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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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[Jon Roig]

Haha... yeah. I went for the robot as well! Too slow! You registered that through whois.ai?

 

[CJ6]

Has anyone actually tested to see if the .ai works? There are 1 or 2 that i'd like, but its a lot to spend if they don't work in a browser.

 

[Jon Roig]

I registered 2... appeared to work, although that’s a crazy process. Should resolve when they update their nameservers on Monday

 

[xn--v4h.com]

Haha... yeah. I went for the robot as well! Too slow! You registered that through whois.ai?

That makes three parties thinking about the [robot emoji].ai -- although we were merely talking about it, and actually wrote about it before even seeing your discussion here. Robot = AI

 

[HotKey]

I registered 2... appeared to work, although that’s a crazy process. Should resolve when they update their nameservers on Monday

Yeh the process is unique, however pretty seamless. Registrations go through instantly, and the initial nameserver stamps didn't take more than a day for me..

Do share a name once you're satisfied it resolves!

 

[Jon Roig]

I got two:
.ai
.ai

Just forwarding to emoji domain registration for now... but I guess I've gotta build a SEX ROBOT!

 

[HotKey]

I got two:
.ai
.ai

Just forwarding to emoji domain registration for now... but I guess I've gotta build a SEX ROBOT!

Hey your emojis are displaying! Hmm let me see something
.ai

Haha nice Thanks a mil NP! Looks like they've added support for the new emojis.

And great one that alien monster!

 

[Oblivious Fella]

Emoji domains have certainly started to create a buzz now. IMO one should definitely hold on to single character .ws emojis (including country flags too which are good). Please check the recent sales of emoji domains here
https://namebio.com/?s==gTN4YjMwYTM
It is obvious that from Nov 2017 sales have soared up.
At present I have 6 emoji domains (including 2 country flag, 1 single character) and I am planning to hold them for another year.

 

[Haris]

xn--l3h
☁

dot ws

 

[Claim.Club]

Sold this month

.to $5,000
.to $525
.to $525

 

[lambo.com]

These domains need a browser like Chrome to show emoji in address bar

 

[CJ6]

These domains need a browser like Chrome to show emoji in address bar

Once that happens, then these domains will explode.

 

[Oblivious Fella]

Can anyone suggest me which is the best place to sell emoji domains (with .ws extension)?

 

[Oblivious Fella]

One more thing I wanted to ask from the respected members. I have got couple of country flags (with .ws). How and where to sell these? I know approaching the government agencies of the concerned countries is a bad idea. What else can be done to maximize the sale price?

 

[Page Howe]

so anyone good w zonefiles, how many emoji? let crows solve it,

1 get zone file
2 carve out all idn, xn--
3 split up aming 5 or 6
4 bulk check puny code

 

[Page Howe]

One more thing I wanted to ask from the respected members. I have got couple of country flags (with .ws). How and where to sell these? I know approaching the government agencies of the concerned countries is a bad idea. What else can be done to maximize the sale price?

im not sure they are sellable, emoji have very little "domainer value" like a LLLL or one word, your simply buying at a huge discount to what they might be in the future.

my best recommendation, build a site that incorprates the emoji, and if you make it easy to duplicate id love a copy.

then you can show someone in a country tourism board, or just a collector what these things "do"

page

 

[Page Howe]

Does namebio report any of these sales (emojis)

yes search under 'Xn--" at the beginning and then .ws

they only report some godaddy expired auctions sales becuase ive bought more than they show.

page howe

 

[Oblivious Fella]

ednstore.com looks great. Page do you purchase emoji names from the market and list there apart from what you registered yourself?

 

[Claim.Club]

Can anyone suggest me which is the best place to sell emoji domains (with .ws extension)?

Us, we have the best sales record.

 

[DT13]

I own .ws