Very little sales activity in the IDN For Sale Forum... why? -welcome suggestions

[Domagon]

I posted a bunch of IDNs for sale on the IDN For Sale forum here and have not received any response - surprising since some even get good traffic.

And I see many other threads in that forum have little to no response either.

Welcome thoughts and suggestions about selling IDNs.

Ron

 

[WhoNet]

I posted a bunch of IDNs for sale on the IDN For Sale forum here and have not received any response - surprising since some even get good traffic.

And I see many other threads in that forum have little to no response either.

Welcome thoughts and suggestions about selling IDNs.

Ron

I think that most of the member on namepros are not the IDN fans; I believe that your ASCii domains was sales much better here...

 

[davnin]

I posted a bunch of IDNs for sale on the IDN For Sale forum here and have not received any response - surprising since some even get good traffic.

And I see many other threads in that forum have little to no response either.

Welcome thoughts and suggestions about selling IDNs.

Ron

I know.

You're the marijuana-domainer :hehe:

maybe you could contact a few endusers :hehe:
(I mean... websites related)

 

[Domagon]

Yep, that's me

I'm surprised none of the vocal advocates of IDNs has chimed in yet - makes me wonder about the IDN market.

Thanks for the feedback so far - greatly appreciated.

Ron

 

[domain_trader]

Most IDNers have pushed their portfolios beyond the limits of financial sustainability in anticipation of activity with IDN.IDN. Most have maxed out their credit cards on renewals, with little spare cash to splash around on more IDNs at the moment.

Of course, if the domains are high enough in quality, in popular languages, and not too expensive, then you will always find someone willing to forego their weekly food allowance (the ones that still have a food allowance that is!).

 

[Fka200]

Most IDNers have pushed their portfolios beyond the limits of financial sustainability in anticipation of activity with IDN.IDN. Most have maxed out their credit cards on renewals, with little spare cash to splash around on more IDNs at the moment.

Of course, if the domains are high enough in quality, in popular languages, and not too expensive, then you will always find someone willing to forego their weekly food allowance (the ones that still have a food allowance that is!).

Amen to that. No regrets baby!

 

[wot]

I have bought quite a few- but not here- not an IDN friendly environment.

 

[tee1]

I'm surprised none of the vocal advocates of IDNs has chimed in yet - makes me wonder about the IDN market.

I would venture to say many IDN advocates are through trying to convince anyone about IDNs or the IDN market. Them not saying anything in my view is a good thing about the IDN market JM2C

 

[Fka200]

I would venture to say many IDN advocates are through trying to convince anyone about IDNs or the IDN market. Them not saying anything in my view is a good thing about the IDN market JM2C

I'd say 1-2 years ago when things were moving at snail speed people panicked and tried to "spread the word" with their predictions and ideas about what exactly would happen once more people discovered IDNs.

I'd say it's irrelevant now to sit and take the 2 hours out of a persons time to try and convince 1 person anymore. Makes no difference anymore when things are just sliding through naturally. Before, I have to admit, it was sort of like having the desire to just try and open peoples eyes and allow them to just see through your eyes for a second. Doesn't matter anymore... things are chugging away perfectly.

 

[Billidn]

Yep, that's me
I'm surprised none of the vocal advocates of IDNs has chimed in yet - makes me wonder about the IDN market.
Thanks for the feedback so far - greatly appreciated.
Ron

IDNs are moving forward for implementation beginning next year, the first idn.idn extension is reported to be Russian Federation .РФ (.RF). This type of publicity will only help idn.com, idn.net holders etc. You can find the details in the second story at idn news.

IDNs are going to start getting traffic as browser support gets fully into place (browser support did not truly get started in Asia until earlier this year with IE7 release, which was delayed the better part of a year to add compatibility with online payment software).

The news about the new "all Russian" extension has already kicked up traffic for Russian IDNs, and most expect similar as the publicity for idn.idn rollout spreads across all languages. Non-English speaking internet users will soon "discover" that they can type in native language IDNs and get to native language websites and information.

Anyone that is willing to take time to read ICANN, GAC, GNSO documents can clearly see the planning and the slow implementation that has (sadly) taken 10 years to reach liftoff. ICANN Budget 2009 is armed with $14 million for IDN rollout, that alone should open eyes to the future of the internet. For many, there are many parallels to ascii domains in 1997-1998 and what is happening with idns in 2008.

http://www.idnnews.com/

 

[domain_trader]

I think in the past talking up IDNs has persuaded some, but has also led others to suspect that IDNers have been trying to create a market for themselves, or at least justify their investment to reassure themselves. In some cases this has probably been true.

Frank Schilling made the point with regard to IDNs that only the wider market will determine whether they are valuable or not, and all the talk in the world counts for nought. I couldn't agree more.

The signs are there - and growing clearer by the day - that there is a latent market for IDNs, as certain language IDN.coms are experiencing increased traffic at a sustained (not yet exponential) rate. There are still quite a lot of factors that need to play out before we can be absolutely certain that we have backed a winner with IDN.coms (increased browser support, flow on publicity from IDN.IDN, whether aliasing will take place, the dominance of IDN.ccTLDs vs IDN.gTLDs). But there has never been any doubt in my mind that IDNs were the most promising domain field of the new millennium, and I think as things are gathering momentum many IDNers are starting to feel content that they made the right choice. As a result, the need to preach to the masses is becoming less important. Most now are just watching and waiting.

 

[rhys]

My response to your original question would be that some marketplaces are a bit better than others. If you want to sell good quality IDNs you will probably find more takers at the forums where the IDNers are. Namepros is not the most popular forum for IDN domainers.

 

[Pichichi]

My response to your original question would be that some marketplaces are a bit better than others. If you want to sell good quality IDNs you will probably find more takers at the forums where the IDNers are. Namepros is not the most popular forum for IDN domainers.

any suggestion of a forum with IDN activity? Thanks.

 

[candomain]

But there has never been any doubt in my mind that IDNs were the most promising domain field of the new millennium, and I think as things are gathering momentum many IDNers are starting to feel content that they made the right choice. As a result, the need to preach to the masses is becoming less important. Most now are just watching and waiting.

yes. idn buyers are keeping quiet and assembling idn.idn .
idn.com has some good sales because of people are .com conscious. once idn.idn is fully implemented they will rise to the top, no question.
if someone in china just figured out how to get on the internet. do you think they are going to type in english if they don't understand english. no. naturally if their native language is available they will use it. it's easier and the natural way to communicate for these individuals in there own language. everyone has used english because they were forced to. we were lucky the system forced everyone to use english. once that is not required, watch which language rises to the top.......... i think it will be chinese or indian.
just my opinion.

chinese.chinese
russian.russian
indian.indian
spanish.spanish

idn.idn - the internet evolves, naturally

cheers!

 

[davnin]

any suggestion of a forum with IDN activity? Thanks.

take a look at my website on IDNs :]

 

[ofclean]

To the IDN proponents: do IDN.net domains have any value? I have (what I feel) is a very good Chinese keyword in the .net extension; there has been absolutely no interest in it whatsoever. Is this normal?

 

[domain_trader]

They don't have much value at the moment, unless it is a premium premium keyword. .nets are greatly undervalued IMO.

 

[Fka200]

To the IDN proponents: do IDN.net domains have any value? I have (what I feel) is a very good Chinese keyword in the .net extension; there has been absolutely no interest in it whatsoever. Is this normal?

As of right now, even extreme premium keywords are getting the attention they deserve... but it really doesn't matter since you can pretty much gather personal stats and make your own growth charts and what-not.

As for .net, it's 2nd to .com and extremely accepted in some cultures (Middle East, for example). If I can get a premium keyword in .net, I definitely go for it (in ANY language).

 

[WhoNet]

As for .net, it's 2nd to .com and extremely accepted in some cultures (Middle East, for example). If I can get a premium keyword in .net, I definitely go for it (in ANY language).

Agreed.

I believe that
GoodKeyword .net is better than FairKeyword .com :blink:

 

[exponent]

I believe that GoodKeyword .net is better than FairKeyword .com :blink:

I've had better luck with domains like Apple-Pie.com than... say... ApplePie IDN (just using this as an example). Similarly, an awesome .net beats a mediocre .com hands down.