Those Weird Characters

[Taylor Hewitt]

I was wondering if somebody could fill me in on those weird characters I see in domains sometimes. I had no idea it was even possible to register a domain with anything other than numbers, letters or dashes.

[Jerlene]

They're called IDNs(internationalized domain names).

[Taylor Hewitt]

Can you register them anywhere? Like even GoDaddy or NameCheap?

[Jerlene]

eNom
Moniker
Dreamhost
and more.

[Taylor Hewitt]

Hmm... if you implement one into your domain it probably wouldn't be worth much right?

[Brandon]

Do you mind posting an example of one?

Thanks
Brandon

[Jerlene]

Not as much as just a regular ol' English domain but depending on the length and keywords it could be worth a good amount of money.

[Taylor Hewitt]

I'm not sure where I could get one as I don't see them that often Brandon and I don't have any weird characters on my keyboard either. Jerlene you got any idea or an example?

[Jerlene]

Example of an IDNs: Bücher.com

[Taylor Hewitt]

I can almost guarantee that most of those wouldn't get type-in traffic though so that's one reason why they probably wouldn't get a lot if you sold it.

[Jerlene]

Search the web for these characters, copy and paste them into the form when registering the domain and voila.
Luckily, my keyboard has these characters.

[Taylor Hewitt]

LOL I would love to see a pic of your keyboard. Take one just for me?

[Jerlene]

Oh yah. You will definitely not get as much type in traffic. If the site is in another language, as that what the original intention of this was, you'd get a good amount of type ins.

[Jerlene]

Ugh. That'd be a hassle.

[Miss Miaow]

Originally Posted by Jerlene

Example of an IDNs: Bücher.com

So, this one is totally different from just Bucher.com?

[M Nabil]

They are domains in other languages like Arabic, They only came out lately, all premium Arabic domains are already taken and they are worth alot.