Best practice with language specific domain names

[joe_ma]

Hello

I am about to build a new multi-language site, that has a different domain name for each language. Like this:

- german-name.ch (default language)

- french-name.ch

- italian-name.ch

Now I wonder, what is the best way to deal with this situation. Just do it the simple way and point the french and italian domains to german-name.ch? Like this:

french-name.ch --> german-name.ch/fr/

italian-name.ch --> german-name.ch/it/

Is this a good way user experience wise?

Or would you rather suggest, that the language specific domain remain always in the URL? Like so:

french-name.ch/fr/french-page --> language change --> french-name.ch/de/german-page or french-name.ch/it/italian-page

If this is preferable, how can I do this?

Thanks for help

[totoff]

french-name.ch/fr/french-page --> language change --> german-name.ch/de/german-page or italian-name.ch/it/italian-page

is what I would suggest.

[joe_ma]

But then the "/fr/" segment is somewhat redundant, isn't it?

And how would youre language switcher look like?

[totoff]

What is the reason behind having three different domain names? I thought it might have to do with SEO? That's why I opted for this. This one

italian-name.ch --> german-name.ch/it/

Wouldn't make much sense if SEO matters.

But then the "/fr/" segment is somewhat redundant, isn't it?

Agree.

And how would youre language switcher look like?

Not sure. How about Multisite Module? https://processwire.com/talk/topic/1025-multisite/

[joe_ma]

Thanks Totoff

I've got to think about all that.

And maybe try to convince the customer to use just one single domain …