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    Why so few Japanese domainers?

    I'm currently working on learning Japanese. No particular reason at all, other than that I admire the Japanese culture and language (mostly because of video games and anime ), so I've always wanted to learn the language. I've started learning to read and write Katakana, going to start working on Hiragana as soon as I'm done with the Katakana.

    Eh, so, .. I talk to and do business with a lot of Chinese domainers all the time, but I don't think I've been involved with any Japanese domainers yet. Why is that? Are there none?

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    Perhaps the .jp extension is handled so badly they think it's the same everywhere
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    Quote Originally Posted by katherine View Post
    Perhaps the .jp extension is handled so badly they think it's the same everywhere
    Maybe that's why. I also read an article about Japanese mostly using search engines (instead of typing in URLs) to reach websites.

    But come on, there must be at least one Japanese domainer here on DNF?! ..

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    There are actually several.

    Jonathan comes to mind. I can not remember what his user name is. Does not post much.

    I think it is MobileDomainer, but I am not sure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Doc Com View Post
    There are actually several.

    Jonathan comes to mind. I can not remember what his user name is. Does not post much.

    I think it is MobileDomainer, but I am not sure.
    Ah, Jonathan. I remember the name and you're right. I don't remember his username either but I know I've done biz with him in the past.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pcproffenno View Post
    Ah, Jonathan. I remember the name and you're right. I don't remember his username either but I know I've done biz with him in the past.
    I believe he may be an american living in Japan.

    There are a couple others (instead of several) but I can not recall who they are.

    For the record, .jp is extremely successful and preferred in Japan and they also like (egad! say it ain't so) .mobi

    As for more Chinese vs. Japanese members...well, you're looking at over 1.6 billion Chinese to 127 million Japanese, or about 13:1 ratio.
    Last edited by Gerry; 02-09-2011 at 09:01 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Doc Com View Post
    I believe he may be an american living in Japan.

    There are a couple others (instead of several) but I can not recall who they are.

    For the record, .jp is extremely successful and preferred in Japan and they also like (egad! say it ain't so) .mobi

    As for more Chinese vs. Japanese members...well, you're looking at over 1.6 billion Chinese to 127 million Japanese, or about 13:1 ratio.
    Hehe, when you say it that way.. Anyways, out of 127 million people, I think at least a handful of them should have landed here on DNF.

    BTW, what's .mobi? An anime?

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    toho and mohno come to mind, not here anymore I believe
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    Quote Originally Posted by pcproffenno View Post
    BTW, what's .mobi? An anime?
    Hey, that's not a bad idea!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Doc Com View Post
    For the record, .jp is extremely successful and preferred in Japan
    Ratio of domains per capita is not quite high:
    Cumulative total of Registration of JP Domain Names (2011/02/01 Total: 1202256)
    http://jprs.co.jp/en/stat/
    Quote Originally Posted by Doc Com View Post
    and they also like (egad! say it ain't so) .mobi
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