IDN poll

[Vimal]

Hello Everyone,

What do you namepros members think ? Is IDN hot or not ?

* The buzz word in the domain market offlate has been IDNs.

* DCG (dotcomgod) has bought close to 5000 IDN domains.

* There are some big speculators with loads of IDNs.

* Dedicated forums for IDNers like idnforums.com

* Dedicated tools from IDNtools.net

* In the last 6 months a lot of IDNs have been picked in various languages.



*** Well if you think it is hot why are the namepros staff not up to having a dedicated sub forum for IDNs.

P.S. If there has been a similar post, moderators can move this one to junk.

 

[Ben]

I've been using IDN as marketing /branding opportunities for firms operating with mainly English speaking customers.

For example... how easily could a company brand .sc as south carolina, .md as maryland, .in as the word in (join.in) and so on? This is how I approach IDN, with marketability and stickiness factor towards english speaking companies.

I realize there could be great potentail on the foreign language side of the ball, but I haven't (and probably won't) go this road as it's difficult enough predicting what domains will be valuable in my OWN language...

My IDN thus far are:

annapolis.md
cheapcomputers.cc
getloans.us
myrtle-beach.sc

Just my two cents... THANKS

These aren't IDNs, they're ccTLDs. IDNs contain non-english characters within the domain, for example: "παρέα.com".

 

[chimaera]

I've been using IDN as marketing /branding opportunities for firms operating with mainly English speaking customers.

For example... how easily could a company brand .sc as south carolina, .md as maryland, .in as the word in (join.in) and so on? This is how I approach IDN, with marketability and stickiness factor towards english speaking companies.

I realize there could be great potentail on the foreign language side of the ball, but I haven't (and probably won't) go this road as it's difficult enough predicting what domains will be valuable in my OWN language...

My IDN thus far are:

annapolis.md
cheapcomputers.cc
getloans.us
myrtle-beach.sc

Just my two cents... THANKS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalized_domain_names

 

[trigatch4]

whoops

now don't i feel like a dumba$$

:red:

 

[Vimal]

IDNs are becoming very regular on DNJournal...

Another IDN, 髪.com (kanji for "hair" in both Japanese and Chinese), sold for $6,000

 

[Ben]

IDNs are becoming very regular on DNJournal...

Another IDN, 髪.com (kanji for "hair" in both Japanese and Chinese), sold for $6,000

Yeah, that was sold by Olney. :gn:

I respect Olney for selling high calibre names like this early in the game. I suspect he has plenty of better names too.

 

[Vimal]

Post edited ...

 

[Ben]

上海房产.com (Shanghai Real Estate) just sold for $2k, cheap IMO.

 

[thegenius1]

I LOVE IDN's

上海房产.com (Shanghai Real Estate) just sold for $2k, cheap IMO.

Way to Cheap , Almost make me but HomeImprovement.com in Chinese just Sold For 12k , Very popular term in Chinea

 

[texasgamer]

Im such a noob...
How do you guys get your keyboard to even type those funny characters?

 

[thegenius1]

Im such a noob...
How do you guys get your keyboard to even type those funny characters?

Check out www.IDNebook.com for a Tutorial how to Buy One of these Names.

 

[Ben]

Im such a noob...
How do you guys get your keyboard to even type those funny characters?

Copy/paste. :gl:

 

[thegenius1]

Copy/paste. :gl:

There is a thread on IDNF about how some of the big players Copy/Paste keys are breaking and fading in color , Hands, Finger, Arms hurting , tendonitis poping up

 

[Vimal]

This weeks DNjournal report

Every other week for the past 6 weeks has a good IDN sales

長崎県.com ("Nagasaki prefecture" in Japanese) changed hands for $2,300 at idnforums.

Arbeitsverträge.de (IDN) €2,450 = $3,153 at sedo
("working contracts" in German)

Kreissägen.de (IDN) €1,750 = $2,251 at sedo
("chainsaws" in German)

 

[Rob]

I have a feeling that many of the votes for these being 'hot' have come from people who own them and are hoping that this will show us cynics that they really are worth investing in, thus raising the value of their domains.

There wont be many 'not' voters from people who own them!

 

[Silhouette]

There wont be many 'not' voters from people who own them!

So... I, somehow belong to those minority

 

[thefabfive]

I don't think this poll was meant as a way to sway cynics but just to gauge the overall feeling for IDNs in the mainstream. I do own IDNs and do believe the future will be very bright.

We in the IDN cult believe "if you reg it, they will come (traffic that is)." There is already some significant traffic from many IDNs even without the official release of IE7. Time will tell.

 

[Bramiozo]

I have a feeling that many of the votes for these being 'hot' have come from people who own them and are hoping that this will show us cynics that they really are worth investing in, thus raising the value of their domains.

There wont be many 'not' voters from people who own them!

There won't be many 'not' voters amongst those who have looked critically at the need for idn to truly globalize the internet and the need or want for a native to fully surf in his/her native language.

I am right in focusing on IDN's and you (the cynics in any case) are also right in not doing so but by completely avoiding or ignoring the IDN-development you're (I am still referring to cynics) missing an awesome possibility to enter a n almost completely fresh market. This is new ground, why not pot some plants ? Are you (the cynics) so poor or are the seeds you hold predetermined to be planted in exploited grounds ?

The cynics are wrong for just being cynical, they should be critical, accepting the fact that the possibility exists and understanding the reasoning behind it.
I surely understand the reason why one would not tread on the wobbly idn-bridge, but I for one would surely try to cross it at least once to see what's on the other side. Are the newborn naysayers explorers who have fallen from the bridge or are they to afraid to cross it even once?

 

[thegenius1]

Its Sad

Its kinda Sad Some people Rather Be Right then Rich ! Bye time you guys stop debating why this and why that, And cant just look at the common sense Side that IDN.com is still Better then English.com TO a NON-ENGLISH speaker you wont be able to find any words Because Dave , Onley , DCG and All the other IDners are Vacuuming them Up , Hence you will have missed the boat again,

I have thought about this and wondered also. But I realize now that it's all some people can do. Aside for the fact that IDN is totally obvious. Not everyone can do translations, check overture, google scores, ppc bids and reg a decent name. These will be the ones that continuously argue already defeated points in an attempt to derail or hinder something they can't possibly understand.

Let's face it.. Doing all that is a hell of a lot more work than pulling "thisdomainsucks.com" out of your butt.

Beaten paths are for beaten men!

 

[Rubber Duck]

Nobody said we won't ever have more sub forums. We also have people who would like to see country codes like .US, .DE, .CO.UK, .IN (etc.) have a sub forum, but things don't happen overnight, and there must be the right combination of demand & timing, as well as taking into consideration the extra work and potential problems involved.

The thing is, I don't ccTLDs spawning new Forums left right and centre. All domaining Forums are going to have to adapt to IDN which in 10 years will account for around 50% of all registrations. Many ccTLDs will go virtually completely IDN in any case. You either evolve or die, it really is that simple.

I have a feeling that many of the votes for these being 'hot' have come from people who own them and are hoping that this will show us cynics that they really are worth investing in, thus raising the value of their domains.

There wont be many 'not' voters from people who own them!

That is an astute observation. However, it may be that you cynics should try and find out what this is about. It looks a bit odd to Westerners, but that is largely because we are effectively peering down the wrong end of the telescope. The whole system has been designed for the end user which is not by and large your US speculator. I believe it will be very intuitive to end users in the target market. The fact that we all need to do a little bit of homework to understand what is going on in no way detract from its viability.

The stage of the market we are currently at, is when were the instruction goes out to Clear the Tower. With the release of IE 7.0 this is about to explode on to the World Stage. Believe me people will be talking about this in bus queues, although perhaps not in Washington!

If you want to get a slice of the action you are going to have to get you finger out!

 

[equity78]

WHAT I don't UNderstand about IDNERS and I believe in IDN, IS why are you telling me I know you don't care about me or anyone else here who is an IDNER, Why don't you just reg every name and make the money? WHY are you telling ME the equivalent of "Man there is a fortune buried in town park you better get a copy of the map or else you will be left out" I certainly don't believe any IDNER is being philanthropic.

Please don't say it is for discussion purposes to QUOTE MIKE MYERS from Saturday Night LIVE "Discuss amongst yourselves" you ahve a sub forum here now (good job RJ) A big one at DNF go IDN crazy woooooooooooooooo