How do you view the investment value of different categories of domain names?

As a domain name industry editor, I am not very willing to write this kind of article. The main reason is that the price of domain names changes a bit quickly, and the value of each domain name cannot be equated. Different people and terminals have different views on the value of a domain name. Some may focus on its appearance, some on its meaning, and some on its matching degree with their own brand.

If we focus on the entire domain name market, perhaps... we really can't finish the discussion. Therefore, this article mainly divides it into two parts. That is, "suffix category" and "domain name type", which discuss the current investment value of various domain names from two different perspectives.

1. Suffix category system

.com

Readers who often follow this account may find that .com accounts for more than 90% of our reports. In fact, the reason is also very simple: .com is used for commercial organizations. It is the most common top-level domain name. Anyone can register a domain name in the form of .com. It is also the most popular domain name suffix in the world. The registration volume has already exceeded 100 million, and it is also the king of value in domain name investment.

.cc

.cc is the country domain name of the Cocos Islands, and is one of many country domain names. However, it is very beautiful (CC stacked letters). And most importantly, it also means "Commercial Company" and "Chinese Company".

Therefore, with the market development in recent years, it has become a mainstream domain name, especially in the Chinese market, where its market atmosphere is not much different from that of the king.com.

.app

.app is an Internet network domain name, and it is also the world's first top-level domain name that requires HTTPS encryption. It was won by Google at a price of US$25 million. Starting from 0:00 on May 2, 2018, Beijing time, Google officially opened the registration of the .app top-level domain name, which can also be said to be a rising star in the domain name industry.

At present, many big investors will hold a batch of .app boutique domain names, so .app is also a very potential suffix type.

.vip

.vip is a new generic top-level domain name. It was opened for registration on May 18, 2016, and the number of registrations exceeded 160,000 in 24 hours. The natural meaning is "VIP, big shot". It is naturally noble and symbolizes nobility, privilege, and uniqueness. Its meaning and scope of application are self-evident.

On December 5, 2016, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced that the .vip domain name has been registered and can now be used normally in China. Therefore, the high-quality domain names with the .vip suffix are still very potential. Almost every investor will hold some, and there will often be some transactions.

.net

.net is also a widely popular generic domain name internationally, but it is still a bit different from .com. Judging from some transaction cases in the market, .net transactions are not common. So I won't give too much advice on this. Friends who understand it can leave a message to popularize it.

.cn

The .cn domain name is a national top-level domain name managed by my country. .cn stands for China and is a domain name with China's unique identity. Due to the provisions of relevant laws and regulations, it is mainly popular in the domestic domain name circle, corporate terminals, and investors.

.cn has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that it has a strong identity in China and is the first choice for many domestic companies, with many terminal opportunities. The disadvantage is that the website needs to be registered, so many special webmasters are rejected.

2. Domain name type system

Digital domain name

Digital domain name is the main force and hard currency in the domain name industry. At present, the transactions are mainly four-digit and five-digit transactions, and the six-digit transaction market with good appearance is also large. Although transactions with high costs and great potential such as three-digit transactions are not frequent, there are many. As for two-digit transactions... every time they are exposed, they will attract hot attention.

Therefore, if you have the strength, you can consider three-digit and four-digit boutiques. If you don't have enough funds, you can also consider five-digit and six-digit boutiques, which are all very good choices.

Alphabetic domain name

Alphabetic domain name is also the main force in the domain name industry. At present, the transactions in the Chinese market are mainly three-initial and four-initial special tail transactions. The three initial consonants are easier to understand. They have always been hard currency and are also the type that terminals like. The four initial consonants are mainly special endings such as "QP", "YX", "YL", "HB", "DJ" and so on. The price is high and hot. As for the two-letter domain name... every time it is exposed, the transaction will also cause various media to scramble to report.

So, as far as the domestic initial consonant domain name is concerned, you can consider three initial consonants if you have the strength. If you don't have enough funds, you can consider the four initial consonants.

Pinyin domain name

Currently, the pinyin domain name is mainly double pinyin, which is a unique domain name type in China with high value, wide market and terminal preference. Among them, animal domain names, fruit domain names, and hot word double pinyin are more prominent. For example, Alipay recently used an animal domain name yuque.com as the brand domain name for a new project.

Miscellaneous domain names

Currently, two miscellaneous domain names are the king, and there are also many transactions for three miscellaneous domain names. As for some other special miscellaneous domain names, such as hg666 and hg365, there are also good markets. However, due to the complexity, it can only be said that two miscellaneous and three miscellaneous are still good.

Word domain name

Word domain name, this is the king level in domain name. But it is inevitable to be a little awkward in the domestic market, but if a good word domain name can be sold abroad, it must be a very good choice. In short, the main battlefield of word domain name is in the overseas market. Confident and powerful domain name investors can give it a try. Maybe the next 30 million US dollars word domain name is the one in your hand...

Creative domain name

Knowledge blind spot, no comment for the time being. If you are interested, you can try it, maybe you will meet it by chance.