What language do you register IDNs?

[NameAlot.com]

Now there are a bazillion different languages out there and variations of thos languages. What languages do you reg your names in and why? Elaborate on your post if you can because I think it would be good for beginners considering the market.

Thanks!

For me I tend to stay with countries in the top 50 on the list of country GDP especially if what I am purchasing are major city names etc (with about 6 exeptions like Israel and Finland etc).

1) Greek: My top names are from the Greek language. Love the country. GDP has been growing in the past few years. I just feel good about it. Personal bias.

2)Indian: Out of the 20+ major languages in that country, I reg names in Hindi, Urdu, Bangla, and Tamil in that order. India has one of the fastest growing economies in the world. The fact that it is becoming an international force with 1 billion plus people that will someday become paying consumers is a majot plus. In certain technical areas it surpasses the US in service and ingenouity. For languages other then Hindi, I find that grappling with those other languages to be the most difficult for me as there are not a lot of translation resources to draw upon so a lot of times I've been mislead by google numbers and registered adverbs. But over the years you learn certain ways to maneuver and find pertinent resources.

3) Japanese and Chinese: I've mostly dappled with these two languages for internet, finance, geographic, and technical words. Japan has a very educated and technically educated population that has a very internet saavy population. China has numbers and is and WILL become the world's premier economy. You just can't go wrong with these numbers.

4) Portuguese: I find this to be a solid investment. Some words can kill two birds with one stone i.e Brazil and Portugal and sometimes 3 with a lot of Spanish mixing as well. The Brazilian culture is growing, expanding, and have a very high literacy rate which will translate to internet users in my opinion.



So that's my list and my preferences and biases when it comes to IDNs and the languages out there. What are yours?

[yanni]

So, what do you have in Greek as I have a bunch of these as well?

Show me yours; I'll show you mine

[Rubber Duck]

I think the Greek will turn out to be solid but not spectacular investments.

You are definitely on the right track with India and Hindi in particular. Yes, it is difficult to find the right translation source but that means that these languages are still generally wide open!

Simplified chinese and Japanese will prove to be the best investments, but getting good Keywords is now proving to be very tough and understandably so because these are already cashable assets. There is a strong argument for buying in the secondary market. What the sales forums, you will note that some key players are getting stuck in there.

Yes, you won't go wrong with Portuguese, and still a lot of opportunity I believe.

[daddypi]

What do you think about Cyrillic languages/eastern European ones? (Russian, Ukrainian, Moldovanian (is that a word?), Romanian, Bulgarian, etc.?

[yanni]

I personally have a small bunch of Russian names; I think they will do great in the near future.
What I love about them is the traffic; can't wait for DNAME to be implemented.

There's a lot of potential for growth in these countries, especially Russia and Ukraine; you just can't go wrong.

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by daddypi

What do you think about Cyrillic languages/eastern European ones? (Russian, Ukrainian, Moldovanian (is that a word?), Romanian, Bulgarian, etc.?

I am big on Russian especially cities!

[Banned: NYdomainer]

A lot of Europeans don't even bother going outside of their home LTD, say .ru, etc.

[DNWizardX9]

stop bumping

[Banned: NYdomainer]

This was definitely NOT bumping, but a matter-of-fact statement.

[wrdekle]

I'm not a portfolio player as I am really playing to my strengths. I play Japan almost exclusively because of language/cultural familiarity and because it is the world's second largest economy by GDP (if looking at market exchange rates, #3 if looking at PPP). Japan also is highly networked, decently tech savvy, and already has an online advertising industry (Yahoo, Google, and MSN and others). in other words, Japanese traffic is readily monetizable with Japanese language advertising and it is pure gold. My developed Japanese domains are performing slightly above breakeven today and thus pay for my entire IDN portfolio.

I also dabble in other languages. I have a good quality collection of Thai (50+) and a small okay quality collection of Hindi (20+) and a few Vietnamese cities and provinces (10+)