Comments on: IDNs: The Next Horizon for GeoDomain Investors http://domainnamewire.com/2010/01/27/idns-the-next-horizon-for-geodomain-investors/ Domain Name Industry News and Views Sun, 27 May 2012 11:38:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kent http://domainnamewire.com/2010/01/27/idns-the-next-horizon-for-geodomain-investors/comment-page-1/#comment-846764 Kent Mon, 18 Apr 2011 07:28:47 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=10148#comment-846764 Nice article. Disagree with the sentiment that IDN.com never made any sense. For example, any Japanese person proficient at typing can easily add the .com suffix. They have done it a million times and it is second nature. Nice article. Disagree with the sentiment that IDN.com never made any sense. For example, any Japanese person proficient at typing can easily add the .com suffix. They have done it a million times and it is second nature.

]]> By: Andrew Allemann http://domainnamewire.com/2010/01/27/idns-the-next-horizon-for-geodomain-investors/comment-page-1/#comment-566497 Andrew Allemann Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:18:42 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=10148#comment-566497 Here's some more information on IDNs from VeriSign: http://domainnamewire.com/2010/02/26/verisigns-plans-for-com-idns-become-clearer/ Here’s some more information on IDNs from VeriSign:

http://domainnamewire.com/2010/02/26/verisigns-plans-for-com-idns-become-clearer/

]]> By: roddy http://domainnamewire.com/2010/01/27/idns-the-next-horizon-for-geodomain-investors/comment-page-1/#comment-547509 roddy Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:24:44 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=10148#comment-547509 i though owners of .jp has the first rights ? not .com ??? interesting to see what happens i though owners of .jp has the first rights ? not .com ??? interesting to see what happens

]]> By: Gary http://domainnamewire.com/2010/01/27/idns-the-next-horizon-for-geodomain-investors/comment-page-1/#comment-546996 Gary Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:16:17 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=10148#comment-546996 @Norm <<>> Yes they did. They also blocked geo's non-native to their geography, for example 肯尼亚.cn (Kenya.cn) @Norm

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Yes they did. They also blocked geo’s non-native to their geography, for example 肯尼亚.cn (Kenya.cn)

]]> By: Norm http://domainnamewire.com/2010/01/27/idns-the-next-horizon-for-geodomain-investors/comment-page-1/#comment-546977 Norm Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:04:25 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=10148#comment-546977 .com has always been King. I am not surprised to discover that that is the case in native scripts as well. Did the .cn registry reserve their respective geos? .com has always been King. I am not surprised to discover that that is the case in native scripts as well.

Did the .cn registry reserve their respective geos?

]]> By: Gary http://domainnamewire.com/2010/01/27/idns-the-next-horizon-for-geodomain-investors/comment-page-1/#comment-546469 Gary Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:22:18 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=10148#comment-546469 @Maxl To be clear.. when talking about reserved geos in IDN ccTLDs, I am referring to geos native to that country. @Maxl

To be clear.. when talking about reserved geos in IDN ccTLDs, I am referring to geos native to that country.

]]> By: Gary http://domainnamewire.com/2010/01/27/idns-the-next-horizon-for-geodomain-investors/comment-page-1/#comment-546467 Gary Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:16:37 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=10148#comment-546467 @Anon You raise some good points. Re the market size, yes of course you need to choose carefully which country/language, and steer towards the wealthier economies with a healthy tourism trade. Your point about development is a good one, and obviously for us "foreigners" it will be more difficult; but that doesn't make it impossible, it just makes the dynamics different, and that's exactly the down side in all this. The upside is being able to acquire at reg fee or "cheap" on the aftermarket. @Maxl It certainly wasn't meant to be a Verisign ad, and we're not selling anything here, just simply a heads-up that there are opportunities. I have always publicly said that a well balanced portfolio should have an equal balance of ccTLD and gTLD; but in the case of the geo niche, the opportunity is in gTLD because of what we are seeing happen in the ccTLD space. Japans .jp have always reserved IDN geos, and the Russian govt have already said that geos will be reserved in Russia’s new .рф IDN ccTLD. Will the rest of the new IDN ccTLDs follow this pattern when they come on line? maybe. But with the countries/languages above approaching this in the manner they are, and with unregistered cities out there in gTLD, then this can only mean an opportunity. @Anon

You raise some good points.
Re the market size, yes of course you need to choose carefully which country/language, and steer towards the wealthier economies with a healthy tourism trade. Your point about development is a good one, and obviously for us “foreigners” it will be more difficult; but that doesn’t make it impossible, it just makes the dynamics different, and that’s exactly the down side in all this. The upside is being able to acquire at reg fee or “cheap” on the aftermarket.

@Maxl

It certainly wasn’t meant to be a Verisign ad, and we’re not selling anything here, just simply a heads-up that there are opportunities.

I have always publicly said that a well balanced portfolio should have an equal balance of ccTLD and gTLD; but in the case of the geo niche, the opportunity is in gTLD because of what we are seeing happen in the ccTLD space. Japans .jp have always reserved IDN geos, and the Russian govt have already said that geos will be reserved in Russia’s new .рф IDN ccTLD. Will the rest of the new IDN ccTLDs follow this pattern when they come on line? maybe. But with the countries/languages above approaching this in the manner they are, and with unregistered cities out there in gTLD, then this can only mean an opportunity.

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