"New" Domain Scam on eBay - GoFuckYourself.com

minusonebit · 12-08-2006, 07:18 PM

I swear, there is a scam born every minute on eBay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/SOS-COM-Three-3-...QQcmdZViewItem

GooSearch · 12-08-2006, 07:23 PM

ain't that some shit...

IncaD · 12-08-2006, 07:26 PM

what's all this IDN stuff about?

HighSociety · 12-08-2006, 07:30 PM

here is a quote from the auction
"Have you watched Matrix, the movie? You know... nothing is at it seems! Well, the same applies to domain names."

hahaha

fuzzylogic · 12-08-2006, 07:47 PM

yo, seems like a steal. i'll pay $4 to have someone add "sos.com" between title tags.

uno · 12-08-2006, 09:12 PM

ROFL. Do people really fall for that shit?

I guess not seeing the high bids on his other idn names.

Pleasurepays · 12-08-2006, 09:17 PM

the guy who sold the ringtone landing page for $10,000.00 based on several months revenue was the best. that was very funny... and creative.

uno · 12-08-2006, 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pleasurepays

the guy who sold the ringtone landing page for $10,000.00 based on several months revenue was the best. that was very funny... and creative.

Know any good ringtone sponsors?

madawgz · 12-08-2006, 10:40 PM

hmmm i need some time to read all that shit? im guessing he doesnt own sos.com

Jon Clark - BANNED FOR LIFE · 12-08-2006, 11:23 PM

how is it a scam??????

sicone · 12-08-2006, 11:54 PM

I dont get it

DigitalPimp · 12-08-2006, 11:56 PM

as retarded as it sounds I think he is trying to sell some cheap ass domain, xn--ss-jbc.com, saying that it redirects to sos.com when it just shows sos.com in the title and top of the page the cheap domain redirects to.

TonyB · 12-09-2006, 12:00 AM

You people are clueless.

rowan · 12-09-2006, 12:13 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...ed_domain_name

rowan · 12-09-2006, 12:15 AM

BTW in IE7 I see an alert saying that the domain name contains characters that cannot be displayed without changing lang settings.

sicone · 12-09-2006, 12:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DigitalPimp

as retarded as it sounds I think he is trying to sell some cheap ass domain, xn--ss-jbc.com, saying that it redirects to sos.com when it just shows sos.com in the title and top of the page the cheap domain redirects to.

so one domain with a different domain in the title tags?

sicone · 12-09-2006, 12:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TonyB

You people are clueless.

and arent you quite the special one

DeadFidel · 12-09-2006, 12:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by uno

ROFL. Do people really fall for that shit?

I guess not seeing the high bids on his other idn names.

I actually read that shit..nice try though

SlamDesigns · 12-09-2006, 12:21 AM

That's pretty fucked up.

DigitalPimp · 12-09-2006, 12:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sicone

so one domain with a different domain in the title tags?

I don't know what he is trying to do but that is what it looked like to me. He wrote "Just copy and paste xn--ss-jbc.com in your browser address bar and watch (upon hiting "enter" or clicking on "go") how xn--ss-jbc.com transforms to sos.com! If your current browser does not allow you to see sos.com in the address bar please upgrade to the new Internet Explorer version 7."

I got IE7 and I did not see sos.com in the address bar, only in the title and top of page of some sedo parking page. Maybe one of the IDN experts around here can enlighten everyone.

woj · 12-09-2006, 12:34 AM

heh, I can't believe people fall for that shit...

rowan · 12-09-2006, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DigitalPimp

I got IE7 and I did not see sos.com in the address bar, only in the title and top of page of some sedo parking page. Maybe one of the IDN experts around here can enlighten everyone.

From what I understand the English-based domain name encoding will change to a native language format in the address bar. One of the characters probably has an accent over it so it looks like sos.com

spacedog · 12-09-2006, 03:48 PM

IDN are Internationalized Domain Names. They were created to satisfy the needs of ever growing foreign markets whoms language contains characters of non latin origin, such as chinese, japanese, korean, german, turkish, etc, etc.. IDN have been steadily on the rise, both in demand, use & sales.

Certainly something like sos.com as an idn is completely generic & has no potential in reaching value like a 3 char .com, however, IDN of single word or premium search terms ARE extremely valuable if you're doing business to an international market. Chinese, & Japanese IDN for single words such as cars, hotels, etc, have made astronomical dollar amounts when resold.

IDN requires I-Nav plugin from Verisign, which help development of the IDN. Currently, Firefox, & certain versions of IE7 already support IDN. IDN work by taking punycode which is the xn-ss-ora.com like strings you seee, & then mapping them to their native characters in the browser windows, etc.. these native characters are things such as accented latin characters, japanese kanji, chinese language characters, sanskrit, various mathematical symbols, etc, etc.... Also, keep in mind that these foreign countries that utilize the IDN have keyboards & software enabling them to type the native character..
Whereas you & I in the US must hold alt & type 129 to get the character ü , someone in turkey, or germany is capable of typing the character directly from their keyboard. Same goes for any IDN.,, certainly you & I are unable to type the japanese characters directly, so, the punycode is used.. the xn-bb-fgh.com looking domains are actually the punycode, & the domain is what you see..

example.. see below, my own IDN

http://www.bööbs.com Which is the puny code http://xn--bbs-snaa.com/ .. however, what you see in the status bar when you mouse over it is http://www.bööbs.com, not the punycode.. when you click it.. you get http://www.bööbs.com in the address bar, not the punycode.. their is no code on any page to do any of this,, it is IDN mapping to native characters.. Now.. when a visitor is using a browser not capable of mapping, the visitor will see a verisign page giving the visitor the option of downloading I-Nav plugin which will enable their browser for IDN mapping, or the visitor can continue on the the site/domain without downloading & will see the non mapped results. My own example here would show bbs.com because the öö will not be mapped..

http://www.püssy.com
http://www.fück.com

anyway.. I'm looking for link trades for these IDN

any questions?

RayBonga · 12-09-2006, 03:51 PM

GAMEFINEST · 12-09-2006, 03:52 PM

damnnn pretty crazy shieet

u-Bob · 12-09-2006, 06:12 PM

hmmkay.........

cindyc · 12-09-2006, 06:50 PM

good find

Furious_Male · 12-09-2006, 06:54 PM

Thats been going on for a while. I watched the sex.com IDN name go for some big change on ebay last year. People don't think.

DigitalPimp · 12-09-2006, 06:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spacedog

.. however, what you see in the status bar when you mouse over it is http://www.bööbs.com, not the punycode.. when you click it.. you get http://www.bööbs.com in the address bar, not the punycode..

Thanks for the info. FYI, in the latest IE7 when I mouse over your domain I see the punnycode in the status bar and when I click it the punnycode is in the address bar? Does one have to have the right language set in ones browser?

Regarding the ebay ad, so basically this guy is advertising it as sos.com when really the o in sos is not really an o but rather another character that looks like an o?

spacedog · 12-09-2006, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DigitalPimp

Thanks for the info. FYI, in the latest IE7 when I mouse over your domain I see the punnycode in the status bar and when I click it the punnycode is in the address bar? Does one have to have the right language set in ones browser?

Regarding the ebay ad, so basically this guy is advertising it as sos.com when really the o in sos is not really an o but rather another character that looks like an o?

correct, it is not an o.. as far as IE7, i'm not sure,, I know I am on ie6 & I had to dowload the Inav plugin for it to work with me,, I am not sure about language setting for it yet.. considering the characters of my own idn, I assume turkish, german or dutch would work.

DBS.US · 12-09-2006, 09:22 PM

((What happens with the original sos.com though? Nothing at all. The Internet is going to have 2 sos.coms no matter how strange (or not) this may sound to you. You will be the legal owner of the idn sos.com (a generic term).

minusonebit · 12-10-2006, 11:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TonyB

You people are clueless.

Yeah, maybe. You know, I did eat lead paint when I was a kid. So fucking clue me in then.

Freeze-Be · 12-10-2006, 11:34 PM

This is what it look like : http://xn--ss-jbc.com/

12-08-2006, 07:18 PM	#1
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12-08-2006, 09:12 PM	#6
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12-08-2006, 10:40 PM	#9
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12-08-2006, 07:26 PM	#3
IncaD Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,524	what's all this IDN stuff about?

12-08-2006, 07:47 PM	#5
fuzzylogic Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: buffalo, las vegas. icq: 285808879 Posts: 4,796	yo, seems like a steal. i'll pay $4 to have someone add "sos.com" between title tags.

12-08-2006, 09:17 PM	#7
Pleasurepays BANNED - SUPPORTING TUBES Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I live in a pile of boogers Posts: 11,913	the guy who sold the ringtone landing page for $10,000.00 based on several months revenue was the best. that was very funny... and creative.

12-08-2006, 11:23 PM	#10
Jon Clark - BANNED FOR LIFE North Coast Pimp Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: 304-534-757 Posts: 9,395	how is it a scam??????

12-08-2006, 11:54 PM	#11
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12-08-2006, 11:56 PM	#12
DigitalPimp Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 512	as retarded as it sounds I think he is trying to sell some cheap ass domain, xn--ss-jbc.com, saying that it redirects to sos.com when it just shows sos.com in the title and top of the page the cheap domain redirects to. Last edited by DigitalPimp; 12-08-2006 at 11:58 PM..

12-09-2006, 12:00 AM	#13
TonyB So Fucking Banned Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 32	You people are clueless.

12-09-2006, 12:13 AM	#14
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...ed_domain_name

12-09-2006, 12:15 AM	#15
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	BTW in IE7 I see an alert saying that the domain name contains characters that cannot be displayed without changing lang settings.

12-09-2006, 12:21 AM	#19
SlamDesigns Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,339	That's pretty fucked up.

12-09-2006, 12:34 AM	#21
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12-09-2006, 03:48 PM	#23
spacedog Yes that IS me. Bitch. Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 14,149	IDN are Internationalized Domain Names. They were created to satisfy the needs of ever growing foreign markets whoms language contains characters of non latin origin, such as chinese, japanese, korean, german, turkish, etc, etc.. IDN have been steadily on the rise, both in demand, use & sales. Certainly something like sos.com as an idn is completely generic & has no potential in reaching value like a 3 char .com, however, IDN of single word or premium search terms ARE extremely valuable if you're doing business to an international market. Chinese, & Japanese IDN for single words such as cars, hotels, etc, have made astronomical dollar amounts when resold. IDN requires I-Nav plugin from Verisign, which help development of the IDN. Currently, Firefox, & certain versions of IE7 already support IDN. IDN work by taking punycode which is the xn-ss-ora.com like strings you seee, & then mapping them to their native characters in the browser windows, etc.. these native characters are things such as accented latin characters, japanese kanji, chinese language characters, sanskrit, various mathematical symbols, etc, etc.... Also, keep in mind that these foreign countries that utilize the IDN have keyboards & software enabling them to type the native character.. Whereas you & I in the US must hold alt & type 129 to get the character ü , someone in turkey, or germany is capable of typing the character directly from their keyboard. Same goes for any IDN.,, certainly you & I are unable to type the japanese characters directly, so, the punycode is used.. the xn-bb-fgh.com looking domains are actually the punycode, & the domain is what you see.. example.. see below, my own IDN http://www.bööbs.com Which is the puny code http://xn--bbs-snaa.com/ .. however, what you see in the status bar when you mouse over it is http://www.bööbs.com, not the punycode.. when you click it.. you get http://www.bööbs.com in the address bar, not the punycode.. their is no code on any page to do any of this,, it is IDN mapping to native characters.. Now.. when a visitor is using a browser not capable of mapping, the visitor will see a verisign page giving the visitor the option of downloading I-Nav plugin which will enable their browser for IDN mapping, or the visitor can continue on the the site/domain without downloading & will see the non mapped results. My own example here would show bbs.com because the öö will not be mapped.. http://www.püssy.com http://www.fück.com anyway.. I'm looking for link trades for these IDN any questions?

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12-09-2006, 09:22 PM	#31
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12-10-2006, 11:34 PM	#33
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