Country Domain Name Extensions

Have you ever heard of .CN? .CN is the domain name extension of
China. It is China’s country code top level domain (cctld) .CN
at one point was a very restricted domain name extension. It was
only allowed to be registered and used by Chinese businesses.
China changed the rules in late 2002/early 2003 and now .cn is
available to register by any business in the world.

You can register
..cn domains in the second or third level. This means you can
register a .cn domain name in the form of “somename.cn” or
“somename.com.cn”. The Chinese registry, CNNIC, does require
that .cn domain names not be used for sites that have adult or
gambling related content.

China’s economy is growing very quickly. The amount of internet
users in China is increasing by leaps and bounds. China is
quickly becoming a major economic powerhouse. If you have a
business that would like to reach this extremely huge and
rapidly developing market, a .CN domain name for your website
may be a very good way to do just that

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