Domain investor Hao Nan CHEN (陈浩南) is doing it again. According to a June 29 news article by eName, Chen made a good profit out of his $1.5m (10m yuan) investment in 2C domain names last year, so he is putting the same amount of money back into investing — this time in 3C domain […]
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Future of .brand in China dim
It does not make sense. I just read that China Citic Bank recently changed its site from Bank.ecitic.com to Citicbank.com. Wait a minute. Another .com again? Wasn’t .citic launched two years ago? Why would an important member of the Citic group not reside on their own land (.citic) but still choose to live under somebody […]
Continue ReadingThe Brandosphere – A look at Sedo sales and Michael Krell’s latest registrations
Today we are looking at the brandable sales that took place on Sedo this past week. We also found some recent regs of Michael Krell from BrandBucket. VeCom.com was sold for 6,800 Euros, registered in 1997, this domain has been around the world. It was owned by a Brazilian company for many years, they were […]
Continue ReadingDomain names save 90% of ad expenses and add 15% to business success
At the Global Mobile Internet Conference in 2013, Tencent CEO Hua Teng MA famously said, “We even think that the internet may not need domain names in the future.” Few years later, what do we see in China now? It appears the opposite is actually happening. Chinese consumers welcome short domain names such as Le.com, […]
Continue ReadingDirect traffic is No. 1 in China
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% […]
Continue ReadingWatch 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 […]
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