Welcome to the Year of the Rat! The .CLUB team wishes you a Happy New Year! From the time MIIT approved the sale and registration of .CLUB in 2016, we have been committed to growing .CLUB in the Chinese market, where the word “club” is widely used and recognized. We are very happy to have […]
The .CLUB team first visited China in January 2014, several months before we launched .CLUB to the public. We were fortunate to recognize early on the importance of China in a global market, and upon arrival, we were pleasantly surprised to see the word “CLUB,” in English, in wide use everywhere we went. Since then, […]
The .CLUB team, including CEO Colin Campbell, COO Michele Van Tilborg, and China Country Manager Abby Zhang traveled to six different cities in China recently for a whirlwind tour, meeting with registrar partners, domain investors, and a variety of businesses that use a .CLUB domain, such as TheButchers.club and BoomGC.club. While in Beijing, Colin […]
Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is celebrated in China, and some other Eastern Asia countries during the Lunar New Year. It is a very special and important festival for Chinese people to celebrate this holiday with their families. Spring Festival in China symbolizes Christmas in Western countries. There is a 12-year […]
The third quarter of 2017 was another solid one for .CLUB premium names, with a total of 452 names sold, generating $325,743.31 in single payment sales and another $55,050 in topline value of new “Easy Payment” subscription sales at www.get.club for a grand total of $380,793.31 for the quarter. Sales were made during the quarter […]
The Alibaba Computing Conference is one of the largest Cloud Computing and Artificial Intelligence Conferences in China. Every year, more than 40,000 people travel from all around the world to attend this major event. This year the conference featured over 500 hot topics including Cloud Computing, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, DevOps, Blockchain, Container […]
It is hard to believe that half of 2017 is already behind us as Q2 is now a memory. As for .CLUB premium sales it is a very good memory. We continued stellar sales in the second quarter with a total of 666 premium names sold in Q2 via auctions, through the registrar channel and […]
It’s Auction time in China! Today the popular eName platform launched its first, and the largest .CLUB auction yet. A total of 62 names are in the auction, comprised of 32 names from the registry and 30 names from other sellers as follows: 1 Single number name: 8.club 19 NN names. 12 Pinyin names. 30 […]
When your business is truly global, getting the word out and building awareness for your brand around the world can be a challenge. On top of that, for a domain name registry, it is important to raise awareness for your brand well beyond the domain industry and reach out to businesses, influencers and decision makers […]
It’s official! China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has granted a license to .CLUB’s Beijing based wholly foreign-owned entity (WFOE) company, making .CLUB among the very first foreign registries of a new gTLD to be approved by the Chinese government. As you’re probably aware if you visit this blog, .CLUB is popular in China. […]
Social media has changed the way we live, eat, travel and shop, but most importantly, how we market our products. Social media is becoming increasingly accessible via the smartphone; you can check Facebook or Instagram to get the latest news or trends. However, how to utilize social media to reach its maximum potential to drive […]
When I was young, I remember when I got sick, my grandmother would always cook me some chicken soup. She always says chicken soup is the best medicine to heal sick people. So 20 years later, I am still a big fan of chicken soup, because my feeling is always attached to it. In China, […]