These 43 two letter .com domains are used by Chinese companies

Kassey Lee examined all 676 two letter .com combos to see how many are used by Chinese companies.

A lot of 2L .com domains have moved to China, but how many of them are actually put to use?

To answer this question, I generated a list of 676 two-letter .com domains. (676 is the maximum number of two-letter domains possible.) I visited each domain and checked its contents. I also checked if the domain is used as an acronym.

In my final list, I have excluded end users obviously located outside China, such as DF.com (Digital Future) and JU.com (聚币) in Singapore. Below is the list.

Domain	End user	Acronym	Application
AK.com	AK	n	Games
BL.com	Bai Lian (百联)	y	Shopping
CH.com	Chun Qiu (春秋)	n	Travel
CY.com	Chang You (畅游)	y	Games
EQ.com	Yi Kong (易控)	n	Autos
EV.com	Electric Vehicle (电动汽车观察家)	y	Autos
GG.com	GG Games	n	Games
GZ.com	Ming Yang (名扬由)	n	Domains
HG.com	Wan Jia Huan Gou (万嘉欢购)	y	Wines
IQ.com	Ai Qi Yi (爱奇艺)	n	Videos
JD.com	Jing Dong (京东)	y	eCommerce
JK.com	Jiu Zhou Tong Jian Kang (九州通健康)	y	Shopping
KE.com	Bei Ke (贝壳)	n	Real estate
KK.com	Duo Ku (多酷)	n	Games
KM.com	Qi Mao (七猫)	n	Videos
LE.com	Le Shi (乐视)	n	TV
LT.com	Le Tou (乐投)	y	Games & lottery
LU.com	Lu Jin Suo (陆金所)	n	Finance
LY.com	Tong Cheng (同程)	n	Travel
MI.com	Xiao Mi (小米)	n	Smartphones
NN.com	Qian Kuan (千款)	n	Games
OD.com	OD (OD体育)	n	Sports betting
PT.com	Players Times (玩家时代)	y	Games?
QQ.com	Teng Xun Wang (腾讯网)	n	News
QX.com	Qi Xin (齐心)	y	Shopping
RO.com	Xian Jing Chuan Shuo (仙境传说)	n	Games
SO.com	360 Sou Suo (360搜索)	n	Search engine
UB.com	UnitedBitcoin(比特联储)	y	Crypto
VX.com	Wei Xiao Wang (微小网)	n	Design plans
WJ.com	Wan Jia (玩家)	y	Games to launch?
WQ.com	Wan Qian (万千)	y	Shopping
XA.com	Ji Fei (极飞)	n	Drones
XD.com	Xin Dong (心动)	y	Games
XF.com	Xian Feng (仙峰)	y	Games
XQ.com	Xin Qi (新奇)	y	Blog
XT.com	XT	n	Crypto
XZ.com	XZ.COM	n	Domain registrar
YW.com	Yun Wei (运维)	y	Internet services
YY.com	Jin Hong (津虹)	n	Videos
ZG.com	ZG.COM	n	Crypto
ZI.com	Zi Li Hang Jian (字里行间)	n	Chinese fonts
ZJ.com	Zhe Jiang(浙江)	y	Ze Jiang news
ZY.com	Zhuo Yue (卓越)	y	Education

There are 43 domains developed into Chinese websites, which represents only 6% of the 676 domains. Less than half (42%) are acronyms and many of them represent 2-pin names, such as BL.com for Bai Lian (百联), CY.com for Chang You (畅游), and JD.com for Jing Dong (京东).

I highlight 2L and 2-pin here because of their special place in corporate China, as described in “What’s 2-pin and why does it matter for domain investing?“.