matt_bodis

Parketeer, can you please stay out of my thread with all the information on your parking program? From what I have in mind, my parking program won't even be close to what you have. Completely different.

You are free to go start a thread on your own parking site in the forum.

Keep this thread with only suggestions and advice for my parking program only. Thank you.

iNod

If you talk about it like you are bragging with the whole "my parking program only" it will end up being just you.

In order to succeed in business you need others and you should make it sound clear you wish for others to join. Always keep everything open, business partners are excellent and they help develop ideas to make it beneficial for all.

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DropLister

lol i thought i had that slogan locked down, check the title of
http://web.archive.org/web/200506060...roplister.com/
i do believe droplister.com out dates you both, so there

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matt_bodis

Nobody is bragging.
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This thread was made to give me suggestions and advice to make domain parking a better world for everyone. I referenced myself because I am the one that is developing it, I do not have any partners. If you wish to have partners, you are free to start your own parking program with the partners that you wish. I don't need tips on running a business.

What I need is advice and suggestions on how to develop the parking program to make it stand out from the crowd. And so far it has been going great until recently you and some Parketeer guy came in and started talking about his pay to park program which seems like a total flop.

Let's keep this thread on topic or else I will start have to reporting posts.

wot

Not to put a damper on anything but I did try the mini site route on a number of prime names.

All in all, after 6 months and then reverting to even Sedo parking the income was significantly higher, that is not taking in to acount hosting etc either.

PPC seems to be falling across the board but it is a bonus in my opinion. I have only ever sold one traffic name, all of my other 1,000 + sales have been for name only.

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If you were to come up with a unique system ...that would allow general adverting such as forum sig-directory listings...everything that is legal for a website itself to use to promote and advertise....i think you would really be on to something.....Referral traffic is what makes the internet go around....Nice templates...monitization and ect are all excellent ideas...but plain and simple...no matter how good the page looks...affiliate links allowed..and ect...without a parker being able to get traffic to the page...it's just another domain name sitting parked with minimal views and clicks...I am interested to see what you come up with and wish you the best of luck...i will volunteer to test your system out if you'd like when you have it implemented.

iNod

First thing, lets get something clear. I have nothing to do with any Parketeer guy. Second you are accusing me of something I had nothing to do with.

I wish you a good luck on your adventure and look forward to seeing what you manage to produce, and if a simple comment flips you off, well you need to sort out a few things.

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qualitycoms

I just want to say thanks in advance cfguru and to also thank the guys at 1plus.net for what they are doing as well. It is high time for some serious revolution/evolution in the parking industry. Time for some justice, those who deserve to should rise, those who don't should sink! I'll be watching and waiting...

rickkumar

Well said.....

SDX

CFGuru,

Any planned date of release yet?

Thanks!

matt_bodis

This is going full scale. The designs are already underway.

January the earliest. But I think sometime in February to be realistic. Not too long. Design of the website and the templates is scheduled to be completed by the end of December.

After that is completed, development, testing, etc will be done January. I will keep everyone updated. I will be accepting applications as early as the beginning of January for sure.

petrosc

- The support of ccTLDs. To have landing pages in german for .de and .at domains, in czech for .cz, in dutch for .nl etc. I am sick of sedo, but unfortunately now it's the only service that I can use for my ccTLDs.

- Parking services like sedo, only pay you one click per visitor. If the visitor clicks more than one time on an ad in your landing page, sedo keeps all the extra revenue for itself, and pays only the first one to you. I hope that this will not be the case with your new service.

Just my 2 cents.
Petros

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Th3Boss

cool, cant wait till its finished

SDX

COUNT ME IN CFGURU!

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maxxwebb

360,

send me a PM when your program is live. i have a "domain parking" page on a PPPPRRRR(five) site - i will add your site.

GOOD LUCK.

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dns34

cfguru360, great idea, right now i,m with namedrive,like there landing pages, i have some names at DS thought they were going to use better landing pages but haven't seen them yet. i,ll keep up with you ,thanks

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b.a

I have similar ideas in summer when had some bad inexperiences with parking services, lather wrote my own software, that creates real web pages with content and Seo optimized. (example site: www.myipods.net) I'm a PHP programmer and also can help developing that type of project. Have a lot of ideas..

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slobizman

Those are nice pages. Do they pay better than ohter parking services?

b.a

in this site I use my own Google Adsense code, therefore I'm not sharing the revenue with Parking service owners and getting the %100 revenue myself. The CTR also is very good (you see the ad placement).
No problem also by using Yahoo Publisher Network instead Google Adsense ads.

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Hooper

Great ideas and timing...
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Suggestion....create a strategic alliance with a directory site or sites that will a provide links in their directories automatically without further user intervention. Have an option in the parking manager where we can select whether or not we want "free" links or paid feature links to our site(s). Example...If we select a travel catergory when we park the domain then the directory sites automatically take our url and provide the link in their directory.....lots of free and pay directories out there that should be able to accept an xml feed.....sounds complex but is not. Major timesaver.

Sure you could also work out a deal and get a % of the pie for a revenue you gnerate for the directory......quality, reputable sites would be the key.

Best of luck with your venture...

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verbster

Assuming you're going all in as direct competition to the likes of Sedo and Afternic...and will have the web presence to match...the market could sure use some new ideas and attitudes.

Lots of great advice, but don't forget about the basic nuts and bolts for visitors, buyers and sellers alike. While this site may cater to domainers, it needs to be very easy to use for non-domainers, too...especially buyers. Navigation to and from, there and back, should be quick and painless. The same goes for searches, browsing and submitting offers.

A total reports and/or sorting package that includes every type of sorting and on-screen combinations of data about domains or groups or whaterver....view by dates, clicks, impressions, revenue, etc.

Even stuff as simple as being able to print out a list of domains in an account...or look at expiration dates.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=254144

Send automated "about to expire" notices. A built-in whois feature.

Have bulk tools for everything....that work. Make finding auth codes, transfers, pushing and such easy. Have bulk submission tools that identify repeated or already posted domains.

Don't make the mistakes Afternic did with users getting stuck not knowing how to get back out of certain pages clicked into.

Lots more, but you get my point. Flash and sizzle are great, but great basics are a must.

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slobizman

Absolutely verster! Get the basics right. I could not agree more. It's so frustrating to see web services with lots of flash, but I can't count on the basic tools working.

matt_bodis

Just to get a few things straight here.

I am not offering a service to buy/sell domains like Sedo or Afternic. This is going to be a parking program for parking domains with traffic, nothing more. I will allow the seller to add a "for sale" link with their email address or a form that can send possible buyer comments to their email, but will not conduct any buying/selling. That will be upto the domain owner to do it privately.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=254144

So once again, this will be only a parking program. Not a place to buy/sell/submit offers for domains.

Also, some of these suggestions are nice, but will not be there at the start of the program. I can't fit 1000 suggestions out of the box, on the first day of the site being open (even though I wish I could). Suggestions such as viewing visitor traffic by the hour, visitor traffic charts, and all those flashy goods will be added days and weeks after the program is out, if it will be a success.

Now to update a few people:

-Domain has been purchased for this site via Sedo and is now in my possession. It is catchy and brandable. May not be great the first time you say the domain to yourself, but will definetely be distinguishable, brandable, and catchy after you repeat it a few days down the line.

-Second, the designs for the parking pages are already under-way with a major design firm.

-I have already started development for the website. A basic portal where you can login, register, add domains, etc has already been completed.


That's the latest for now. My next hope is that the design of the parking pages come out the way I want them to. I will update everybody in this thread when there is more news about this parking program - OUR parking program.

verbster

Well, shucks. Even so, the basics are still essential. All the control panel navigations and features need to be efficient and comprehensive. For example, a member with 1000 domains needs great tools to manage the parked domains. Having to make changes to hundreds of domains one at a time is not good, so good bulk tools whenver possible are necessary. Being able to display 5, 50 or 500 domains at a time to make comprehensive changes, like templates and banners is essential...that sort of thing.

For editing, not having to take five minutes and five screens just to locate a particular domain out of 1000 would be nice. And so on. Many parking companies make working with large numbers of domains cumbersome.

I applaud your effors to offer parking that is a step up....as well as asking for input. Folks should look at their current providers and make a short list of what would improve it...and post the list (don't even have to name it). Sometimes it's just one feature or convenience that makes all the difference. Good luck. (Hope I didn't miss the boat again!)

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matt_bodis

Thanks for the input verbster. I will add all the ideas that I think are possible as the parking program progresses. I'm a fast developer so things can be done within a few days. The bulk tools will definetely be added in, but not in the first week. There are many things I want to add in, but it is better to start small and build up otherwise the whole development could fall apart if I try to jam too many features before the program is released.
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Anyway, I do have an update for everybody. I received my parking layout from my design firm. I think it was amazingly well done. It is SCE - Simplistic, Clean, and Effective. . It looks alot like a mini-site and I am in no doubt that CTR with this template will be higher than average on most domains.

The domain for the website has already been purchased a few weeks ago. I have already filed my business website name with the state. It went through successfully! My next step is to setup a business account at my local branch and present them the business plan for any future loans, etc etc (even though I probably won't be needing to borrow any money).

I am going to be hiring a second design firm to design the business webpage. So that's the next step. After that is completed, I will finish off the development, and we will be almost good to go!