Online Marketing in China. SEO. » venture capital http://www.my-life-in-china.com China SEO Company. Internet Advertising. Web Design. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:13:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 China Domains for Sale http://www.my-life-in-china.com/business/china-domains-for-sale/ http://www.my-life-in-china.com/business/china-domains-for-sale/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:10:22 +0000 admin http://www.my-life-in-china.com/business/china-domains-for-sale/ Here are a few domains that I registered during the past years. I want to either sell them or pick one or two business cases to bring them alive if an investor can bring in some financial backing. The complete list is here. Anybody interested, contact me.

China Dating Domains
Domains for the 15 largest Tier1 and Tier2 cities: Beijing, Hongkong, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Chongqing, Chendu, Wuhan, etc.
Other Asia and beyond: Tokio, Seoul, Singapur, Bangkok, Taipei

The domain names all follow this pattern:
[cityname]-friend.com

Suggested business model:
Nice package for a dating or friendship community that targets whole China but also wants to focus locally as well. China is so big, why should a guy from Chongqing be interested in a girl from Shanghai? That’s why.

Single domains available

  • humao.net
    meaning is similar to bargain with each other, could be used for a community-based classifieds portal. Detailed business idea available.
  • luxiang.net
    means video, could be used for a video portal but maybe not necessarily another youtube-clone.
  • maikuai.com
    means sell fast or buy fast. Why not try a Woot clone or power-shopping portal on this?
  • cujin.net
  • nano-trader.com
    business directory for nanotechnology related topics.
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An extract of this years venture capital investments is shown in the following list:

  • 56.com, video sharing portal, 10 Mio. USD from Steamboat Ventures and SIG
  • 51.com, blog community, 10 Mio. USD from Intel/Redpoint/Sequoia/SIG. Robert Basic has an interesting post about 51.com …
  • leeuu.com, virtual community game developer, Redpoint Ventures
  • NGI, in-game advertising service provider, 10 Mio. USD from GSR Ventures
  • Captiv8, in-game advertising service provider, Qiming Ventures
  • lakala, e-billing service provider, 5 Mio. USD from Fortune Venture
  • PPStream, p2p-video broadcasting service, 10 Mio. USD from Qiming Ventures and Ceyuan Ventures
  • UUsee, IPTV developer, 20 Mio. USD from DFJ/Highland Capital/Steamboat Ventures
  • fractalist, wireless marketing solution provider, 5 Mio. USD, SBI Group
  • 1bib.com, used car portal, Econa

Do you know more deals? Post them in the comments. Thanks!

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venture capital investments in chinese social networks

There is a clear focus on online dating communities. Why? Social life changes rapidly in China. Especially young people move to the cities in order to study or find a adequate job. They are often well educated, earn good money and are familiar with technology. But often they don’t know anybody at their new location, have no familiy, no friends. On the one hand there is no time for “regular” partner search, on the other hand there is family pressure to present a partner . On the search for Mr. or Mrs. Right they growingly rely on online dating portals and are also willing to pay for the service. This is a good basis for a solid business case.

The Internet dating and “friend-making” industry in China is forecast to be a $80 million industry by next year with a yearly growth rate of 60, according to Shanghai-based iResearch.

Last year the iDate conference was held in Beijing with speakers of all major online dating portals. The next meeting for the Far East / Asian market will be held in Tokyo in May 2008.

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