[Hidden-tech] Questions about China domain registrations

[Robert Heller]

At Fri, 12 Dec 2014 08:02:29 -0500 Dede <dede at dedewilson.com> wrote:

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> Got an email about someone wanting to register my domain name with several
> Chinese domain names. Can anyone walk me through how concerned I should be?

There are Chinese domain registars (or domain brokers) looking to score a pile
of dead presidents from random US companies. They do a search for domains of
the form <mumble>.com (or other TLDs) and than seek to sell you <mumble>.co.cn
or something. (Actually GoDaddy does this also, *suggesting* that you buy
<mumble>.info and <mumble>.us and <mumble>.biz, etc. GoDaddy merely *suggests*
though.) Buying these alternitive TLDs is only really worthwhile if you are a
big international player (like Coca Cola or Pepsi or Toyota). For a small
operation, it is not really worth it. The only downside of NOT buying these
domains is that some Chinese outfit can register bakepedia.co.cn and run
a blog with fortune cookie recipes on it (in Chinese) or something like that.
Unless you have some reason to want to penetrate the Chinese baking world, I
would not bother. Buying the offered domain names means a big payday (remember
a 'few' of our dollars is a lot of money over there) for the registar or
broker and buys you very little.

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> THANKS
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> Dédé Wilson
> Founder | Bakepedia - The Baker's Resource ®
> dede at bakepedia.com
> www.bakepedia.com
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