China re-opens it’s ccTLD domain to individual registrations.. Finally!

[yanni]

From Domain Name News:

“Individuals will become an important drive for the development of websites… Opening the .cn domain name to individuals will boost the openness and uniqueness of the Internet. The new act will help the development of individual micro-application platforms and e-commerce as well. Individual online shops can possess their own .cn domains which will help their brand operation”

Article here (http://www.domainnamenews.com/cctlds/china-re-opens-its-cctld-domain-to-individual-registrations-finally/10799).

I suppose they "appropriated" what they wanted and now re-opened to the public.

[mulligan]

I still wouldn't touch them.

[bwhhisc]

Not worth the risk IMO.

[Wot]

Great news for those that hold idn.cn IMHO

Now more accessible to individuals than .us.

As for risk,I will stay with the portfolio of idn.cn I have. Not once have I been approached by CNNIC over the past 6 years apart from confirmation of whois.

[Drewbert]

Now we can run another pool on what date they change their mind again.

[sbe18]

It should be interesting which companies reopen on this...
enom/ dynadot etc....

godaddy is likely to pass....

[jose]

godaddy is likely to pass....

No, haven't you heard? Godaddy now sells websites, not domains.
I am not joking, check their homepage...

[alpha]

I still wouldn't touch them.

maybe they can get away with that BS in China, but foreigners (for whom they now realize they miss their $'s) I imagine are little wiser having been burnt the first time.