Marketing to Germany .de vrs .com

atwellpub · 10-01-2009, 10:50 PM

Hello,

So I'm thinking about trying my luck as an amazon.de affiliate, and was wondering if I would have just as much luck marketing a german .com domain as I would with a .de name?

Anybody have any experience?

janeiro82 · 06-09-2010, 06:36 AM

Hey i am from germany and have a com domain since 4 months and it ranks well even it is flash and i don't use geo targeting

Xon1286 · 06-09-2010, 06:39 AM

If you are trying to target germans I found that .de was better - sense of community and trust is pre-established veil gluck!

Venturetothetop · 06-09-2010, 08:37 AM

I agree with .de

As a British born marketer Im well accustomed to .com but most Germans are not. When ever someone mentions a website, i always ask .de or .com ... they instinctively leave out the ending as its always .de in their minds.

The other factor is that most people do not believe they speak good English so prefer German sites. I know people here who speak better English then my friends back home, yet they always prefer the German version of a site.

Hope that helps.

Lothar Evers · 06-17-2010, 09:43 AM

I agree: the Germans love their .de.
But therefor a lot of them are taken by domainers who hoped to get rich without developing them. Fortunately people do not buy by urls but by search engine rankings. Here I do not see any diffeences between de. .com .org. At least not, when it come to keyword domains.

10-01-2009, 10:50 PM	#1
atwellpub hatnohat.com War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dothan Posts: 220 Thanks: 43 Thanked 20 Times in 17 Posts Social Networking	Marketing to Germany .de vrs .com Hello, So I'm thinking about trying my luck as an amazon.de affiliate, and was wondering if I would have just as much luck marketing a german .com domain as I would with a .de name? Anybody have any experience?

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janeiro82 HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Germany Posts: 129 Thanks: 33 Thanked 15 Times in 8 Posts Contact Info	Re: Marketing to Germany .de vrs .com Hey i am from germany and have a com domain since 4 months and it ranks well even it is flash and i don't use geo targeting

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Xon1286 Warrior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Marketing to Germany .de vrs .com If you are trying to target germans I found that .de was better - sense of community and trust is pre-established veil gluck!

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Venturetothetop Dee Kumar War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 623 Thanks: 58 Thanked 532 Times in 116 Posts Social Networking	Re: Marketing to Germany .de vrs .com I agree with .de As a British born marketer Im well accustomed to .com but most Germans are not. When ever someone mentions a website, i always ask .de or .com ... they instinctively leave out the ending as its always .de in their minds. The other factor is that most people do not believe they speak good English so prefer German sites. I know people here who speak better English then my friends back home, yet they always prefer the German version of a site. Hope that helps.
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Lothar Evers HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cologne (Koeln) , Germany. Posts: 208 Thanks: 19 Thanked 15 Times in 13 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Marketing to Germany .de vrs .com I agree: the Germans love their .de. But therefor a lot of them are taken by domainers who hoped to get rich without developing them. Fortunately people do not buy by urls but by search engine rankings. Here I do not see any diffeences between de. .com .org. At least not, when it come to keyword domains.
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