*.cn or *.com.cn

[hape]

Need to register a customer domain to cover China
What is the better choice - *.cn or *.com.cn ?

 

[AnyDemo]

Hello,

I rather .cn since it will look shorter and more easy to remember.

 

[Masahiro]

I second that.

Short, easy-to-remember, and these days, the shorter the URL the better.

 

[armstrong]

IMHO, if your clients will be mainly mainland Chinese, then go with the extension the locals are accustomed to. Last I checked, that would be *.com.cn.

 

[hape]

Thanks
Page will be in Chinese and English at the beginning. Guess both extensions is best

 

[Joe123]

Thanks
Page will be in Chinese and English at the beginning. Guess both extensions is best

Yes, both would be best to stop your customer losing visitors to the other extension. The cost of a second registration is normally very little when compared to:
a) the cost of professionally developing a website; and
b) the potential loss of traffic

 

[worldstar]

Try to register the both!
.com.cn is a habit in some extent yet I still prefer .cn

 

[9495]

You can get both! It cost only 3$ now.

 

[bm8]

rather .cn

but most of compony like .com.cn


PS: i from china

 

[domainprince]

Personally I'll prefer .cn, but for companies I think .com.cn is good.

 

[floatingworld]

during last week in Beijing I saw both .cn and .com.cn on public billboards, so for a company registration I would register both domain names for cover and use either for the actual website...

 

[derrida]

IMHO, if your clients will be mainly mainland Chinese, then go with the extension the locals are accustomed to. Last I checked, that would be *.com.cn.

Yes i agree! .cn was only just introduced by my understanding.

However in beijing i only saw .cn. But i wouldnt invest on what one guy says he saw while walking around beijing!

 

[hape]

You can get both! It cost only 3$ now.

Where for $3 ?

PS: i from china

Aha .. which city ?

 

[dweeb]

.cn! people might forget the '.cn' if its a .com.cn domain and go to the wrong page. so .cn would be safe. lol.

 

[hape]

You can get both! It cost only 3$ now.

*.cn for $ 3 ??

Where ?

 

[duskdawn]

*.cn for $ 3 ??

Where ?

In some chinese registrars and some resellers of large ones. Recently the price drop from 15$ to around 4$

 

[floatingworld]

Yes i agree! .cn was only just introduced by my understanding.

However in beijing i only saw .cn. But i wouldnt invest on what one guy says he saw while walking around beijing!

its too hot to walk, but plenty of advertising billboards viewable from an aircon taxi window in the centre of town.....

 

[mole]

For the short term, get .com.cn.

For the mid-long term, get .cn.

Best thing, get both.