I was referred here by a reader of my blog post:
http://livingoffdividends.com/2008/04/20/earn-passive-income-from-domains/
I have never talked to Addison nor had I ever heard of him before I read this post. I'm amazed that someone who was a pool contractor has been able to set up an internet company of this type. (actually I'm a bit jealous) Sure it doesn't have fancy graphics, but it still works as advertised.
I have several sites parked with them. As I mentioned in my blog post, one site cosmeticforums.com, is now ranked a PR 2 and ranks on 1st page of google for 'rhinoplasty frisco'.
I also rec'd a $66 paypal payment from them this month. I've been with them for approximately 6 months. This is a gazillion times more (well actually only 27,500% more) than I got from parking with Sedo!!!!!
I'm getting a few clicks a month and they're pretty decent paying clicks (not the top of the spectrum but much better than lousy 5 cents clicks). I've also gotten 36 backlinks from other sites in the DE network - I think this is why they share the affiliate earnings - even if a site is lousy and produces no adsense revenue, it provides valuable backlinks to other sites.
My post was a promotion of DE because I felt it was a good way to make money. Especially for me
through affiliate referrals, but if its a lousy program I don't want to promote it. I'm not that desperate!
If you guys have any better ideas on how to make more money than that, please let me know!
Just saying its a lousy service because the owner had a company that went bk is a little bit of a logical stretch. (check out the hate sites for paypal and KB homes! They're both still in business).
Maybe he went through a bad divorce and just lost it? (Divorce is the 2nd most stressful event in an adults life). I don't know, i'm just speculating here. He could've easily been a druggie and blown the money on crack!
But I got paid a lot more than Sedo and in fact I got multiple emails telling me to provide a TAX ID in order to get paid (immediately after I hit the minimum payout) tells me that the company is trying to be legit. Of course, time will tell.
Until then, I hope to stick around and learn some more.