.cn - Beware !

[wot]

Info from contacts in China.

The .cn China registry is starting to enforce regs that apparently say that only companies can register .cn names

However, if you have .cn names then change them to a company name and you should be OK.

Interesting also to see some of the high prices that are being touted in China for .cn names - you would be surprised, more later

 

[FedPrimeRate.com]

The .cn China registry is starting to enforce regs that apparently say that only companies can register .cn names

I have all my domain names registered under my company name. I'm way too paranoid about identity theft, etc. to use my real name for my Internet activities.

But I am interested in the news; I have a few .CN names and I sometimes worry that the Chinese authorities will one day just snatch them away from me arbitrarily after imposing some strict new rule--like maybe banning foreign ownership of .CN names all of a sudden. Let's hope they take it easy.

AmCy

 

[scrsteven]

I'm too fearful of communist china just arbitrarily saying "we now own all .cn names" to get into the .cn market.

 

[mole]

Where did you read this?

It is true that .COM.CN faces that "company" hiccup, I suspect it is a legacy thing since only companies could register them in the past.

But so far I've not seen any such explicit rulings on .CN.

What I do know is that you need to register your URL with the authorities if you want to do business in China.

.CN is backed by Neustar, so there is at least a voice of reasoning should anything go berserk.

I think China has lighten up significantly since they joined WTO. But of course, it is always good to register your names under a company name, it helps to let people know you have real intents and not just a "cybersquatter".

 

[Domain123]

Can you post the link for that news?

Thanks,

Bill

 

[primacomputer]

This goes against cnnics published policy. I would verify the source of this information before worrying about it too much.

China ccTLD names are open for registration to everyone. It's things like .us that you have to worry about.

 

[duskdawn]

Yes, it is true, when I start to reg my first several domains in 2003, I went through Chinese registrars. The reseller told me to put a company name on the contact to make things go through.
It is not news. It is the original rules.
However, it is like the .us registration, you will be fine at most times.

 

[Shorty]

Who cares? .cn is a pretty crappy extension anyway! :P
/me goes to search for words that end in cn

 

[touchring]

Hi, i'm looking for generic .cn domains - i own a company in china. Pls email me.

 

[floatingworld]

Who cares? .cn is a pretty crappy extension anyway! :P
/me goes to search for words that end in cn

I guess china for you is something one drinks out of.
I guess also that some domainers do not recognise that we have colleagues in this forum who are from China and who are creating businesses in China.

 

[touchring]

Actually, .cn is a good extension (never mind which country it belongs to). Anything that ends with n or m, as in .com is nice looking.

 

[Virgil]

.cn has an enormous potential, particularly domains related to trade or locally appealing, IMO.

 

[leviathon]

I have 3 .cn domains, all for sale. I've never heard that news.. thanks for sharing I gotta do something..?

 

[barefoottech]

NEWSFLASH, ALL .tld's were intended to be used for the proper purpose and usage.
Domain Name Speculation is NOT a defined usage.
Indeed in several countries other than PRC ,it is already illegal to speculate.
So don't blame PRC for doing what they are totally within their rights to do.

 

[BurninDragon08]

IMHO, I actually like that domain name.
It's pretty cool. I mean .cn!
Easy to type and remember.

 

[1rrr1]

IMO .cn has a good future. Too bad about the no speculation rule

 

[bm8]

i'm from china, i have 7 .cn domains
i like .cn domain

 

[leviathon]

.cn are WIDELY popular. Most of the largest sites in china (ATM: Sina, Sohu) They're like... .com.cn things. They're not big companies, just random association making millions of $$. They won't let anything happen to .cn, well nothing big's going to happen anyways.

 

[touchring]

I've also been looking at .cn, but it's even harder to speculate on them because you can't use the conventional way of valuing domains.

For example, property.xx might be valuable if it's a .us, .net, .com, .au. or .in, but might be useless for a .cn in terms of real application.

Chinese surfers will prefer a domain like 168house.cn, or SHhouse.cn - 'sh' stands for shanghai. It's even possible that 168house.cn or SHhouse.cn maybe valued a 100 or 1000 times more than property.cn.

 

[mole]

.CN is good for geotargeting. China is one of the few countries in the world where the sky is still the limit, so I see .CN domains as good holdings in the mid-long term. Which reminds me, eNom has this new $15 offer for .CN names till end of year which I just signed up for.