Available or not?

[Coward]

There's a .com chinese symbol IDN that I'm trying to register.

I've checked the whois (at idnwhois.org), and it says that this domain is available.
When I search for it on Dynadot.com though I'm told that it's taken.

Do you know another idn registrar, (that accepts paypal), that I could try to register this name through?
Do you know of a 100% accurate whois search for IDNS that I could use to establish whether it's registered or not?

Thankyou!

 

[memmst]

It is possible that one version is registered (simplified i.e) so that would show you the traditional version as avail. but it can't be registered (variant error).

 

[Coward]

Ah, right... Thanks.
That must be it.

The name I was trying to register was [SIZE=-1]点.com



Oh, one other thing,
Do you know of a cheaper place to register IDN.cn than Dynadot?

Ta.
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[memmst]

Not sure.
You should use the various idn specific forums. A lot of good info there and people speaking all kinds of weird languages.