IDN Question

[Pred]

Hi Guys,
got a question from someone who knows very little about idn (me :D )

This auction is on sedo right now, what language are these letters in, they are obviously english l;anguage letters but are they from another language that has these letters? another european language?
If not, what is point?

Also i pasted in the code sedo supply into fdomaintools and it came up as 'f.com' which is reserved????

all this confusion really doesn't help

is this a mistake by sedo? also what is the relevance and language of domain? cheers
nb: i'm trying to learn a few bits here, thanks
http://www.sedo.co.uk/auction/auction_detail.php?language=e&auction_id=35964&tracked=&partnerid=

 

[ThaiIDNs]

I have Thai domains that get constant traffic daily. In fact I just renewed 15+ Thai domains today.

the point is not whether thai domains are worth renewing in general, the point is whether these .nets are worth renewing. i would predict they will get little traffic in the next 10 years, so drop them.

 

[Phio]

Yes drop them, so I can pick them up!

Joking aside, I don't think it will be long before thai IDNs begin to accelerate.

Remember, we have a few things going for us.

All new computers are IDN compatible
The price of computers is dropping
On July 2nd 161,000 people in thailand downloaded firefox 3 on their computers.
Thai language is used by thai people, not english.
If you are in doubt take a look at: โย่ว site:.com on google images)

With the acceration of IDNs in Russia and China, the rest of the world will quickly follow suit.

 

[WhoNet]

...
With the acceration of IDNs in Russia and China, the rest of the world will quickly follow suit.

Yes, IDNs bring more people who feel difficult on reading English
to the internet

 

[ThaiIDNs]

Yes drop them, so I can pick them up!

Joking aside, I don't think it will be long before thai IDNs begin to accelerate.

Remember, we have a few things going for us.

All new computers are IDN compatible
The price of computers is dropping
On July 2nd 161,000 people in thailand downloaded firefox 3 on their computers.
Thai language is used by thai people, not english.
If you are in doubt take a look at: โย่ว site:.com on google images)

With the acceration of IDNs in Russia and China, the rest of the world will quickly follow suit.

you really don't need to lecture anyone that thai people speak thai, I think we all know that.

getting back to the point, the question is what value do .net thai characters have?

is anyone going to launch a site with them? doubtful.
do they get any traffic? little if any
does the traffic they do get convert to earnings? absolutely not.

So where is the value?

I am not at all down on thai IDNs, just trying to inject a little realism into the discussion.

 

[WhoNet]

...where is the value?

No need to worry where is the value -

Everyone have his point of view;

A domain name - if there have anyone like it, then the domain got it's value.

[TarponSprings.com] sold $60,000 on RickLatona.com early this month;
I personal really don't think that this domain name worth $60,000 -
but the buyer like this domain name, and he paid $60,000 for the domain he likes...