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First Internationalized Version of .com in Japanese script is now Open For Registration!

Verisign (the registry for .com) has applied and are now offering registration in .com in Japanese script via accredited registrars. It is estimated that 95 percent of the population in Japan are using internet every day. This new extension enabling Japanese internet users to navigate the web in their native scripts.

.コム gives individuals and companies the ability to connect with audiences in their preferred language. It also helps enable global brands to maintain a consistent brand identity.

But this is just the start!

 

Verisign has applied for the following IDN transliterations of .com and .net in foreign languages:

 

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At the moment: .コム (.com in japanese) has been fully launched and .닷컴 (.COM in korean) and .닷넷 (.NET in korean) are in sunrise phase to be fully launched for everyone in the end of August.

There are also a “Priority Access Program” meaning that if you already have .COM you can register your own transliteration of .COM or .NET before it goes into general availability and before everyone else.

By enabling more end users to navigate the Internet in scripts representing their native language and more companies to maintain a common brand identity across many scripts, IDNs have the potential to make the Internet more accessible and thus usable to end users around the world.

 

These new extensions will be released continuously and Domaininfo will carry them all.

Do not miss your chance to boost your sale and marketing for a low fee by getting these new exiting top level domains.

Put in you order at www.domaininfo.com or contact us at support@domaininfo.com or +46.317202010

 

 

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