IDNs with characters such as $

[NameTower]

I'm not sure about this, but I was under the impression that you could register IDNs like make$.com

Is this incorrect?

If it's not, how would I go about registering a name like that?

Please clarify, I would really appreciate it.

Thanks.
- Jordan

[Unregistered]

Hi Jordan,

Yes it can be reg'd in form of e.g. "赚$", but I did a search

Simpified Chinese - 赚$, 赚$$
Traditional Chinese - 賺$, 賺$$

All gone!

[NameTower]

Hi Jordan,

Yes it can be reg'd in form of e.g. "赚$", but I did a search

Simpified Chinese - 赚$, 赚$$
Traditional Chinese - 賺$, 賺$$

All gone!

Let me clarify my question.

if it was available I could register make$.com?

and Joe Blow from the U.S. could type in his american keyboard make$.com and it would work in their IE7 browser?

Thanks.
- Jordan

[tekz999]

I dont think so. make is an english word, its not an IDN. $ only works with IDN names I think.

[DNWizardX9]

Let me clarify my question.

if it was available I could register make$.com?

and Joe Blow from the U.S. could type in his american keyboard make$.com and it would work in their IE7 browser?

Thanks.
- Jordan

yes you could but it would be a waste of reg fee as ppl aren't likely to type it in.

[NameTower]

yes you could but it would be a waste of reg fee as ppl aren't likely to type it in.

I understand.
But if I wanted to, where would I begin?

I tried idotz.net here:
http://idotz.net/idn/

I typed in make$

and it showed the whois for make.com

I really appreciate the help.

Thanks,
- Jordan

[Named]

$ does not satisfy STD3 ASCII rules.

See http://www-950.ibm.com/software/glob...?t=%24&x=0&y=0

Also see RFC 3987 http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3987.txt

reserved = gen-delims / sub-delims
gen-delims = ":" / "/" / "?" / "#" / "[" / "]" / "@"
sub-delims = "!" / "$" / "&" / "'" / "(" / ")"
/ "*" / "+" / "," / ";" / "="

Reserved characters are not allowed in domain names.

[richard]

Jordan

ICANN have not released the $ symbol,
and it is likely they will never do so; and
so names like make$.com are not possible.

Other currency symbols, however, have
been released; I think Matt (Dillpup?) is the
best one to ask about exactly which ones
have been released, but then I guess 'cute
words' may not look quite so cute in a
(possibly unfamiliar) other currency.

.biz, I believe, allow the $ symbol in their
domains...

All the best,

Richard

[Named]

.biz, I believe, allow the $ symbol in their
domains...

$ is against the standards for any kind of domain name. Period. There is a very limited set of allowed characters, which is why we have to use xn-- encoding. Other currency symbols weren't "released", they simply became possible to register due to the IDN implementation, as they could be encoded in xn-- format.

[richard]

MY apologies Jordan, I meant to say .bz
(visit http://www.belizenic.bz, to find out
more).

Regards

Richard

[B3n]

You cannot register domains with "$", but you can with other currency symbols such as "£" or "€".