I think it's worth noting here that many people are misled into thinking that buying domains is easy and cheap - because of their experience with '.com'.

Local country domains often require that the buyer jumps some additional hurdle - other than the simple registration.

For a '.fr' for instance, you need to have an address in France - and for many you need that OR a trademark registration valid in that country.

In general, this is a good thing, as it restricts availability of those names to people who have some serious project in that country - even though in all cases it's possible to find a way around the local regulations.

Does anyone know of an international domain type which it is absolutley impossible to buy?