Internationalized Domain Names (IDN contain accents or other special characters)?
IDN is supported and special characters represent an excellent opportunity
to register either a very short or nicely branded domain, but before you
register this kind of domain take note of the pros and cons .
- Because special characters were not originally allowed in regular domain names, IDN domains won't work in very old browsers and some email clients. Modern ones support IDNs
- IDNs are not recommended if any users need to type-in the short URLs. Special characters can lead to mistakes, but are fine in use cases where you know that users will only be clicking links.
- Domain names containing special characters, are called IDN (Internationalized Domain Names). Here is a list of Top Level Domains that allow international characters. More details about shortening IDN URLs.
- Example of standard encoding for international domain names: árt.com will display inside your TINYCC account as árt.com. Punycode is a common way to represent special characters when using standard alphanumeric keyboard characters. Punycode version of árt.com is xn--rt-lia.com
- Note: when telling us your domain at signup, do not use punycode. Enter it directly, using the special characters e.g. árt.com