[Dianna Vesta]

Looking at my stats I see that I do draw a lot of international traffic. I’m not sure if this is because my sites fetish/bdsm or that throughout the years we’ve linked and networked with worldwide sites. This traffic hasn’t slowed down. In fact I’m seeing more international traffic then ever before.

At one point I considered translating my sites into several popular languages. Not the entire site but the front end and navigation. At the time it didn’t seem cost effective and everyone advised me against it. The assumption was that traffic coming from outside the US- these people spoke English or has already invested in translation software. Meanwhile I’ve tested some of these translators on my site but it petered out once I hit the member’s area.

When I mention to other webmasters about traffic outside the US they pretty much tell me that there’s enough people in the US and that chargeback’s are high. I haven’t found this to be the case any more so then with US charges.

I think there’s a whole shitload of international traffic out there if we know how to market to them. The Euro is certainly the first step but how do we process it when so many people don’t have credit cards? Hooper asked about Euro Debit and processing. Is there any way we can get more information on this?

How many of you have tried marketing outside the US? What are your feelings on all this?