.co.uk should I change it to .com
The first site I created was abouttropicalfish.co.uk and its starting to bring in an average of 15-20 visitors a day without plugging the site. This has created me at least 15 sales since November last year, I have one main question tho.
The site is number one when you search for it on google.co.uk and number 2 when you search for it on google.com.
The question I have is that its a .co.uk but 80% of my visitors are from america, I'm currently changing my links over to text ones so it will place buyers to amazon.com as well as amazon.co.uk.
My question is would if benefit me to change the site to a .com domain or just keep it as it is?
Thank you
Morgan
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I would do both if you can because you have to use different Amazon accounts for different countries. Check that info, but as I understand it this is the case. Ther was some info on that subject posted in WA not long ago. May have been posted by "potpiegirl".
Are you able to have both? It sometimes is worth having sites that are related so that as people search they get you either way. Not sure how you content copy on this one. But many have duplicate sites.
No point building the same site for multiple markets - best to place a link or image (in this case Image of Flags) that will link the Amazon plugin to the appropriate markets.
well i'm working my way through the site now placing text links in so it'll take people to the .com site or the .co.uk site, which should hopefully stop putting everyone off who lives in america.
I might not give the best answer - but if your traffic from the USA is not converting, and this constitutes 80%, then I would go.com - I would only use a local domain to target a local market - It gives a local customer of that market a sense of security.
thank you for that, would you recommend leaving a link from my original site to the new domain?
The reason I don't think they are converting is that I only had widgets set up on this site as it being a .co.uk but i'm currently working my way through creating text links so the amazon plugin works correctly.
Well - try it out and see how the amazon plugin works , when set up so that it directs the appropriate amazon links to the correct market. It might be worth having an Amercian Flag link for your American Customers and a British for you UK customers - not sure how you would cater for the rest of the world
Thank you for that, I've always wondered how you would generate these flags. Would you create them and place in the header at the top to allow people that the site works in both country's?
Have a look at this link it may give you an idea or insight about the Flag links http://answers.yahoo(dot)com/question/index?qid=20110629213433AAcIWfH - replace the (dot) with a ' . ' as we can't place url links with a dot com
Thank you for that link i will go on and have a look now, my only worry is that now i've placed text links in, would this effect the flag, or would a flag image at the top show that the site works for people in america as well as the uk?
should I add something to the site if it stays at .co.uk saying that we provide products for America now?
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Some good advice here in the comments for sure!