Chinese gTLDs Pushes New gTLD Registrations Beyond 600,000 - NiceNIC.NET

The commencement of General Availability for two Chinese language new gTLDs saw total registrations across all new gTLDs to jump to 634,450 on 28 April.

The two Chinese language gTLDs, .xn--3ds443g (在线) and .xn--fiq228c5hs (中文网), had registration figures of 29,722 and 14,216 respectively at the end of the day, pushing them to fourth and tenth on the nTLDstats list of top new gTLDs. Interestingly, it was the Chinese government's Service Development Center of the State Commission for Public Sector Reform that had by far the most registrations for each gTLD with 98.6 and 71.2 percent of all domains registered respectively.

According to DomainNameWire, about 20,000 of these registrations came from a deal TLD Registry struck with the above Chinese government department.

Overall .guru is still, for now, the leading new gTLD with 52,927 registrations and now a 8.34 percent market share, followed by .berlin (46,914) and .photography (33,771). - See more at: http://nicenic.net/news/messview.php?ID=13630

.Club Teams Up With TLD Registry For The China Market - NiceNIC.NET

According to a press release out this morning, .CLUB Domains, LLC, the company formed to own and operate the new ".CLUB" top level domain, and TLD Registry the company behind the new gTLD for the Chinese IDN for Online (.在线) as well as the registry for the new gTLD (.中文网) (Dot Chinese Website) have teamed up to market .Club to the China market.

The new gTLD for the Chinese IDN for Online (.在线) as well as the registry for the new gTLD (.中文网) (Dot Chinese Website) should have broad appeal both for companies in China and global brands wanting to easily represent Chinese language versions of their online properties, have agreed to collaborate on introducing some of the most popular new Internet extensions to the Chinese-speaking world.

With half of all Internet users being in Asia, and a quarter of those in China alone, .CLUB and TLD Registry are poised to make a big impact by sharing resources to promote their Chinese language domain names.

The word "club" is recognized and understood throughout the world and in nearly every spoken language, including in Mandarin Chinese.

"TLD Registry understands the Chinese marketplace better than anyone in the gTLD space, so we know we've chosen the best partner to collaborate with to help introduce .CLUB to registrars and to the millions of Chinese Internet users," said Colin Campbell, CEO of .CLUB. "As we travel throughout the country, we continue to see and hear the word ‘club' spoken, written and used in marketing, so we are confident it will be a popular web address as the Internet continues to expand."

China is the second largest economy in the world, and by 2015 it's estimated that China will have nearly twice the number of Internet users as the U.S. and Japan combined.

With that kind of growth in mind, .CLUB and TLD Registry will be exploring mutual efforts to maximize their respective exposure in China and other markets through co-marketing, sales, and joint promotion.

Both .CLUB Domains' .CLUB and TLD Registry's Dot Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网) have been in their Trademark Sunrise period.

The Sunrise for TLD Registry ended on March 17, 2014 and .CLUB's Sunrise ends March 29, 2014.

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Game.CN Most Expensive .CN Domain Name - NiceNIC.NET

Public auction of previously reserved .CN domain name Game.CN finally ended in bidding 3.098 million cny with intensive competition of 686 bids in the last 1 hour.

That Game.cn broke three million refreshed .CN open bidding history, also won the big honor of most expensive .CN domain name in 2013.

But why can Game.CN get so popular? It's a good question, game means 游戏 in Chinese, Game.CN is short and easy to remember, and now the hot gaming market, the gaming industry has deservedly become one of the Internet's most profitable industry, Game.CN's value is thus demonstrated. Game.CN can be used for gaming sites.

Most gaming websites were using creative domain names like "digital + game"  or pure digital domains. Although the game industry favored the digital domain, but domain industry prefer game domains with specific meanings, for example, Shanda paid big money to buy javaGame.cn.

Compared to other "game combination" creative domain names, Game.CN would have less limitation but more applicability. It is suitable for WebGame, MobileGame, online game or even gaming company's official website. In addition, Game.CN can contribute to stronger brand awareness, i.e. Sina Weibo paid a lot for weibo.com and made the concept of Weibo = Chinese twitter deeply rooted in Chinese netizens.

It is reported that Game.com domain name had been registered in early 1998 and got online, it also intensified the competition on hot domain Game.CN for the domestic game companies.

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Good luck with your .CN domain sales! - See more at: http://nicenic.net/news/messview.php?ID=12772

TOP 32/50 new gTLDs signed by ICANN are Chinese domain names

Source:
https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/viewstatus

1. 天主教
4. 香格里拉
5. 中信
7. 淡马锡
8. 世界
10. 嘉里大酒店
11. 商店
15. 网址
16. 大拿
17. 网店
19. 一号店
20. 點看
21. 八卦
23. 集团
28. 网址
29. 新闻
30. 嘉里
31. 网店
32. 政府
35. 中文网
36. 大众汽车
38. 商标
39. 手机
40. 游戏
41. 工行
42. 网络
43. 盛贸饭店
45. 微博
46. 公益
47. 商城
49. 深圳
50. 我爱你
... ... and more Chinese new gTLDs

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