Setting up multilingual site structure

Hi

Am in the middle to of setting up a multilingual site structure, but I wanted to know if it’s worth the hassle or I should just stick to single language site.

How is this going to help me in the future if I decide to add more languages later?

or I should say what are the benefits of setting up a multilingual ready site if you plan to add more languages in the future

my goal is to serve UK, Germany and Netherlands customers in the future

Hey Alexx,

moved this over to the Website Builder section.

Depending on the content of your website and your business targeting different geographic regions can absolutely make sense for a business. But without the information what kind of business it is, I am fishing in the dark here :smiley:

If you sell products, clients from different seasons expect to have the correct currency for the products. There are different Legal and GDPR Compliance laws for Europe and UK, be aware of that. Those are just two questions out of the top of my head.

When you plan a multilanguage site but want to wait with the other languages for later, I do advise to activate the multilanguage feature right away. When you enable multi-language in Sitejet, it alters the URL hierarchy by introducing language directories (e.g., domain.com/en/).

When you add a new language, you can use the copy mode to “clone” all pages. However, future structural or layout changes do not sync automatically across languages. If you activate multiple languages before the layout is 100% locked down, you will have to manually replicate every design tweak three times/two times. So it can make sense to start with one language first and then add the second one’s content afterwards. But this depends on your content in general.

Depending on the business there is another way that can make sense in certain cases (and I have seen thoes): Launching a single-language site targeted purely at each market. But this comes with higher costs, higher maintenance and also different SEO outcome.