Poll : Are you selling your LLLL .com “Chips” ?
We haven’t run a domainer poll recently, and with the Chinese domain market’s chips being down, now it’s the time to take the pulse of domain investors. So what are domain “Chips” ? According to Dutch domain investor Tim Schoon who most likely came up with this pseudo-acronym, it’s an amalgam of China and – […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Frankie say : FGTH.com – A “Chip” domain for a band that sang about chips
British wonder band Frankie Goes To Hollywood, was the original “Chip” band in the 80s. Not only did they get to be known by the FGTH acronym, four letters devoid of vowels and the letter ‘V’, but they also sang about “Chips.” Their 1984 hit, “The Power of Love“, contains the epic line: “When the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese domain market : Shandongshengcaoxian burning rubber with massive “Chips” sale
For the past several months, we’ve covered China’s financial movements, along with other emerging markets in Asia. Leveraging big data from financial markets helps gauge the condition of the domain market microcosm. Who cares about the Chinese stock market, when there are large domain sales to report! 😀 Yesterday, we reported a large cache of […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese domain market sales : Domain investor from China cashed his ‘chips’
Through today’s Chinese domain market sales report, we extend our deepest sympathy to the victims of the terrorist attacks in Brussels. May the perpetrators be found, tried, and sentenced for their heinous crimes. A Chinese domain investor from China has just liquidated a portfolio of LLLL .com domains, that fall in the “chips” category. Shandongshengcaoxian, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese domain market sales : More debt ahead as margin trading changes
China‘s economic expansion is based on a single paradox, the very capitalist consumption its government denounced for decades. Currently, “Communist Capitalism” encourages spending as a reflection of a healthy economy, but stocks are not only overbought, they are overpriced. Regardless, the Chinese government just stepped in and changed the rules again. According to Bloomberg, China […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese domain market sales : Two letters, numbers and no Chips for you
As the Chinese economy continues to struggle, it boggles the mind that SUVs – sport utility vehicles – are increasingly the cars of choice for Chinese drivers. Despite the Chinese government’s tightening of fuel-economy standards, SUV sales in China accounted for a record 35% of all newly registered cars this year. This trend started in […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese domain market sales : Half a billion dollars in options expired!
It’s war of the numbers in China, where the government controls the yuan‘s strength, refusing to let it devalue according to the market’s indicators. Hedge funds speculating on the devaluation of the yuan seven months ago, have now lost their bet: At least $562 million dollars in options that pay out if the currency drops […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese domain sales market : The $6 billion dollar ‘Anbang’ deal
Today we’re taking a break from China’s stock market analysis. There’s a game of “monopoly” being played by China’s wealthy investor funds, and Anbang Insurance Group Co. of China just bought some prime US hotel property. Anbang spent more than $6 billion dollars to get such gems as the Four Seasons resorts in Scottsdale, Arizona, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese domain sales market : The army of minions
Billions of dollars in speculative investments were lost in China, during the big stock market crash last summer. Thousands of investors went bankrupt, after being told to buy hyped stocks that crashed and burned to oblivion. If there’s a lesson to be learned from this in a domain-related analogy: never invest in stocks or domain […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese domain market sales : Wall Street bankers from China head back home
It’s the end of yet another week full of losses for the Chinese stock market, but there’s some hope in the horizon. On the other hand, US-educated, career-oriented bankers from China that have been working for Wall Street corporations, want to head back home. Why so, in the middle of a financial crisis in China, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese domain market sales : Are you ready for the big one?
Everyone is watching the 2nd biggest economy in the world, China, with a pair of twitching eyes. Despite facilitating a large trade volume, growth has been problematic and Chinese investors have been seeking alternate vessels to invest their hard-earned cash in. Domain names, particularly of the short variety, kicked off in late 2014. The Chinese […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese domain market sales : Woman dies, thanks to the Year of the Monkey celebrations
The Chinese tradition of taking off work for a prolonged period of time to celebrate the new year, can be lethal. Foreign exchange reserves in China fell by $28.5 billion in February, and the Chinese government is planning massive layoffs of millions of workers. The Year of the Monkey “killed” most domain sales in China, […]
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