Make sure to do the research to verify it.
I recently found a .com where the matching .cn is already developed. Because the second level domain is registered in another extension, does it mean I have a potential end user buyer for the .com?
The domain is EaseToy .com. It was dropped and can be registered for only $10 as of this writing. The domain contains two common words totaling 7 letters. ExpiredDomains.net indicates the matching .cn is registered and dotDB reports 26 similar domains. Because I don’t judge a domain by its look, I decided to do my research and visited EaseToy .cn.
At a glance, EaseToy .cn looks like a genuine website. It has product info, a news section, and even a picture of the reception desk of the company. However, there is something unusual.
First, the page title is wrong. It shows a media company from the northern part of China but the company info indicates a molding machine manufacturer from the southern part of China.
The Chinese language version used is wrong. The contents are written in traditional Chinese which is used mainly in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan but not in mainland China where simplified Chinese is the standard.
The domain’s name (“toy”) does not match the line of business (“machine”) of the company.
Most puzzling are links found at the bottom of the home page which apparently will take you to some adult sites. This just does not make sense for a machine manufacturer.
My puzzle was cleared when I pasted some of the contents into Google search, which led me to the real site at TWZYJX .com (Taiwan Zan Yang Ji Xie). TWZYJX .com is real but EaseToy .cn is only a copy.
Therefore, it is unlikely EaseToy .cn will upgrade to EaseToy .com. Further analysis using dotDB and Google search could not uncover any potential users of EaseToy.com, so I decided not to acquire EaseToy .com.
My experience highlights the importance of research. Also, when investigating sites that aren’t in your language, you may want to get help from someone who speaks the language.
Alan Built says
EA’s EToy? IE: Electronic Arts Video Game such as SIMS4 or MADDEN21 etc.
Alan Built says
I sure as hell didn’t pay $8 to resell for $280, but some reader did!!!
Kassey Lee says
Definitely not me, but that’s the beauty of domain investing. We see value differently.
David J Castello says
I receive emails all the time from people claiming to own the dotCN version of one of our names. Enduser? Never. Scam? Always.
Would be curious to know if anyone ever has done an enduser sale by targeting the dotCN owner.
Kassey Lee says
Thanks for the additional insight, David. Chinese companies do upgrade from .cn to .com. One example I remember is 360.cn upgrading to 360.com.
chandan says
Creation Date: 2020-06-27T05:09:03Z it was regged already .
i am not sure why u claiming its available to register 🙂
Kassey Lee says
The domain was still available on June 26 when I wrote the article, but the article was published much later.