Japanese... .jp or .com...

[bwhhisc]

Originally Posted by rhys

To such a mindset, correct or not, .JP means Japan.

Well said Rhys. I agree with your thinking here.

[Drewbert]

Yes. .jp is a very powerful ccTLD, like .de

[BurnsInternet]

This is something that will be decided in time. IDN.IDN will probably have an impact, but who really knows how much? We all theorize, but I think we all tried to get the best names in JP & COM or whatever was available at the time. If it wasn't available in one, I regged the other. If it was a great name and COM & JP were taken, I regged the NET. Too many times, I regged the JP & NET because the COM was taken.

At least that is what I did....

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[Dominero]

I also think .jp is better

[thegenius1]

Originally Posted by rhys

Though I believe more in .JP myself, I continue to maintain large portfolios in both.

Yes thats definitely the way to do it imo.

[touchring]

Originally Posted by rhys

The one thing I disagree with is that small Japanese companies will go and get a .com to make themselves seem more "global". In general, I think it is presuming too much to think that a small Japanese company ever thinks about customers who aren't in Japan. Who cares about them, foreigners complain in languages that aren't in Japanese and non yen currencies freak them out. Non-Japanese are too high maintenance when you are a small company, especially when you have the second largest economy in the world to sell to in your own language who cares about anything else?

To such a mindset, correct or not, .JP means Japan.

I think i've never seen a japanese .com website that is global. Is kakaku.com global?