Korean names worth the reg?

[touchring]

Originally Posted by hanidn

I am so sorry... I can not comment ur domains, because I have no idea about Latin domains...

I have only 50 IDNs...and when I register one IDN, I research at least 2-3 days..

It is been registering IDNs almost 6 years... I do not see any hurry to reg my new IDN because they have been there unregistered for a time being...

I concentrate drops more.

15-17th of May will be a annual event of IDNs drops....around 22th of July.. and around 29th of Sep.....too.

Wow, you beat me, i research about 15-25 minutes and i consider that very long.

btw, .kr supports idn, have you been registering that as well? It seems to me there are still good opportunities in .kr even last year.

[rhys]

Originally Posted by Jeff

Their internet speeds are also out of this world........ making the U.S. look bad

Agreed, the U.S. idea of "broadband" is such a joke. We need to sweep the legislature clean with these old farts tied to the cable industry and get some young blood in who understands the "internets" as Bush would call them and competition.

Originally Posted by touchring

Wow, you beat me, i research about 15-25 minutes and i consider that very long.

btw, .kr supports idn, have you been registering that as well? It seems to me there are still good opportunities in .kr even last year.

Is there an english interface registrar for .kr anyone recommends? Not that I feel like attempting hangul but just for reference.

[IDNCowboy]

Originally Posted by rhys

Agreed, the U.S. idea of "broadband" is such a joke. We need to sweep the legislature clean with these old farts tied to the cable industry and get some young blood in who understands the "internets" as Bush would call them and competition.



Is there an english interface registrar for .kr anyone recommends? Not that I feel like attempting hangul but just for reference.

back to square 1.... are we allowed to register .kr if we live outside of korea? :-)

surely there is a way around it

[Static]

If any of you guys need any translation help regarding Korean, feel free to PM me since I speak Korean and I am Korean. :P

Yes, Korean people are very tech savvy which only increase the opportunity in selling these domains in near future. With IE7 coming out and many Koreans still preferring IE over FireFox, it'll be great. Korean's prefer IE because many websites, such as online game websites require IE. You login with your ID on their website, install an ActiveX, and when you click "Game Start" you can play. Different from most other games which have icons and you run it off your PC's icon.

Due to this, Korean IDNs should definately increase in price rapidly in near future.

[touchring]

That's great, hope there will be changes. Korean traffic hasn't been very promising, both CTR and PPC is low as well.

[thefabfive]

If any of you guys need any translation help regarding Korean, feel free to PM me since I speak Korean and I am Korean. :P

Yes, Korean people are very tech savvy which only increase the opportunity in selling these domains in near future. With IE7 coming out and many Koreans still preferring IE over FireFox, it'll be great. Korean's prefer IE because many websites, such as online game websites require IE. You login with your ID on their website, install an ActiveX, and when you click "Game Start" you can play. Different from most other games which have icons and you run it off your PC's icon.

Due to this, Korean IDNs should definately increase in price rapidly in near future.

That's very nice to hear.

And welcome aboard.

[Static]

Originally Posted by touchring

That's great, hope there will be changes. Korean traffic hasn't been very promising, both CTR and PPC is low as well.

That is true. But you must keep in mind that there is a system called "수호천사" in a few Korean ISPs which blocks out pornographic websites and at times, advertisements too. Pretty scary, but yes, they somehow manage to not display the advertisement images. Probably the CTR and PPC may be a bit affected by it too.

Also, note that although Koreans are tech savvy, the majority don't type in random stuff into their browsers. When searching for websites, they also don't use sites such as Google, but use sites like Naver.com, Daum.net, Empas.com. Three major Korean SEs. You need to remember that they aren't all that "friendly" with English.

thefabfive, thanks for the welcome! I actually came to get an IDN of mine appraised, but thought heck, why not help out? I've already received three requests for help. As long as I have the time I'm willing to.

[bwhhisc]

Welcome Static, can you give translation on this. Thanks

코리아.net

[thefabfive]

Bill - I think I can help out on this.

코리아 is the transliteration of Korea.

[bwhhisc]

Originally Posted by thefabfive

Bill - I think I can help out on this.
코리아 is the transliteration of Korea.

Thanks Mo, thats what I got off the translator, but figured it was a type of secondary term.

[touchring]

Originally Posted by bwhhisc

Thanks Mo, thats what I got off the translator, but figured it was a type of secondary term.

I saw this, it's also used on Korea.com website i think.

[Static]

Yes. 코리아 sounds like Korea in when read in Korean. 코리아.net seems like a pretty good name considering how Korea.com is a major Korean portal.