Create Your Account  |  Log in News headlines WHOIS Valuate Domainers Latest News Tria Beauty is an Online Stunner Tria Beauty was described as one of the hottest brands of the year by the publication, Advertising Age. Tria has marketed itself exceptionally well, having been featured in top magazines including Elle, O, InStyle, People, Good Housekeeping, Allure, Maire Claire and WWD. Why is Tria Beauty such a marketing star? Because it thinks out... IDNBlog.com - Monday, July 26, 2010 - 23:14 An Untapped .CO Opportunity: German and French Domain Names You missed your opportunity.  That is the vibe most readers were getting if they didn’t snag a premium .CO yet.  The message was — ok, it might be excusable if you weren’t exposed to domaining in the 1990s and so missing the .COM landgrab wasn’t your fault.  But if .CO becomes the next big thing IDNBlog.com - Friday, July 23, 2010 - 0:3 How to Value .CO Domains as They Break the 200,000 Barrier I knew that general availability for .CO was beginning yesterday at 2 p.m., and at 1:58 p.m. I finally decided to register some. First, I typed in city names, top generic product names, even top adjectives. All gone. Then, I looked at directory categories, starting with doctors.co and dentists.co and moving down the ranks. I IDNBlog.com - Wednesday, July 21, 2010 - 1:38 The IDN Value of .NET and .ORG Recently, Chuck Gomes of VeriSign was quoted as stating, “VeriSign will be submitting proposals for multiple IDN versions of .COM and .NET . . .” For the IDN investor who has bought IDN.com, this means that the value of your domains has just gone up significantly given that you will likely have an opportunity to IDNBlog.com - Friday, July 16, 2010 - 18:44 The Gold Rush Has Begun: GNSO Formally Requests IDN Unlocking of .Com The biggest domaining news in the last year broke today. The Generic Names Supporting Organization Council (GNSO), which deals with policy making on generic top-level domains (gTLDs) passed a motion to send the below letter to ICANN. Moreover, VeriSign stated in connection with the letter, “VeriSign will be submitting proposals... IDNBlog.com - Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 17:28 China Bans Ping Pong Domains (No Joke) Glenn Cowan discovered Ping Pong when his father brought home a table as a present. Soon thereafter, Glenn was racking up victories in national tournaments and kept his home full of trophies. Cowan’s defining moment came in 1971 during the 31st World Table Tennis Championships when he represented the United States. Cowan happen... IDNBlog.com - Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 0:46 China Bans Ping Pong Domains (No Joke) Glenn Cowan discovered Ping Pong when his father brought home a table as a present. Soon thereafter, Glenn was racking up victories in national tournaments and kept his home full of trophies. Cowan’s defining moment came in 1971 during the 31st World Table Tennis Championships when he represented the United States. Cowan happen... IDNBlog.com - Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 0:46 .CN Domain Names Are Unlocking the .中国 ccTLD When the story broke that the new Chinese ccTLDs .中国 and .中國 (each meaning .China) — were approved by ICANN and were managed by the Chinese registry CNNIC, the first question that came to mind was how are these new ccTLDs going to be used? The smart money was betting that .cn would be aliased IDNBlog.com - Friday, July 9, 2010 - 19:56 Q&A with Olney, Founder of IDNForums Craig Nine is known by his handle, Olney. He founded IDNForums, is a Senior Search Specialist in paid search advertising, and has one of the strongest Japanese IDN portfolios. Q: When did you buy your first IDN? Do you remember what it was? A: I bought my first IDN Domain in August 2005. I believe IDNBlog.com - Wednesday, July 7, 2010 - 21:16 IDNBlog Exclusive Interview: Hiro Hotta Discusses IDN.JP Aliasing to IDN.日本 and More This IDNBlog exclusive interview is with Hiro Hotta, who will be speaking on behalf of JPRS, which is the registry governing .jp domain names. He also provides a significant timeline on the status of IDN.jp aliasing to IDN.日本. Q: What is your position and role within JPRS? A: Director of Corporate Planning. Q: If I IDNBlog.com - Wednesday, July 7, 2010 - 15:52 A Domainer Friendly Congressional Bill One day, domainers will wield enough power to lobby Congress and play a key part in drafting a bill to regulate and foster the domain industry. On July 4th it is particularly appropriate to fast forward to that time, hopefully in the near future, and here are a few cornerstones I would love to see IDNBlog.com - Sunday, July 4, 2010 - 20:50 Tremendous Chinese IDN Demand Spills Over Into Obscure Extensions A surprising number of Chinese IDNs were registered in the rarely discussed Singapore extension, .sg. SGNIC made this ccTLD compatible with Chinese IDNs so that companies in Singapore could target Chinese customers. SGNIC General Manager Lim Choon Sai said “SGNIC hopes to give users greater choices and also add to the range of domain... IDNBlog.com - Friday, July 2, 2010 - 18:49 IDNBlog Exclusive: Ed Russell and Steve Karnas IDNBlog recently had the chance to sit down with Ed Russell, the President of NameDrive along with Steve Karnas, the Co-Founder of Wixi. They explain their bullishness on IDNs, their particular enthusiasm for Japanese IDNs, and their new parking platform, which is tailor-made for Japanese IDN owners. Q: What is your role at NameDrive... IDNBlog.com - Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 11:56 China’s New IDN ccTLDs .中国 and .中國 are Approved: Why You Should Care Importance of the Domain Landscape in China China has over 1.3 billion people and the Chinese language is widespread. Rod Beckstrom, President of ICANN drove home this point in a recent press release stating: “One fifth of the world speaks Chinese and that means we just increased the potential online accessibility for roughly a billi... IDNBlog.com - Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 17:15 China’s New IDN ccTLDs .中国 and .中國 are Approved: Why You Should Care Importance of the Domain Landscape in China China has over 1.3 billion people and the Chinese language is widespread. Rod Beckstrom, President of ICANN drove home this point in a recent press release stating: “One fifth of the world speaks Chinese and that means we just increased the potential online accessibility for roughly a billi... IDNBlog.com - Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 17:15 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. TO GIVE IDNS A FAIR SHAKE? When Rick Schwartz announced the schedule for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Miami here the majority of the comments related to the surprising announcement that T.R.A.F.F.I.C. will have a session partially devoted to IDNs. Rick describes the session as follows: “3:00 Is the Gold Rush beginning or ending? The impact of the new gtld’s, IDN, and ... IDNBlog.com - Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 23:42 The Uneventful Purchase of כלבים.com (Dogs).com Did you notice a trend with recent domain sales charts? Increasingly, .com names in other languages seem to be multiplying. Headlined by Kredit.com, “Credit” in German for 220,000 EUR, and followed by Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, French and German names, foreign .com domains in these languages have all been featured promin... IDNBlog.com - Friday, June 18, 2010 - 19:42 www.המפתח.com is Used for Israeli Ad Campaign המפתח means “the key” in Hebrew. www.המפתח.com is being used to promote a special “Discount Bank Card” which helps its users save money. The bus ads are said to be everywhere in Israel and this is truly a sign of the branding power of IDN.com. *Tip of the hat to Moshe “Michael” Schneider for the IDNBlog.com - Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 10:25 Which is a Better Purchase “а.com” or “e.co”? Last week, the Cyrillic domain “а.com” (xn--80a.com, and not to be confused with the Latin “a.com” ) sold at GoDaddy auctions for the price of $4,505, with 53 bidders having placed bids. Also last week, Lonnie Borck of B52 Media bought a different single letter domain, “e.co” for $81,000. Which is ... IDNBlog.com - Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 0:21 Sarmady Earns Over $3 Million From Arabic Internet; Counts the NBA as Client Sarmady Communications, is a powerful Arabic domain development and digital media company recently profiled in BusinessWeek. Their homepage boasts an advertising network of websites that reach over 15 million customers. Many of these high-traffic websites, such as FilGoal.com are also owed by Sarmady. Most interesting, is that Sarmad... IDNBlog.com - Tuesday, June 8, 2010 - 19:29 Next 20 Domaining.com - RSS - Affiliate Program - Advertising - Follow us on Twitter or Facebook or Blog - Contact Us  Domainers.org - A  |  B  |  C  |  D  |  E  |  F  |  G  |  H  |  I  |  J  |  K  |  L  |  M  |  N  |  O  |  P  |  Q  |  R  |  S  |  T  |  U  |  V  |  W  |  X  |  Y  |  Z THANKS to DomainTools Whois for helping us promote the domain industry and Estibot.com for domain valuation technology.