How can you  register a great IDN:

1.  Come up with an English list of terms that you want to register in a different language. (Ex: Job.com)

2. Use Google translate (or a native translator) to translate your terms into the language you are targeting. (Ex: “Job” in Japanese is “仕事”)

3. Check that the foreign language term is accurate by doing a google images search for the translated term (Ex: 仕事) and see if it returns images that you expect.

4.  Also use the Google Adwords keyword tool to make sure that there is a large number of searches per month for your term.

5.  Next, you need to convert your foreign character domain into “punycode” which is a code recognized by the registrars.  A puny code converter (such as: http://www.idntools.com) can help you obtain the corresponding code (ex: xn--3kqvg.com).

6.  Lastly, go to your favorite registrar and type in the punycode. *Dynadot is a particularly IDN friendly registrar.

Happy hand-regging.