Numbers don’t lie. They tell you direction, and the direction is up. I’m talking about the importance and therefore the value of domain names in China. Baidu has released the latest (April) numbers on how Internet users come to a website, and the trend is very favorable to domain names. Visit Method Percentage Direct 42.40% […]
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Watch 2N+English domain names in China
Two news stories caught my attention today. One is the listing of Chinese company 51 Talk on New York Stock Exchange. 51 Talk is an online English education service founded in 2011. Its corporate site is 51talk.com. Why 51? 51 rhymes with 无忧 (no worries) and 我要 (I want), so the brand becomes “I want […]
Continue ReadingDirect Navigation Returns! Do You Want Your Address Bar Back?
Many of you recall those heady days when Mozilla entered our lives and empowered us with the freedom to directly navigate the Internet. Prior to Mozilla, we were confined within the walled gardens of AOL, Prodigy and CompuServe. Up until a number of years ago, our browsers had an address bar, much like the image above. […]
Continue ReadingHow is .org being used in China?
While .com is king in China, sometimes I wonder what’s happening to .org. In the west, .org has a distinctive identity as a domain extension for non-profit organizations. In China, it is still a question mark. I’m not sure many Chinese can understand the meaning of .org with its low visibility. Translating “org” to “organization” […]
Continue ReadingWarning and advice from a Chinese domain investor
Today I came across a long article written by a domain investor called Wei Tian LI (李伟天). While copies of this article can be found in some Chinese news and forums, I could not locate its source. However, because its content is very interesting, I decided to reorganize and summarize its main points here. This […]
Continue ReadingIs This Why Microsoft Purchased LinkedIn?
It is not surprising, to many of our readers, that LinkedIn was acquired by Microsoft on 13 June 2016 for $26.2 billion dollars. LinkedIn is the preeminent business network and has realized tremendous growth and acceptance over the last decade. LinkedIn is a very powerful resource and has greatly benefitted its users and the business community […]
Continue ReadingSomething you don’t normally hear in a negotiation – “Burn in Hell”
So I had a reader ask me my opinion on a recent back and forth they had with a potential buyer. I was not really sure where my opinion would factor in as this was about his deeply rooted political feelings. I did ask if I could share the back and forth here on the […]
Continue ReadingDomain names used by Chinese companies in Top 100 Global Brands
Chinese firms score 12 of the top 100 names in the 2016 Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands released recently by Millward Brown and WPP. Since my interest is always domain name, I want to know what kind of domain names these 12 Chinese companies are using for the Chinese consumers. To get this information, […]
Continue ReadingDomain scam — Chinese style
In China, people who own domain names are considered very smart, but this is not always true. Suppose you registered a domain name a year ago. One day someone who claims to be the sales director of a domain brokerage firm calls you. He says that you have a very good domain name and he […]
Continue ReadingThe Brandosphere – A look at Sedo Sales – New offerings from Efty and Namepros
Today we are going to look at Sedo’s brandable sales for the week and the new product offering from Efty.com. Sedo did not report that many .com sales this week, only 29 in total. Since Sedo decided to stop reporting sales under $2,000 we miss out on some data that would be of value for […]
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