Media: the Chinese are buying up massive Estonian web domains

Media: the Chinese are buying up massive Estonian web domains


The Chinese are buying up domains for resale, and buy them blindly, guessing in the newspaper Postimees. Domains .ee you can register for one, two or three years.

TALLINN, 29 Dec. Nikolai Adashkevich. Lower prices for Estonian domains attracted Chinese customers who already bought about 15% of domains in sanaee, said Tuesday the newspaper Postimees.

“According to the Estonian Internet Foundation, which serves the domains.her total is the number to 102.7 thousand. By early December the Chinese bought 14 thousand domains, most of which are two-letter or three-letter. It is assumed that the Chinese are buying up domains for resale, and buy them blindly. For example, at the moment purchased such domains as 1271.ee, 1272.ee 1273.ee, bbd.ee, ccd.ee, cce.ee, 4v.ee, 4f.ee, 4h.ee and 4i.ee” — the newspaper notes.

Domenie you can register for one, two or three years. In 2015, the fee for domain registration depending on the duration of the registration period was 9 euros, 17 euros and 24 euros, which is significantly lower than the prices in 2014, when the fee for the registration of the domain was equal to € 12, € 23 or € 33.