TLD Investors

Many investors seem to dislike domain names containing the letter V. However, if you look at recent domain sales in China, you’ll see a different picture. Last year, VV.cn was sold for about $225k, where the two Vs may mean 微微 (tiny tiny). Early this year, VQ.cn was sold for about $45k, where VQ may […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]