Trouble Registering...

[Ubiquitous]

I tried to register a few IDN's at domainsite.com and it was unsuccessful, although I know the names are not taken already. Has anyone encountered similar problems before at domainsite.com? Is there another IDN registrar that anyone might recommend I try?

Thanks ~ :huh:

[jdk]

What message are you receiving?

[Ubiquitous]

What message are you receiving?

ERROR
We were unable to process your order. Please contact support at support@domainsite.com regarding this issue and include all information included on this page. (1)

I tried through paypal and a credit card... no dice. :greensighw:

[jdk]

Interesting. Try emailing them and see what they say, I've never tried to register an IDN. Just for my knowledge, when registering do you check the punycode to see if available and register using that?

[Ubiquitous]

Interesting. Try emailing them and see what they say, I've never tried to register an IDN. Just for my knowledge, when registering do you check the punycode to see if available and register using that?

Unfortunately the tech support is gone for the weekend...

I checked both versions, the punycode and regular xx--xxxxxx and it says it's available to register, so I have no clue as to why it's acting up like that. I wish I knew of another decent registrar to try though. If you have any suggestions please let me know.

Thanks ~ :greenuhoh:

Ok figured it out...

It's obvious a "variant" already exists... It's more of a chore trying to find one of these domains than a .com, etc.

[dnbeginner]

If it's Chinese, you may find that the traditional variant has been taken which (afaik) prevents the simplified variant being registered - but it then appears as though the simplified variant is still available. (Or vice versa.)

[edited to add - doh - reading your last post you'd already spotted this. I've only seen it with Chinese but I assume it applies to other languages also?]

[domainstosell]

It happens on Chinese and Japanese for sure... I don't think it is much of an issue on other languages.

[Paddy]

I tried to register a few IDN's at domainsite.com and it was unsuccessful, although I know the names are not taken already. Has anyone encountered similar problems before at domainsite.com? Is there another IDN registrar that anyone might recommend I try?

Thanks ~ :huh:

Dynadot

[falco85]

There are many IDNs that though being free cannot be registered. That's because they are blocked by the registrars. For instance, this is the Chinese case. Chinese language can be of two forms: simplified or traditional. The registrar did that if a name is registered in the simplified form, cannot be registered in the traditional one, and viceversa. This applies to other languages as well.

Another reason because the reg was unsuccessful it was because you have not set the IDN tag correctly. When registering an IDN, you must declare which IDN is it, of which language.

Hope this helps