English Ad Dollars vs Japanese Ad Dollars !

[thegenius1]

I Think this Study below has significant evidence to show that Japanese PPC will pay anywhere from 30% - 60% more then English PPC....

CITY Real Estate
Advertiser's Max Bid: $10.00) California (state )
(Advertiser's Max Bid: $3.52) Chicago (city)
(Advertiser's Max Bid: $1.31) New York (city / state)
(Advertiser's Max Bid: $1.03) Philadelphia (city)
(Advertiser's Max Bid: $2.53) Florida (state )
$10.00, $3.52 , $1.31 , $1.03 , $2.53
2nd Bids
$2.00, $3.01 , $1.31 , $1.02 , $1.46 ,

Amount of Companies in Competition
33 , 32 , 37 , 23

VS


Advertiser's Max Bid: ¥716 東京不動産 Tokyo (state)
Advertiser's Max Bid: ¥812 横浜不動産 Yokohoma (city )
Advertiser's Max Bid: ¥515 大阪不動産 Osaka (city/ state )
Advertiser's Max Bid: ¥813 川崎不動産 Kawasaki (city)
Advertiser's Max Bid: ¥651 神奈川不動産 Kanagawa (state)
$6.20 , $7.03 , $4.46 , $7.04 , $5.63

2nd Bids
$6.19 , $7.02 , $4.45 , $7.03 , $5.62

Amount of Companies in Competition
89 , 63 , 47 , 73

My Analysis cleary shows that Japan Wins Hands down , Even when it appears California Beats Tokyo , you have to take a deeper look that the next Top Bid for California is $2.00 , and Tokyo is mainly 700 Yen across the Board.

This Real Estate Comparison Shows Japan Pay approx. 40% more , witch means the domains should sell for more , and pay per click should be 40% more.

English
Real Estate - Top Bid
(Advertiser's Max Bid: $1.02)

VS

Japanese
不動産 Real Estate- Top Bid

Advertiser's Max Bid: ¥315 $2.72

ゴルフ Golf
Advertiser's Max Bid: ¥154 1.33

Vs

Golf
Advertiser's Max Bid: $0.78


ホテル Hotel

Advertiser's Max Bid: ¥107 $0.92

Vs

Hotel
Advertiser's Max Bid:$1.26


ローン Loan

Advertiser's Max Bid: ¥2,405 $20.84

Vs

Loan

Advertiser's Max Bid: $3.83


中古車 Used Car

(Advertiser's Max Bid: ¥238$2.06

Vs

Used Car

Advertiser's Max Bid: $0.82

出会 Dating

Advertiser's Max Bid: ¥686$5.94

Vs

Dating

Advertiser's Max Bid: $1.03

The Following Keywords Above shows Japan Companies Pay 4x as much as US companies , Witch again means PPC should be anywhere between 2x-4x more and there is no excuse that these domains cant command English Domain Price Tags.

Temporarily Use http://XE.com to do currecny Conversition untill i can add it to the Thread

[dnid]

That is great news for people who own Japanese domains.

However, with that limited data it's hard to make an accurate judgement of the entire PPC market. For example, it could also be that Japanese are bidding on the "big" terms whereas the English market has matured more and bidders have moved on to the niche terms.

In the earlier days of English PPC, many companies would just bid on the main term in a sector, for example "golf". Then, as bidding strategies matured, the money moved to the niche terms like "golf swing", "golf course", golf clubs", "golf balls", "golf lessons", "golf carts", etc. As the money moved from the big terms to the niche terms, the bids on the main terms often dropped somewhat.

You would need to take a look at a wider variety of terms, including those that are more targeted, to get a good idea of bid pricing in both languages.

Also, how many bidders are there driving those prices in each market? If there are five bids on the term 'golf" in Japanese and fifty in English, you may need to to take that into consideration as well as bidders sometimes have a monthly budget which runs out, so more bidders is better.

The news is good, but more research is needed.

[thegenius1]

You are absoluty correct that a bigger breakdown is needed , but it appears to me with just this little experiment Japan Wins Hands Down on all of the Comparisons but 1 , But if you notice on the Real Estate Terms i listed the Amount of Companies in Competition bidding on the Words and they almost Doulbe the amount of US comapnies . Amount of US companies in Competition
33 , 32 , 37 , 23 on those major Citys , Japan Company Competition on there major citys 89 , 63 , 47 , 73

And i know you where using golf as just a example but Japan Has more Companies Bidding on Golf aswell then The US : Japan 37 US 29

Originally Posted by Dnid

Also, how many bidders are there driving those prices in each market? If there are five bids on the term 'golf" in Japanese and fifty in English, you may need to to take that into consideration as well as bidders sometimes have a monthly budget which runs out, so more bidders is better.

More research is Definitley needed but i feel very very confindent in my 35%-45% More Vote

Would love to see more Votes and for some IDners to add to the breakdown

[IDNCowboy]

Originally Posted by thegenius1

You are absoluty correct that a bigger breakdown is needed , but it appears to me with just this little experiment Japan Wins Hands Down on all of the Comparisons but 1 , But if you notice on the Real Estate Terms i listed the Amount of Companies in Competition bidding on the Words and they almost Doulbe the amount of US comapnies . Amount of US companies in Competition
33 , 32 , 37 , 23 on those major Citys , Japan Company Competition on there major citys 89 , 63 , 47 , 73

And i know you where using golf as just a example but Japan Has more Companies Bidding on Golf aswell then The US : Japan 37 US 29



More research is Definitley needed but i feel very very confindent in my 35%-45% More Vote

Would love to see more Votes and for some IDners to add to the breakdown

I got golfsport.jp which is used in Japan alot too so hopefully the advertisers will come down to visit :P

[Rubber Duck]

One has to ask does it really matter? Russian domains carry the best traffic and convert better than just about any Asian IDN, but you might as walk around shouting UNCLEAN, as try to sell one. What is the criteria for value in this market, because it has sure got me baffled?

[IDNCowboy]

Originally Posted by Rubber Duck

One has to ask does it really matter? Russian domains carry the best traffic and convert better than just about any Asian IDN, but you might as walk around shouting UNCLEAN, as try to sell one. What is the criteria for value in this market, because it has sure got me baffled?

However in the ascii market Japan is a much better nation for internet business than Russia so we'll have to wait and see.

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by Jeff

However in the ascii market Japan is a much better nation for internet business than Russia so we'll have to wait and see.

It certainly is for Americans as the Japanese failed to establish a viable search engine and therefore Yahoo and Google are grabbing much of the online market place. Just because these two Behemouths are struggling to crack the Russian market, doesn't necessarily mean it is irrelevant. The Russian economy is starting from a long way back, but is growing at a phenominal rate. Although, we don't hear much about it, growth is almost on par with China and India. In terms of resources, we are probably talking about the most heavily endowed nation on earth. And as we now know, the Russian ccTLD has more or less been written off by the registry that is promoting it!

[mulligan]

I think Russian is a sleeping giant, I have tried to almost give away good Russian's but no joy. Nevermind, I am quite happy to hang onto them
.

Japanese ads are good now but theres no real way to check them against names in Thai, Arabic etc and once these languages (Thai.com, Arabic.com etc) are more widespread then the ad dollar will be spent on them as well..

[touchring]

Originally Posted by Jeff

However in the ascii market Japan is a much better nation for internet business than Russia so we'll have to wait and see.

It goes without saying that Japan has a bigger market than Russia, but a lot also has to do with what cut Google or ND is giving us. So far, the PPC we are getting for japanese ads isn't as high as what Yahoo bids are showing.

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by touchring

It goes without saying that Japan has a bigger market than Russia, but a lot also has to do with what cut Google or ND is giving us. So far, the PPC we are getting for japanese ads isn't as high as what Yahoo bids are showing.

Yes, I made this point some time back about Google holding back Adverts until they have a surplus, and then still keeping the top paying clicks for themselves. This is one of the reason that terms with very high Overture pay virtually nothing. They can generate all the clicks they need from search so you hardly even get crumbs coming through the PPC providers. What you need is terms where there is high demand for advertising and low search volume. Of course that probably means you won't get huge volumes of type-in but they should pay well.

Looking 5-10 years forward, it is not at all clear that it goes without saying. The Japanese economy is nothing like as important as it was. It is no longer a low cost manufacturing base and whilst it is comparatively high tech, that end of the market is getting much tougher too. Russia has a much larger population and and captive markets for it natural resources, which are commanding ever higher prices. This link might help:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia

<<Nevertheless, the economy started recovering in 1999. The recovery was greatly assisted by the weak ruble, which made imports expensive and boosted local production. Then it entered a phase of rapid economic expansion, the GDP growing by an average of 6.7% annually in 1999-2005 on the back of higher petroleum prices, a weaker ruble, and increasing service production and industrial output. The country is presently running a huge trade surplus, which has been helped by protective import barriers, and rampant corruption which ensures that it is almost impossible for foreign and local SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises) to import goods without the help of local specialist import firms, such as the Russia Import Company. Some import barriers are expected to be abolished after Russia's accession to the WTO in 2006.

The economic development of the country has been extremely uneven: the Moscow region contributes one-third of the country's GDP while having only a tenth of its population. GDP increased by 7.2% in 2004 and 6.4% in 2005.>>

<<The country's GDP shot up to reach €1.2 trillion ($1.5 trillion) in 2004, making it the ninth largest economy in the world and the fifth largest in Europe. If the current growth rate is sustained, the country is expected to become the second largest European economy after Germany (€1.9 trillion or $2.3 trillion) and the sixth largest in the world within a few years.>>

[domainstosell]

Originally Posted by Rubber Duck

One has to ask does it really matter? Russian domains carry the best traffic and convert better than just about any Asian IDN, but you might as walk around shouting UNCLEAN, as try to sell one. What is the criteria for value in this market, because it has sure got me baffled?

What is the stigma against Russian domains? Not only are they still not selling well, even for premium domains (someone is going to get a steal in RDs latest auction), but you can still come across some solid regs. I just got one today with 176K Wordstat...

[Explorer]

Originally Posted by domainstosell

What is the stigma against Russian domains? Not only are they still not selling well, even for premium domains (someone is going to get a steal in RDs latest auction), but you can still come across some solid regs. I just got one today with 176K Wordstat...

Russian domains are the most undervalued IDNs in the market at this point, since their prices are the lowest, but the earnings are the highest. Plus, Russian language is not only spoken in Russia, but is widely used in Ukraine and Belarus. Plus, Google opened its office there only a few months ago. So, give it some time.

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by domainstosell

What is the stigma against Russian domains? Not only are they still not selling well, even for premium domains (someone is going to get a steal in RDs latest auction), but you can still come across some solid regs. I just got one today with 176K Wordstat...

I regged this today:

xn--b1aai9acjidf1c.com творчество creation

Wordstats 156K

Google 10 Million

[thefabfive]

I don't understand the stigma either. There is no way I would sell any of my Russian domains at today's prices. In the future, the traffic will help establish the values for these domains.

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by Explorer

Russian domains are the most undervalued IDNs in the market at this point, since their prices are the lowest, but the earnings are the highest. Plus, Russian language is not only spoken in Russia, but is widely used in Ukraine and Belarus. Plus, Google opened its office there only a few months ago. So, give it some time.

Yes, not to mention the Caucauses, Central Asia and Mongolia.

[thegenius1]

Why so little vote participantes ?

[touchring]

Originally Posted by thegenius1

Why so little vote participantes ?

Yup, i just voted. Got a little distracted when the Russian talk came in.

Comparing a character based language with an alphabet language is not quite right. One should compare Russian with Arabic or Thai instead.

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by thegenius1

Why so little vote participantes ?

Probably because so few really understand what you are getting at, and because those that do find it hard to quantify within the bands that you have allocated.

[Explorer]

Originally Posted by Rubber Duck

I regged this today:

xn--b1aai9acjidf1c.com творчество creation

Wordstats 156K

Google 10 Million

I also got inspired and regged:

экзамены (tests) 334K
сочинение (essay) 380K

[domainstosell]

Originally Posted by Rubber Duck

I regged this today:

xn--b1aai9acjidf1c.com творчество creation

Wordstats 156K

Google 10 Million

Nice, mine was

применение.com (xn--e1aaajcvibmk.com)
"Application"
Wordstat = 176,969
Google.ru = 10.5 million
Ya.ru = 8.6 million

There are still some decent finds out there...