IDN Language.

[co2]

I am a little lost, I want to reg some IDN. So if I want to buy some Indian or Chinese domains, what language do you reg in. I ask this as most of the population in these two countries, do not speak English. Or do you have to reg in local dialect, and English ?.

 

[WhoNet]

You may also reg. some in Japanese, Russian and Arabic

 

[domain_trader]

I'm not exactly sure what you are asking.

If you are talking about what language you should register the names themselves in, you should always register in the local dialects. In the case of India and China, there are a few languages to choose from, but Hindi is the main one for India and simplified Chinese is preferable for mainland China (although traditional Chinese is popular in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau). Before the days of IDNs, people did register English transliterations of foreign words (some still do), but these are not IDNs, as they do not contain the true native language characters. To find out what local words to register as IDNs, use a good online dictionary.

If you are talking about the registering process, this can be done in English. A registrar like Dynadot is good, but make sure you select the IDN option when checking the name's availability. Then all you need to do is cut and paste from your dictionary into the search function. Make sure that you do some research before registering (using Google etc.) to see if you have a popular term that means what you think it does. Remember that IDNs are represented in punycode (xn--), which is the ASCII characters that represent IDN unicode characters.

 

[npcomplete]

excellent domain_trader. I would add one more thing: If you do use Dynadot to register, be sure to check out the bulk pricing. There is a feature for new members of Dynadot that allows them to get cheaper domains (bulk rates). To do this, you need to deposit $500 (I believe that is still the amount) into your account. That is used for domains, but you need to spend at least $500 to get the discount pricing. Once you have the discount rate it applies to all further purchases, and you do not need to deposit further cash into your account after the $500 to retain the discount rate. You can also return domains (tasting) for free, which is a big plus when dealing with foreign languages.

bulk pricing (after initial $500 deposit)
com $7.50
net $5.75
org $4.99
info $1.99
biz $7.50
mobi $8.99
asia $11.50
name $6.99
ws $6.99
us $6.99
cn $1.99
tv $32.99
cc $27.99

 

[Dean]

Maybe not a good idea to invest in IDNs now with IDN extensions coming soon. I think Russia will have the first one.

 

[DNWizardX9]

Maybe not a good idea to invest in IDNs now with IDN extensions coming soon. I think Russia will have the first one.

Best time to invest in IDNs was in 2000


and IDN extensions will just make IDN .com extension stronger..... people will always remember the .com

 

[Rubber Duck]

Maybe not a good idea to invest in IDNs now with IDN extensions coming soon. I think Russia will have the first one.

You haven't a clue what you are talking about. I agreed to sell three Russian dot com for low to mid xx,xxx yesterday. That will probably be my last sale for a while, maybe the last this year, perhaps even ever. My Accountant is telling us that the end of year tax bill is going to be way down, because we didn't sell so much last year, so the pressure is off to make out in the Aftermarket. Lots of these domains are already paying for themselves just parked up. It won't be long before they are paying for Villas and Yachts as well.

What you really need to understand is that as these new extension go through their launch cycle, the only thing of any value you will be able to buy is a dot Com and perhaps a dot Net.

I am a little lost, I want to reg some IDN. So if I want to buy some Indian or Chinese domains, what language do you reg in. I ask this as most of the population in these two countries, do not speak English. Or do you have to reg in local dialect, and English ?.

Forget English. The only person that will tell you that English is going to be important in China is Rick Schwartz, and trust me hasn't a clue about Asia.

English may have a role in India. 30% of those using the Internet at the moment prefer to use English, but those coming online now are almost entirely local language speakers. Of course there is not just Hindi, but this is clearly the biggest of the local languages, but Urdu, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali and Telugu are all going to be very signficant markets. The problem is with investing in English is that not only are they not IDN, there won't be much left at all. As for IDN there has only been limited speculation in Indic Languages so far, so there is plenty of opportunity left. If you try Simplified Chinese by contrast you will find that the cupboard is already bare.

 

[npcomplete]

You haven't a clue what you are talking about. I agreed to sell three Russian dot com for low to mid xx,xxx yesterday. That will probably be my last sale for a while, maybe the last this year, perhaps even ever. My Accountant is telling us that the end of year tax bill is going to be way down, because we didn't sell so much last year, so the pressure is off to make out in the Aftermarket. Lots of these domains are already paying for themselves just parked up. It won't be long before they are paying for Villas and Yachts as well.

What you really need to understand is that as these new extension go through their launch cycle, the only thing of any value you will be able to buy is a dot Com and perhaps a dot Net.



Forget English. The only person that will tell you that English is going to be important in China is Rick Schwartz, and trust me hasn't a clue about Asia.

English may have a role in India. 30% of those using the Internet at the moment prefer to use English, but those coming online now are almost entirely local language speakers. Of course there is not just Hindi, but this is clearly the biggest of the local languages, but Urdu, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali and Telugu are all going to be very signficant markets. The problem is with investing in English is that not only are they not IDN, there won't be much left at all. As for IDN there has only been limited speculation in Indic Languages so far, so there is plenty of opportunity left. If you try Simplified Chinese by contrast you will find that the cupboard is already bare.

You did a great job of leaving the cupboards empty btw! ahem... compliments to you on your game plan: buying excellent quality .com in other languages. brilliant. An important thing about .com is that even though it is not an IDN.IDN, like the presumed .рф for Russia et al, it (.com) has the international flavor (flavour) needed to give it strength for the long run. In today's world, corporations tend to see their future as international players in the market. And while I *do* believe that IDN tld will be valuable and will appreciate *considerably* in the .рф and other variant, I also think that quality .com addresses will be the preferred tld/extension for large international corporations and name services for many years to come. This format tends to accentuate the fact that the IDN portion, the Language, is used in many categories that unite us, like commercial transactions (.com). So basically I see the strong trend towards internationalization as strengthening the .com brand, even with IDN... just wish I had started sooner, when there was at least something like a can of beans left in those cupboards that you "early IDN'ers" picked clean.