The very final batch...

[Edwin]

Ok, contrary to my post in the other thread, thought I better get some more before they all run out - that makes 200+ registrations today. That's going to have to be it for now, because I've run out of ready sources of word lists!

NOTE: Each name is followed by a rough English translation, and Japanese Overture figures (without extension) in brackets. Remember that there is no singular/plural change in Japanese.

I left this list up for a good long time - but it's now gone.

[sarcle]

Very very impressive.

I didn't even think of this. インターネット バンキング.com  so I had to settle on this one ネット バンキング.com  I don't know what I was thinking.  Nice find but my kewords pay better.

[gammascalper]

Originally Posted by sarcle

Very very impressive.

I didn't even think of this. インターネット バンキング.com so I had to settle on this one ネット バンキング.com I don't know what I was thinking. Nice find but my kewords pay better.

Internet banking and web banking hadn't even occurred to me. Nice.

It took me 3 months to get to the level of Japanese domains that Edwin has dug up. Just shows you what kind of advantage locals have.

Will the Russian Edwin Please Stand Up!

[Edwin]

I don't know if I'm walking a clearly marked trail, stumbling across huge gold nuggets, or if I'm lost in the forest... but I just dug up:

I left this list up for a good long time - but it's now gone.

[gammascalper]

We'd better get cracking before Edwin shows his last-very-final-really-batch

Damn -- router was on my list!

[sarcle]

Yeah, I don't like this one bit. I see a lot of names on my list. Hey Edwin, can I ask a question? What exactly changed your mind to turn bullish on idn?

[DavyBUK]

I looked up router at work today too !!! I put it on my list of "possibles" to investigate further later Oh well ! He who hesitates etc..

Nice names Edwin and thanks for sharing them all.

David

[bwhhisc]

Hi Edwin....nice of you to share your lists. We picked up a few .nets from your lists. Good show!

[Edwin]

I saw how many people had put IDNs on their "things to watch out for in 2006" lists - so even if they don't take off to a huge extent as quickly as we may hope they will, with enough interest a reasonable secondary market should form... And it really only takes one person scooping up the goodies to take them away from everyone else, and I could see half a dozen or more folks grabbing the proto-gold with both hands.

The above was the catalyst for me to spend a day seeing what I could find (nothing was on my list before yesterday morning) - I'm quite pleased at the result.

[sarcle]

Well anyways Edwin nice of you to finally come out of the closet. ;D

It was my "jobs" domains that did wasn't it.

You and Olney have a definate edge on the Japanese market.

[Edwin]

By the way, I'll let you in on a little secret: while I know enough Japanese to sort some of the obvious howlers out, I didn't actually type anything in my research yesterday (luckily, since my command of Kanji is very minimal) - I just methodically stepped through categories and subcats of Dmoz Japanese version, checking available domains against OT, Google and some translation sites and putting the juicy domains to one side.

By the time I'd checked OT, Google and at least 2 independent translations I was reasonably confident of the ones I kept - though as you saw I was tripped up by Vietnam, for instance. So (as Dave has already found to great effect) you don't have to know the language to score some good domains, you just have to be extremely rigorous about how you verify them.

[Olney]

Wow

From not yet sure to registering over 200 is a big leap.
I'd doing registrations in stide purposely

A few of yours in the finance department I actually left.

I actually thought that you might already be registering some & just not saying it...
The rate these guys are going they'll buy up everything in 6 months....