world to bulk trading of domain names. The traditional approach is for investors to buy one or two good quality domain names at a time, and then wait for end user companies to buy the domain names in order to develop websites. However, bulk trading is about buying much lesser […]
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Is it time to Boycott Domain Tools ?
Domain Tools is rolling out new membership packages and to be straight to the point, THEY SUCK ! I currently pay as most professional members pay, $49.99 for this: Domain Monitor 10,000 Domains Registrant Monitor 10 Registrants Name Server Monitor 100 Name Servers Brand Monitor 10 Brands Hosting History 100 Domains Whois History 100 Domains […]
Continue ReadingVerisign Trending Keywords for March, Trump makes the list once again
Verisign released their top trending keywords for March and Presidential hopeful Donald Trump found his name on the Top 10 once again. Building was the top .com keyword and chin was tops for .net.
Continue ReadingA Domain Name Map of The World
Wired.co.uk published an article that included a map of the world ( courtesy of Nominet) which focused on domain extensions. The story spent a lot of time on .TK the cctld of Tokelau being the largest spot on the map. With more than 31million regs it leads all extensions. Of course they are free. From […]
Continue ReadingMany ordinary Chinese citizens remain enthusiastic about investing in domain names
The topic of domain names was covered on CRIEnglish.com China Radio International’s English Service is one of CRI’s most important divisions. The article looks at how the average citizen is getting interested in domain names. Colin Campbell of Dot Club was quoted From an insider’s perspective, Colin Campbell thinks Chinese investor’s preference for short, numeric […]
Continue Reading“The more someone has to type, the less likely they are to go to the domain”
Dr. Thies Lindenthal formerly of Sedo and now a lecturer at Cambridge University, wrote a paper titled, Monocentric Cyberspace: The Primary Market for Internet Domain Names, There is some interesting data and Lindenthal does touch on new gtlds as well. Alexis Kramer gave some analysis and key takeaways. For Lindenthal, having to type out a […]
Continue ReadingCharging Someone Upfront to make a domain inquiry – Fair or Foul?
Some domain investors own a lot of domain names and get a lot of inquiries, some are desirable, some are lowball and some are just a snarky comment about why they don’t deserve to own the domain name. There are services out there such as Domain Agents which provide a secured offer service where if […]
Continue ReadingVerisign’s Top Trending Keywords for January were dominated by China
Verisign released their top trending keywords for January. Chinese terms dominated the .com list while .net was led by inter, heart and beach. Jin, Fang,Yun,Bao and Rong were the top 5 keywords in .com. The keyword Smith was actually in both com and net.
Continue ReadingBenin and St Helena Need to Think About Getting in the China Game
There are a few countries that should change how they do things and get in the game of repurposing their cctld. I am talking about Benin and the island of St Helena. These two countries are fortunate enough to possess the .BJ and .SH country codes. With .Ws looking to refresh their brand and focus […]
Continue ReadingChineseLandrush.com Takes a look at the number 5
ChineseLandrush.com has been running a series of articles on the meaning and history behind numbers in Chinese culture. The latest post is the number 5. 5: 五; Pinyin: Wǔ In terms of understanding the meaning of numbers in the Chinese context, the number five is one of the least ambiguous numbers for westerners to understand. […]
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