Arabic IDN market

[Wzhxvy]

Hello,

Looking for some stats on the arabic IDN .com market. Does anyone have any stats as to total registrations ? Any links to recents arabic IDN sales ?

 

[fab]

I just started researching this as well, and purchased my first and planning on purchasing a few more. Seems like there is a lot of potential.

 

[Wzhxvy]

If you find anything fab, let me know. I have a few nice ones but also curious to total number registered. You should google some of the generic terms...some nice results ! But in terms of traffic so far...nothing !

 

[dnol]

who has a video about Arabs surf on net?
I am not sure whether there are many people surf on internet in hot whether

 

[Wzhxvy]

Thanks dnol that was very helpful !

 

[dnol]

Saudi internet rules, 2001



Council of Ministers Resolution
12 February 2001


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All Internet users in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia shall refrain from publishing or accessing data containing some of the following:

Anything contravening a fundamental principle or legislation, or infringing the sanctity of Islam and its benevolent Shari’ah, or breaching public decency.

Anything contrary to the state or its system.

Reports or news damaging to the Saudi Arabian armed forces, without the approval of the competent authorities.

Publication of official state laws, agreements or statements before they are officially made public, unless approved by the competent authorities.

Anything damaging to the dignity of heads of states or heads of credited diplomatic missions in the Kingdom, or harms relations with those countries.

Any false information ascribed to state officials or those of private or public domestic institutions and bodies, liable to cause them or their offices harm, or damage their integrity.

The propagation of subversive ideas or the disruption of public order or disputes among citizens.

Anything liable to promote or incite crime, or advocate violence against others in any shape or form.

Any slanderous or libellous material against individuals.

Furthermore, certain trade directives stipulate that all companies, organisations and individuals benefiting from the service shall observe the following:

Not to carry out any activity through the internet, such as selling, advertising, or recruitment, except in accordance with the commercial licenses and registers in force.

Not to carry out any financial investment activity or offer shares for subscription, except when in possession of the necessary licenses to do so.

Not to promote or sell medicines or foodstuff carrying any medicinal claims, or cosmetics, except those registered and approved by the Ministry of Health.

Not to advertise or promote or sell substances covered by other international agreements to which the Kingdom is a party, except for those with the necessary licenses.

Not to advertise trade fairs or organise trade delegations visits or tourist tours or trade directories except with the necessary licences.

All private and government departments, and individuals, setting up websites or publishing files or pages, shall observe and ensure the following:

Respect commercial and information convention.

Approval of government authorities for setting up websites or publishing files or pages for or about themselves.

Approval of the Ministry of Information for setting up of media-type websites which publish news on regular basis, such as newspapers, magazines and books.

Good taste in the design of websites and pages.

Effective protection of data on websites and pages.

All government and private bodies, and individuals shall take full responsibility for their websites and pages, and the information contained therein.

The Resolution refers to a set of regulatory and technical procedures aimed at ensuring the safety of the constituents of the national network (the internet inside the Kingdom) through effective programming and mechanical means. These include the following:

Service providers shall determine internet access eligibility through access accounts, user identification and effective passwords for the use of the access point or subsequent points and linking that through tracing and investigation programmes that record the time spent, addresses accessed or to which or through which access was attempted, and the size and type of files copied, whenever possible or necessary.

The use of anti-virus programmes and protection against concealing addresses or printing passwords and files.

Endeavour to avoid errors in applications that may provide loopholes that may be exploited for subversive activities or to obtain data not permitted for use for whatever reason.

Restriction of the provision of internet services to the end-user through the internet service unit at King Abdulaziz city for sciences and technology.

Keep a manual and electronic register with comprehensive information on end-users, their addresses, telephone numbers, purpose of use, and private internet access accounts, and provide the authorities with a copy thereof, if necessary.

Not to publish any printed directories containing subscribers’ and end-users’ names and addresses, without their agreement.

Hello,

Looking for some stats on the arabic IDN .com market. Does anyone have any stats as to total registrations ? Any links to recents arabic IDN sales ?

Less than four per cent of people in the Arab world are internet users, according to ITU data. The penetration rate is just 3.7% - in a region with an 8.59% penetration in landline subscribers, and 14.51% in mobile subscribers.

who has a video about Arabs surf on net?
I am not sure whether there are many people surf on internet in hot whether

http://www.ameinfo.com/images/news/7/22807-arab_laptop.jpg

 

[bwhhisc]

I just started researching this as well, and purchased my first and planning on purchasing a few more. Seems like there is a lot of potential.

Arabic .com are going to be huge, because those are the domains that will "cover" the entire Arabic world. When ICANN releases idn.idn those will be done country by country and most likely be more regionalized. There is a lot of feeling that .net will also do well for Arabic IDNS, currently some of the major new agencies etc are .net (like al jazeera)

http://aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F06E0D8B-BE98-445A-9752-8E7EA9DAD30F.htm

 

[theinvestor]

Arabic IDN's are only a dream...this is a waste of an investment. Why bother invest in this when there are better places to put your money?

The growth is too slow......but good luck.

 

[Gee]

check the link in my signature for more info about arabic IDNs

here is a link to arabic internet users stats
http://www.xn--mgb5a8an.com/article31.htm

about number of registered arabic IDNs:
last stats at 2007 there were more than 35,000 arabic IDN registered as per ICANN

let me know if you need any help ... I am arabic native

regards
Gee

 

[memmst]

Arabic IDN's are only a dream...this is a waste of an investment. Why bother invest in this when there are better places to put your money?

The growth is too slow......but good luck.

What can you recommend that you feel is a better investment?
Thanks.

 

[DNWizardX9]

buying a name for $7 two years ago and flipping for a few thousand dollars now? ;-)

what other investments are there right now that has that flow?

 

[theinvestor]

35,000 arabic idn's ...wow!! now i am convinced!


memmst, the investments that contain strong growth and low speculation are obvious with little research.

 

[Gee]

35,000 arabic idn's ...wow!! now i am convinced!
memmst, the investments that contain strong growth and low speculation are obvious with little research.

good you are convinced but put into your consideration that it is a longterm investment

 

[Wzhxvy]

I see the potential but do you guys know what is happening with IDN.IDN...so will they be mapping .com to ".com in arabic" ??? Are there any stats on % of arabic keyboards sold ? I am definetly investing in .com/.net extensions.

 

[memmst]

I see the potential but do you guys know what is happening with IDN.IDN...so will they be mapping .com to ".com in arabic" ???

If 1+1=2 it should happen next year, all indications show that mapping is the desired end result. we should have more concrete information once the Cairo meetings are over.
ICANN Did confirm it wants for both gTLD and ccTLD to run parallel.

For those wanting to read more on DNAME, the proposal for mapping from Verisign:

http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/proposal-dname-equivalence-mapping-tld-12dec05.pdf

In addition, Verisign recently announced it is going to extend SSL security to idn's:

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0425678.htm

Basically, if you own домен.com (Domain .com in Russian), Once aliased, users will arrive at your site either by typing домен.com or the aliased domain 100% in the native language домен.ком

Ignorance is bliss.

 

[phio]

I've been getting moderate type in traffic on a few of my arabic IDNs

 

[stbmax]

تداول-العملات.com

Currency Circulation

Last Month At Namedrive

90 Uniques

 

[bwhhisc]

Arabic IDN's are only a dream...this is a waste of an investment. Why bother invest in this when there are better places to put your money?
The growth is too slow......but good luck.

In a nutshell, the "problem" has been lack of browser support for IDNs. It is only with the recent release (in Asia and many Arabic countries) with IE7 that computers will now resolve the various 100+ scripts.

At this point the penetration of IE7 is probably 15- 20% in Arabic countries and maybe 20- 30% in Asia. When those numbers reach critical mass which should happen in the next 18 months advertisers will begin to use IDNs to reach their markets. Top that off with the planned idn.idn release by ICANN in 2009 and their is going to be a huge amount of publicity to boot.

You have to remember....85% of the world does not read English so IDNs were created for "the rest of the world". They are advertising agencies dream tickets once their are a mass of computers to resolve the IDNs once typed in.

If you are willing to invest and hold for another year or two, you might get some surprising return on your investment. Good generic names can still be had for xxx, and there is still some good stuff at reg fee in some of the secondary languages.

 

[Wzhxvy]

Any new developments in the Arabic IDN market ? I have been noticing an increase in traffic on some of my domains...

 

[khattaf]

well the arabic market is so slow regarding growth .. one of the highest domains sold was arab.com 191k