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Drupal user Group in Tokyo sponsored by WIXI wPix

November 24, 2011 By Olney Leave a Comment

I had a chance to hang out with some of the WIXI team on Tuesday night in Takadanobaba. WIXI sponsored an informal meetup for Drupal developers which I found to be a very good move. Even though WIXI owns the current largest parking service in Japan Darshaun & Steve hasn’t forgotten what domains are for: developing into useful sites for users.

A good 30 or so people came out in the Bar Lamp in Takadanobaba. The crowd was a bit of a good mix between non Japanese & Japanese developers. I don’t think it had the purpose of sparking any serious business just a casual fun get-together drinking beer & all you can eat Tacos.

As always me & Darshaun always speak frankly on what’s going on in domaining in Japan. We both see it as “domains” not IDN, dot even just dot jp. Domains that can be used by Japanese companies.  Good to hear about some of the new & up& coming things WIXI has. Even beforehand the event I contact them for about a few expanding the market surprises they had going on. All in All WIXI is a great team that is adding value to the domain market of Japan. There’s quite a lot still coming from them I can’t even hint to what they are.

Thank You Lamp for extending the all you can eat & drink by 40 minutes. I’m sure everyone will return to have a drink or two in Baba.

WIXI: Japan’s first domain parking service

LAMP Takadanobaba

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WIXI next domain auction October 1st (Japan time)

September 29, 2011 By Olney Leave a Comment

WIXI’s second monthly domain auction will begin on October 1st 2011 Japan time. There are actually a few monthly auctions in Japan but WIXI’s platform has domains coming from 3 auctions. You can bid on domains from WIXI, Humeai, & Rat.

These three services usually catch the top dot jp domains IDN and non IDN. It seems like powerhouse GMO might be dropping domains that it can’t monetize so last month I was able to get a great domain like Boston.jp which I lost out to them 2 or 3 years ago. WIXI caught the domain & I won it in the first auction for only 21,000 yen (about $250)

If you have any features you think would improve the system let them know.

The auction will be at this location in a few days.
http://wixi.jp/auction

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Domains sales IN Japan

September 7, 2011 By Olney Leave a Comment

I realize many do not know that there are domain sales going on IN Japan by Japanese.  There has been sales on going for years now. Most people just don’t know where.

Even though this blog is IDN Talk I do not only have interest in promoting IDNs. I am heavily involved in ways of making domain marketing useful for the Japanese market. This includes dot com, dot jp IDN or romaji.

This month WIXI started their new auction platform which I tested out. I’ll write a review about it later. If you used it & have feedback or concerns please do email the team at WIXI they appreciate the feedback.

They have been documenting sales by their system so far.
Out.jp – 300,000 yen ($3,870)
NiceFuture.JP – 35,100 ($452)
YAMAGATA-NET.JP – ￥41,100 – $530

These are only example
More are here

http://wixi.jp/sold

These are not the only sales either. These are sales by WIXI.
Other platforms in Japan currently do not list their sales outside of their systems.
Non IDN .jps are actually selling in Japan.

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Value Domain gets bought by GMO

July 8, 2011 By Olney Leave a Comment

It seems that Value Domain the cheapest domain service offering dot jp to us for only 640 yen each (roughly $6 way back before the dollar fell) has been bought & has become a subsidiary of GMO. GMO has bought up most of the independent domain services in Japan.

Currently with Value Domain I can still renew my dot jps for 640 yen that I registered before the price change. No speculation that it will change but you never know.

The guys from WIXI also had a very successful domain company that GMO bought years back.

The market looks good for the next few years. The ad industry is doing well. The yen is strong. We finally have a domain selling platform & parking service.

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WIXI launches first domain sales platform in Japan

June 27, 2011 By Olney Leave a Comment

WIXI just announced it has taken it’s domain services to yet another level by creating the first open domain marketplace. There are a few Japanese domain selling service but all of them either only sell their own domains or do not have a platform to encourage sellers.

This is great for the market & I might hold on dropping some to list here.

WIXI announces the launch of a new Domain Marketplace in Asia.

WIXI’s new site allows domain owners from around the world to buy and sell domains with a focus in Asia.  It has the largest selection of .JP domains available and full IDN (Internationalized Domain Names) capabilities.

The new site has world-class functionality with Domain Escrow services fully included to allow buyers and sellers of domains to easily, quickly and safely perform buy and sell transactions. It also incorporates a new .JP Drop-Catch ordering cart, allowing international buyers to participate in catching the best .JP domains as they become available.

The site is fully functional in both Japanese and English, helping bridge the language gap between international users, and bringing more buyers and sellers together.

Since 2009, WIXI has become the market leader in Japan in the following areas:

- Leading Domain Parking company in Japan
- Leading Drop-Catch provider for .JP names
- Supplier of domains to Japan’s top Domain Auction sites
- Japan’s leading ICANN consulting expert, accrediting many companies in Japan

About WIXI, Inc.

Website:
http://www.wixi.jp

Contact Information:
Matthew’s Square 2F
Shimoda 3-13-11
Shizuoka, Japan 415-0023

Affiliations:
JPRS .JP Accredited Registrar
ICANN Accredited Registrar
Domain Name Business Association of Japan

For more information, please contact us on info@wixi.jp.

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WIXI becomes sponsor of Agency Night: Tokyo

December 14, 2010 By Olney Leave a Comment

Tomorrow night’s Agency Night has added WIXI Japan’t first public domain parking service as a sponsor of the event. The team at WIXI have been adding new services & I thought it would be good for them to network with more of the Ad Industry in Japan & make personal connections. This way we all can shape the domain industry in Japan together.

Agency Night is tomorrow night in Shibuya
Sponsored by
WIXI www.wixi.jp
comScore www.comscore.com

For more info about Agency Night go here www.AgencyNight.com
or see us on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/AgencyNight

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New Domain services for Japan

December 1, 2010 By Olney Leave a Comment

Just a quick note that WIXI has started to offer a more robust domain back order service with stats on the history of the domains. I’ve been talking to the Wixi team on how data like this is good for clients to see more value for the dropped domains. Currently the lists includes IDNs & non IDNs in the .jp ccTLD. I still have to do a bit of a brushup on this as I didn’t go for any drops this month. I feel I got enough in the .jp extension in great industries.

Other news is Onamae.com is for the first time offering IDNs in their monthly domain auction for domains they catch during the drop. Little by little the domain market in Japan is expanding. It will not be the same as the US because of the timing but with companies like this offering services it still will expand.

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Big Rumble in Tokyo Over JPRS’s Announcement to Offer gTLD Domains

November 9, 2010 By Olney Leave a Comment

I talked to Darshaun President of WIXI, Inci & he wrote a new article over at Circle ID.
Truthfully there are only a few people that I regard to as a sempai(Senior) in Japan when it comes to domain marketing. Edwin (unfortunately we have never met), Steve & Darshaun of Wixi are amongst them. Even though I sometimes praise JPRS I understand that people like Darshaun who have to deal directly with JPRS may see things differently. In his article Darshaun talks about JPRS registering mass amounts of domains. For those in IDNs this may also refer to those prized IDNs that are in reserve status. As I keep mentioning Reserved doesn’t mean it won’t be used. They will. It just will cost.

Here’s a small quote from the article but go to the full article from the link below
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20101108_big_rumble_in_tokyo_over_jprss_announcement_to_offer_gtld_domains/
WIXI’s homepage: www.Wixi.jp
& also follow WIXI on Twitter: twitter.com/wixijp

“Whereas we hear about the “bottom up process” throughout the domain industry around the world, we have a “top-down”, “dictator-style” registry model in Japan. Let’s take a look at how this evolved. Up until the year 2000, JPNIC (a not-for-profit association) was the organization which managed all domains and IP addresses in Japan. In the latter part of 2000, JPRS was established as a for-profit Japanese corporation which was given the task of launching top-level .jp names and over the course of several years, taking on management of all .jp domains. The Japanese government blessed this arrangement by approving the transfer and giving approval to ICANN. At that time, JPNIC was given the task of “over-seeing” JPRS to make sure their activities were in the best interest of society, business, technology and the government. But this was just the beginning of where the situation gets extremely interesting. JPNIC and some of its employees became share-holders of this for-profit monopoly called JPRS, becoming a band of share-holder brothers, self-supervising themselves, and in the meantime, receiving governmental monopoly protection.”

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Wixi debuts new site

October 25, 2010 By Olney 8 Comments

Wixi the very first parking site from Japan revamps it’s web site. The site now has a FREE droplist of .jps IDN & non IDN domains. The site also offers domains to buy with clear prices. This is something that is much needed in the domain industry because it just cuts confusion for potential buyers. I haven’t done this yet on my portfolio site but with an increase in inquiries this year I plan to do so.

Wixi may have a few more services that are not listed yet, so I expect there’s more to come. I speak to the team often about what corporate services they can offer & we all kick around ideas that can help out the market.

You can visit Wixi at www.Wixi.jp

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Steve Karnas of Wixi & Ed from Namedrive Interview in IDNBlog.com

June 30, 2010 By Olney Leave a Comment

My good friend Steve Karnas was interviewed on IDNBlog.com. You can see the interview from the link below. Good to see the people in Japan who are active in domain being recognized. Congrats Steve…  We are always talking about ways to expand the market from years back, Wixi really helps & already is making strides.

http://idnblog.com/2010/06/29/idnblog-exclusive-ed-russel-steve/

You can go to Wixi’s Site at http://park.wixi.jp/

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