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Hey Guys & Girls,

A buddy of mine is from China. He's obviously fluent in Chinese and wondering how to get started in Chinese Domaining. He has never done any domaining of any kind before so I was going to start him off with the absolute basics.. show him how to make accounts on sites like GoDaddy, HostGator, NamePros, etc.. and what each one is for etc. Then show him something easier like cheaper sales (ie. Geo+Service Domains).

Anyone have experience in Chinese Domaining? How does it differ from English domaining? For example, I doubt you'll have much luck finding a buyer for something like ShanghaiTailors.com or BeijingPlumbers.com. But I don't really know much at all about Chinese Domaining. They tend to really like their numbers is all I know.

His father gave him some good cash to invest with but since neither of us have done any Chinese Domaining, I should probably start him off with something less risky.

Thanks!
 
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cash? good cash? dang the screen is fogging up ...
 
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*Hands you a squeegee* Okay, now that you can see clearly.. Have you stepped into the Chinese Domaining world?
 
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yes. I mean, ni hao ma. I mean ....

ok, your friend needs to invest in rock solid stuff. a dot com like werrables would do the job.
1) long term outlook.
2) new nascent industry, many new small players.
3) good karma.

those new small players, or not so small ones when you consider the big big players also wanting to move into a sure thing field, will want something close to a generic name as possible. a generic ''wearables'' with a slight modification (I'd avoid using a term like ''typo'' because in the philosophy of branding, everything is a typo, and it's also art ...) that modification is actually differentiation, plus branding appeal. it's almost like an intentional misspelling to give it uniqueness ... yet it is still in the ''core zone'' of being the one-word generic defining, dictionary-word term.

otherwise just go with long number strings. not as interesting. but somewhat predictable. try a short number string and just add more numbers ...
 
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the chinese market is mostly going for either pinyin (english spelled chinese words) or else numbers.

but that market is also trending in certain ways.
 
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He has money and you want him to invest in something safe? and you happen to know the Chinese like numbers? I think you answered your own question, lol.

If he's got good cash to invest and you want it to be in something safe, why not focus on numeric domains? NNN.cc, NNNN.net, NNNNN.com... If he's got good money then go one step further, NNN.net and NNN or NNNN.com :P Just remember that the Chinese find some numbers lucky and some numbers unlucky. Best to stay away from the unlucky ones!
 
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Yes, thought it would be wise to go after numbers. Really though? .cc or .net is worth going for?

I was thinking 3N, 4N or 5N in .com. Of course it would be "good numbers". Yes, I see it's basically numbers or Pinyin for chinese domaining.

I was mainly wondering what kind of Pinyin. Pinyin which translates to 1 word generic names or to strong family names or to geo/geo+service names etc..?
 
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i would go for pinyin such as the basic dictionary word for ''ceramics''.

ok, taoci-yishu seems to be ''ceramics'' in pinyin.
 
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cdnbigd said:
I was thinking 3N, 4N or 5N in .com. Of course it would be "good numbers".
Boy that must be one big pile of money he has to spend. All the "good numbers" are gone.
 
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Also LLLLs seem to be very appealing to the Chinese market now
 
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Not sure how much he has to spend.. hasn't told me yet. But yeah, probably can't afford a good NNN or LLL. Maybe can take a look at a good 1 word generic pinyin or 4N or 4L name.
 
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