Thai Website Business

[mittheimp]

Is there an advantage having the domain name .co.th or .ac.th as opposed to .com (they seem to be more expensive) if the website is for a thai audience - (although not based in Thailand)?

[udon]

No.

[mittheimp]

No.

thanks! Thats cleared that one up then!

[udon]

The Thai sites I visit are 95% .com

[simon43]

I think you can only apply to use a .co.th domain if you have a Thai-registered business.

Simon

[terdsak_12]

I think you can only apply to use a .co.th domain if you have a Thai-registered business.

Simon

True.

[Ta22]

- Domain . name are for you to connect to your viewer / customer / reader / ect ect

What you want is a easy to recall domain name .

The country code used in the domain name is mostly set up by well known company .

That had been icon in the country . so the .co.th help to diffrent them ..

- The local server is kinda laggy . and the backbone support for the web is poor.

for eg. some server is giving a mere 20 GB bandwidth which is very low .

If you look online is easy to find Server giving you 200 - 500 gb bandwidth .

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Keep your name Simple . So people can remember you and visit you again .

not every have the bookmarking habbit .

-Well do you want your website to have a international market opr just thai market ?

good luck .

TA22

[bkkbaz]

for eg. some server is giving a mere 20 GB bandwidth which is very low .

That's actually quite realistic.

If you look online is easy to find Server giving you 200 - 500 gb bandwidth.

Only overselling ripoff artists (Dreamhost etc). And who the heck needs that much bandwidth?!

[NordicMan]

Is there an advantage having the domain name .co.th or .ac.th as opposed to .com (they seem to be more expensive) if the website is for a thai audience - (although not based in Thailand)?

I recommend you to consider getting both, and forward one to the other.

You want it to be easy for people to find your website - also for people who only vaguely remember the name of your site.

I used to work in a company building public websites for MNCs and I was always amazed at how they didn't think twice of spending $100,000 on a website yet wanted to save $50 on registering a few more domains.

cheers

nm