India gets seven IDN ccTLDS and more good news for IDN domain name supporters. One thing I learned on my trip to India earlier this month is that there are a lot of local languages. This week ICANN approved delegation of seven (yes, seven) ... Continue Reading1 Comment
First Ever IDN Event and Auction on Tap for New York in October
· ServicesNew York City event will educate about Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs). Few topics have received greater attention this year than IDNs. So it's fitting that the first ever "IDN Event and Auction" will take place October 30, 2010 at the Haru ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Register.com IDN Sale Nets $5k in an Hour
· Domain SalesIDN Newsletter gets strong start with Register.com domains. Register.com recently did a deal with IDN Newsletter to sell its portfolio of company-owned internationalized domains names. IDN Newsletter is similar to other domain sales newsletters ... Continue Reading4 Comments
ICANN Board Approves Delegation of Four IDN ccTLDs
· Policy & LawFour IDN ccTLDs delegated, simultaneous delegation requests from China and Taiwan proceed. The ICANN Board of Directors approved the delegation of four internationalized domain name country code domains on Thursday. The four approved ccTLDs are for ... Continue Reading1 Comment
.Tel to Launch IDNs in 16 Languages in June
· Uncategorized.Tel domain names get IDNs in June. Coming soon: Jörn.tel, Júlia.tel, and Bjørn.tel. .Tel registry Telnic is launching registration of .tel Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) in 16 languages on June 15. IDNs will be available in Chinese, ... Continue Reading4 Comments
VeriSign’s Plans for “.Com IDNs” Become Clearer
· Policy & LawRegistrants of existing .com domain names are well positioned for coming release of IDN TLDs. For years, domainers have been investing in Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) that use non-Latin characters. But these have all been IDN at the second ... Continue Reading43 Comments
IDNs: The Next Horizon for GeoDomain Investors
· Servicesby Aaron Krawitz, Gary Males & Patrick Carleton [Editor's note: this is a guest article about the potential of IDN geo domain names.] We've long been believers in GeoDomains and continue to be on the lookout for new and lucrative niches, which is ... Continue Reading14 Comments