These two sales seem to be outliers.
I was quite surprised to see two .cc domains sold for very high prices recently. That aroused my interest in finding out more about the .cc extension.
West.cn reported on December 25 that 1377.cc and 1877.cc were sold for 121,418 yuan and 95,597 yuan respectively. That means sales of about $17,000 and $13,000 in U.S. dollar terms. To put them into perspective, Namebio shows 28 transactions of 4N .cc domains in the last three months, with the highest being 1500.cc at $3,050 sold on September 29. That’s quite a big jump.
.cc is the country extension of Cocos Islands, an Australian territory with a mere 600 population. The extension was released in 1997 and DomainTools estimates there are about 675,000 .cc domains as of December 24. Even though it is a country extension, .cc has been promoted to mean “Christian Church”, “Catholic Church”, and even “Creative Commons”. In China, some parties have pushed the ideas of “Chinese Company” and even “Commercial Company”. Are there non-commercial companies?
4N domains are commonly used in corporate China. For example, the 2019 Top 100 Chinese Internet Companies Report lists 4399.com and 2345.com as corporate domains of their Chinese owners. A Baidu search using the “site:.cc” parameter yielded results such as Wanzi.cc (global tour guide platform, founded 2012), Zhuwang.cc (pig industry portal, founded 2009), and Comac.cc (China Commercial Aircraft).
1377.cc and 1877.cc do not resolve currently. 1377 rhymes with Yi Sheng Xi Xi (医生嘻嘻 = happy doctor), which can be used to provide medical services. 1877.cc rhymes with Yi Bei Qin Qin (一辈亲亲 = being affectionate the whole life) which can be used in love-related businesses.
nexusm2016Mike says
cc crypto currency
Kassey Lee says
Great idea! Maybe that would help .cc ride the crypto wave and become popular.
Chen says
the price of .cc domain is a little high now….I also just sell a 3N.cc for mid 6 figures yuan….I think that it is also the highest price to invest….
Now .cc domain still can’t be put on record…so it is not right to use .cc domain for a official company site….
Kassey Lee says
That’s great sale, congrats!. Investors need to be aware that .cc is a country extension. As shown in the story of Arty.sy, government of a country extension may turn off the internet.
nexusm says
i got a few .cc
dgbk.cc ( digitalbank )
commercialbank.cc
mobilebank.cc
openbank.cc
and the traffic is good
Kassey Lee says
Then, good on you.
nexusm says
some good sales back in the years
https://domain-recht.de/domain-handel/domain-preise
Kassey Lee says
Could not see the .cc data.
Jeremy HM Chou says
All numeric .cc are acquired by eGaming companies, so you can discard meaning in corporate sense, but interpret them from eGaming perspective. 900.cc has been sold for 890K CNY this 2 days.
Kassey Lee says
Agreed. That’s incredible price!
Chen says
the discuss just for domain Investors….
eGaming companies don’t buy general NNN.cc domain that have no meanings…..
“general” NNN.cc domains sell for low even mid 6 figures…..in fact it is not smart to invest….there are only some domainers play in it…sell it…buy it….
Kassey Lee says
Thanks for the info.
Robert says
With the growing amount of states and countries legalizing cannabis … the extension .CC could be used to identify websites for “Cannabis Cafes” that are becoming popular.
some of the geo .cc’s we have are:
Amsterdam.cc
Prague.cc
Colombia.cc
Detroit.cc
Luxembourg.cc
Athens.cc
SouthKorea.cc
NorthKorea.cc
Honolulu.cc
UnitedArabEmirates.cc
Ontario.cc
PuertoRico.cc
Maryland.cc
Mississippi.cc
Montana.cc
Michigan.cc
Hershey.cc
Falmouth.cc
Bangkok.cc
WestVirginia.cc
Kassey Lee says
That’s a new interpretation for .cc. Thanks Robert.
Ray says
Also, for egaming (esports, gaming, teams, companies, IGaming) have seen an increase in Guernsey country code “gg”, extension otherwise popular known as “Good Game”.
Kassey Lee says
Well said, Ray. It’s interesting to see small places blessed with popular extensions such as .tv, .io, .cc, and even .gg which your mentioned