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[News]

The internet domain registrar and web hosting company is making it easier to search for and register available emoji-based domains. On Friday, the company launched a search engine for emoji domains. People can visit the site on their phones, type in a string of emoji and see if the domain is available.

As more of the world increasingly uses the internet on phones and other mobile devices, a flood of emoji-based domains seems inevitable. Heck, even the Touch Bar on Apple's new MacBook Pro will let you type in emoji, something that's difficult to do with a traditional computer keyboard...

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[HotKey]

I have an article on Medium looking at the things that would have to happen for emoji domains not to become more valuable.

If you fancy a coffee and a little read you can check it out

https://medium.com/@cjharrison/emoji-domains-have-no-future-bfd843299d51

Nice read, great write-up. And with my coffee.

Definitely agreed, they are here to stay. In the past year alone I can't believe the emoji explosion. Even walking through the mall the other day, the jewelry store People's had a huge display of official Emoji jewelry. I had no idea the term emoji had been trademarked as a brand until I saw that.

Even if wearable emoji fashion is a passing fad, which is not likely, using emojis as a form of communication has become standard. It is only natural for this standard to bleed to domain names.

 

[HotKey]

That's us!

Nice! Great site there.
Welcome to the forum- and ☮ out!

 

[j.sats]

Nice read, great write-up. And with my coffee.

Definitely agreed, they are here to stay. In the past year alone I can't believe the emoji explosion. Even walking through the mall the other day, the jewelry store People's had a huge display of official Emoji jewelry. I had no idea the term emoji had been trademarked as a brand until I saw that.

Even if wearable emoji fashion is a passing fad, which is not likely, using emojis as a form of communication has become standard. It is only natural for this standard to bleed to domain names.

Thank you very much. There's always time for a coffee!

It's quite fascinating that emoji have been trademarked. You can basically get emoji everything.

Plus since the beginning of the year we're seeing a jump in interest from the domaining community. Single emoji can be seen trading at 800-1000 dollars. That's a great ROI for anyone who hand regged singles. There are things that could upset the boat but that is where people see the risk and if it wasn't risky the opportunity wouldn't have been there.

Thanks for reading and commenting here too!

 

[xn--v4h.com]

Nice! Great site there.
Welcome to the forum- and ☮ out!

Oh man you guys are great. Thanks!

 

[xn--v4h.com]

I have no tintention of buying any .........at any time, cheers

That's cool man, to each his own!

 

[hullswingerscom]

do we know how many have been registered ?

 

[xn--v4h.com]

do we know how many have been registered ?

There is little doubt it's an ungodly amount.

 

[wot]

The Eye of Horus, even looks good in .cc?

 

[wot]

I have an article on Medium looking at the things that would have to happen for emoji domains not to become more valuable.

If you fancy a coffee and a little read you can check it out

https://medium.com/@cjharrison/emoji-domains-have-no-future-bfd843299d51

Nice article.
I did however read Glyph where it says Emoji and found that it fits quite well, and of course in .com as opposed to the defunct .ws country code.

 

[DnEbook]

A different aspect .... https://www.emojigirl.com/

 

[ezee]

KAYAK Introduces Travel Search by Emoji
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kayak-introduces-travel-search-by-emoji-300482621.html

 

[xn--v4h.com]

The Eye of Horus, even looks good in .cc?

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That's a terrific symbol! I love falcons!

 

[wot]

That's a terrific symbol! I love falcons!

Looks like you like Glyphs, some decent ones even though a little late to the party.

 

[xn--v4h.com]

Looks like you like Glyphs, some decent ones even though a little late to the party.

The wing is pretty cool. The women ones are too! Love them. We are years ahead of our time.

 

[Mark White]

If you're curious what's still available in single character emoji .ws domains, I ran a scan using the tools available at developer.godaddy.com. Took a little while to scan through 1789 emojis and probably isn't 100% accurate -- I may have missed some domains which are available -- but kinda neat, nonetheless.

I guess I haven't earned the right to post links to the forum, but for anyone interested, the file lives here:
slack-files.com/T02BHKTRC-F341ZEZAQ-7ccf87990c

It was generated last evening, 11/16/2016.

I had to look up lots of those characters in emojipedia to try and distinguish between them -- they're mostly variations of skin color of emojis which are otherwise taken, emojis which are hard to enter, and flags of somewhat obscure countries. (No disrespect to St. Vincent & Grenadines.)

If you're curious what's still available in single character emoji .ws domains, I ran a scan using the tools available at developer.godaddy.com. Took a little while to scan through 1789 emojis and probably isn't 100% accurate -- I may have missed some domains which are available -- but kinda neat, nonetheless.

I guess I haven't earned the right to post links to the forum, but for anyone interested, the file lives here:
slack-files.com/T02BHKTRC-F341ZEZAQ-7ccf87990c

It was generated last evening, 11/16/2016.

I had to look up lots of those characters in emojipedia to try and distinguish between them -- they're mostly variations of skin color of emojis which are otherwise taken, emojis which are hard to enter, and flags of somewhat obscure countries. (No disrespect to St. Vincent & Grenadines.)

Nice article.
I did however read Glyph where it says Emoji and found that it fits quite well, and of course in .com as opposed to the defunct .ws country code.

Nice article.
I did however read Glyph where it says Emoji and found that it fits quite well, and of course in .com as opposed to the defunct .ws country code.

 

[Mark White]

cctld .ws emojis are not defunct.

 

[MapleDots]

Seriously??????????????????????

Come on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I run three businesses and it will be a cold day in hell before I use an emoji domain for business. Maybe some teenager or a comedy site or something but a legitimate business will not use an emoji for an address.

Of course there will always be the experimental users and those seeking attention but I would never stake my business on an emoji domain.

Just my opinion of course.

 

[xn--v4h.com]

Seriously??????????????????????

Come on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I run three businesses and it will be a cold day in hell before I use an emoji domain for business. Maybe some teenager or a comedy site or something but a legitimate business will not use an emoji for an address.

Of course there will always be the experimental users and those seeking attention but I would never stake my business on an emoji domain.

Just my opinion of course.

So if you use an emoji of a briefcase or a bank , especially if clickable because it's a domain, and if you can get more conversions from your email send outs, you wouldn't do it?

 

[MapleDots]

So if you use an emoji of a briefcase or a bank , especially if clickable because it's a domain, and if you can get more conversions from your email send outs, you wouldn't do it?

Absolutely I would, you have a valid point but that is basically a novelty domain, it would not be used as the main business address. It can be used to draw traffic or look good in an email. Those applications are perfect.

 

[StevenG]

So if you use an emoji of a briefcase or a bank , especially if clickable because it's a domain, and if you can get more conversions from your email send outs, you wouldn't do it?

Exactly, conversions means customers, which means profits. This is actually one of the reasons why I bought the bank emoji domain when it popped up on the aftermarket, I knew it was a going to be a winner! Even though it was a $X,XXX buy in an unproven market, I could see it being a very desirable domain to someone in the potential near future.

Absolutely I would, you have a valid point but that is basically a novelty domain, it would not be used as the main business address. It can be used to draw traffic or look good in an email. Those applications are perfect.

Yeah, no one is saying to use it as your only web address. But consider how many companies out there have more than one address? Pretty much all of them. Not just defensive registrations, but also addresses for promotions, regional locations, events, etc.

In fact, I think emoji domains are a perfect compliment to a main .com, simply because you can draw attention and interest to your business with them, just have your emoji domain forward to your .com . Or you could get creative and have it forward directly to your App or iTunes link, or whatever your business is, cut out the middle man, save your customers a click, and drop them right where they can spend some money in your company.

 

[xn--v4h.com]

Absolutely I would, you have a valid point but that is basically a novelty domain, it would not be used as the main business address. It can be used to draw traffic or look good in an email. Those applications are perfect.

I think we're in agreement more than we are not: https://www.namepros.com/threads/th...-and-the-current-status.1029020/#post-6248012

 

[xn--v4h.com]

Exactly, conversions means customers, which means profits. This is actually one of the reasons why I bought the bank emoji domain when it popped up on the aftermarket, I knew it was a going to be a winner! Even though it was a $X,XXX buy in an unproven market, I could see it being a very desirable domain to someone in the potential near future.



Yeah, no one is saying to use it as your only web address. But consider how many companies out there have more than one address? Pretty much all of them. Not just defensive registrations, but also addresses for promotions, regional locations, events, etc.

In fact, I think emoji domains are a perfect compliment to a main .com, simply because you can draw attention and interest to your business with them, just have your emoji domain forward to your .com . Or you could get creative and have it forward directly to your App or iTunes link, or whatever your business is, cut out the middle man, save your customers a click, and drop them right where they can spend some money in your company.

Was thinking about you and John when I mentioned that bank emoji. Re what you discussed, I'll go one step further. I can still remember when ING went full online as a bank. Can really see in the future that a bank go full bank emoji to snatch away some major market share from the old players? I can.

 

[StevenG]

Was thinking about you and John when I mentioned that bank emoji. Re what you discussed, I'll go one step further. I can still remember when ING went full online as a bank. Can really see in the future that a bank go full bank emoji to snatch away some major market share from the old players? I can.

Yes, absolutely. This is one of the few names that we absolutely not let go cheaply, this one has the potential to change a company. We're actually working on a special internal report with which we are going to try to directly sell the name, but I can give a few interesting points to think about. When looking at the profit margins for online banks vs traditional banks, it's staggering. There's a reason why going all online saves so much money, keep a branch open and people employed there is very costly. Virtual online banks are the future, there's a reason why Esurance got bought for such a massive sum. Online banking will happen in the same way. In China and South Korea for example, it's massive! Part of why I love emoji domains so much, is that I don't even have to focus on selling to a US bank, any bank in the world is now my target.

Even just shaving off a few clicks here and there to get customers to install an online banking app for these corporations would convert into more users, which means more profits. It's kind of a no-brainer once you see it all laid out. I think that xn--f68h.ws (oncoming bus emoji) is doing it right here, it forwards you directly to their app. For a multi-billion dollar industry, all those extra conversions should be worth it alone for the domain. This isn't even taking into account the potential uses it could have for emoji search as well.

 

[xn--v4h.com]

Yes, absolutely. This is one of the few names that we absolutely not let go cheaply, this one has the potential to change a company. We're actually working on a special internal report with which we are going to try to directly sell the name, but I can give a few interesting points to think about. When looking at the profit margins for online banks vs traditional banks, it's staggering. There's a reason why going all online saves so much money, keep a branch open and people employed there is very costly. Virtual online banks are the future, there's a reason why Esurance got bought for such a massive sum. Online banking will happen in the same way. In China and South Korea for example, it's massive! Part of why I love emoji domains so much, is that I don't even have to focus on selling to a US bank, any bank in the world is now my target.

Even just shaving off a few clicks here and there to get customers to install an online banking app for these corporations would convert into more users, which means more profits. It's kind of a no-brainer once you see it all laid out. I think that .ws is doing it right here, it forwards you directly to their app. For a multi-billion dollar industry, all those extra conversions should be worth it alone for the domain. This isn't even taking into account the potential uses it could have for emoji search as well.

In that case, I'll take two!

 

[wot]

cctld .ws emojis are not defunct.

Who said that?