Dropping nearly all of my chinese domains

[mj]

I have decided to get rid of nearly all of my chinese domains, only keeping maybe 3 or 4 of the better ones. Over the past few months, I have dropped nearly everything and the last 40 or 50 of them are going now.

For purposes of profitability, I can not hold on to hundreds of domains that do not receive traffic or generate revenue. I have checked my chinese domains in google keyword tool and most of them had very high search volume for the term verbatim, but still zero traffic. So they are going the way of the dodo. No traffic, no renewal.

We can't blame it on the lack of browser support anymore - it's the government (IMO) that is stopping the outflow of traffic at the GFW.

Japanese, on the other hand, get traffic, but those "#¤%&!?& refuse to click. I may hold on to them for one more year and see what happens.

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[Sunsei]

Originally Posted by mj

I have decided to get rid of nearly all of my chinese domains, only keeping maybe 3 or 4 of the better ones. Over the past few months, I have dropped nearly everything and the last 40 or 50 of them are going now.

For purposes of profitability, I can not hold on to hundreds of domains that do not receive traffic or generate revenue. I have checked my chinese domains in google keyword tool and most of them had very high search volume for the term verbatim, but still zero traffic. So they are going the way of the dodo. No traffic, no renewal.

We can't blame it on the lack of browser support anymore - it's the government (IMO) that is stopping the outflow of traffic at the GFW.

Japanese, on the other hand, get traffic, but those "#¤%&!?& refuse to click. I may hold on to them for one more year and see what happens.

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nice strategy the game is only profitable if you go where the money is

[Prodigy]

I see Chinese as a medium-long term strategic play and i've generated many times more than my reg-fee through sales... granted it takes more work than watching the traffic and clicks flow in, the potential for the Chinese market for IDNs is as big if not bigger than any other market in the world.

I've been in Seoul for the past few weeks and i've gotta say, IDNs are catching up really quickly over here as well. I was just on the subway this evening when I saw a company called DigitalNames promoting IDNs... I saw their website and although they probably mainly deal with search right now, it was good to see their IDN up on the ad-board.

Here is the website:

http://www.digitalnames.co.kr/dnsite/main/main_htm.php

[touchring]

Tons of chinese names dropping every day, i used to see johnny and then nomi snapping them. Recently, even they stopped. Those $60 does adds up over time, especially if the names don't generate PPC.

I did a study on my names recently, only generics with a baidu count of more than 10,000 can breakeven on reg fee, and that's for high CTR and PPC names.

Nonetheless, flipping chinese names is a profitable business in this forum. It's one thing to flip, but another thing to invest.

[Sunsei]

Originally Posted by Prodigy

I see Chinese as a medium-long term strategic play and i've generated many times more than my reg-fee through sales... granted it takes more work than watching the traffic and clicks flow in,

only thing about sales is once the name is gone its gone so ya flipping is good for some and i dont knock flippers but the fact is they are two different animals
flipping might take more work but most are trying to build long term cashflow.

[touchring]

Originally Posted by Sunsei

only thing about sales is once the name is gone its gone so ya flipping is good for some and i dont knock flippers but the fact is they are two different animals
flipping might take more work but most are trying to build long term cashflow.

Most flipper would adopt a hybrid strategy, flip the mediocre names and keep the better ones. Every day, i would see one or two names that i won't bother to register flipped for $50 or even $100. So why not? Nothing to lose.

[Sunsei]

Originally Posted by touchring

Most flipper would adopt a hybrid strategy, flip the mediocre names and keep the better ones. Every day, i would see one or two names that i won't bother to register flipped for $50 or even $100. So why not? Nothing to lose.

i agree 100% with that if you can do then by all means have at it i was just saying that once the names are gone you ave to find another to flip as oppose holding developing a name and selling that or building its value and or a income stream.

[mj]

Originally Posted by Sunsei

i agree 100% with that if you can do then by all means have at it i was just saying that once the names are gone you ave to find another to flip as oppose holding developing a name and selling that or building its value and or a income stream.

11 out of 10 flippers are selling shit, keeping all the good stuff for themselves. That's how they afford to pay renewals on all the good stuff.

There hasn't been a decent chinese domain offered for low xxx since I sold diamond.net for 2500 in early December. That really woke the flippers up.

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[Sunsei]

Originally Posted by mj

11 out of 10 flippers are selling shit, keeping all the good stuff for themselves. That's how they afford to pay renewals on all the good stuff.

There hasn't been a decent chinese domain offered for low xxx since I sold diamond.net for 2500 in early December. That really woke the flippers up.

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lol mj u messed it up for everyone

[mj]

Originally Posted by Sunsei

lol mj u messed it up for everyone

Maybe, but alas I've gotten twice as much money out of chinese names as I've put into them!

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