I'm stumped. I'm not so sure what is the right answer to your question. I'll do some poking around and get back to you if I discover an decent answer. You should email the people at Godaddy as they probably could give you an answer..

I'm sure they will be in time, If you have good keyword domains and nice 3 letter domains they should be worth alot in the future, how long has the extension been out ? Do you have to be chinese resident to reg ?

I have keywords in .cn and they are now open for registration by anyone except I have been censored once by the govt. I registered GAY.ORG.CN and they took it back with no explanation 2 weeks later I did get my money back from the registrar though...

Http://namepros.com/showthread.php?t=140633.

Heres another thread I found related to .cn domains. May help a bit about the value of these domains...

Hi I use .cnnames.net they seem to be reliable and cheap...

If the Chinese keep policing the internet in their country like they are now, there may not be much of a future for them, or .cn's..

They frequently shut down any sites with violence, sex, or anything remotely against China. Not exactly free speech over there. They could just as easily take a HostGator from you..

Here's an article:.

Http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.ph...9-033440-8544r.

This was taken from it:.

China's laws require Internet service providers to keep detailed records on everyone who uses their services, and to provide that information to public security forces upon request..

People who post content critical of the state or of Communist Party officials have frequently been detained and sometimes sentenced to long jail terms. A recent case was that of dissident Shi Tao, sentenced to 10 years in prison in April after Yahoo's Hong Kong office provided his IP address to public security agents..

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for country codes... I just thought this was interesting and should be considered...

Its a little scary but as with google yahoo etc if your prepared to work within the laws of the country as most proper business do it should be ok and it's such a huge growth market with great rewards..

Something like webcentral.cn or digitalphotography.cn or camerashop.cn shouldnt upset them too much I hope...

I agree with some part. But as long as you don't put adult GoDaddy site or anti-government content under your domains then you will be fine. But it is the policy that .cn must be hold by company functions in China, so you need to put a company name as your administrative contact..

BTW, I can give anyone of you a price of 10 $ per name if you want to reg any .cn, but the GoDaddy site is in Chinese so you might not feel easy to manage your domains...

Working with the government of China to further it's goals is not being gagged and a prude, but being very smart...

I agree for the most part. I'm not really an advocate of sex, violence, etc. on websites anyway, so I guess there shouldn't be any trouble with legitimate websites, or domains for that matter, if done correctly. Their (China's) involvement just bothers me a little..

Go ccTLDs!..

Won't the chinese buy .COMs if they want to market to the west?..

Seems like they would use .com to market to the west...

You can still make money other than sex and violence through HostGator names...

Do Chinese surfers type in Chinese characters or are they using a Western language to surf; i.e. are they typing in jewelry.cn/.com or are they typing in the Chinese character equivalent? If it is the latter, how do you register domains with their characters?..

LOL never een knew .cn existed but thanks for the info anyway.........

Might reg some. I like the name.

Untitled..

Whats the first thing you think of when you see property.cn?? in a search ..

If your from the west...

I think that .cn will has good future. Their population and their econonmic is the key to make it to be popular..

Though the chinese population and economy is booming madly but the restrictive policy followed chinese government might hinder multi national company to invest in ChinaEven though Google and yahoo are functioning in china but everyone knows how difficult time they are facing there...

Yeah, like others have said, I'd say one of the big risks of .cn names is the dictactorial and unpredictable behavour of the chinese government. You might lose the lot if the chinese decide to implement their HostGator system differently...

Unfortunately, thats the speculative risk we take when we register some of the alternate country code domains, china is suprisingly pro business if you dont upset them and play by their rules!..