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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]

1,789 emojis. And still singles available? These are rarer than single character Latin domains, if you throw ngTLD's into the mix.

 

[Domainstore]

Interesting thanks for posting. I remember about this time last year there were lots more available!

I can't see the domains in my browser, only a few of that whole list and the rest I only see the extention.(.ws).
What is wrong with my browser ??

 

[rhakim]

Good and interesting article, however this will be another simlar TLD story. Domain names are used for business. Succesfull domains are EMD's. One word domains related to business are at range of xxx,xxx, 2 word EMD's related to business still can sell high. Emoji's symbols , have limitted numbers that are related to business. There might be some "one" Emoji symbol that is valueable , only that are related business. But if it is 2 emoji, will be difficult to make sense. It will be very difficult to substitute 2 word domains with emoji, just 2 examples , how can Calcium Pill , or Aluminium Roof be replaced by Emoji. Another disadvantage that the emoji extension is .WS which is far then success in todays domain.

 

[HotKey]

I can't see the domains in my browser, only a few of that whole list and the rest I only see the extention.(.ws).
What is wrong with my browser ??

Most browsers should display them. Your computer doesn't have the symbol language set installed perhaps? Here is link (copy/paste) for Symbola download, install it to your OS fonts:
users.teilar.gr/~g1951d/

Good and interesting article, however this will be another simlar TLD story. Domain names are used for business. Succesfull domains are EMD's. One word domains related to business are at range of xxx,xxx, 2 word EMD's related to business still can sell high. Emoji's symbols , have limitted numbers that are related to business. There might be some "one" Emoji symbol that is valueable , only that are related business. But if it is 2 emoji, will be difficult to make sense. It will be very difficult to substitute 2 word domains with emoji, just 2 examples , how can Calcium Pill , or Aluminium Roof be replaced by Emoji. Another disadvantage that the emoji extension is .WS which is far then success in todays domain.

This is true. You won't see an online business name based solely on an emoji domain just yet. Still too many kinks to work out, as there have been for years and years. They are not here to replace anything, and I don't think anyone believes as such. But there are some great ideas being worked on, such as @Jon Roig app-based emoji domains. This could become a reality sooner than later.

Also, in the younger generation, multiple-character emojis are awesome ways to communicate - a picture is worth a thousand words. This is easily painted with emojis.

 

[Dun]

 

[Jon Roig]

I can't see the domains in my browser, only a few of that whole list and the rest I only see the extention.(.ws).
What is wrong with my browser ??

Interesting. What browser are you using?

Dun's illustration is pretty silly, but it does illustrate a valid point - there's a bit of an input problem when it comes to desktop machines. That is to say, it's a lot easier to type "pizza" than hunt down the right image of a pizza.

I'd argue that's ok... maybe it's alright for a domain to exist primarily in the mobile space. I suspect that you're right -- for awhile you probably won't see bigger brands using emoji domains as their primary URL. That said, it doesn't seem farfetched for Budweiser to put "[beer].ws" on their cans. (I can't get that beer emoji to go into place )

In fact, that domain works now - no idea if it's official, though...

 

[Dun]

Dun's illustration is pretty silly, but it does illustrate a valid point - there's a bit of an input problem when it comes to desktop machines. That is to say, it's a lot easier to type "pizza" than hunt down the right image of a pizza.

I'd argue that's ok... maybe it's alright for a domain to exist primarily in the mobile space. I suspect that you're right -- for awhile you probably won't see bigger brands using emoji domains as their primary URL. That said, it doesn't seem farfetched for Budweiser to put " .ws" on their cans.

In fact, that domain works now - no idea if it's official, though...

It depends on the number of emojis you have to type in, and the number of available ones that you can recognize and remember in first place.
Well that illustration is of a real emoji keyboard. Maybe the only one around

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[Addison]

Gary Vaynerchuk said:

Emoji is a language now. Period. End of story. If you don't understand that, you don't understand the world.

We used to draw. Just 'cause letters were introduced doesn't mean we can't use things now.

It's just communication. Don't get romantic about how you communicate. Worry about actually communicating in the year you live in.

 

[DnEbook]

I did try to read a message somewhere on the net, it was all emojis and I got lost after 5 seconds LOL

 

[Dun]

It would be nice to have it the other way around though: making the extension an emoji, and thus preserving the alphanumeric side of the domain name.

Example,

Instead of this

.ws

we can have this

somebusinessname.

That can correspond to .com!

But I guess it's not technically feasible. Just my usual silly thoughts

 

[HotKey]

Well that illustration is of a real emoji keyboard. Maybe the only one around

I want one. Where to find?

 

[HotKey]

Found it @ emojiworks.co
But they are sold out.

 

[Dun]

PM @HotKey

 

[Dun]

The question is how many emojis can be stuffed on a single keyboard?!

Hardware Keyboards with standard emojis integrated


or

fake it with a cover !

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[Domainstore]

Most browsers should display them. Your computer doesn't have the symbol language set installed perhaps? Here is link (copy/paste) for Symbola download, install it to your OS fonts:
users.teilar.gr/~g1951d/

This is true. You won't see an online business name based solely on an emoji domain just yet. Still too many kinks to work out, as there have been for years and years. They are not here to replace anything, and I don't think anyone believes as such. But there are some great ideas being worked on, such as @Jon Roig app-based emoji domains. This could become a reality sooner than later.

Also, in the younger generation, multiple-character emojis are awesome ways to communicate - a picture is worth a thousand words. This is easily painted with emojis.

What do you mean with install it in to your OS fonts ???

 

[DnEbook]

What do you mean with install it in to your OS fonts ???

Operating System Fonts (Mac)

 

[ZapNano]

 

[ZapNano]

can you find an emoji coffee bean online or anywhere. This coffee emoji bean was created back in April. When I did my research on coffee bean emoji, I come acros Google coffee bean keypad. And the date posted was October 2016.

 

[Addison]

Considering only the Emoji that are enabled by default on mobile devices, Emoji domains are more rare than three-letter (LLL) domains. They'd be exceptionally valuable and popular in .com, .net and .org TLDs.

I'd buy .com for fun and ❤.com for resale value. (Actually, I'd buy them all if I could. )

 

[HotKey]

@ZapNano no coffee bean emoji, just coffee cup..