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Namescout.com Now Offering Dot-CN Registrations

Chinese registrations key to the world’s largest market

Wilmington, DE / March 27, 2003 – Namescout.com, one of the world’s leading and fastest-growing domain registrars, is now registering dot-cn domain names in response to China’s opening of the dot-cn market.

“Dot-cn will be essential for companies who are serious about doing business in and with China and with Chinese people around the world,” said Rob Hall, President of Namescout.com. “China and Chinese-speaking people are the world’s largest market. As the newest member of the WTO, China is rapidly gaining economic accessibility. China is not only serious about commerce, but with a fast-growing online population of 56 million, China is also the one of the world’s great markets for e-commerce.”

As part of the liberalizing of China’s online marketplace, dot-cn registrations are available to individuals and businesses anywhere in the world who wish to present a Chinese identity. Namescout.com is now registering dot-cn domain names at http://www.namescout.com/cn, as well as providing free online searches for available dot-cn names.

“As registration markets open up, there is always a rush to secure the best names and to secure trademark and brand-name rights,” said Hall. “We expect this to be especially intense with respect to dot-cn, and encourage everyone interested in the Chinese marketplace to secure their place early.”

www.Namescout.com and its affiliated companies have long been at the forefront of Internet development, offering industry-leading full customer service and a full suite of domain registration, hosting, email and related services. ICANN-accredited www.Namescout.com is regularly ranked by the authoritative State of the Domain report among the world’s Top 50 and fastest-growing registrars. Namescout.com was the world’s first accredited dot-name registrar and among the world’s first accredited dot-US registrars and dot-au registrars. Its sister company was Canada’s first dot-ca accredited registrar and is Canada’s leading dot-ca registrar. The companies serve customers around the globe from offices in North America and the Caribbean, and are the world’s only registrar group simultaneously accredited by ICANN, NeuStar, CIRA, auDA and the Global Name Registry.
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For more information, or to arrange a media interview, please visit www.namescout.com or contact Rita Mezzanotte at rita@namescout.com or (613) 794-8550.