1198.cn .com, CNY 88.00/yr. on Domains

.com has been added on Nov 21, 2020

💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-Free
⚑ Targeting :	CN

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📄 Editorial Review

1198.cn, also operating under the Haiyu (海域网) brand, is a Shenzhen-based domain registrar and enterprise online brand-protection specialist established in 2010. The 1198.cn domain itself dates back to August 4, 2006. The business is centered primarily on corporate domain portfolios, international domain registration, intellectual-property protection and global brand management rather than conventional shared hosting or VPS services.

The Shenzhen operating company is Shenzhen Haiyu Information Technology Co., Ltd. Another related entity, Shenzhen HuLianXianFeng Technology Co., Ltd., also appears in the company's registrar and domain-brokerage operations. The group has accredited registrar relationships through Shenzhen HuLianXianFeng Technology Co., Ltd., IANA ID 1734, and SeaArea Group Limited, IANA ID 3805, both using 1198.cn-related registrar infrastructure.

The core service portfolio covers domain registration, domain transfers, DNS management, WHOIS privacy, registrar and registry locks, two-factor authentication, SSL certificates, domain brokerage, domain trading, TMCH, DPML, domain monitoring, UDRP assistance, domain recovery and corporate brand protection.

Its strongest area is enterprise domain management. Corporate customers can consolidate large domain portfolios, divide responsibilities through subaccounts and permission controls, monitor registration status, manage renewals and DNS, protect critical names against unauthorized changes and coordinate domain assets across different departments or subsidiaries.

The brand-domain monitoring platform tracks exact and similar brand terms across newly registered, existing and deleted domains. This is particularly useful for organizations dealing with cybersquatting, phishing, impersonation, counterfeit websites or unauthorized registrations incorporating trademarks and company names.

Domain security includes registry lock, registrar lock, WHOIS privacy, two-factor authentication and continuous domain-status monitoring. These controls make the service more suitable for high-value corporate domains where unauthorized ownership or DNS changes could cause serious business disruption.

TMCH support assists trademark owners with new-gTLD Sunrise periods and trademark-claims protection. DPML adds defensive blocking across participating domain extensions, reducing the need for companies to register every possible variation of a protected trademark.

Domain recovery and dispute services cover infringement cases and UDRP proceedings, while the company's acquisition service handles valuation, ownership research, negotiation, purchase and transfer of domains already owned by third parties.

The domain brokerage operation has an international scope, with brokers working across numerous countries, regions and time zones. This gives corporate buyers a practical way to acquire strategic domain names without approaching owners directly.

1198.cn also operates a domain marketplace containing both fixed-price names and domains available through negotiation. This complements the brokerage operation and makes the company relevant not only to corporate registrants but also to businesses purchasing existing premium names.

Beyond domains, Haiyu has developed a substantial intellectual-property service portfolio. It handles international trademark registration, trademark searches, renewals, transfers, objections, appeals, opposition responses, cancellation work and registration changes.

Trademark services extend across major international markets including the United States, European Union, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, Canada, Australia and Russia, together with Madrid System applications and coverage of multiple Southeast Asian jurisdictions.

Foreign patent services include work involving the United States, Europe, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Germany, together with PCT international applications and Hague System procedures. Patent work can cover searches, preliminary assessment, drafting, filing and enforcement-related assistance.

Additional intellectual-property services include copyright registration for software, written works, artistic works and other protected material. Corporate-registration services are also available for jurisdictions such as Hong Kong, the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and Japan.

A significant part of the business is supported by proprietary software platforms. These include a brand-domain monitoring system, global trademark search platform, asset-recovery platform, brand-protection management cloud and domain big-data system.

The trademark search database covers more than 180 countries and regions, contains more than 250 million trademark records and aggregates information from more than 240 data sources. Search functionality supports multiple languages including Chinese, Japanese, English, French, German, Dutch, Italian and Spanish.

The company has served more than 100,000 customers and operates with a global workforce exceeding 200 employees. Its customer base includes enterprises requiring centralized management of international domains, intellectual-property assets and online brand-protection cases.

Website hosting remains within the company's broader service scope, but 1198.cn is not positioned as a conventional hosting provider offering a current retail catalog of Linux shared hosting, Windows hosting, VPS or dedicated servers. Customers looking specifically for server resources will find the domain and intellectual-property services far more developed than the hosting side.

The website is primarily available in Simplified Chinese. Some English-directory paths exist, but the customer-facing service environment remains largely Chinese. International customers are therefore better served through direct account-manager assistance. Prices are mainly denominated in Chinese yuan (CNY/RMB).

The interface has a traditional, information-heavy Chinese registrar design and is less modern than newer international SaaS-style domain platforms. The underlying domain, account, monitoring and intellectual-property systems are considerably more important than the visual presentation.