Probably not.
Shi Ji Kai Yuan (世纪开元) was founded in 2001 as a platform to offer one-stop printing solutions. The company claims to have 20 million regular users on its website. It features a variety of services based on the consumer-to-business (C2B), consumer-to-machine (C2M), and supplier-to-business-consumer (S2B2C) models. Shi Ji Kai Yuan ranks No. 98 of the Top 100 internet companies (2020) in China.
When I was researching this company, I naturally thought that its corporate domain would be the brand-matching ShiJiKaiYuan.com, acronym domain SJKY .com, or their equivalents in the .cn extension. No, these domains are either not active or still available for sale. Shi Ji Kai Yuan can be found at 36588.com.
Can you remember 36588.com easily? For Chinese, it is no problem. As far as I can see, the domain consists of two numbers: 365 and 88. The number 365 refers to the 365 days in a year, which basically means “everyday”. 8 means “making a fortune” and 88 just repeats it twice, which is quite common in the Chinese culture. Together, they mean “making a fortune everyday”.
I see two issues here. The first one is that 36588 does not suggest anything related to printing. I even thought it was a gambling site. Also, I wonder how non-Chinese clients can remember this domain when one day the company decides to go global. One solution that many Chinese companies take is the use of their matching acronym domain – SJKY.com in this case.
In my opinion, 5N or longer numeric domains are not suitable for application in corporate China, so I do not expect their widespread use. These domains are mostly traded among investors. Another point is that long domains are difficult to remember, which offers an opportunity for an upgrade to an acronym domain. If your domain happens to be the acronym of a Chinese company name – as in the case of SJKY.com – your domain may be very valuable because of its upgrade possibility.
Mansour mansour Elseify says
I see the 3CH domains is taking off I been selling them between $13000 and $25,000 USD the demand even coming from western buyer. I think they are the next in line.
Kassey Lee says
Please enlighten me. What is 3CH?
Mansour mansour Elseify says
3 Characters Domains Like G95.com sold $25,000 USD Sorry I did not know you do not speek English
Kassey Lee says
Thanks. I’m more used to calling them 3C.
Snoopy says
It is a rubbish name.
Kassey Lee says
5N .com domains can grab 4 to 5 figures, and 36588.com is certainly a good domain when you consider 365 + 88. Here are some recent sales reported by Namebio.
88889.com 41,500 USD 2020-04-12 GoDaddy
99678.com 40,200 USD 2020-03-09 NameJet
60666.com 36,250 USD 2020-02-11 GoDaddy
33339.com 32,251 USD 2020-02-25 GoDaddy
02666.com 24,250 USD 2020-02-29 GoDaddy
Mansour Elseify says
Please enlighten me. What is 5N? LOL
Mansour says
calling yourself snooby is an insult you should call yourself rubbishman.