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| The airticle of the domain investment! |
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The annual price of China's primary domain name .CN has fallen.
The huge popularity of the .CN domain name is the reason for the price reduction. The report, quoting experts in the field, said .CN was the first domain name choice for terminal users. The number of .CN users climbed above 1 million in 2005.(This information from China Net Technology Limited)
It's being suggested that the continued steep growth of registration in an ever expanding marketplace could bring even further reductions. This also make the famous company Shanghai IDC Network Information Technology Co., Ltd felt badly.
A large number of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and ordinary consumers recognized the practical value of the .CN domain name. In fact some enterprises gift business associates with .CN domain names.
“In a not too serious fashion it's been claimed the domain name 'honeyILoveYou.cn' was the "only honey domain name in the world" and the "best way to express your love in 2006" on eBay. The price at auction had reached 5,600 yuan (US$696).” the China Net Technology Limited said.
“It's being suggested that the lower price of .CN domain names will simply increase the appetite of consumers. As the market continues to expand the price of .CN domain names is likely to continue to fall, which could lead to interesting adaptions of the .CN domain name.” China Net Technology Limited professional said.
Hello,everyone, as a domain professional of China Net Technology Limited, I always communicate with our customers.Mike Jamson is a customer of mine, and also my good friend.
Mike Jamson, a regular DomainNews(a column of the China Net Technology Limited ) reader, sent us an article which we found interesting for all of our readers. He discusses potential risks surrounding domain investing and here is what he had to say:
”All of us buying domain names for several years now can share a few stories on the satisfactory return on investment that we’ve had. Nevertheless, when considering investing in more domains (or simply holding to the ones you already own) there are some factors to evaluate on the durability and appreciation of those assets. The following are potential domain investing scenarios where the asset could depreciate in value:
• Internet market consolidation - In a mature Internet market consolidated into a few dominant leaders, there is a possibility of encapsulating the user (think of AOL) into a user experience controlled by the roles set out by those leaders. In this scenario, users could be led to a new form of browsing dominated mostly by “proprietary” keywords owned by influential players.
• Excess domain supply - Opposite to an Internet market consolidation, in the event of an open Internet with relaxed domain extension creation protocols (read ICANN) the market could become saturated with domain extensions. In this scenario domain supply goes ad infinitum. When users have the availability and Internet knowledge to browse through .whatever, then whatever.com could lose value.
• Increased user knowledge - Many of the wealthiest domain investors rely on type-in traffic at generic domain names as its major source of revenue. The current user, unaware of the existence or nonexistence of a website is wrongly trained to type in the topic they are searching for and add the “.com”. Thus, owners of generic term domain names are currently earning millions of dollars from this practice. These domain names are usually resold based on yearly earnings multiples ranging in average of 8 to 15 times. However, as users grow more tech savvy, there’s a possibility that the type-in water well dries up.
• Widgets and applications - Similar to the first point, as Internet widgets and applications proliferate user browsing behavior could change. A user that interacts with the Internet through a collection of widgets and applications could reduce its dependence on traditional domain browsing (think Facebook apps).
• Evolution of television - currently, there are powerful companies pushing for the creation of an interactive television experience, studies show that users are ready. Depending on the extent to which televisions supply the tools for browsing the Internet, users might find themselves interacting in a whole new way detached from the need of domains.
• Liquidity - Domain names have very low liquidity. As a result, investors facing an urgent need to sell their domains will most likely see a huge decline in the selling price from the actual domain worth. This by itself reduces greatly the amount of investors and investment money available by traditional and wealthier investors.
The constantly evolving Internet technology poses many more risks in the way a user interacts in cyberspace. A recent example of how a domain extension’s viability was seriously questioned is the .mobi extension in response to the launch of the iPhone and the way the cellphone allowed for regular browsing, rather than limited mobile browsing.
When deciding to purchase a domain name as an investment, the investor should consider the above factors and understand that domain investing can be a high risk investment with a strong chance of having a relatively low durability.
New Top Level Domain process
http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-10aug07.htm
Studies on Television Interactivity
http://www.bsu.edu/news/article/0,1370,-1019-41365,00.html
http://lib.tkk.fi/Diss/2004/isbn9512273225/article7.pdf
Post on domain liquidity
http://www.conceptualist.com/?p=405
.mobi problems with the iPhone
http://blog.rafaelsosa.com/2007/06/08/apple-iphone-could-hurt-the-mobi-extension/
http://www.circleid.com/posts/iphone_dotmobi_domain/
Source: Rafael Sosa Blog Article - http://blog.rafaelsosa.com/2007/08/19/potential-domain-investing-risks/ - August 20th, 2007
A good cn domain register company-
www.govidc.org.cn--Shanghai IDC Information Technology Co., Ltd
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| The China's first software operating services (SaaS) General |
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The China's first software operating services (SaaS) General Assembly—SaaS activity in China 2007 was hold on 28th August in shanghai, which was hold by the Shanghai idc network information technology Ltd.( Shanghai idc Network Information Technology Co., Ltd. is a professional agency to engage the service of domain name registration in China. Shanghai idc Network Information Technology Co., Ltd. Have dealed with more than 30,000 cn domain names and other forms of the domain name application for registration, meanwhile Shanghai idc Network Information Technology Co., Ltd. is also a legitimate professional agency which have the right to deal the outside foreign cn domain name application and registration.) and the CCW Research Ltd(CCW Research is a Chinese leading IT market research and consulting company which is a subsidiary of China ComputerWorld Media Group (CCW), the Chinese first and biggest Sino-foreign joint venture held by IDG (International Data Group, USA) and the Institute of Electronic Science & Technology (under Ministry of Information Industry, China). Since its foundation in 2002, unfailing data support from China ComputerWorld and relevant government departments has helped it to be the strongest competitor in China in this field. By now, CCW Research has established stable relationship with many international large corporations. ), This meeting was the first SaaS professional meeting in China.
According to the report that the CCW Research Ltd will issued the<The next decade of the software field—about the report of the software service situation and development trend in the 2007>, at same time establishing a "China SaaS research expert advisory group. Then, there will be about 300 professional participants, half of which come from domestic important ISV / SI, the other half are come from the responsible person of SMEs.
And the Shanghai idc Network Information Technology Co., Ltd also want to remind the domain investor and the oweners from this meeting that the cn domain names are now we adopting open registration, Shanghai idc Network Information Technology Co., Ltd. Also say that enterprises should to protect their own cn domain name and apply it for registration in time. The more information of cn domain names or Shanghai idc Network Information Technology Co., Ltd sugestion in this meeting, please land the www.govidc.org.cn.
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