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clipper · #1 (**permalink**) 15th May 2016, 04:09 PM

東京.com registrar whois
Updated 14 hours ago
Domain Name: XN--1LQS71D.COM
Registry Domain ID: 43121013_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.tucows.com
Registrar URL: http://tucowsdomains.com
Updated Date: 2016-02-16T05:02:53Z
Creation Date: 2000-11-16T13:17:25Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2017-03-16T12:17:25Z
Registrar: TUCOWS, INC.
Registrar IANA ID: 69
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: email@tucows.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4165350123
Reseller: VSP
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: VSP Communications
Registrant Organization: VSP
Registrant Street: 3-3-1-907 Uemachi
Registrant City: Izumisano

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Domain Name: XN--1LQS71D.XN--TCKWE
Domain ID: 122887066_DOMAIN_XN--TCKWE-VRSN
WHOIS Server: whois.lexsynergy.com
Referral URL: http://www.lexsynergy.com
Updated Date: 2016-05-15T09:16:01Z
Creation Date: 2016-05-15T09:16:01Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2017-05-15T09:16:01Z
Sponsoring Registrar: LEXSYNERGY LIMITED
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 1466
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
Registrant ID: 1030649_CONTACT_XN--TCKWE-VRSN
Registrant Name: Domains Admin
Registrant Organization:
Registrant Street: 5200 N Lamar
Registrant City: Austin
Registrant State/Province: TX
Registrant Postal Code: 78751

idn · #2 (**permalink**) 15th May 2016, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by clipper

東京.com registrar whois
Updated 14 hours ago
Domain Name: XN--1LQS71D.COM
Registry Domain ID: 43121013_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.tucows.com
Registrar URL: http://tucowsdomains.com
Updated Date: 2016-02-16T05:02:53Z
Creation Date: 2000-11-16T13:17:25Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2017-03-16T12:17:25Z
Registrar: TUCOWS, INC.
Registrar IANA ID: 69
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: email@tucows.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4165350123
Reseller: VSP
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: VSP Communications
Registrant Organization: VSP
Registrant Street: 3-3-1-907 Uemachi
Registrant City: Izumisano

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Your search for 東京.コム (xn--1lqs71d.xn--tckwe) returns the below results:

Domain Name: XN--1LQS71D.XN--TCKWE
Domain ID: 122887066_DOMAIN_XN--TCKWE-VRSN
WHOIS Server: whois.lexsynergy.com
Referral URL: http://www.lexsynergy.com
Updated Date: 2016-05-15T09:16:01Z
Creation Date: 2016-05-15T09:16:01Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2017-05-15T09:16:01Z
Sponsoring Registrar: LEXSYNERGY LIMITED
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 1466
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
Registrant ID: 1030649_CONTACT_XN--TCKWE-VRSN
Registrant Name: Domains Admin
Registrant Organization:
Registrant Street: 5200 N Lamar
Registrant City: Austin
Registrant State/Province: TX
Registrant Postal Code: 78751

Yeah, this company/guy totally beat the system somehow. Everything is so screwed up. I've pretty much threw the virtual towel in for now.

clipper · #3 (**permalink**) 15th May 2016, 04:40 PM

This is a big problem with Verisign's whole plan.

idn · #4 (**permalink**) 15th May 2016, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by clipper

This is a big problem with Verisign's whole plan.

You think!

idnowner · #5 (**permalink**) 15th May 2016, 04:43 PM

Could have been registered in the current "priority" period, and then sold.

123 · #6 (**permalink**) 15th May 2016, 04:47 PM

check 不動産.コム

Domain Name: XN--IHQ79I060B.XN--TCKWE
Domain ID: 122875211_DOMAIN_XN--TCKWE-VRSN
WHOIS Server: whois.enom.com
Referral URL: http://www.enom.com
Updated Date: 2016-05-15T00:26:05Z
Creation Date: 2016-05-15T00:24:19Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2017-05-15T00:24:19Z
Sponsoring Registrar: ENOM, INC.
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 48
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited

Impossible to register because 不動産.com is blocked!!!

someone is gaming the system or the launch has already started. Screw-up or intentional?

The launch was said to start 16.5.2016

idn · #7 (**permalink**) 15th May 2016, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by idnowner

Could have been registered in the current "priority" period, and then sold.

It wasn't

alpha · #8 (**permalink**) 15th May 2016, 04:52 PM

there must be a ton of registrants out there that didn't get the memo.

the com owner of トラベル (travel) didn't spend $13.99 to reg the コム
now anyone can for ~$200 + $13.99

I notice some smart cookies out there too: 地図 (map) as we know is variant blocked in .com and doesn't exist. But someone grabbed the コム

idnowner · #9 (**permalink**) 15th May 2016, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by 123

check 不動産.コム

someone is gaming the system

Now that one DOES look very suspicious!

Could be... that is a "reserved" domain to be put up for auction.

I am looking into this, right now.

123 · #10 (**permalink**) 15th May 2016, 04:59 PM

Now Name.com claims that the launch is 15.05

https://www.name.com/domain/search-4...ewup.xn--tckwe

We got the wrong launch dates or the system allowed registrations before it should have.

idnowner · #11 (**permalink**) 15th May 2016, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by idn

It wasn't

We should still be in the "Priority" period, so why couldn't that be the answer?

squirrel · #12 (**permalink**) 15th May 2016, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by 123

check 不動産.コム

Domain Name: XN--IHQ79I060B.XN--TCKWE
Domain ID: 122875211_DOMAIN_XN--TCKWE-VRSN
WHOIS Server: whois.enom.com
Referral URL: http://www.enom.com
Updated Date: 2016-05-15T00:26:05Z
Creation Date: 2016-05-15T00:24:19Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2017-05-15T00:24:19Z
Sponsoring Registrar: ENOM, INC.
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 48
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited

Impossible to register because 不動産.com is blocked!!!

someone is gaming the system or the launch has already started. Screw-up or intentional?

The launch was said to start 16.5.2016

Interesting.. does that mean Verisign is allowing variants to be registered ?

clipper · #13 (**permalink**) 15th May 2016, 06:04 PM

Tucows didn't participate in priority reg. The others were variant blocked. How did registrars get away with this?

clipper · #14 (**permalink**) 15th May 2016, 06:05 PM

Do all of these names have reg dates after 0.00 UTC on 5/15. The priority was over by then.

squirrel · #15 (**permalink**) 15th May 2016, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by alpha

I notice some smart cookies out there too: 地図 (map) as we know is variant blocked in .com and doesn't exist. But someone grabbed the コム

Any additional examples of variant registrations ?

squirrel · #16 (**permalink**) 15th May 2016, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by clipper

Tucows didn't participate in priority reg. The others were variant blocked. How did registrars get away with this?

I imagine if the .com was not priority regged, than the variant was landrush regged w/out a problem

123 · #17 (**permalink**) 15th May 2016, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by squirrel

Interesting.. does that mean Verisign is allowing variants to be registered ?

I doubt it because the owner of the variant does not seem to be related to the newly registered variant.

There is no variant blocking from .com over to .コム

The variant that wil be regged in .コム first will block the other
.コム variant.

The question is why did the landrush start before the official launch? I suppose many(including myself) had made some pre-registrations for a non-refundable $200. Now these will be submitted 12-24 hours after the launch =worthless.

Glad that I didn't order many.

Anyone who had made a pre-order some days before never had a real chance to get a sought-after domain despite paying $200 for it.

Verisign will get a lot of money from pre-regs that never result in a domain registration but they had made people pay lot just for that right.

Another slap in the face of IDN investors.

clipper · #18 (**permalink**) 15th May 2016, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by 123

The question is why did the landrush start before the official launch? I suppose many(including myself) had made some pre-registrations for a non-refundable $200. Now these will be submitted 12-24 hours after the launch =worthless.

If there were multiple landrush applicants for the same name they were supposed to go to auction at the end of landrush, so no names should be registered after 5/14 but before GA is my understanding.