Interested in Chinese domain name registrars? These are the largest. The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) recently released a research report on the Chinese domain industry. The information on domain registrars may ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Top domain registrars in China, and how to use them in English (updated)
· Domain RegistrarsHere's an updated list of registrars in China, and how you can interact with some of them in English. Based on the “Internet and Domain Industry Report” (Chinese) published in June this year, here's the updated list of the Top 10 domain registrars ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Is Wechat.com registrar migration a harbinger of things to come in the China domain market?
· Domain RegistrarsChinese companies might move their domains from the United States. Domaingang.com reported on September 24 that WeChat.com has recently moved from the USA-based registrar MarkMonitor to the China-based eName. This happened amid the worsening ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Top 10 registrars in China
· Domain RegistrarsThese Chinese companies are top domain name registrars. I get asked from time to time which domain registrars are the best in China and which of them offer services in English. Well, hopefully you'll find your answers in this article. The China ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Official data show effects of Chinese domain investment bonanza
· Domain RegistrarsWhat happened in December, the one year anniversary of the Chinese investment bonanza. ICANN just published data from Verisign about .com activity in December. This was the one year anniversary of lots of Chinese speculative registrations, and the ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Chinese registrars lose of lot of .com, but HiChina picks up domains from others
· Domain RegistrarsOfficial data from November show some interesting domain movement. ICANN just published data from Verisign about .com activity in November. This was right in the thick of the anniversary of the "Chinese surge" and the data show it. GoDaddy has the ... Continue Reading2 Comments
eName is now a public company
· Domain RegistrarsChinese domain name company goes public. Four months ago I wrote that Chinese domain name company eName was going public. As of yesterday, the company is now publicly traded. China consultancy Allegravita has translated eName's press release about ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Breaking: eName announces Initial Public Offering
· Domain RegistrarsChinese domain name company announces IPO. eName has announced its plans to go public, following the merger/acquisition of 4.cn earlier this year. The company had 2015 revenue of 260 million(CNY) ($40 million USD) and net income is 27.9 ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Breaking: eName acquires 4.cn
· ServiceseName now listed as sole shareholder of GoldenName entity. Consolidation in the Chinese domain name market has begun. Based on a Chinese corporation document and discussions with industry sources, Domain Name Wire has confirmed that eName now owns ... Continue Reading35 Comments
Chinese domain name registrar knocks GoDaddy off .Com Perch
· Domain RegistrarseName was #1 in most recent published results. Chinese registrants helped .com surge toward the end of 2015 as they registered millions of short domain names. And, with official numbers just published by ICANN, we now know that this surge pushed ... Continue Reading2 Comments
