Foreign domain names: Good for everybody

[centreurope]

Hi,
I think that foreign domain names offer the greatest opportunities for domainers.
It is still possible to purchase highly premium domain names in French at low-mid EUR xx,xxx (I purchased this week rencontres.net for this price - rencontres offers an easy monetization and it is the most typed French word according to ovt, more than sexe!). My wife is Czech and she had been able to register excellent names in Slavic languages during the last years. And there are opportunities in most European languages.
Our small multicultural team has tried to identify here the best domain names resources in a few major languages, but I'm sure that we have forgotten most of them.
Please add any valuable resource about domain names that you think valuable.
thanks!
david

 

[Coastalguy]

Nice site. Useful info.

Thanks,
ST

 

[centreurope]

thanks

thanks!
I do think that the future for domain names is outside the USA and English speaking countries. the offer for premium English domain has become very low. As soon as a premium domain name is purchased by an enduser, it goes out of the market. And without an offer, there can not be a thriving market.
This is the contrary in European countries such as France, Italy or Poland. Many excellent domains are offered, but not still much demand.

 

[mbuna]

Do you think that foreign words in the .com are still the best bet or do you go with the ccTLD?

 

[Fka200]

http://www.idn.org

Been hush hush about IDNs more than a year. Very hard to find any more of the premium domains, so might as well let the info out.

 

[Smith]

ccTLDs kick ass traffic and ctr wise (if you know what to look for)

we're buying 200 - 300 a week on average.

 

[centreurope]

.com in the long run

Do you think that foreign words in the .com are still the best bet or do you go with the ccTLD?

There are still strong ccTLD, but I see more potential in .com, at least for resale.
Regarding profit & revenues, cctld may perform better.