Searching for a domain is never easy. Especially if you are looking for domain names in the coveted .com space. We have seen an explosion of non .com domains that the ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) organization has made available. More recently ICANN has announced that it would start to support internationalized domain names.
Round one, hoards of people bought domain names that even remotely meant something to simply squat on it in the hopes of selling it at a premium and it mostly worked. When ICANN then released new generic top level domains (gTLDs), like .info, .me, etc people still flocked to buy names in the hopes of selling it back for a premium. Now domain names are being internationalized, once again people will rush in to register the common names in various languages in the hopes of selling it at a premium later on. It’s bound to work on the most obvious names. However, there will be very many internationalized names registered mostly by squatters, and this time there won’t be many offering a premium. Nonetheless it will be good money in the coffers of ICANN and domain registration companies.
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Haves Vs. Have Nots: Internationalized Domain Names
Searching for a domain is never easy. Especially if you are looking for domain names in the coveted .com space. We have seen an explosion of non .com domains that the ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) organization has made available. More recently ICANN has announced that it would start to support internationalized domain names.
Round one, hoards of people bought domain names that even remotely meant something to simply squat on it in the hopes of selling it at a premium and it mostly worked. When ICANN then released new generic top level domains (gTLDs), like .info, .me, etc people still flocked to buy names in the hopes of selling it back for a premium. Now domain names are being internationalized, once again people will rush in to register the common names in various languages in the hopes of selling it at a premium later on. It’s bound to work on the most obvious names. However, there will be very many internationalized names registered mostly by squatters, and this time there won’t be many offering a premium. Nonetheless it will be good money in the coffers of ICANN and domain registration companies.
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