REPRESENTATION: The attack on IDNs.

Tables have turned, mounting an attack on IDNs. Usually it's the other way around:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDN_homograph_attack

These kind of domains are generally cumbersome to use but implemented as they are meant they can be handy for those wanting their native tongue displayed.

This is mainly an investing platform, and founded on interests towards legacy ccTLDs and .com, .org and. net extensions so there will be natural bias pro those.

Real world usage combined with consistent sale throughput can change minds but as much as we say we are "looking out for newcomers" I have definitely seen a pattern of we are "looking out for our own interests" unfortunately.

There are a few fellow experienced investors here that are an exception, they do have an open mind regardless of whether or not it is a vested interest and look at nuances like merits and outliers and accept that these are ok for the domain in question and could be applied on a larger scale. You have to be realistic though, and I think that is what these respected investors try to impart.

Personally I've always kept an open mind, IDNs are no exception, but throughout the years the realization hits that, in an investing sense, potential and merit in special use domains does not equate a promise of return.

I've given up a TON of, in my eyes, spectacular, niche names across all spectrums only because reaching the one buyer is like looking for a needle in a haystack. And to those whom have acquired the names after me, all the best to you it is actually cool to see.

The domain industry is largely unregulated, things like quality control and pricing are arbitrary and sales may be done in complete secrecy, thus the need for us individual investors to keep what's seen as a "firm hand" on what we know works. Skepticism is to be expected in areas that have underperformed in the past, and new introductions that may or may not produce the results they promise.