Japanese. biz

[monkmonkey]

Why does is seem like. biz is always taken by a resident of japan?

[alpha]

I heard it's because foreign speculators took all the good ones while Japan was asleep at the wheel

[Clotho]

Originally Posted by alpha

I heard it's because foreign speculators took all the good ones while Japan was asleep at the wheel

Foreign speculators also registered ビズ.com (Biz.com), ビズ.net and ビズ.jp in 2006.

[thegenius1]

Originally Posted by monkmonkey

Why does is seem like. biz is always taken by a resident of japan?

That means we are in the right place if that's what their "domainers" have settled for.

[alpha]

Originally Posted by monkmonkey

Why does is seem like. biz is always taken by a resident of japan?

The real answer is a lot simpler.
Most of the Japanese registrars out there decided to put the order of gTLDs on offer as com net org biz

so what happened is com and net are taken, org only accepts Kanji, so next stop is .biz

you can see an example registrar here if you scroll down to the list of extns: http://onamae.com/service/?btn_g=do00

[DktoInc]

y pick .biz over .jp?

[thegenius1]

Originally Posted by DktoInc

y pick .biz over .jp?

Some Haven't

Originally Posted by Ryu

http://ameblo.jp/seijo-este/entry-10758118363.html

It's nice to see her sound excited. It's also interesting that she pastes a screenshot to educate visitors how to type in her IDN.

Originally Posted by alpha

is it just me, or did it take anyone else a few seconds to work out what she had gripped in her hands?

Hilarious !