Mixing languages - what's up with ccTLDs?

[draggar]

Seriously?

Other than good development - why do I see people selling domains in one language with the ccTLD for a different country (especially when it isn't a common language in that country?)

LowHomeMortgages.de? CasinoBlackjack.cn? MiCasaRoja.co.uk?

What is up with that? Is there really a market for this (outside of resellers? Do they really get traffic?

 

[katherine]

Newbie mistakes.
To begin with a ccTLD should normally match the language(s) of the country of origin. Of course, common, universal English keywords like job news etc will be OK in almost any extension.
Now if you try to incorporate American concepts in a foreign extension, something like paydayloan.fr - that's not going to fly.

 

[draggar]

OK, I figured enough I was just wondering because I've seen a bit of it recently (over the past 4-6 moths)

 

[katherine]

I don't think it's a new trend. Names like that have been around for such a long time.
As usual, it's useful to check reported sales to see what types of names do sell. Many ccTLD sales take place at Sedo and are reported on DNJ.

 

[tekz999]

Yes its crazy, just like hongkong.us? makes you go, HUHZ?!

 

[Ang]

I just laugh when I see geo domains with a ccTLD like lasvegas.cn - are you kidding? Who wants to buy that, it makes no sense at all! Do people really buy these domains? Maybe it's other newbie domainers that buy them because they think there is resell potential? I don't get it...

 

[katherine]

Funny that you say that, I see German keywords.cn on sale right now on DNF :shy:

 

[Viator]

I agree with the remarks above, although I would make an exception for so-called pseudo-global TLDs, such as .TV or .WS, not associated by most people with Tuvalu or Western Samoa. In the case of a pseudo-global TLD, some geo names might make sense.

Language definitely should be taken into consideration also for pseudo-global TLDs. Not so much for .TV, definitely quite universal. But for .WS, I would only buy top generic names in French, since .WS can be associated with "WebSite" in English or in German, but does not really make sense in French ("Site Web", not the same order of letters). (And yes, anyway, I know that much could be said about .WS and if it has any future - I have bought a few of them nevertheless, but only good generic, and let's see...)

I am indeed very intrigued to see all those .CN names in German or other languages that people attempt to sell.

 

[Moxie Maxwell]

So are you all saying that buying a .cc like domain.cc is not a good investment?

the reason I ask is becuase I picked up a few along the way, gimme.cc and houseforsale.cc and I am looking at getting rid of about 200 domains I have and I have a couple of .cc tlds.

 

[HappyDay]

It´s good practice to register only common english words with the .de extension in my opion. For example I have bodyteam.de and it´s quite easy to understand what it means and for which business it´s the ideal name. However, some english words will never sell with this extension. It´s just a waste of money to register these names.

 

[draggar]

So are you all saying that buying a .cc like domain.cc is not a good investment?

the reason I ask is becuase I picked up a few along the way, gimme.cc and houseforsale.cc and I am looking at getting rid of about 200 domains I have and I have a couple of .cc tlds.

.cc, .ws, and .tv are commonly used when the main TLDs are not available.

But - I'm talking about people who get ccTLDs and mix the native language (like German for .de) of the ccTLD and the language of the domain itself.

Sure, there are some exceptions (.me, .it, hacks, very common phrases, alternate meanings (.fm) etc..) but ones like HighStakesPokerTables.pl (Poland)?

 

[ordersomething]

http://www.draggar.theevilmod/has_spoken

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[hugegrowth]

I see country code domains sell all the time with English keywords, so there is a market for it. Mainly European countries like .de, .fr, .be, .it - and I won't even get into .tv and .cc. Maybe they use them to market to english speaking tourists, or for search engine keyword ranking, or they just like the term. Hard to say but you see it every week in the dnjournal sales report.