Events in Hangzhou and Wuzhen in June and July. There will be at least two domain name conferences in China this summer. First up is the 2016 Global Domains Industry Summit, co-organized by Verisign, Bizcn.com and 22.cn, and managed by Jinyuming. ... Continue Reading5 Comments
What China giveth, China can taketh away
· Domain SalesMarketplaces cashed in on the Chinese gold rush, but the gravy train has slowed considerably. Domain name marketplaces were buoyed last year by the market for short domain names. Marketplaces were winners during the frenzied run-up in prices, ... Continue Reading17 Comments
Video Interview: 190.com on its $20 million domain name investments in 2015
· Uncategorized190.com Chairman Daniel Chen discusses domain name investments from a Chinese perspective. Chinese domain name investors spent a lot of money on domain names last year. In this interview courtesy of ChopChop and TLD Registry, 190.com Chairman Daniel ... Continue Reading2 Comments
The John Berryhill Show – DNW Podcast #77
· PodcastsDomain name lawyer John Berryhill shares his wisdom. Attorney John Berryhill joins us today. He talks about (1) things going on at ICANN that domainers need to be aware of (one of them really surprised me), (2) general trends in domain disputes and the ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Chinese regulations shut down DN.com domain name escrow service [Updated]
· Services"Requirements of the government" lead to sudden blackout at escrow company. [Update: DN.com is now back online. I'm also hearing rumors that DN.com might have been acquired by another large Chinese domain company.] Last week domain name escrow ... Continue Reading5 Comments
GoDaddy reintroduces China’s .Cn domain name
· Domain Registrars6 years after dropping extension, GoDaddy begins selling .cn domain names again. GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) has started selling China's .cn domain names again as part of its push into the Asia market. The company stopped selling .cn domain names in 2010 ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Expired Domain Report: KeyPoint.com, SellOff.com and more
· Expired DomainsA weekly roundup of expired domain name sales. February 8 marked the Chinese New Year. Yes, 2016 is to be the "Year of the Monkey". After the amazing surge in prices we saw during 2015 – the "Year of the Sheep", it amuses me to say – the Chinese domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
A Report from China – DNW Podcast #71
· PodcastsWhat are people in China saying about the domain name market? Tom Jennings, Director of Business Development at Snapnames, just returned from a trip to China, including the CNNIC conference. On today's episode, Tom discusses what people in China are ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Verisign: What goes up might come down
· ServicesStrong end of 2015 could make for a challenging end to 2016. .Com domain name registry Verisign reported Q4 results after the bell yesterday. Thanks to Chinese domain name investors, the company had 12.2 million new domain name registrations for ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Minds + Machines, FFM make push into China
· ServicesCompanies setting up subsidiaries in China. Two more new top level domain name companies are establishing ties in China to tap into the growing appetite for domain names there. Today, Minds + Machines announced it has appointed ZDNS as its local ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment