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Originally Posted by adoptabledomains Facts to consider:
1. Dot-us has a Nexus policy.
2. There are additional rules that are probably more tightly restricted in .us domains (TM enforcement {more US lawyers}, reserved domains, usage requirements, etc.)
3. Some .cn are in English, some in Chinese (many flavors, character sets), some in other languages. Most .us are likely to be english using standard ASCII characters set.
4. US business is pretty much expected to be in English. The Chinese to become a world market force, must cater to many languages.
5. US Population is probably 20% that of China. (Even though many .cn supporters seem to overlook the spendable income, access to internet, and censorship of content differences).
You can have all the .cn domains you want. I have none and don't plan on getting any. I do trade in good generic .us domains though. The chinese may let you register and spend money on them, but a good portion will never be seen by a chinese person due to censorship of the eventual content.
...which would indicate that many are cybersquatted TM names that US lawyers would have a field day with if registered in .us. |
Pls cut the crap on censorship - business websites, including 99% of porn, are not censored, R-rated magazines (similar to Playboy) are legally sold on streets.
Whilst there are more internet users in China than in the US, ecommerce is extremely limited, but mcommerce is more developed than in the US, which is also the case for Japan.
Anyway, IDN is taking off among Japanese businesses (the only thing stopping them is the browser), and many Japanese idns are registered by real businesses and not just European/US speculators.
IDNs will become mainstream in Asia eventually, although it may take several years for that to happen.