Thank you for your answer Biggie. Actually, I have a domain name which is fully Chinese(its extension too), very short and, generic also. But I have some troubles about its value, actually its value in the future. Well, I think I'll keep it. Because I like it, and I'm hopeful of it.
Its value would only be local to China and people who speak that language, not to the rest of the world, ie the French, Spanish, and English speaking people. Now, Chinese is the largest language on earth, so that is not necessarily a bad thing, but it is still not used worldwide.
I completely agree with you. As a matter of fact, first reason of the why I choose this way is the population of China and its growing "online" population. I can also choose traditional domain names(like .com, .net). But, there are not generic names in English, everything is taken, right? That's my second, strong reason, why I prefer Chinese.
You can check if the IDN .com is available, and if it is available, register it, if not, buy it from the owner.
Actually, I'm not sure is it legal or illegal to register IDN domain names. For example, in Turkey, there is a site, its name is mackolik.com and it publishes sports news and live score service for its users. And, in Turkish, word "maç" has the same meaning with the word "match" in English. For the Turkish letter "ç", if I'll register a IDN domain name that is "maçkolik.com", I think I commited a copyright crime. Am I wrong?
Your thoughts are source of motivation for me and, I agree with you.
It is legal. You can get IDNs like mine, เมล์.com ("Mail".com in Thai) โรงแรม-หัวหิน.com - "hotels in [location]"
Its sounds good but, IDN versions of the English generic domain names are taken. So, there is no difference. And, as far as I can see, most of these IDNs are using for the parking return. I guess, I will continue to buy domain names written entirely in Chinese, for the future decade.
First that type of issue might run into trademarks but unless the website is copied, I would not see a copyright issue.
