2x.cn...$7,500

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2x.cn sold at Sedo for $7,500. Wow, .cn finally moving.






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[Rubber DuckRubber Duck is verified member.]

2x.cn sold at Sedo for $7,500. Wow, .cn finally moving.
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Probably got something to do with good progress on registrations.

March 504,876
April 543,899
May 576,937

However, there are about 1.4 million dot com/net registered in China.

I have a good selection of dot.cn, although I let a lot drop last year!

Best Regards
Dave Wrixon

 

[Rubber DuckRubber Duck is verified member.]

Probably got something to do with good progress on registrations.

March 504,876
April 543,899
May 576,937

However, there are about 1.4 million dot com/net registered in China.

I have a good selection of dot.cn, although I let a lot drop last year!

Best Regards
Dave Wrixon

I have just sold one (too cheaply though) to buyer from PRC.

Best Regards
Dave Wrixon

 

[aldwin]

there are 100,000,000 chinese internet users.. .cn will become very valuable with time

 

[mpadc]

hmm how did someoen manage to register a 2char .cn when apparently it has to be 3 Chars or longer? i just tried severael registrars putting some 2 random char .cn in it wont allow me at all. it says "Domains must be at least three characters long"

 

[slavahosting]

I tried too, same result. He must have preregistered it or done it voer phone or something

 

[dodo1]

I think it had once been possible to register 2 char .CN domains. However, it
seems not to be possible anymore. It's like with .DE (German ccTLD). There
are only few 2 char domains left and they're so valuable that they're owned
by big companies who would never think about selling those domains; i.e. db.de,
which is owned by the Deutsche Bahn Group.

All in all China is a growth market, also on the Internet. So I also think that
.cn domains will increase in value very soon. You should invest in Chinese
domains as long as they're available for lower prices.

 

[Dimva]

Thats crazy.. Will do some good for that ext.
Dimva

 

[aldwin]

do you know where you can find cheap .cn domains?

 

[mpadc]

Well would it be worth registering the common english .cn domain names i.e things like bicycle.cn sheeps.cn or whatever

or would it be better taking more of the Chinese oriented domain names.....?

 

[ezimedia]

HI

well I guess the person got in early and now he has profited from his good luck...

Thanks
Tom Dahne

 

[Rubber DuckRubber Duck is verified member.]

HI

well I guess the person got in early and now he has profited from his good luck...

Thanks
Tom Dahne

Getting in early is clearly the key. Technical know how and good anticipation of the markets are probably more attributable to his success than Lady Luck!

Best Regards
Dave Wrixon

Well would it be worth registering the common english .cn domain names i.e things like bicycle.cn sheeps.cn or whatever

or would it be better taking more of the Chinese oriented domain names.....?

It is unlikely that English Keywords will be of much relevance in the dot cn market, which is essentially a domestic chinese market.

The Chinese are big on acronyms, but I think even the market for PinYin is fairly limited as the adoption of IDN is already fairly well established in China and will almost certainly pick up pace with the release of IE 7.0.

The problem with PinYin is that to represent a Chinese character you need 3-4 alphabetic characters, but these actually do not give much precision of meaning without a numberical digit. This is why all Chinese names appear the same to us, as the chinese pronounciation includes tonality or pitch. This is the reason so many Chinese have the same Surname. Infact they don't but it is just too much trouble to try and explain the differences to us ignorant westerners.

IDN gets around this problem by giving the accurate literal representation, rather than leaving the reader guessing.

The dot CN extension is also available in local characters and software has been widely distributed to support this.

The big difference between the Chinese market and elsewhere is the political support for IDN, which is not only being espoused but government sponsored.

Best Regards
Dave Wrixon

 

[EM @MAJ.com]

hmm how did someoen manage to register a 2char .cn when apparently it has to be 3 Chars or longer? i just tried severael registrars putting some 2 random char .cn in it wont allow me at all. it says "Domains must be at least three characters long"

I have some premiums domains such as
www.v6.cn
www.v8.cn
www.8.net.cn
www.yo.com.cn
www.career.cn
www.feedback.cn
and more

I was able to sell anime.com.cn for less than $2000 early this year.

If you are interested to buy for the right price, let me know.

Regards,
Em

HI

well I guess the person got in early and now he has profited from his good luck...

Thanks
Tom Dahne

Yes that's domain business.
Em