idn.net

[jose]

The title of this post (http://www.idnforums.com/forums/26715-verisign-will-be-applying-to-several-com-net.html) reads " Verisign will be applying to several .com .net"

From the looks of the recent idn auction threads on this forum, I don't know why Verisign should even bother with idn.net as the price one would have to pay to activate an idn net would in most cases be superior to the market value of the idn itself. ($1!)

I don't really know why the nets are so undervalued. I think in most languages the .net idn version could become even more popular than .com since .net is, as you know, the short version of Internet and that could lead to some very interesting translations.

Check this out:

Proposed com x proposed net in Hebrew
http://www.google.com/trends/viz?q=%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9D,%D7%A0%D7%98&graph=weekly_img&sa=N
http://www.google.com/trends?q=%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9D%2C%D7%A0%D7%98

Proposed com x proposed net in Arabic
http://www.google.com/trends/viz?q=%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85,%D9%86%D8%AA&graph=weekly_img&sa=N
http://www.google.com/trends?q=%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%2C%D9%86%D8%AA

(net in red)

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDN.IDN

[IDNCowboy]

The title of this post (http://www.idnforums.com/forums/26715-verisign-will-be-applying-to-several-com-net.html) reads " Verisign will be applying to several .com .net"

From the looks of the recent idn auction threads on this forum, I don't know why Verisign should even bother with idn.net as the price one would have to pay to activate an idn net would in most cases be superior to the market value of the idn itself. ($1!)

I don't really know why the nets are so undervalued. I think in most languages the .net idn version could become even more popular than .com since .net is, as you know, the short version of Internet and that could lead to some very interesting translations.

Check this out:

Proposed com x proposed net in Hebrew
http://www.google.com/trends/viz?q=%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9D,%D7%A0%D7%98&graph=weekly_img&sa=N
http://www.google.com/trends?q=%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9D%2C%D7%A0%D7%98

Proposed com x proposed net in Arabic
http://www.google.com/trends/viz?q=%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85,%D9%86%D8%AA&graph=weekly_img&sa=N
http://www.google.com/trends?q=%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%2C%D9%86%D8%AA


Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDN.IDN
Who knows... fads change

Maybe someone in saudi arabia will think the idn.idn .net version is cooler and it will spread

[alpha]

Who knows... fads change

Maybe someone in saudi arabia will think the idn.idn .net version is cooler and it will spread

funny you should say that, I received a 10k offer for an Arabic dot net a couple of days ago

[IDNCowboy]

funny you should say that, I received a 10k offer for an Arabic dot net a couple of days ago

Yes I invest in .net as well ;-)

[alpha]

Who knows... fads change

who knows indeed.

I think all you can be sure of, is that you can't be sure of anything - there will be some surprises in this game.

[jose]

funny you should say that, I received a 10k offer for an Arabic dot net a couple of days ago

wow. yes, I have also the same felling idn arabic.net will be (are already) hot!

[TrafficDomainer]

There is some room for .net in Thai but for the most part .com is still king in Thailand.

[jose]

GREAT POST Aaron!

http://idnblog.com/2010/07/16/fallout-idn-net-org/

[tee1]

IMO
1. keywords rule even in dot net

2. Meaningful discussion occurs around cctlds vs com. if there is not a dominate cctld for a language then there is room for another extension to move up. I believe that dot net fits that bill for Arabic names, which cctld will battle dot com for supremacy in Arabic? don't know, therefore I think Arabic dot nets have a chance JMO

3. IMO dot nets are horribly undervalued. that is why I am still buying them.

[mdw]

Aaron that article totally rocked!

I have some nice .nets including some I bought from you Jose! But in general I've avoided them, and even dropped large numbers of them as the prospects for reselling them in my lifetime looked slim.

What I wonder is what some of you Japanese experts think of .NET domains prospects in Japanese?

[jose]

BTW Aaron, we need the "like" button on idnblog ;)

[sprewellpj]

Thanks

[Rubber Duck]

Aaron that article totally rocked!

I have some nice .nets including some I bought from you Jose! But in general I've avoided them, and even dropped large numbers of them as the prospects for reselling them in my lifetime looked slim.

What I wonder is what some of you Japanese experts think of .NET domains prospects in Japanese?

My top sale barely made five figures, but I could probably give you reg fee on some of them.

[IDNCowboy]

Even if you held onto a .net for a few years $6 x 5 = $30...

You're telling me you couldn't find anyone to buy a premium .net for a minimum of $30?

Nonsense... just cause people here won't offer you more than that doesn't mean it won't happen.

private selling....

I'm sure you'll get a few hundred for some top top ones. Heck, give it some time and maybe $x,xxx

[jose]

Even if you held onto a .net for a few years $6 x 5 = $30...You're telling me you couldn't find anyone to buy a premium .net for a minimum of $30?


Yes, that's what I am saying.

Thanks for your comments, but please stop saying you still believe in idn.net.

We, the investors, don't think the end users will pay $100 for a premium, or else the secondary market would not be broken and I would get $50 for my .nets.

[IDNCowboy]

Yes, that's what I am saying.

Thanks for your comments, but please stop saying you still believe in idn.net.

We, the investors, don't think the end users will pay $100 for a premium, or else the secondary market would not be broken and I would get $50 for my .nets.

Just wait another year and then it will be gold. I have paid alot for some .net's because I believe there are suckers out there who will eventually pay more

[bramiozo]

Imo, the value of ".com"/".net" will be reshuffled based on the renewed connotation of the extensions. Now ".com" is a brand, it comes with a sound and an image, both will change, so will the strength of the brand it carries. However the ".com" will remain
to exist next to the translations and how the original will fare against the translations, well... this is speculation in a speculative market :) .

For now, .net's are registered 1:10 versus .com and that is more or less represented in the price..above a certain threshold that is and I think the aftermarket for .net doesn't exceed that threshold atm so it looks more grim than it actually is.