DNForum will no longer be allowing the sale of IDN domains, citing its inability to verify the validity of the listings and their claims.
Adam Dicker, owner of DNForum stated:
“DNForum.com Drops The Sales of IDN Domain Names
We have no way to validate that what someone posts is actually the correct IDN for that term, therefore we are discontinuing the sales sections for IDN domains.
For those that have IDN domains they wish to sell, please feel free to sign up at IDNforums.com.
This does not mean that I feel they have no value, I just don’t want to see our members getting ripped off.
I myself have over 1000 IDN domains.”
The decision came after a substantial increase in listings pertaining to be IDN domains, when in fact they are pseudo-IDN phishing registrations.
A French DNForum member selling pseudo-IDN domains has flooded the forum with these listings, raising controversy among established members and the true IDN investors.
Rick Schwartz has characterized those bastardized domain registrations as “below pigeonshit” in quality. We call them “guano domains”.
A smart move by Adam Dicker that clears the slate once and for all.
