A few months ago I mentioned how a domain of mine got hit with 4,000 WHOIS queries while it neared its expiration date.
After reading Shane’s post about the sale of 55.com to a Chinese company, I noticed that one of my numeric domains accumulated almost 1,000 WHOIS queries – again at expiration.
I decided to once again leave this domain 1-2 weeks past expiration, to tease the crowds of Chinese domainers that are drooling over it.
Incidentally, the meaning behind numbers in the Chinese culture was covered in another post earlier this year.
While on the subject of numeric domains, almost 3 years later, my sale of 360.org still remains as the highest recorded NNN .org domain sale of all time 🙂
I just finished reading your post on 360.org, $25,500 is one heck of a great sale. I love the name, just wish the current owners were doing something a little more with it. I could see it used by an extreme sport site.
Anyways, I am glad to see the Chinese domain investors eating numeric domains up. They recognize the potential of domain names and are looking for other areas to put there money in then just the stock market.
Thanks Jason. With regards to 360.org, the buyer decided to build a doppler/radar web site. I still have 100.org which is equal if not superior as far as numerals are concerned.
Thanks for the mention. 100.org is a heck of a name.
Acro, I looked back to the earlier articles to check how to view the whois queries at Fabulous.com, and it’s an awesome tip – thanks!
Here’s acro answer: “It’s under Expiry Control. That’s where you can sort the domains in your portfolio by the number of WHOIS queries (descending).’
Shane – You’re welcome. Thanks for the 55.com scoop.
Fizz – Enjoy 🙂
Seems shorter is popular: a good chunk of my portfolio’s whois searches are for the solitary LLL.com and NNNN.com I have, and plenty for the CVCV.com’s.