Some recent sales reported on by Ename.cn show that CB.cn was bought back by the person who sold the domain last year. The domain was reportedly sold for mid six figure Yuan and now has been purchased for one million Yuan. Emotional attachment was the given reason for the repurchase. Thanks to Kassey Lee for translating the Ename.cn stories. Some other sales include Huan.cn, QDW.com and … [Read more...]
533.com sells for 2.72 million Yuan ($419,968)
On April 26, we wrote about 677.com selling for 3.75 million Yuan. Well we have another ABB numeric sale with 533.com selling for 2.72 million Yuan or $419,968. The domain was registered in 1998 and dropped two times previously. This sale has something in common with the 677.com sale in that there is an operating business running on it. Ename.cn reported the … [Read more...]
Chinese investors account for more than half of the ownership of all registered new gTLDs (54%).
In their latest newsletter, Sedo gave some insight into why the Chinese are hoarding domain names. Chinese Investors are Hoarding Web Addresses Currently Chinese investors account for more than half of the ownership of all registered new gTLDs (54%). This growing trend greatly effects global trade, says Matthias Meyer-Schönherr, Vice President Business Development of Sedo.com, the … [Read more...]
677.com sells for 3.75 million Yuan ($577,125)
The domain name 677.com was reported as sold Ename.cn. The domain sold for 3,750,000 Yuan. ($577,125). The thing that was interesting about the sale was that the domain is being used for an ongoing business. Ename said the following, 作为这批域名中唯一的三数字域名，677.com属于ABB型，具有“乐趣趣”等谐音。2012年域名投资人郑磊曝料称以6位数的价格将此域名出售。2013年该域名又被曝出或以6位数的价格易主。 … [Read more...]
Over 53% Of New gTLD Are Registered In China: Just Over 10% By Those In US
Over 53% of all new gTLD's are registered to domain holders in China. Only 10.8% of all new gTLD's are registered to Domain holders in the United States. According to stats newly complied by ntldstats.com, who has now broken down new gTLD registrants by the country where the domain name is registered, China accounts for 53.6% of all new gTLD registrations or 8,784,383 of the 16,396,564 new … [Read more...]
Chinese Domain Registrar Moves from 72e.Net To 72.Win
According to a press release out today, Foshan DiYong Network Co. Ltd, a domain name registrar in China has decided to change their domain name, from 72e.net to the new gTLD 72.win. .Win is owned and operated by Famous Four Media, and Richard Downs, VP of Sales at Famous Four Media had this to say in the PR: “We are over the moon with the growth of the .WIN domain extension. “We are … [Read more...]
The Dropped Domain Name 55588.com Sells For $91,060
The domain name, 55588.com which just dropped a few days ago, just sold at DropCatch.com for $91,060. The domain name was owned by VARTEX Media Marketing GmbH at the German registrar, Vautron Rechenzentrum AG. VARTEX Media Marketing GmbH owned the domain since at least 2007 according to domaintools.com The domain had a creation date of 02-17-2000 according to DomainTools.com, before it … [Read more...]