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Old 10-09-2006, 01:40 AM
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Default do you know why Al3ab.com banked $5,100 at dnjournal

it is the pronounciation of games in arabic .....

العاب or ألعاب

The OVT for al3ab is only 97

I guess the buyer haven't heard of IDNs yet
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Old 10-09-2006, 08:20 AM
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it is the pronounciation of games in arabic .....

العاب or ألعاب

The OVT for al3ab is only 97

I guess the buyer haven't heard of IDNs yet
this is all too common a story :banghead:. either we are all bonkers, or these buyers as you say are clueless.
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Old 10-09-2006, 09:10 AM
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Yeh, i'm still waiting for my christmas presents. Wassi??
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Old 10-09-2006, 09:30 AM
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Gee doesn't get this. I don't get this. How many other people just don't understand the meaning of this domain?

It is only going to be valuabel if it is intuitive. If not it is an utter waste of $5K.
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Old 10-09-2006, 12:00 PM
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arab used to chat and type arabic in english letters because many arab abroad don't have arabic keyboards

and the arabic letters which don't have an english equivalent in pronounciation are substituted with english numbers like the third letter here

a ا
l ل
3 ع
a ا
b ب

and because IDNs weren't available arab used to register and sell these kind of domains

and all arabic domains forums are full of such names

for example check this new list for sale
http://www.nameclub.com/forum14/thread996.html#post2562

there are tons of them ......

can you imagine that arab still registering these names instead of IDNs
someone just registered http://3rb.mobi

I think all these names will be invaluable in the near future and IDNs will be the end result
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Old 10-09-2006, 12:04 PM
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also I forget to say that one of the most popular arabic website using this kind of names

6rb.com
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Sorry to be pedantic, but invaluable does not mean valueless, it actually means of too much value to able to determine the value. English can be a bizarre language.

invaluable definition
adj.
Of inestimable value; priceless: invaluable paintings; invaluable help.
invaluable synonyms
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Of great value: costly, inestimable, precious, priceless, valuable, worthy. Idioms: beyond price, of great price. See value

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