.com.cn names

[cyphix]

Are they worth anything? As in the real premium ones....

Also, how would you compare them to the upcoming .cn names?

 

[DrWho]

$0.00

 

[insomnia]

dont bother, unless its a high ranked name like sex.com.cn

The actual .cn comes out 17 march i think

 

[tigga]

I agree - fairly worthless on the international market and limited value in the local market as English is not the first language spoken.

 

[mole]

Yes, why get .com.cn when you can get .cn? Wait for this one, unless you are doing defensive registrations for your business.

 

[.com.net.org]

Yes, wait for .CN
I see pre registration has started.

 

[cyphix]

How would u rate the top .cn names? Would only real top ones that get over 1mil overture seraches be worth registering?

 

[Anthony Ng]

Overture does NOT apply here: the Chinese simply do NOT search that way.

 

[cyphix]

u have a point, but most searches that have that amount are generally world known things.

 

[Anthony Ng]

But the Chinese usually search in ... CHINESE, of course.

 

[mole]

English is fast becoming a prestige thing with the upmarket (read moneyed) Chinese in China. The internationalisation of China is gradually gaining momentum give the countries new WTO status. Food for thought.

Only thing is, try to get a name that is practical, like plasticsurgeon.cn. There is a HUGE market growing for such products

 

[eddie1278]

china has the second most internet users, next to the u.s.

 

[mole]

Originally posted by eddie1278
china has the second most internet users, next to the u.s.

Amazing, isn't it. One drop in the ocean, and it means you've covered the whole of New York.

I still can't understand the linearity of human reproduction and the evolution of human race.

.cn, here I come. With just, one name

 

[Anthony Ng]

Yes, it's true: the Internet has become widely used by the younger generations, not just teens but the well-educated city-dwellers in their 20's. However, it more or less follows the line of Japan in that MOST users are using an interface written TOTALLY in their mother tongue, i.e. CHINESE.

I have also explained in another thread here quite a while ago that even for those who KNOW English, they surf in Chinese; and for those who surf in English, THEIR ENGLISH is very different from ours. So when you think a certain word is generic enough, it could be total stranger to them.

 

[yesonline]

Originally posted by nameslave
So when you think a certain word is generic enough, it could be total stranger to them.

Agree with you very very much

 

[mole]

Originally posted by nameslave
THEIR ENGLISH is very different from ours. So when you think a certain word is generic enough, it could be total stranger to them.

Sorry, but that's bs slave. When was the last time you went to China? HK knows English from the colonial days. The "unwashed" mainlanders, if you last checked, are fast catching up. Look at Shanghai. The Chinese are looking abroad for opportunities. The most pretty Chinese girls are looking to go abroad to make a better life for themselves. The Chinese government is finally encouraging the learning of English for economic development.

Exoteric foreign names like edomainxgobay.com may mean nothing to mainland Chinese, all the more reason why generics will rule. The mainland Chinese are very pragmatic people, but shrewed, business-minded, long-term suffering and hard-working.

.CN reflects the international stature that the repressed Chinese internet population wants. Never underestimate a Godzilla with a 10% GDP growth.

 

[Anthony Ng]

Originally posted by mole
Sorry, but that's bs slave. When was the last time you went to China? HK knows English from the colonial days ...

Have I told you that my parents are Chinese?

 

[mole]

Yes, you have *wink*

 

[Anthony Ng]

... and I was actually born in Hong Kong and can read and write Chinese as well?

 

[mole]

Yes, you have ABC - American Bred Canadian