discuss Does being multilingual make a difference in domaining?

[wallet2it]

Dear all,

I just want to open discussion on the topic, " Does being multilingual make a difference in domaining"?

I personally know more than five languages.
What are your experiences in both negotiating a sale or obtaining a deal using their native languages?

Poll is also available above. It would be an interesting statistics to study.

 

[CraigD]

It would be useful to know if domain names and branding are 'false friends'; in another language they have another meaning.

 

[lock]

The internet is in English if you translate to another language you then target those speaking countries which would pay less cpc for traffic than the English translation. So English all the way or lure your foreign traffic which you will want them clicking your English language links.

 

[linuxfreak]

I think the value of a domain name determines where and how widely that language is used rather than in which language. voice.com, for example, is incredibly valuable, but the same domain veuja.com in the Catalan language is almost worthless. I tried selling it here, it didn't even get an offer for $1. However, it would be very valuable if the same domain name was in French or German. In a sense, the power of the country in which it is spoken comes to the fore rather than the language itself.

 

[Ostrados]

For negotiation Google translate is good enough, it is not perfect but it gets things moving.

For investing it is important to be fluent in English, other languages are not essential in domaining and in fact can be risky if you dont know the language very well, Google translate is not reliable at all in this case.

 

[TauseefKhan]

it helps when someone scrolls through thousands of names from domaining point of view.

 

[wallet2it]

Someone voted “skip this” as their language.

 

[uzver]

What might seem like a good term initially could turn out to be the wrong tense, context, or terminology.

I 100% agree. I make exactly this mistake quite frequently.

 

[Federer]

I speak fluent French and Portuguese, and have some understanding of Spanish/German/Italian.
Thanks to that knowledge/understanding, I have managed to acquire/sell many domains - some of which, investors wouldn't look at twice.

On the other hand, you could speak 50 languages and not sell a single name - the key, more than anything else, is having a good grasp of the types of terms/keywords that sell (on a higher % level) in any given language.

 

[CraigD]

This poll is flawed.

Are you multilingual? What languages do you speak?

How do I answer if I am not multilingual, or if I am and speak multiple languages?

 

[Daniel Owens]

it's nice if 86.7% of namepros members polled speak English

 

[wallet2it]

it's nice if 86.7% of namepros members polled speak English

Large percentage of Spanish and French speakers as well

 

[Daniel Owens]

Large percentage of Spanish and French speakers as well

Very true

 

[dirk]

It's an old thread but I stumbled upon this article which might be of interest to some.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-most-used-languages-on-the-internet/