Evaluate carefully · In redemption
5 chars·.news·In redemptionLast verified· 2d ago·likely available ~May 24, 2026
Original owner can still restore. Not safely catchable until ~May 24, 2026.
genuinely brandable, compact, with natural cadence
Score suggests a weak resale profile. Unless you have a specific end-user in mind, the carrying cost outweighs the upside.
Synthesized from the DQS, aftermarket estimate, registration cost, lifecycle stage, and trademark check on this page. Not financial advice — your portfolio strategy overrides.
| Length | 5 |
| TLD | .news |
| Keyword category | none |
| Commercial intent | none |
| Wayback snapshots | 0 |
| Brandable combo | yes |
| Spam pattern | no |
| Saturated suffix | none |
Because "lilun" is a recognizable word, lilun.news benefits from both type-in traffic and search-intent alignment. Short names like this (5 chars) tend to be the sweet spot for SaaS brandability — memorable without hitting the premium-tax of 3-4 letter names. The phonetics are balanced between vowels and consonants — typical for a pronounceable English-style name. .news is a content-oriented TLD, which narrows the buyer pool but works well for publishers and information products. With zero Wayback coverage, the domain's prior history is effectively a clean slate from a content perspective. At DQS 47, the name sits in the mid band — not an automatic buy, but worth evaluating against a specific use case rather than on its own merits. Redemption-period status means the owner has about 25 days left to reclaim the name. Any outside party can only wait and watch. The keyword component is the honest hook here.
Web-presence signal
None observed
No meaningful Wayback record. Backlink research rarely pays off here.
Deep-link into backlink checkers
Real backlink counts come from dedicated crawlers (Ahrefs, Moz, Majestic). Each button opens lilun.news pre-loaded in that tool — zero keystrokes to cross-check.
1
drop recorded so far
Apr 19, 2026
first observed
Apr 19, 2026
last observed
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Same TLD, similar length, similar DQS. Useful if you're scoping a portfolio of related shapes.
Social handle availability
A 404 on the profile page means the handle is free to claim. Grabbing matching handles at registration time is cheap insurance against impersonation + easier brand rollout later.
Other domains that dropped at the same registrar on 2026-04-19. Registrars often drop batches of expired portfolios together — worth a scan if you like this shape.
Not catchable yet — queue up early
The owner can still restore. Drop-catcher pre-orders lock in priority; retail registration will fail until release.
No Wayback Machine snapshots found for lilun.news.
via RDAP · cached 6h
Redemption period. Original owner can still restore for a fee. Typically catchable ~30-35 days after redemption start — not safe to pay a backorder fee yet if the owner looks active.
redemption period
| Status | Redemption period |
| Registrar | Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn) |
| Created | Mar 11, 2025 |
| Expires | Mar 11, 2026 |
| Last updated | Apr 19, 2026 |
| Nameservers | expirens3.hichina.com, expirens4.hichina.com |
| DNSSEC | unsigned |
| Registration cost | — |