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Does Germany prefer hyphenated domains ?

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Michael Ehrhardt

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Do Germans prefer hyphenated domains ?

lets make it simple

since i am back in Germany i realize that Germans prefer hyphenated domains

sample :

simon-petrus.de is registered
simonpetrus.de is available

deutschebank.de is forwarded to deutsche-bank.de
harleydavidson.de is forwarded to harley-davidson.com
rayban.de is forwarded to ray-ban.com

specially here in Hamburg i see so many domains with hyphens

most German companies also got the .com

What are your experience with German companies ( domains ) ?
 
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3d-fernseher.de sold 2010
3dfernseher.de sold 2011
 
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I voted yes because I have a name in dotcom without the hyphens, German company has one with hyphens and they didn't even want the one without for a couple hundred, so I will save for original purpose when the USA opts for a bluecard for agricultural workers
 
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I voted yes because I have a name in dotcom without the hyphens, German company has one with hyphens and they didn't even want the one without for a couple hundred, so I will save for original purpose when the USA opts for a bluecard for agricultural workers
thx and good luck
 
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I was under the impression that it's common knowledge they prefer the hyphenated domains?

Anyway, I regularly do some consulting for German companies and usually advise them to use the hyphenated version and get the non hyphenated one as a defensive reg as long as it's available and reasonably priced. Targeting the German market it doesn't give you much advantage owning it.

Mind you, this would actually be bad advise for most other (EU) countries.

I used to monitor traffic for non hyphenated domains (.de) that forwarded to the hypeneated ones and the stats showed close to zero. Every case is different though so depending on the end-user's wants and needs results may be different.

Its an interesting market. Also notice they don't care much for the radio test (to some extend). Ever noticed they tend to pronounce every domain as domainde where they use domain.de? They don't pronounce the punkt at all.
 
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In Switzerland, the "minus" in a domain is a muss.
 
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I was under the impression that it's common knowledge they prefer the hyphenated domains?

Anyway, I regularly do some consulting for German companies and usually advise them to use the hyphenated version and get the non hyphenated one as a defensive reg as long as it's available and reasonably priced. Targeting the German market it doesn't give you much advantage owning it.

Mind you, this would actually be bad advise for most other (EU) countries.

I used to monitor traffic for non hyphenated domains (.de) that forwarded to the hypeneated ones and the stats showed close to zero. Every case is different though so depending on the end-user's wants and needs results may be different.

Its an interesting market. Also notice they don't care much for the radio test (to some extend). Ever noticed they tend to pronounce every domain as domainde where they use domain.de? They don't pronounce the punkt at all.
yes :)
 
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Yes.

And from my own observation such domains are also widely used in France.
 
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I have
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, it means The Casino to English from German. Should I sell it?
 
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