In last week’s Snapnames auction, 動画.com (“Video.com” in Japanese) sold for $35,000. Given that Video.us was once sold for $75,000 according to DNJournal, 動画.com looks to be quite a bargain. In addition, there are a number of big ticket IDN drops scheduled for Snapnames auctions in September — most notably in the telecom sector. If [...]

This brief IDNBlog exclusive is with Hiro Hotta, who is speaking on behalf of JPRS, which is the registry governing .jp domain names. He provides an update on the status of IDN.jp aliasing to IDN.日本. Hiro Hotta, was recently asked about the current likelihood of JPRS obtaining an alias of .日本 for .JP, whether this [...]

A Verisign spokesperson participated in a Q&A with IDNBlog to address a few burning questions regarding Verisign’s recent gTLD applications. While we understand the confidential nature of Verisign’s future plans, below please find questions and answers on four key new gTLD topics. Q: It surprised some that Verisign applied for קוֹם. (punycode: xn--hdb9cza1b) but not [...]

Verisign applied for 12 IDN (Internationalized Domain Name) transliterations of .COM, but it was Verisign’s Hebrew application that stood out. Verisign applied for: קוֹם. (punycode: xn--hdb9cza1b). Some natives hoped for a Verisign application for: קום. (punycode: xn--9dbq2a). While both קוֹם and קום are correct Hebrew transliterations of “.COM”, Verisign’s application includes a dot (a Hebrew [...]

Amazon continued to solidify its forward thinking reputation with a significant portion of its new gTLD applications devoted to IDNs (Internationalized Domain Names). At $185,000 for each application alone, plus maintenance costs this represents a substantial investment. It is clear that Amazon expects a great deal of IDN demand now that IDN.IDNs are available. Among [...]

Verisign has applied for the following transliterations of .COM: คอม / xn--42c2d9a, Transliteration of dot com (Thai) コム / xn--tckwe, Transliteration of dot com (Japanese) קוֹם / xn--hdb9cza1b, Transliteration of dot com (Hebrew) كوم / xn--fhbei, Transliteration of dot com (Arabic) 点看 / xn--3pxu8k,Transliteration of dot com (Simplified Chinese) 點看/ xn--c1yn36f, Transliteration of dot com [...]

You might be surprised by this month’s leading keyword on Snapnames’ most searched keyword list. It is “xn--”, which is used as the beginning of any punycode equivalent of an IDN. For instance мрамор.com (Marble.com in Russian) has a punycode equivalent of xn--80axbihd.com. Either the IDN (мрамор.com) or the punycode (xn--80axbihd.com) will navigate to the [...]

If you are asking what happened in the IDN world recently in terms of progress, please look at the following sales: -Блог.com (Blog.com in Russian) sold for $3,435.37 dollars. (Link) -山东.com (Shandong.com in Chinese) is currently in auction at €6,200 (Link) – Москва.com (Moscow.com in Russian) was verified as selling for $216,000 (Link) In addition, [...]

Opportunities abound in our new fixed price IDNTools.com marketplace that was just launched. Many top 50 terms, such as “Flowers, Doctors, Hotels, Games” are listed at historically low fixed prices. Here’s why you should take a serious look at investing in IDNs from the newly launched marketplace: *Quality. Many listed domains are category leaders with [...]

Jeremy Lin is the Chinese-American basketball sensation who has led the Knicks to five straight wins. Lin’s underdog story began when he was an undrafted Harvard graduate who was sleeping on his brother’s couch and was without a guaranteed contract. He rose rapidly to become the starting point guard for the New York Knicks and [...]