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It has been reported that while IDNs are more "user friendly" to users of native languages, it causes;
Trademark/Intellectual Property nightmares
It will be very costly and a extremely complex process for corporations to protect the multifold variations available on the IDN platform.
Phishing nightmares
As reported by shmoo.com and elsewhere. Visually, can be impossible to tell. Even if there is a squiggle on top of a letter, many people may just think its a speck of dirt on their computer screens.
Buyer-seller nightmares
Some unscrupulous sellers may sell a sweet looking "portfolio" comprising a mix of both unicode and punycode domains making it more difficult to check, and the buyer in his excitement of a "great deal" may only realise this once the sale is completed. The seller may turn around and say, well this is a "package"
As domainers, how do you see IDNs in context to your domain acquisition strategies, good or bad, god sent or hell spawned?
Personally, I will be avoiding IDNs. I prefer to be UNI, not PUNY. :sold:
Trademark/Intellectual Property nightmares
It will be very costly and a extremely complex process for corporations to protect the multifold variations available on the IDN platform.
Phishing nightmares
As reported by shmoo.com and elsewhere. Visually, can be impossible to tell. Even if there is a squiggle on top of a letter, many people may just think its a speck of dirt on their computer screens.
Buyer-seller nightmares
Some unscrupulous sellers may sell a sweet looking "portfolio" comprising a mix of both unicode and punycode domains making it more difficult to check, and the buyer in his excitement of a "great deal" may only realise this once the sale is completed. The seller may turn around and say, well this is a "package"
As domainers, how do you see IDNs in context to your domain acquisition strategies, good or bad, god sent or hell spawned?
Personally, I will be avoiding IDNs. I prefer to be UNI, not PUNY. :sold: