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Discussion in 'Domains' started by broke-r, Jun 17, 2006.

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    broke-r, Jun 17, 2006 IP
  2. Rezo

    Rezo Well-Known Member

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    #2
    LOL, sorry seller but do you try to fake us. Oil.com is an old site and it still exists
     
    Rezo, Jun 17, 2006 IP
  3. broke-r

    broke-r Peon

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    #3
    Hi Rezo,

    Please -carefully- read what I am writing above, as well as in the item description of my auction, as I'm not trying to fake (or scam) anyone.

    I'm clearly writing that oil.com is an internationalised domain name, which happens to look like exactly like oil.com.

    No offense, but if you don't know what an idn is, it is not my fault...
     
    broke-r, Jun 17, 2006 IP
  4. terryuk

    terryuk Notable Member

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    #4
    Hmm im confused..
     
    terryuk, Jun 17, 2006 IP
  5. ahkip

    ahkip Prominent Member

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    #5
    that's an IDN...which most ppl donno what the is that

    and IDN of oil.com is useless, that's why no one bid on it


    and broke -r you posted in wrong board, this should belong to buy sell trade
     
    ahkip, Jun 17, 2006 IP
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  6. broke-r

    broke-r Peon

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    #6
    SUMMARY OF THE ACTUAL PM I'VE SENT TO ahkip A FEW MINUTES AGO:

    ahkip, with all respect, could you please edit your post? You are trashing my *sale* thread! If you want you can keep all your comments except the one that you're saying that "this domain is useless and that's why noone bid on it". This is your opinion, which I respect (so don't bid), but let others decide on their own!
    I repeat, this is a sales thread and not a thread for regular domain name discussion debating idn domains. So, I kindly ask you to show some professionalism and edit your post.
    As for the board, my thread is in the appropriate one, since "domains" board is a sub-category of "buy-sell-trade".

    Thanks.

    P.S. If you want you can pm me to discuss-debate it further or you can start a new thread regarding idn domains.

    Also, your post has been reported to DP mods.
     
    broke-r, Jun 17, 2006 IP
  7. anonymousdave

    anonymousdave Guest

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    #7
    so if I am understanding this thing correctly, you are actually selling the word oil in another language as a .com domain that shows up/translates as oil.com with this plugin, yes? If so, what language? Or do i have this wrong?
     
    anonymousdave, Jun 17, 2006 IP
  8. fryman

    fryman Kiss my rep

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    #8
    Seems that ahkip is right
     
    fryman, Jun 17, 2006 IP
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    RectangleMan Notable Member

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    #9
    What language is the puny code in? Many of you posting are rather clueless about IDN's and I suggest you start reading up on them before commenting further.
     
    RectangleMan, Jun 17, 2006 IP
  10. ahkip

    ahkip Prominent Member

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    #10
    if you have start you post as xn--il-ibc.com(oil.com), i would not put any comment.

    The reason i post is that there are many ppl have no idea what IDN is, and end up paying money for something for thing that they didn't bid for.

    The only purpose of my post is to protect my fellow DP user and also your name. If the sales turn out ugly, you reputation will be hurt and that's not what you wanted, right?

    BTW, thx for call me fat boy, i am currently on a hard diet to kick off some weigt, and that shout gave me lotz of motivation - 50 push up for that..
     
    ahkip, Jun 17, 2006 IP
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  11. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    #11
    I nearly wet myself when I saw oil.com in the thread title.

    And yes, my ignorance of IDN is glaring.

    How on earth will the browsers know if I type in http://www.oil.com/ if I want http://www.oil.com or http://www.xn--il-ibc.com?

    Obviously they have it sussed but I suspect it will depend on the language settings of my browser. I couldn't, quickly, find an explanation. Can you help me out?
     
    sarahk, Jun 17, 2006 IP
  12. mcfox

    mcfox Wind Maker

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    #12
    Broke-r - what language does that translate from? What unicode letters? Is that the right way of asking about the IDN system? :confused:
     
    mcfox, Jun 17, 2006 IP
  13. ahkip

    ahkip Prominent Member

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    #13
    ahkip, Jun 17, 2006 IP
  14. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    #14
    That's really, really important information to have upfront in a sale like this.

    I may be happy that I can't see it if my target market is in the country where the domain will be valuable. broke-r hasn't given us the information to allow an informed decision.

    Perhaps broke-r is inexperienced at pitches because this domain is awesome - you just need to understand how to use it. As it stands it comes across as a scam. Shame.
     
    sarahk, Jun 17, 2006 IP
  15. RectangleMan

    RectangleMan Notable Member

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    #15
    Yes this is the correct question.


    Also the way this works is that people in other countries that do not speak english have keyboards with characters from their own language.

    Example: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/its/facilities/pc/keyboards.shtml

    Now let's say a person in their native tongue wanted to visit a site with one of these special characters that's not in English...previously they couldn't! Before the introduction of IDN names only English character domains were registerable. IDN's use PUNY code which some browsers (Opera) understand. Firefox has a plugin for IDN's and the big news is that IE7 will have native support for them.

    The big question when looking at IDN names is what language is it from. Also in that language does the word translate well. Say it's using a swedish character...if no one in sweden is going to type oil.com then the name won't do very well.

    IDN's present a giant opportunity for domainers.

    Anyways...if you found my post helpful and informative I would appreciate some green rep. :)
     
    RectangleMan, Jun 18, 2006 IP
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    ahkip Prominent Member

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    #16
    after 1000 post, you still didn't figure this out
     
    ahkip, Jun 18, 2006 IP
  17. RectangleMan

    RectangleMan Notable Member

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    #17
    So give me a red rep then?...I am certainly gonna give you one for being rude.
     
    RectangleMan, Jun 18, 2006 IP
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