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How Companies in China Quietly Buy the Domains They Need

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How a domain broker sold Perfect.com and Cool.com in China. Kris Hou, a Saw.com domain broker known for deals like cool.com, fancy.com, perfect.com, and ke.com, on Chinese buyer culture and how he closes deals across the market.

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  1. 00:00Intro
  2. 04:15Why Chinese buyers use multiple brokers at once and why it usually backfires
  3. 10:30Numbers, luck, and superstition: what 4, 6, 8, and 520 mean in Chinese culture
  4. 22:00Letters as acronyms: how YMD means “domain shop” and why context is everything
  5. 32:00The 2015 to 2016 domain boom: when Chinese buyers used .com names like chips and crypto
  6. 38:20China’s $50K outbound limit and why domains became a way to move money
  7. 46:00Why Chinese buyers refuse payment plans even when it would help them
  8. 52:00China’s social credit system and government control over information
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