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Old 10-15-2007, 01:45 AM
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Hi all,
I had a wierd request from China today asking whether I objected to another business trying to buy our domain name with extension .CN. I have looked into this and apparently its the China domain extension. It is also greatly more expensive than other extensions.
I obviously objected to having the other company buy this name, but was advised by the person who contacted me that if I don't register it, they will. Has anyone had this happen and have adverse effects. My gut instinct says to purchase the domain, so another person doesn't, but its looking like a sales ploy by a company selling domain names. I have already purchased the .com and run the website off .com.au.
Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
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I've seen this same "ploy" on several boards. There are brokers calling trademark and domain name owners trying to get them to buy the .cn versions.

It is a definite strong-arm play. And .cn domain names are the wild-west right now. And the 'net is such a murky thing over there that it is really hard to tell if somebody is a scammer.

Not sure where owning a .cn version will ever be more important than owning a .ws or a .bz, and we've never spent a nickel on those. I've never read any compelling reason to get China-centric, either.

Network Solutions sells .cn's for $39.99, so you can always price shop.
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Thanks for your input nottheusual1.
Considering the price with Network Solutions I went ahead and bought that domain extension. Better safe than sorry hey
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Best defense is a good offense!!
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