Anyone knows any insider info on .COM.CN

[mole]

I was thinking of getting a few as specialised gateways into China. Any registrars open up for queing yet?

 

[Anthony Ng]

Not any yet, I guess.

http://www.neustar.com.cn/buycn/index.html

 

[bidawinner]

Mole you know How big I am on ccTLDS..but I think .com.cn is a huge mistake..

sub-domaining ccTLDs never do as well as unrestricted cctlds..and then to top it off they do the moronic .com.cn

why not simply stop at .com instead of typing in 2 extra letters cn ? This helps .com imo (helps the owners of any .coms that actually have NATURAL type-ins.)

Was this ICANNS suggestion ?

That said I will be picking up a few..they will reg a few million of these..but they could have been in a position to have tens of millions reged

 

[mole]

Maybe you are right about promoting .com bit, bid. But if there are some good generics available at launch, no harm grabbing a few for prosperity. May be good for sites that act as "gateways" into China. It is after all, one of the world's fastest growing economies despite the recession and everything

 

[cokee]

some small firm can grab their brand name for which they dont have representative office in china. besides, .com.cn worth nothing if you dont do business in china.

 

[MarkMitford]

Mole: See http://www.cnauctions.com/

$50 min bid, only pay if we get the name.

Registry rules are as follows:

The launch is 11am EST on Dec 15th
Names can be registered for 1-5 years.
No auto-renewals
2 and 3 char ISO ccTLD names are reserved.
15 day add and delete grace period.
Only commands at launch are add, check, and delete, no modifys.

Mark......

 

[bidawinner]

Originally posted by MarkMitford
Mole: See http://www.cnauctions.com/

$50 min bid, only pay if we get the name.

Registry rules are as follows:

The launch is 11am EST on Dec 15th
Names can be registered for 1-5 years.
No auto-renewals
2 and 3 char ISO ccTLD names are reserved.
15 day add and delete grace period.
Only commands at launch are add, check, and delete, no modifys.

Mark......

Mark arent you with dotster?

Is that at dotster production?

 

[MarkMitford]

Yes, I work for Dotster, CNauctions.com is part of the same group of services as Dotster and Namewinner (i.e. the same parent company) and will be using all our registry conenctions to try to grab names during the landrush.

Mark......