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[alanj878]

I own PrescriptionDrugs.de I am not sure the impact of german with this word but I think drugs are universal and thier a lot germans that speak english as a second language fro my personal perspective but i will like to hear the true expert opinions.

[McDot]

Some english words are very known and even used regurlarly in Germany. Those domains are then definitely OK and probably sellable. Other words may not be used regularly, but are known well enough to make a german brand out of it.

However PrescriptionDrugs doesn't belong to any of these categories and will therefore most likely not find an interested buyer, at least not in Germany.

[cyberinvest]

Well, I am usually strongly object english.de, but many people swear they are good. I am very much into medical domainames, half of my portfolio is medical. Do you have any traffic stats?

[alanj878]

This domain really doesnt get type in traffic I just usually gett domains n keyword data even if they do not have any type traffic they are usually seo friendly

[cyberinvest]

I have prescription-only.com, also not much traffic. Maybe because of the hyphen.

[Pichichi]

Originally Posted by McDot

Some english words are very known and even used regurlarly in Germany. Those domains are then definitely OK and probably sellable. Other words may not be used regularly, but are known well enough to make a german brand out of it.

However PrescriptionDrugs doesn't belong to any of these categories and will therefore most likely not find an interested buyer, at least not in Germany.

can you advise wich are those well known english words in Germany? Thanks.

[McDot]

Originally Posted by Pichichi

can you advise wich are those well known english words in Germany? Thanks.

A few examples:

Job
Business
Marketing
Consulting
Shop
Forum
Blog
Laptop
Notebook
Computer
Hardware
Software
Design
Lounge
Game

Some examples for very strong english terms thar a widely unknown / unused in Germany:

Prescription
Real Estate
Appraisal
Insurance

[will]

Originally Posted by McDot

Some examples for very strong english terms thar a widely unknown / unused in Germany:
[...]
Insurance

Now I understand why I found two nice domains a couple days ago...

Not sure if this whole forum is the right place to ask but I based my decision on several tools:

- Google Keyword tool, setting language to English and to german as well... I made two different analysis based on the language settings. Obviously geo-localizaed in Germany.
- I also used Market Samurai.
- And Word-tracker.

I found what I though were nice numbers: ~4000 searches/mo, high paying CPC, very nice aprox. CTR. And given that I was planning just to park it, I didn't mind the lenght of the domain: It's a three word domain:

*nline¡nsuranceQu*tes dot de (change * and ¡ by the corresponding letters).

I also bought the singular just to have both even when the numbers of the singular left much to be desired.

I parked them yesterday and even when I have not received any click yet, I had two visits in one day. This is the first time I talk about them in any forum and I've not visit them so those must be real traffic-in I guess.

Can you please explain those numbers to me? Are google lying about the local searches? Or is it just me and I'm plain stupid getting wrong results from real numbers?

[snicksnack]

4000 searches per month is not much. Also germans type with a hyphen so it would be online-insurance-quotes.de

Also I doubt that many germans (if anyone) would type in the above.

[will]

Yes, I know 4000 search are not many searches... but we are talking of a high paying keyword with a good CTR so if I made a few clicks a month I should be fine with the EPC.

[cyberinvest]

IF I would buy a package of domains, and one of them would be online-insurance-quotes.de or onlineinsurancequotes.de, I would simply cancel the registration.

[alanj878]

I dont blame you I believe if you target cctlds they should be 100% generic Like InsuranceQuotes.de not with the word online

[cyberinvest]

Originally Posted by alanj878

I dont blame you I believe if you target cctlds they should be 100% generic Like InsuranceQuotes.de not with the word online

Sorry to say so, but if I owned InsuranceQuotes.de (and I am in fact astonished that it IS registered), I would simply erase it.

No German would EVER use that domain. Maybe some Americans living in Germany? I can't say. It's for sale at SEDO for 3.200 Euros, with no traffic stats available, that means, it has less then some dozen type ins per month.

I might be totally wroing in my analysis, but I would never touch such a name, never.

[alanj878]

I would build a site on this domain Highly optimise it build around the content build a lead generator. I would not just center this to german citizens becuase the keyword s speak for itself. I believe cctlds should not be limited to the region country the cctld is representing

[snicksnack]

you could have received type in traffic while there where plenty of alaince forces in germany, but most of them closed down the bases.

[cyberinvest]

Originally Posted by alanj878

I would build a site on this domain Highly optimise it build around the content build a lead generator. I would not just center this to german citizens becuase the keyword s speak for itself. I believe cctlds should not be limited to the region country the cctld is representing

You would have to targed on ENGLISH speaking people, because nobody in Germany would ever use "Insuranceqoutes". Most people would not even know what that mean. In German it's "Versicherungs Vergleich" or someting like that.

[cyberinvest]

Originally Posted by snicksnack

you could have received type in traffic while there where plenty of alaince forces in germany, but most of them closed down the bases.

And did they needed insurances? I think not. books.de or weather.de maybe...

[alanj878]

I am saying I believe you can use cctlds to get on the american search engine by using relative content language related content meaning you Dont need to get on Google.de got for the american alternative an rank strictly on the use of keywords and produce traffic and that will deeply appreciate that domain. Cctlds should not be limited to country I think it just represents a strong presence in that country

[Helldunkel]

I own a bunch of english keyword.de´s like drug, drugs, photography, houses, machine, interiordesign etc. and most of them have decent type in traffic for generic .de domains. For example photography*de has like 220 uv/month and makes 10 - $15. Obviously a joke compared to the traffic or revenue of photography.com, but still, names like that do work and have a certain quality. 1 year ago or so i sold machinery.de for 9 k eur, a completely uncommon word in germany. I rejected an offer of 15 K eur for brainstorming*de, because i was too greedy at the time, but the offer was real. I like english keyword.de´s and many enduser do too, these names are really underrated by most german domainers. If anybody got some nice english one word .de´s and is willing to sell, please let me know

[TClements]

Originally Posted by snicksnack

4000 searches per month is not much. Also germans type with a hyphen so it would be online-insurance-quotes.de

Also I doubt that many germans (if anyone) would type in the above.

I have heard this before. I have made it a rule to never buy a name with Hyphens, but it seems that for .de it works. Will you shed some light on specific times that Germans will type in the hyphen. Is there any sort of rule in the language for example?

[McDot]

You see, Americans and most of the world would write a two word domain TwoWords.tld for better reading. Germans have got used to writing two-words.tld. This kind of practice is used a lot for promotion in print media and television. This obviosly only applies for words (phrases), that are written in two separate words and not for words (phases) that are normally written together. Be aware that many german words (phrases) are melted together to one word.

[TClements]

Do you find this to be true in other ccTLDs? I am assuming that Germany is the king of the mountain in this.

[floES]

Originally Posted by will

I parked them yesterday and even when I have not received any click yet, I had two visits in one day. This is the first time I talk about them in any forum and I've not visit them so those must be real traffic-in I guess.

It's probably from non-German speaking domainers