車選び.com puts their IDN domain in use finally.
After about a year of contacting them they finally got their domain up.
The site is branded with the Japanese characters & unfortunately when I started in IDNs I registered the IDN cause it came up in overture keyword tool.
Afterwards I realized if I dropped the domain they would never be able to use it.
So I kept conversating with ValueCommerce to put me in contact with someone there so I can give (YES GIVE) them the domain. All I wanted was for them to actively use it.
So right now it seems they have built a site around the IDN.
These are smart folks & 車選び.com has become an example for IDN Developers.
Right but what we would like to see is the site 100% based on the IDN… Not linking to the ascii site. The redesign is nice…
Well they are just beginning to get familiar with using an IDN. That was part of our agreement when I gave them the domain. They can’t let go of their main site but they they are testing the strength of the IDN. Smart development is done in phases.