Hussain Ejaz独家专访:关于.xyz域名拍卖和中国市场他这么说？

                                                从3月16日开始，西部数码联合.xyz注册局举办了.xyz保留域名拍卖会（http://www.west.cn/active/xyzpm/），目前拍卖会进程过半，拍卖总金额也早已超过100万。此次拍卖会不仅吸引了众多国内用户参与，更吸引了国外投资者的热切关注，今天我们的专访嘉宾Hussain Ejaz就是其中之一。他对本次拍卖会有何看法？国外投资者如何看待新顶级域名？国外域名市场有哪些最新动态？答案就在他的回答之中。

图：本次专访嘉宾Hussain Ejaz
1.请向中国的投资者们做个自我介绍吧。
我主要是一名汽车工程师，在美国密歇根也做些小生意。我过去研究过域名投资行业并且开始小规模投资，也小有收获。现在我是个积极的业余域名投资爱好者。
2.您是什么时候进入域名投资行业的？
我从2013年开始投资域名，目前大约有500个域名，其中300个是.xyz域名。2013年，在我第一次为我的生意搜索域名时，就激起了我的域名投资兴趣。
3.为什么关注.xyz，看好本次拍卖会哪些域名？
首先，这是新顶级域名，我也十分相信它有一些超过.com的优势。现在整个网络世界都关注.xyz，这个后缀有很大的潜力和机会。正如大家所知，谷歌也注册了abc.xyz。在过去的六个月内，.xyz的注册量大概有200万，并且在2016年三月总量达到了260万，其中100万在中国注册。并且xyz后缀可以以低于1美元的价格购买，在促销期甚至更低。简而言之，xyz是目前投资者最好的选择，当然现在也有许多其他的有含义的后缀可以以低价购买，但我同意Daniel Negari（XYZ公司CEO）所说，注册数量不是关键，域名的优质性是成功最好的导师。
在我看来，我很看好本次拍卖会上的三字母域名。
4.除了.xyz域名，您还关注哪一些域名后缀？
目前除了xyz没有特别关注的，我也看好com，但由于.com资源非常有限，其他域名不具有多用途的特色，暂无其他选择。
5.跟我们大家分享一下您所了解的国外投资行情，有没有什么特征？
在国外域名投资者眼中，中国是最大的市场。根本原因是投资者可在域名投资中获利，我很确信投资者清楚知道未来该行业是可以获利的，如果国外投资人可以加入中国域名行业，那么市场增长率将非常可观。
6.国外投资人怎么看待gtld（传统顶级域名）和new gtld（新顶级域名）的价值，他们二者之间是否有冲突？
由于传统顶级域名的资源有限，所有的人开始投资新顶级域，虽然.com用途广泛却无法获取更多资源。然后，.net和.org可以适用于部分投资者，虽然也许会有注册限制，但他们却不如.com便宜。
7.对中国在新通用顶级域名的发展如何认识/看待的？
对于新顶级域投资，中国是最大的市场。比如到2016年3月，超过100万个xyz是在中国注册。有趣的是，很多是出于投资而买，并非实际应用。未来的市场将会更加繁荣，因为通过数据图可看到一只在增长，投资者也适时抓住机会获得利润，整个行情就是可以轻松以较优惠的价格购买到喜欢的域名。
8.是否有大规模进入中国市场的打算？
以当前趋势来看，当然！我只是希望能够尽快出英文版官网，这不仅会方便于我，还将惠及广大的国外投资者。这也将吸引国外客户投资中国域名市场，最终中国域名市场将无所匹敌，致整个世界的投资者在中国市场投资。
9.通过注册拍卖，对中国域名投资市场的看法？
在本次拍卖中，只有二到三字母或数字前缀，我希望看到更多的有含义的单词域名，如
Foodindustry.xyz,
HybridMotors.xyz,
Powerindustry.xyz,
如果可以，我将购买更多的域名，这也将吸引许多商业实体来参加网上购买或竞拍。
10.是否会在美国的投资圈宣传一下自己的这次收获？
当然会，不仅对美国朋友，也会对我在其他国家的朋友宣传。再次希望贵司能够尽快出英文版，这样更多的人会明白流程参与其中。
11.是否会邀请更多投资圈的朋友来中国“淘金”
是的，我会，我正在和许多好友讨论中国的投资机会，很多人认为中国域名市场的潜力巨大。
12.除语言外，阻碍国外用户进入中国域名交易的最大障碍是什么？
我认为，最大的障碍就是语言。事实上，贵司可能还不知晓国外有非常巨大的市场潜力，大家都在讨论中国市场，但遗憾的是中国注册商并未十分重视到该问题，如果贵司知晓中国域名市场在国外的热度，恐怕今天开始就会立马着手英文版官网的事宜。
13.点评一下西部数码的拍卖平台与流程呢？
有许多地方还需要改进，比如在支付时没有英文版的邮件通知，手续费太贵。在其他国家，（通过Paypal）是没有手续费的。在贝宝支付上，是有适用于市场交易的API的，是不需要手续费的。但我还是要夸奖贵司的竞拍系统，信息公开透明，也简单易懂。
14.是否希望与更多中国投资人进行交流？
是的，这非常有意义，可以扩宽我的投资视野，我也想了解他们的投资经历。
最后，我感到很荣幸能够参加中国的拍卖市场，也特别感谢西部数码给我提供了好的平台让我参与其中。将来，我也会再次参加拍卖活动。谢谢！
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英文原文：
1.Shall we begin by a self-introduction? Let us know more about you.(For example, you career, the city you live in and so on)
I’m basically an automobile engineer I have a small business in the US Michigan. I researched on the domain investment industry and started investing on a small scale. The experience was productive, and now I’m an active part time domain investor.
2. When did you set foot in the domain investment?
I have been investing in domains since 2013. Today i own around 500 domains and among them 300 are .xyz domains. My interest in the domain investment arouse when first time I was searching a domain name for my business website in 2013.
3. What calls your attention on .XYZ domains? Which domains you care much in the March Auction?
It is the top level new generation gTLD, I am quite sure .Xyz Will End .Com Dominance. The entire web world is focused on xyz domains now and there are lots of opportunities in this category. As you can see Google also availed abc.xyz. You know around 2 million .XYZ domain names are purchased in the last 6 months, while the total volume has reached to 2.8 million in march 2016. The interesting thing is, out of the 2.8milions, 1 Million are registered from China. The .xyz domains can be purchased for as low as $1.00 and many of them are also on a promotional price or free to register. So in short, xyz is the best option for investors right now. Also there are so many keywords related domains are available to buy at low price. Here I am agree to Daniel Negari, registration numbers don’t matter. Utilization is the best indicator of success.
4.What are other TLDs sharing your interest, together with XYZ?
Not any at the moment. Other than XYZ, I’ve always been looking for .com domains. But as .coms are depleting, and other gTLDs are not multipurpose, so there is no other option.
5.Could you please share some market information in foreign domain investment? Is there any characteristic of that?
Thousands of peoples are investing in xyz. The future is xyz, and there is no other option for people in the gTLDs. In foreign domain investment, China is the biggest market at the moment. The basic reason is the interest of investors in domains. I’m sure investors are aware how lucrative this business can be in future. The market growth can be better if the outer world could participate in the Chinese domain industry.
My suggestion is, we should invest in generic domains, and must never invest in any type of trade mark names.
6. How do people in your country think of the value of gTLD and new gTLD? Have those two TLDs caused any discussion?
All people are investing in new gTLDs because TLDs are limited now. Only .com was for multipurpose and we don’t have it any more. Moreover, the .Net and .Org can serve to restricted audience there maybe some restrictions to register. They are also not that cheap to buy compared to .com.
7. How do you like the development of new gTLD in China? How do you think of the growing of new gTLDs in China’s market?
China is at the top as far as investing in gTLDs in concerned. You can see that 1 million xyz domains were registered from China until march 2016. And the interesting fact is that most domains are bought by investment point of view, not for development. The market will flourish in the days to come as you can see the graph is pointing upwards continuously, and the investors are eyeing it a good opportunity to make some money. Having said that, businesses looking to buy xyz for development are also not discouraged; they are cheap, they are easy to buy and there are plenty of options to get the domain you love and desire.
8. Will you plan a large sum of money for investment in China’s domain marketing in the near future?
Seeing the trend why not! I just want to give you a suggestion to provide an English version of your site. The English platform would not only be easy for me but also to investors from the rest of the world. It will attract them to invest in your market and eventually Chinese domain market will be matchless. You can leave the entire world behind begging domains from China.
9.Now as you experienced registration and auction on west.cn, have you gained more ideas for China’s domain market.
All the March 2016 auction domains are with single letters to three or four letters or numbers. I’d like to see keyword domains too. For example,
Foodindustry.xyz,
HybridMotors.xyz,
Powerindustry.xyz,
If this happens, I might be able to buy more domains, and this will also attract businesses to buy or bid on domains for their online ventures.
10.Will you show your auction results to your American fellow?
Why not! Not only to the US fellows, but my friends in other countries too! Again, you have to develop your system in English, so other people can understand your procedures and bid system conveniently.
11.Will you introduce some domain brokers into China’s domain investment industry?
Yes I do want to. As I am discussing with the people about the investment opportunities in China. Someone will come up surely seeing the potential of the Chinese domain market.
12. Which obstacle is the biggest for foreigners to invest in China domain market, except for language?
I’m afraid, the only problem is language. In fact, China doesn’t know how mad investors are about Chinese domain market. The internet is teemed with comments and discussions about your market, but the problem is that Chinese are not aware of it because no one here follows English discussions. If you know what the rest of the world thinks about Chinese domain market, your company would start working on the English version by today.
13.Could you please comment on the function design and transaction process in west.top?
Lots of things need improvement. For example, there is no transaction confirmation as you make the payment, and there is a huge handling fee which should not be there or must be very less. In other countries, there is no handling fee. On PayPal there are some APIs for marketplaces, where are exempted from handling fees.
I specifically like to praise your live bidding system; that’s extremely good and easy to understand there is nothing hidden.
14.Would you like to communicate with more Chinese domain investors?
Sure, it would give me a better insight of the Chinese market and I would love to learn from their experience. It’ll be very productive for me.
Again it’s my pleasure to join auction in China, and special thanks to west.cn because they provide me a platform to participate in march 2016 auction i would be happy to join their auction, again and again.
Sincerely,
Hussain Ejaz
Michigan United State.