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190.com Appoints New CEO in Shenzhen

by Matt Johnson | Aug 3, 2016 | China business, tech sector

We’ve received word that 190.com recently appointed a new CEO, one of our dearest business partners Tang Jiaqiu (唐嘉求). JQ assumed his new role on August 1st. The announcement indicates that JQ intends to expand 190.com’s international activities and...

Allegravita Featured on Chinese Domain Investing Podcast

by Matt Johnson | Aug 3, 2016 | China business, tech sector

Yesterday, Allegravita was featured in a China-market interview on Andrew Allemann’s Domain Name Wire podcast series, one of the most respected global domain industry expert discussion platforms. Our CEO Simon Cousins in New York and our CTO Raymond Li in...

Shanghai’s First Women’s Startup Hackathon Opens Today

by Matt Johnson | Jul 30, 2016 | clients, experiential marketing, PR and strategic communications, tech sector

Women in Shanghai are building new companies this weekend as .CO and Startup Salad open the very first startup hackathon in China exclusively for women! Over the weekend, more than a dozen teams will compete to win. Three startups will receive prizes that include...

Real Name Verification Process on China’s Aliyun Wanwang

by Matt Johnson | Jul 28, 2016 | China business, tech sector

Last week, our team heard that China’s MIIT (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology) would be implementing real name verification system for .COM and .NET domain names, which are owned by Verisign, a non-Chinese domain registry. This would mean that all...

.CO’s First Auction in China a Great Success

by Matt Johnson | Jul 22, 2016 | China business, clients, tech sector

Building on its roots as the world’s go-to startup domain name registry, domain registry .CO successfully completed its first auction in China last week with proceeds totaling 1,703,450 (USD 254,140) for 25 domain names. Popular names such as CY.co—standing for...