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A few facts about Thailand and its potential growth online:

  1. Thailand has a large and growing population, 68 million people in 2011 (risen 8% in last 10 years and still rising).
  2. Thailand is a newly industrialized economy, with a growth rate of 7.8% in 2010, and is one of the fastest growing economies in Asia, and the fasting growing economy in South East Asia.
  3. 99% of Thai searches go through Google, no other search engines really exist here.
  4. Thais are avid searchers. As an example, there are approximately 60 million Google searches monthly containing the Thai word "เพลง" (= music/song). You won't find many English keywords beating that.
  5. The Thai online ad market, whilst still relatively immature by western standards, is growing at a fantastic rate. And since Google opened its first Thai office in 2011, that rate of growth can only accelerate in the next 5 years.
  6. The Thai language, in common with many Asian languages, doesn't have plural nouns as such, so "รถมือสอง" is both "Used Car" and "Used Cars", similarly "บ้าน" is both "home" and "homes". So own one killer domain and develop it, don't worry about having to secure and develop "a bunch of variations". Much easier, right?
  7. We expect VeriSign to obtains rights to ".com" in Thai language, ".คอม", in 2013. The owner of the ".com" domain will get the exclusive rights to the ".คอม" version. This will finally mean we have "fully internationalised domain names" for the first time, and will totally change the Asian domain market forever.

The following prime Thai keyword domains are available for immediate development. It has been demonstrated that with a well-developed website, a long-term top 10 Google position for that keyword is well within reach. Given Google has a 99% market share in Thailand, the traffic (and revenue) generation potential for Thai keyword domains is simply enormous. As an example, view this case study.

As well as the domains listed below, we are fortunate to own many other top 50 Thai search terms in ".com". If you are serious about unlocking the potential in one of these domains, please contact us immediately.

 

Domain Translation (Plus Comment) Google Trends Since 2004

เพลง.com

Music (Song/s) - Probably the top Thai domain, period

ทีวี.com

TV - Pairing with เพลง.com (music.com) would be an awesome dev project

เกม.com

Game(s) - A top three Thai search term

เพลงใหม่.com

New Music - Hottest Thai search term, amazing monthly growth!

เกมส์ออนไลน์.com

Online Game(s) - Best Thai term for MMO / online games

หวย.com

Lottery - Best Thai lottery term, graph speaks for itself

มือถือ.com

Mobile(s) (Phone) - This keyword is a goldmine in any language

รถมือสอง.com

Used Car(s) - This AAA business keyword keeps growing at an amazing pace

ดูดวง.com

Horoscope(s) - Thais are crazy for horoscopes, lucky numbers etc.

ภูเก็ต.com

Phuket - Top 3 Thai GEO

เชียงใหม่.com

Chiangmai - Top 3 Thai GEO

บ้าน.com

House(s) / Home(s) - Great branding potential and a constantly growing search term. Unrivalled commercial potential here.

พัทยา.com

Pattaya - Top 3 Thai GEO

แปลภาษา.com

Translation - Great growth industry in Thailand. Translating between Thai and English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German etc.

สาวไทย.com

Thai Girls - Shows Thais (and Laotians by the looks of it) are as obsessed by the beauty of Thai girls as the rest of the world!

ชุดแต่งงาน.com

Wedding Dresses - Well-off Thai Ladies spend an absolute fortune on their weddings, the dresses in particular. This is the defn. of a niche category killing domain.