Comments on: .Cn Pullout is a Business Decision, Not Political [Updated] http://domainnamewire.com/2010/03/25/cn-pullout-is-a-business-decision-not-political/ News and Views for the Domain Name Industry Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:15:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mansour http://domainnamewire.com/2010/03/25/cn-pullout-is-a-business-decision-not-political/comment-page-1/#comment-585682 Mansour Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:56:43 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=11445#comment-585682 Andrew, This is nothing new. Tucows stopped registering .CN domains a couple of months ago. The .CN registry is doing the biggest service for the rest of us. Before the registry action, 90% of the domain names were registered for one purpose - to offer the domains for sale to those who own the .com and .net version of the same domain names, and if they don't sell, they are put on Sedo for monetization to either steal your customers of to sell competing products. I wish Sedo would stop accepting .CN domain names for sale. .CN is cyber squatter's heaven and the registry interference is a welcome step to clean up this extension. I hope .EU will be next. Andrew,
This is nothing new. Tucows stopped registering .CN domains a couple of months ago. The .CN registry is doing the biggest service for the rest of us. Before the registry action, 90% of the domain names were registered for one purpose – to offer the domains for sale to those who own the .com and .net version of the same domain names, and if they don’t sell, they are put on Sedo for monetization to either steal your customers of to sell competing products. I wish Sedo would stop accepting .CN domain names for sale. .CN is cyber squatter’s heaven and the registry interference is a welcome step to clean up this extension. I hope .EU will be next.

]]> By: RealtimeRegister.com http://domainnamewire.com/2010/03/25/cn-pullout-is-a-business-decision-not-political/comment-page-1/#comment-585587 RealtimeRegister.com Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:56:41 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=11445#comment-585587 As an extra reason for this drastic decision by Godaddy, you could add the suddenness of these changes by the Chinese registry. The decisions were announced and implemented without any prior notice. Registrars were left in the black for almost 2 weeks. Who know's what the Chinese registry will come up with in the future. We at RealtimeRegister.com have decided a few weeks ago to stop offering .cn as well. As an extra reason for this drastic decision by Godaddy, you could add the suddenness of these changes by the Chinese registry. The decisions were announced and implemented without any prior notice. Registrars were left in the black for almost 2 weeks.

Who know’s what the Chinese registry will come up with in the future. We at RealtimeRegister.com have decided a few weeks ago to stop offering .cn as well.

]]> By: .cn opportunity? http://domainnamewire.com/2010/03/25/cn-pullout-is-a-business-decision-not-political/comment-page-1/#comment-585583 .cn opportunity? Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:36:02 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=11445#comment-585583 Cleaning up the .cn registry will improve the value of legitimate .cn domains. Extra paperwork will only ensure registrants are legitimate. I have had no problems trading or renewing (so far) any .cn's. The main focus of the .cn changes was to remove the porn and anti political domains. A market with 300 million + Chinese internet users is a hard to ignore. Best. Steve Cleaning up the .cn registry will improve the value of legitimate .cn domains. Extra paperwork will only ensure registrants are legitimate. I have had no problems trading or renewing (so far) any .cn’s. The main focus of the .cn changes was to remove the porn and anti political domains. A market with 300 million + Chinese internet users is a hard to ignore.
Best.
Steve

]]> By: DomainersChoice.com http://domainnamewire.com/2010/03/25/cn-pullout-is-a-business-decision-not-political/comment-page-1/#comment-585549 DomainersChoice.com Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:23:25 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=11445#comment-585549 for a "discount registrar" it does not make sense. For registrars like Markmonitor, CSC and MelbourneIt it still makes economical sense, looking at the prices they charge their TM clients. for a “discount registrar” it does not make sense. For registrars like Markmonitor, CSC and MelbourneIt it still makes economical sense, looking at the prices they charge their TM clients.

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