Wo Wo Tuan (窝窝团) started in 2010 as an O2O ecommerce site on 55tuan.com. 55 rhymes with Wo Wo (窝窝) and Tuan (团) is a Pinyin word. The name means a place where a group of people is sheltered. Right from the start, the company had a big plan to go national and then list […]
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Some Long Numeric Domain Names Are Valuable
I generally don’t like long numeric domain names. However, in any numeric category I can often find a small number of names that have Chinese meanings. Such meanings allow end user companies to turn the domain names into websites for commercial purposes. So, just for a little bit of fun, I have extracted from my […]
Continue ReadingShipYourEnemiesGlitter 16 Months Later – Business is Booming
In the May edition of Entrepreneur magazine there is a feature on Peter Boychuk, the Georgia native that purchased ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com for $85,000 on Flippa. Boychuk was the high bidder in what was deemed Flippa’s most active website auction ever. The website and auction got a ton of outside press from the likes of The Guardian, […]
Continue ReadingDo You Have Your Chinese Name?
Amid the enthusiasm of finding meanings to domain names, have you wondered how names of non-Chinese companies and people are handled in China? First, look at some famous brands. Apple’s Chinese name is 苹果, which is obtained via translation where its meaning remains the same in Chinese. Similarly, Microsoft becomes 微软 (translation). On the other […]
Continue ReadingVerisign Top Trending Keywords for April include Prince and Guru
Verisign is out with their Top 10 trending keywords for April. Bot was the top keyword in .com and loans in .net. Prince was fourth on the .com list. Guru was the only keyword on both .com and .net. Top 10 Keywords Registered in April 2016
Continue ReadingThis Corporate Website Uses an 8N .com. Why?
You know 神州专车(Shen Zhou Zhuan Che) is not a small player if you read that the startup just received a 20 billion CNY line of credit from a bank in China. Shen Zhou Zhuan Che offers chauffeur-driven car hire for business users. Launched only in January, 2015, the comapny already received Series A and then […]
Continue ReadingA Creative but Difficult Domain Name
会玩旅行 (Hui Wan Lv Xing) offers a marketplace for tour groups to find Chinese-speaking driver/guide outside China. Currently, this service covers more than 1,000 cities in the world, helping Chinese tourists to enjoy their tour destinations without worrying about language problems. Booking is possible even just one day before departure. The company was founded in […]
Continue ReadingBulk Trading
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 […]
Continue ReadingUsing Another Domainer’s Portfolio Against Them
So about six months ago a reader emailed me about a domain he owned that received an unsolicited offer. He told me he could not give me the exact domain but that it was a brandable two word .com. He wanted to know how much he should counter ? I did not know the guy […]
Continue ReadingFocus on Meaning, Not Chip
翼鸥教育 (Yi Ou Jiao Yu) is an edtech startup. Its free online education program is proving so popular that the company has received a large amount of fresh funding to further expand its educational services. Its corporate website is EEO.cn. If you are a Chip domain investor, you may discount the value of this name […]
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