Ärzte.eu – First International Domain Name Registered Under .EU TLD
EurID (.eu) launched their IDN.eu a couple hours ago. For those interested, they have also released some very interesting statistics regarding the launch. [International Domain Names] “On 10 December at 11:00, EURid began the registration of Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs). During the first hour 38,172 IDNs under .eu were successfully registered.” First 10 .eu IDNs [...]
http://➡.ws – Site Promoting IDN Use With Teeny Tiny Arrow URLs
There’s a new site out that’s taking advantage of IDNs in a very interesting way: offering the “tiniest URLs.” How can they do this? Use a (2) lettered ccTLD and 1 character domain “keyword” taking advantage of Internationalized Domain Names. If you haven’t seen the title of this post, the URL of their site is: [...]
Chinese International Domain Names – IDN.CN Being Auctioned For Pretty “Pennies”
Sorry, my post title is a little misleading… well, sort of. IDN.CN have been selling like hot cakes lately; to get one, you need a lot of those pretty pennies. Here are some recent IDN.cn sales: 卫浴.cn Bathroom Vanities us$3126 机票.CN – Air Ticket US$7,150 二手车.CN – Second Hand Vehicle -US$5,704 高尔夫.CN – Golf US$5,191 [...]
Russian IDN Sochi.com (Сочи.com) Banks $21,555
The Russian IDN (Internationalized Domain Name) Сочи.com sold recently for a whopping $21,555. The auction took place on IDN forum IDNChannel. With all the auctions and sales that took place this week, this one took place at a normal forum auction and sold for well over what other ASCII domains at the other auctions did. [...]
Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) – Worth Getting Into? Some Recent IDN Developments – Russian Domain Sold For $xxx,xxx
I’ve never really mentioned IDNs on the blog before. A lot of people have actually PM’d me regarding Internationalized Domain Names ever since I posted some huge thread with some information regarding IDNs on Digital Point… but nothing has ever come up on the blog…so why start now? There has been recent news (confirmed) that [...]
