for .ws, as far as I can tell, most TLDs don't allow "fun" things such as emoji, and the software most registrars use also sometimes barfs on it, so it was defi

for .ws, as far as I can tell, most TLDs don't allow "fun" things such as emoji, and the software most registrars use also sometimes barfs on it, so it was definitely specific to that registrar/TLD/point in time. Not sure if it will still work. The registar was iwantmyname.com No easy way to cut&paste the domains I have here, but my favorites other than the star are the spiral, bomb, storm cloud (which I want to turn into a weather service) and fork&knife.