Not allowing me to register an IDN

[(_Y_)Man]

anyone know why? Do i have to change something?

 

[thefabfive]

Who exactly is not allowing IDN registeration? Some registrars don't do IDNs right now. Which one are you using?

 

[dillpupp]

Is it a Japanese or Chinese registration? The IDN you're trying to register may be the victim of Character Blocking,meaning an extremely similar domain in Chinese/Japanese is previously registered.
They block a domain if it's too similar to avoid confusion.

 

[(_Y_)Man]

yea I think thats the case dillpupp, I tried 2 registrars and they both said it was available in .com and taken in .cn and .net but it wouldnt let me

 

[none]

The variant check is performed at the registry level unfortunately. The registrars can't check availability until they try to register the IDN in question (and charge you!).

If you're looking at registering simplified Chinese, the variant can be either traditional Chinese or Japanese Kanji.

 

[taboo]

Even though the registar will detect no whois for that particular string someone else still has registered a simular or identicle string of characters in the native text (unicode). And the central registry bars the registration of code variants. So try not to get too excited when you see a great IDN showing as available. Before I knew this information I tried for maybe an hour trying to register 衛星.com (satellite.com)

 

[(_Y_)Man]

lol, I got excited and tried to register entertainment.com (simple chinese) about 100 times

 

[Rubber DuckRubber Duck is verified member.]

In commercial term its probably a bit futile, but you can check this out. If you go to the chararcter dictionary at www.MDBG.net you can get the equivalent Traditional/Simplified characters. If you then reformulate your request with these variants, it should show that the domain has been taken. At least trying this a few time would help convince you that your registrar is giving it to you as it is!