Chinese domains: Which ext and where to reg?

[EbookLover]

Which Chinese ext is best (most popular) .CN or .COM.CN?

Also, what are some of the best regs to reg these domains?

Thanks

 

[peter phillips]

I would say .CN, because it's short and meaningful unlike .COM.CN which is long and has two dots. You can register .CN names at Moniker and eNom

 

[EbookLover]

OK. I just realized that enom (and therefore namecheap) sell chinese domains.

But which one is the most popular with the chinese internet? .com.cn or .cn?

 

[peter phillips]

I guess it has to be .cn as .com.cn was just about the only choice available for a local domain in China until the .cn name-space was opened up. The older .com.cn domains do not seem to be very popular with new sites now. Most of the sites that use them seem to be older sites that have had the same domain.

 

[EbookLover]

ThanX!

 

[floatingworld]

.cn is $28.88 per year at namecheap.
it is little cheaper at http://www.cnnames.net/ for $23.50
both .com.cn and .cn are used in mainland.
both OK.