Auspicious phone number to be auctioned with starting bid of $1.93 million

(ECNS) -- The mobile phone number 15666666666 will be auctioned for the first time on Oct. 10, with a starting bid of 13.66 million yuan (about $1.93 million).

The buyer must pay an extra 380 thousand yuan, which has been topped up in this phone number.

Since “six” is auspicious for Chinese, the phone number has won wide attention online.

As of noon Wednesday, the Ali auction platform has registered 50,580 onlookers, with 1,534 people having set reminders.