123-reg Adds .CN Domain

As part of its expansion into Europe and Asia and in time for Chinese New Year UK, domain registrar 123-reg announced on Thursday it has added the .cn domain name extension. After exceeding .UK last year, the popular domain extension is now the fourth largest top level domain.

The .CN domain extension is priced from £14.99, excluding VAT, per month. 123-reg have also added .ES (Spain) and .BE (Belgium) domains to its new offerings for the same price, with .DK (Denmark), .IT (Italy), .AT (Austria) and .CH (Switzerland) to follow soon. These domain extensions allow businesses that have an existence in these particular countries to enhance their online search ranking with a local domain.

The entire range of 123-reg domains incorporate an InstantSite homepage that produces a professional website in minutes, including email forwarding, Web forwarding and free images from iStockphoto. Customers can obtain these from the 123-reg control panel and DNS settings can be amended to personal specifications, giving users overall control and flexibility with their domain name.

Mark Beyer, sales and marketing director at 123-reg stated “With our new range of domains, businesses can now gain online exposure globally. The lucrative .CN market is increasing at such a rapid pace, that our new .cn domains provide access to a huge online population of potential customers. Having a local domain also helps boost online search rankings, perfect for businesses developing an international presence.”

123-reg announced last month that it joined with Clickstream Technologies to automate operation of Web analytics service, Google Analytics, for its Web hosting customers.

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