More than 400,000 Russian idn.РФ reegistered in first 72 hours.

[bwhhisc]

Landrush in Russia. IDN.рф gets 420,000 registrations in 1st 72 hours.

Source:
http://cctld.ru/ru/press_center/news...il.php?ID=1016

can be translated by putting URL in at google.com/translate

Currently there are 28,000 IDN.рф in auction for those names with more than 1 application.

The IDN.рф auctions are running, here are the top names so far with 7 days of bidding to go.
Highest auction price at the moment is "business" at US $ 330,000. The auction is on day 3 of 10 days...with big numbers expected in last minutes.
The top name "autos" was pulled from the auction (was over $200k at the time) due to a dispute.

To no ones surprise, the Russian registry held back a large amount of top names as well as ALL cities and geo domains.

As of Day 5 (of 10 day) auction (updated 11/18/2010):

Russian--$ bid so far (y.e.)--# of bidders (k.y.)--English translation
телефон.рф 400k Telephone
бизнес.рф $330,000 у.е. 227 к.у. Business
золото.рф 190k Gold
школа.рф $170,015 у.е. 97 к.у. School
вода.рф $135,000 у.е. 135 к.у. water
меха.рф $100,000 у.е. 22 к.у. fur
автомобили.рф $150,000 у.е. 86 к.у. Cars
автомобиль.рф 100k Car
рыбалка.рф $90,000 у.е. 90 к.у. fishing
билеты.рф $72,000 у.е. 131 к.у. Tickets
рыба.рф $41,000 y.e 80 k. y. Fish
аптека.рф $25,005 у.е. 172 к.у. pharmacy
рестораны.рф $25,000 у.е. 43 к.у. Restaurants
сайт.рф $20,005 у.е. 140 к.у. Website
пицца.рф $20,003 у.е. 102 к.у. pizza
адвокаты.рф $16,020 у.е. 77 к.у. lawyers
гостиницы.рф $15,003 у.е. 73 к.у. Hotels
китай.рф $11,285 у.е. 53 к.у. China
игрушки.рф $11,055 у.е. 85 к.у. Toys
сбербанк.рф $10,075 у.е. 79 к.у. savings bank
аукцион.рф $10,015 у.е. 151 к.у. auction
юристы.рф $8,004 у.е. 71 к.у. Lawyers
двери.рф $7,115 у.е. 135 к.у. Door
бухгалтер.рф $7,114 у.е. 62 к.у. accountant
часы.рф $7,045 у.е. 93 к.у. watch
выбор.рф $7,025 у.е. 20 к.у. choice
запчасти.рф $7,005 у.е. 134 к.у. spare parts
йога.рф $6,700 у.е. 59 к.у. yoga
ножи.рф $6,050 у.е. 14 к.у. Knives
услуги.рф $6,050 у.е. 80 к.у. Services
кондиционеры.рф $6,040 у.е. 64 к.у. air conditioners
баня.рф $6,003 у.е. 44 к.у. bath/sauna
фитнес.рф $6,000 у.е. 62 к.у. fitness
магазин.рф $5,050 у.е. 302 к.у. Shop
квартиры.рф $5,035 у.е. 117 к.у. Apartments
выборы.рф $5,005 у.е. 42 к.у. election
игры.рф $4,045 у.е. 184 к.у. Games
рынок.рф $3,514 у.е. 58 к.у. Market
егэ.рф $3,380 у.е. 31 к.у. EGE (abbrev. for college entrance exams)
ломбард.рф $3,365 у.е. 45 к.у. pawnshop
сеть.рф $3,219 у.е. 42 к.у. Network
подарки.рф $3,120 у.е. 143 к.у. Gifts
строительство.рф $3,070 у.е. 113 к.у. Construction
биржа.рф $3,025 у.е. 60 к.у. Exchange
цветы.рф $3,010 у.е. 147 к.у. Flowers
лес.рф $3,005 у.е. 30 к.у. forest
квартира.рф $3,005 у.е. 163 к.у. apartment

[phio]

IDNs are the new wave of domaining. It is clear that once they catch on in places like China and Japan, and the Arabic countries...and Isreal that people with huge amounts of money will be bidding on language specific domain names, just like in Russia today. I heard there are currently 28,000 Russian IDNs currently on auction. Could that really be true?

Question: Did the registry hold back on the oblasts too?

[bwhhisc]

I meant to post this in the "News" section if a Moderator can help to move it over much appreciated.

---------- Post added at 09:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:07 PM ----------

IDNs are the new wave of domaining. It is clear that once they catch on in places like China and Japan, and the Arabic countries...and Isreal that people with huge amounts of money will be bidding on language specific domain names, just like in Russia today. I heard there are currently 28,000 Russian IDNs currently on auction. Could that really be true? Question: Did the registry hold back on the oblasts too?

They are reporting 28,000 auctions; all ofthose pertain to domain names where they had more than 1 registration request.
The biggest auction(s) "autos" had over 400 bidders, "business" has over 200 bidders.

The big action will certainly come on Day 10 in the last few minutes...kinda like many auctions at Snapnames

Right now they are just into Day 3...

Day 4...the Russian press is estimating that IDN.рф landrush will hit $ 150,000,000 in sales.
And a few charges of "insiders" getting special treatment for names. No surprise there. lol

http://internet.cnews.ru/news/top/in...0/11/16/416241

translation of page: enter url into google.com/translate

[tekz999]

китай.рф $11,285 у.е. 53 к.у. China

Epic failed.

[bwhhisc]

китай.рф $11,285 у.е. 53 к.у. China

Epic failed.

Now over 600,000 idn.рф names registered.

That was the bid on Day 3 of the 10 day auction, not the ending price.

[wussadotcom]

Comparing that to the entire population, not that surprising. ^^

[Profithost]

Incredible amounts, but this will go into the 10s of millions soon.

[memmst]

Incredible amounts, but this will go into the 10s of millions soon.

Why do you think so?