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

Chinese .Mobile New TLD now Available - NiceNIC.NET

New Chinese "mobile" top-level domain now available to all website owners and operators

Afilias announced today the general availability of its first Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) at the top level : .移动 (.MOBILE in Chinese).

You can read the press release after the jump:

Global registry services provider and dotMobi registry operator Afilias today announced the general availability of its first Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) at the top level: .移动 (.MOBILE in Chinese).

Transliterated as "Yi Dong" .移动 is a domain name just like .MOBI, which also indicates a website works on a mobile device. But the .移动 domain is part of a new generation of top-level domains (TLDs) that are written in native languages rather than traditional ASCII scripts like the .INFO or .MOBI TLDs.

A Chinese complement to the .MOBI domain, .移动 is designed to let Chinese-speakers - wherever in the world they're located - know that a website was designed to work on a mobile device like a tablet, iPhone or Android device.

"With more than one billion mobile phone users in China plus millions more Chinese speakers around the world, the ability to effectively reach the Chinese-language community is more important than ever," said Roland LaPlante, Senior Vice President and CMO, Afilias. "By using a globally operative .移动 address, businesses and individuals can expand their appeal to this audience by reaching them in their native language, regardless of country, operator or device."

.移动 domains can be registered for up to 10 years at a time. Many registrars offer website building, email and other services along with .移动 domains to make your online presence work exactly as you envision it!

The .移动 general availability period officially opens at 16:00:00 UTC on April 17, 2014. You can find a registrar for your .移动 domain at http://afilias.info/new-tlds/mobileregistrars.

NiceNIC.NET Team

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12 Reasons to Register Chinese Domain Names with NiceNIC.NET

Welcome to the party of Chinese domain names, .CN domain names, .中国(.China) domain names!


It will be not difficulty for you to find the benefits & advantages to register Chinese domain names with NiceNIC.NET:


1. Local Chinese CNNIC Accredited Registrar, quality service guaranteed, free registrar lock to avoid domain transfer out in bad faith;


2. The lowest pricing, please refer to http://nicenic.net/customer/pricing.php. With other registrar, you need to pay even 10 times more per year per .CN;


3. The quickest registration, instant activation. With other registrar, you need to submit materials/documents, scanning or mailing, and wait for at least 3 business days before the Chinese domain registration is completed;


4. NiceNIC's trustee service is lifelong FREE. With other registrar, trustee service will be never free;


5. NiceNIC's trustee service keeps you away from the red-tape verification process, no materials/documents required;


6. NiceNIC's trustee service protect your privacy information, we take your identity and contact information seriously;


7. NiceNIC's trustee service will NOT affect your owning/possessing/managing/transferring/renewing the Chinese domain names;


8. FREE URL redirect, FREE URL forwarding, simple steps: My Account > My Domain > Manage > DNS Records > Url redirect > Update > Restart NDNS;


9. FREE nameserver registration, we help you register nameservers like ns1.mychinesedomain.cn, ns2.mychinesedomain.cn, please simply tell us what IP address you hope the nameserves to be registered with;


10. Never-say-NO customer service, NiceNIC.NET staffs are nice, patient, honest, sincere, faithful and hardworking;


11. NiceNIC.NET is the ONLY CNNIC accredited registrar who can support English website, English control center, English customer service in China;


12. No registrar in the whole world would know better about Chinese domain names, Chinese policies than NiceNIC.NET ... ..



You can name out MORE!


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- See more at: http://nicenic.net/news/messview.php?ID=13435#sthash.bSnESZVD.dpufWelcome to the party of Chinese domain names, .CN domain names, .中国(.China) domain names!

It will be not difficulty for you to find the benefits & advantages to register Chinese domain names with NiceNIC.NET:

1. Local Chinese CNNIC Accredited Registrar, quality service guaranteed, free registrar lock to avoid domain transfer out in bad faith;

2. The lowest pricing, please refer to http://nicenic.net/customer/pricing.php. With other registrar, you need to pay even 10 times more per year per .CN;

3. The quickest registration, instant activation. With other registrar, you need to submit materials/documents, scanning or mailing, and wait for at least 3 business days before the Chinese domain registration is completed;

4. NiceNIC's trustee service is lifelong FREE. With other registrar, trustee service will be never free;

5. NiceNIC's trustee service keeps you away from the red-tape verification process, no materials/documents required;

6. NiceNIC's trustee service protect your privacy information, we take your identity and contact information seriously;

7. NiceNIC's trustee service will NOT affect your owning/possessing/managing/transferring/renewing the Chinese domain names;

8. FREE URL redirect, FREE URL forwarding, simple steps: My Account > My Domain > Manage > DNS Records > Url redirect > Update > Restart NDNS;

9. FREE nameserver registration, we help you register nameservers like ns1.mychinesedomain.cn, ns2.mychinesedomain.cn, please simply tell us what IP address you hope the nameserves to be registered with;

10. Never-say-NO customer service, NiceNIC.NET staffs are nice, patient, honest, sincere, faithful and hardworking;

11. NiceNIC.NET is the ONLY CNNIC accredited registrar who can support English website, English control center, English customer service in China;

12. No registrar in the whole world would know better about Chinese domain names, Chinese policies than NiceNIC.NET ... ..

You can name out MORE!

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Register Chinese and Hong Kong domain names at NiceNic as Reseller

Question:

We currently registered Chinese and Hong Kong domain names at NiceNIC.NET as a domain Reseller for our customers. 
1. We wonder if it is possible to register domain names in the name of our customer instead of in our name or NiceNIC's trustee service.
2. If yes, can we do this via our reseller account?

Answer:
Dear Valued Customer,

Thank you very much for the questions about Chinese domain registration and Hong Kong domain registration. Hope our response will find you well.

To your questions, please find below our answers accordingly:

"We currently registered Chinese and Hong Kong domain names at NiceNIC.NET as a domain Reseller for our customers. "
--> We much appreciate your choosing NiceNIC as your domain Partner and it is our BIG honor to have the opportunity to serve you.

"1. We wonder if it is possible to register domain names in the name of our customer instead of in our name or NiceNIC's trustee service."
-->
1) To be honest, we hope our customers can register Chinese domain names, i..e. .CN, .COM.CN, .中国 etc. in their own names, then we can exempt from the risk by offering trustee service under our own company name.
However, the policy set by Registry of CNNIC did not allow us to do so as a Chinese domestic Registrar. CNNIC set different policies for domestic Registrars and oversea Registrars, that is also the reason why oversea Registrar like *** can offer you Chinese domain registrations without trustee service required.
In a word, currently, the only approach for you to register Chinese domains in individual or company name based outside of mainland China and Hong Kong with NiceNIC is to use trustee service.
For information about how to register Chinese domain names in individual or company name based in mainland China or Hong Kong, please refer to http://nicenic.net/domain/cn-domain-registration.php#cnReg.

Nonetheless, it is easy for you to find the benefits & advantages to register Chinese domain names with NiceNIC.NET, please refer to http://nicenic.net/news/messview.php?ID=13435.

2) For Hong Kong domain registration, sure you can use your client's own name, see the following 3 steps please:
1> Please fill out your client's contact information by clicking the button of "Edit" next to "Contact: Domain Profile" in the shopping cart OR directly enter your client's contact information if you use "Direct Register";
2> Please fill in a number by referring to http://nicenic.net/domain/hk-domain-registration.php#reg;
3> Please do NOT select the option of "NiceNIC .HK Trustee Service Terms".

If you hope to transfer the ownership to your clients for the registered .HK domain names from NiceNIC's trustee service, please provide us with the scanning copy of your client's company/organization business license/certificate (if your client is company) or your client's passport/ID card (if your client is individual) by Emailing to support@nicenic.net.

"2. If yes, can we do this via our reseller account?"
--> Sure, you can, please refer to "2)".

We remain at your service should you have further questions or concerns.

Kindest regards,
NiceNIC.NET Team

http://nicenic.net
ICANN CNNIC HKIRC Accredited Registrar

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New gTLDs Reached 415,000 Domain Registrations - NiceNIC.NET

There are now 415,913 new gTLD domain names in 150 new gTLD strings. .Guru is still leading the pack with 47,155 registrations.

.Berlin is in second place with 43,678 registrations , while .Photography has 30,382 registrations.

Here are today's stats on the first 30 latin New gTLDs that are into proper general availability :

1.     .guru     47,155     
2.     .berlin     43,678 
3.     .photography     30,382     
4.     .today     17,941     
5.     .tips     17,833     
6.     .email     16,708     
7.     .company     12,433     
8.     .technology     12,398     
9.     .directory     11,372     
10.     .center     9,850     
11.     .clothing     9,765     
12.     .land     9,721     
13.     .bike     9,583     
14.     .gallery     9,294     
15.     .solutions     8,767     
16.     .photos     8,419
17.     .estate     8,379     
18.     .equipment     6,868     
19.     .singles     6,306     
20.     .sexy     6,142 
21.     .ruhr     5,791     
22.     .academy     5,591     
23.     .systems     5,510     
24.     .ventures     5,282     
25.     .training     4,931     
26.     .support     4,784 
27.     .graphics     4,747     
28.     .uno     4,553     
29.     .holdings     4,180     
30.     .lighting     4,124 

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Mar 2014 Top Domain Sales - NiceNIC.NET

37.com was March 2014 highest selling domain name. The domain name changed hands for $1,960,800.

Here are the biggest domain name sales of March 2014:

1. 37.com      $1,960,800     
2. Accommodation.com     $286,000     
3. QY.com     $100,000 
3. DDOS.com     $100,000 
5. Blacklist.com     $85,000 
6. Like.it     $75,900     
7. Jamrock.com     $68,750
8. Arwin.com     $60,000      
9. 1905.com     $57,000
10. iAcademy.com     $55,000      
11. Trace.com     $50,000 
11. CancerDiet.com     $50,000 
13. iMeeting.com     $47,750
14. NM.org     $35,000         
15. Juwan.com     $32,500     
16. Umbrella.co.uk $29,050
17. Homify.fr     $27,800    
18. FreeSpins.de      $27,600     
19. Catterton.com     $25,000     
19. Ntent.com     $25,000     

19. AmericanGreen.com    $25,000

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.RU Domain Ranked Sixth in ccTLDs - NiceNIC.NET

The Coordination Center for TLD RU/РФ, responsible of the administration of .RU and .РФ extensions, is now approaching 5 million domain name registrations.

.RU currently holds the 6th position in list of biggest ccTLD抯 after .DE , .TK , .UK , .CNand .NL, with 15.3 million domain names for .DE, 15.1 million domain names for .TK , 10.3 million domains for .UK, 6.4 million domain names for .CN and 5.2 million domain names for .NL. .RU is also a leader in terms of growth rates among the biggest ccTLDs.

The fourth million .RU domain name was registered on 17 September 2012, while the third million .RU domain name was registered registered on the night of 24/25 September 2010.

Three years ago, .RU got a little brother, IDN TLD .РФ. Since then, the Internet market in Russia started growing twice as fast: by approximately 1,000-1,500 new domain names daily in each domain zone.

Up to date there are 4,929,310 .RU domain names registered.

Register .RU Domain Name with NiceNIC.NET.

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