oddsod - 1:07 pm on Aug 10, 2006 (gmt 0)

many purchasers outside of the main English speaking world may take a more insular view and actually refuse to do business with US

I said something along those lines earlier. But, it's a fact. In some parts of the world your association with er, a certain country (even by using the TLD that's associated with that country) can mark you out as an undesirable company to do business with.

When you're staring a new Chinese business there's no harm in buying the .com to prevent someone else using it but it's becoming increasingly less of an issue as each year passes. Anyone who argues otherwise either has a stake in a big dot com domain portfolio or can't see much beyond their back garden. ;)

It's just a matter of time, dot com :)