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 […]
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Innovative 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 ReadingEveryone Would Like to Get Paid To Lose
Reading all the stories on the registries that were upset they lost out on getting a piece of that $135 million .web pie, got me to thinking. What if domain investors could participate in this ridiculous business model. Feign interest to gain riches. Hey ICANN, registrars really never had a right to auction off domains […]
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 ReadingPossibly The Most Chatted about auction ever on Namepros closes at $3,600
There really has never been an auction on Namepros that has been chatted about as much as the 68 domain BrandBucket portfolio of Doron Vermaat. The auction perked up and brought attention to the rules at Namepros when Doron sold SchoolPanda.com for $2,995 on BrandBucket while the auction was running. The auction closed at $3,600 […]
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 […]
Continue ReadingNo surprise what the top two trending keywords were for July
Verisign released their top trending keywords for July and the top two spots were no surprise. The Pokemon Go craze went worldwide and Go and Pokemon were top two in both .com and .net. Panda made it in the top 10, I have been writing about School Panda for close to a week.
Continue Reading62.com CEO interviewed at World Domain Conference
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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