Marketing in two countries

[filefarm]

Hi Everyone,

I am currently setting up another business in Northern Ireland selling artisan food products. My main markets will be Ireland and GB. Should I have both a .ie and .co.uk website in order to rank and be relevant in both areas. How have others dealt with marketing e-commerce to two countries.

Many Thanks

Jonny

 

[Matthew Owl]

Probably it will look more "proffesional" but from SEO/SEM perspective it doesn't matter.

 

[ethical PR]

I'm sure there's a Chamber of Commerce or similar for companies that trade both sides of the border. Perhaps ask for their advice. However I would have thought just buy up the URL's and route all of the them to your main site. Just make sure your advertising in each country uses the right URL for that country/.

 

[Nochexman]

Maybe wait until June and get a .store domain

 

[StevePoster]

Should I have both a .ie and .co.uk website in order to rank and be relevant in both areas. How have others dealt with marketing e-commerce to two countries.

Its better to have separate sites for different target locations and this is for effective targeting of users.