Chinese domain market: Letters are out, numbers are in
The explosive growth of a variety of domain strings in China has left many domain investors wondering if it is accurate or even sustainable. Current prices are up, regardless, and many sales are being reported – and many others remain unreported. ChaoMi.cc is a nice little tool that aggregates such domain sales in Chinese domain […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.China : Domain investor arrested for buying “non-premium” letters
In a clear display of government authoritarianism, police in Beijing, China, arrested a domain investor last week. Xiao Ping Guo, a Chinese domain investor from Shanghai, was taken to the local police station for interrogation. The official charges: “Registration of domain names that do not conform to the Pinyin protocol and ethics, in accordance to […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.China Daddy: Expanding into the Chinese domain market
GoDaddy, the biggest domain registrar in the world, is leveraging the opportunity to expand its domain registrar business. Tapping into the large and lucrative Chinese domain market, GoDaddy is rolling out a redesigned portal of GoDaddy.com. If you are in China, this is what you’re currently viewing – click on image to enlarge. Independent domain […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese Cybercrime : Stolen domains for sale at Ename auctions
This is an update on the recent report of four LLLL .com domain names that were stolen from their legitimate owner. According to the owner, who reached out to us, two of the domains have already been sold to new owners, via the Chinese domain auction platform and registrar,Ename.com. The stolen domains under new ownership […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Americans own the majority of LL .com domains
American domain investors, entrepreneurs and companies own – for now – the majority of so-called “Chinese premium”, two letter (LL) .com domain names. That’s the result of data analysis performed by expert Canadian domain investor, George Kirikos. Chinese premium letters form a subset of the Latin alphabet, which excludes the letters A, E, I, O, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese domain market ready to expand into 12 digits
The Chinese domain market is about to explode into unexplored territory, never experienced before by domain investors. Did you think six and seven numbers were ridiculous? Well, grab onto your chow mein dishes because there’s big news about 10 or even 12 digits soon becoming the Golden Chalice of Chinese domainer choice. The Communist Party […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.CRZ.com is *NOT* for sale!
The owner of the three letter domain CRZ.com has been using it for the past 16 years. Christopher Robin Zimmerman, an all around nice guy, registered the domain in 1999 as a shorthand version of his name; it’s his initials, after all. He also registered the dot .net around the same time. Back in the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.EFF : “XYZ .com complicit” in Chinese government censorship
In an article today, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is blasting the XYZ Registry and its decision to propose to ICANN an automatic domain censoring process, from a Chinese government blacklist. The article states: “Even so, as ineffective as it may be, xyz.com’s complicity in advancing the Chinese government’s censorship of the Internet remains profoundly […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.LL.com domains : QM.com sold to Chinese domain registrant
The two letter domain QM.com changed hands two days ago, from a registrant in Hong Kong to a new one in mainland China. According to domain investor, George Kirikos, who tracks such valuable transactions, the apparent sale occurred on September 30th. Kirikos has been tracking the ownership data of two letter .com domains, and has […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DN.com : Domain escrow steps up security with mandatory ID verification
Chinese domain escrow, DN.com, has announced that they are stepping up security measures to combat fraud. The company’s announcement addressed domain theft and fraud as being rampant. From now on, all DN.com accounts must be certified using an official form of identity, such as a police ID, a driver’s license or a passport. Such security […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Two great, liquid numeric domains owned by Chinese domain investors
It’s the new era of domain investing; numerical domains, where anything goes and every number is “premium.” From 1 digit to 63 digits to the left of the dot, numbers are in, just because the Chinese domain investors said so. If you haven’t joined the bandwagon, you might be missing out. Thousands of domainers are […]
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