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Domains sold in April — Reviewing 4-character

Domains sold in April — Reviewing 4-character

Would these domains make good upgrades for Chinese firms?

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One of my interests is to find end users in China for .com domains as upgrades. In this article, I’ll look at some 4-character domains sold in April that could be valuable to firms in China. This methodology might help you when you think regarding selling domains to Chinese firms.

Note that I always check both .cn and .com.cn in my end user research. This is since even though .cn has regarding 9 times the registration volume of .com.cn, there are still many firms using .com.cn.

FFP2.com sold for $6,492. FFP2 .com.cn forwards to 9175QX .com, which looks like a betting portal with lots of flashy links. In this case, FFP2.com is unlikely a potential upgrade for FFP2.com.cn.

QS88.com sold for $3,159 and is by now listed on the LVMI.com marketplace with a BIN price of 80,000 yuan (or regarding $12,000). QS may be an acronym for Quan Sheng (全胜=total victory), Qiao Shou (巧手=skillful hands), and Qing Song (轻松=effortless). 8 rhymes with Fa (发=making a fortune).

JS52.com sold for $2,247. JS52 .cn links to JS123-1 .com which is a betting site. In this case, JS52.com is unlikely a potential upgrade for JS52 .cn.

XJ33.com sold for $1,230 and is by now listed with a BIN price of 28,880 yuan (regarding $4,300). XJ33 .cn appears to be a betting site but the brand may be Bet365, so XJ33.com is unlikely a potential upgrade for XJ33 .cn.

383K.com sold for $1,100. 383K .com.cn forwards to YA022 .com which looks like a lottery site, so 383K.com is unlikely a potential upgrade for 383K .com.cn.

ZZ22.com sold for $1,051. ZZ22.cn is a manufacturer of electronic devices such as inductors, electronic transformers, and filters. Still, its brand is Fu He (富合) which apparently is unrelated to ZZ22.cn. Therefore, ZZ22.com is unlikely a potential upgrade for ZZ22.cn.

In these examples, I could not find any genuine end users in China for the .com domains as upgrades. Still, it still ought to be helpful by showing that a developed .cn or .com.cn does not guarantee that there are desired end users for your .com domains. Further research is needed.

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