PARKED.COM - Official Thread!

[ZOX]

Hi,

Welcome to the OFFICIAL PARKED.COM thread!

 

[zedsta]

Still waiting for my account to activated by parked, any ideas how long this process normally takes?

Thanks

 

[Soofi]

Still waiting for my account to activated by parked, any ideas how long this process normally takes?

Thanks

You can pm Donny to request an expedited approval.

 

[ZOX]

I thought this thread was the best thread on any domain forum, and actually my favorite on the Net. There was some good info just in this thread that could not be found elsewhere, as now there are so many new, uniformed domainers are joining the ranks and filling the boards with nonsense posts.

This place was also like the 24hr gossip/complaint channel for Parked.com.....LOL. It was a lot of fun while it lasted.

Now, it feels like the collapse of the Tower of Babel and we have all walked away in different directions speaking different languages. It's truly sad. I made several friends just on this thread over time.

I also miss Tony cajoling Donny : "Donny, is it a slow train bringing in the stats today from Yahoo?"

Oh jeez...what to do?
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We WILL survive!...maybe for now Donny can send an official rep to our thread (Sonny, Bonny, or Ronny )...but you are absolutely correct SB, at least we made some good solid friendships over time!

 

[ustadogan]

Hi, i am new member of parked.com i want to learn that;
for example
i have an website which is good traffic, can i park it only one day and than again open website? and can i do that occasionally.
can parked.com allow?

 

[Soofi]

We WILL survive!...maybe for now Donny can send an official rep to our thread (Sonny, Bonny, or Ronny )...but you are absolutely correct SB, at least we made some good solid friendships over time!

or someone of us can be in touch with Donny and help ppl here..

 

[ZOX]

or someone of us can be in touch with Donny and help ppl here..

I totally agree!
...
We will still help each other!

 

[Soofi]

I totally agree!
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We will still help each other!

ask away ppl if you need help and we shall try to get as much help !!

 

[DADomains]

Anybody know what Parked does with traffic going to something other than the main domain name?

For instance "samplesite.com/blahblahblah" instead of "samplesite.com". I have a site that gets a lot of traffic from old backlinks like that.

Also this same site's traffic is mostly from China. Anyone have good luck monetizing Chinese traffic with Parked?

 

[Soofi]

Anybody know what Parked does with traffic going to something other than the main domain name?

For instance "samplesite.com/blahblahblah" instead of "samplesite.com". I have a site that gets a lot of traffic from old backlinks like that.

Also this same site's traffic is mostly from China. Anyone have good luck monetizing Chinese traffic with Parked?

Not-existing links will show up an error in browser where you type link: www.samplesite.com/?404=Y. I aint sure if Parked still credits you for the clicks on this page "404" page, however I will try and get an answer from Donny on this.

I think you should monetize those links and redirect 'em to your main page to be able to generate and secure potential revenue in the meanwhile.

hope this helps, cheers!

 

[DADomains]

Not-existing links will show up an error in browser where you type link: www.samplesite.com/?404=Y. I aint sure if Parked still credits you for the clicks on this page "404" page, however I will try and get an answer from Donny on this.

I think you should monetize those links and redirect 'em to your main page to be able to generate and secure potential revenue in the meanwhile.

hope this helps, cheers!

Thanks for the help. Yeah, I noticed when you type garbage after the domain name you get the "?404=Y" page. I hope I get credit for clicks there.

Not sure how to redirect each individual links. Especially since there are so many of these old backlinks. Redirect them one at a time from the registrar?

Please let me know if Donny gets back to you on this. It would also be great if you could ask him about the Chinese traffic. Thanks!

 

[Domagon]

Chinese traffic is garbage. If that's mostly what you're getting, you may do better to just dump those Chinese traffic domains. Or, especially if the traffic is relatively high, try monetizing them in some different way other than parking.

If Chinese traffic is only a portion of a particular domain's traffic, then another approach is geo-targeting. Parked doesn't offer that feature, even though they do it internally, for domainers. It may be worthwhile to try out some other parking / affiliate programs for those domains getting a lot of Chinese traffic. Or do geo-targeting on your own and filter out / send elsewhere the Chinese traffic, but that involves programming and may not be worth the hassle.

Ron

 

[SpareDomains]

Or do geo-targeting on your own and filter out / send elsewhere the Chinese traffic, but that involves programming and may not be worth the hassle. Ron

http://comwired.com/

take the free trial and then decide if it's worth it based on if you see any increase in return on your domains.

 

[Soofi]

Thanks for the help. Yeah, I noticed when you type garbage after the domain name you get the "?404=Y" page. I hope I get credit for clicks there.

Not sure how to redirect each individual links. Especially since there are so many of these old backlinks. Redirect them one at a time from the registrar?

Please let me know if Donny gets back to you on this. It would also be great if you could ask him about the Chinese traffic. Thanks!

I have sent a request to Donny, will update you once he gets back on this!
And redirect 'em one at a time if possible, so that you dont lose on your potential revenue IMO

 

[RTM]

Anybody know what Parked does with traffic going to something other than the main domain name?

For instance "samplesite.com/blahblahblah" instead of "samplesite.com". I have a site that gets a lot of traffic from old backlinks like that.

Also this same site's traffic is mostly from China. Anyone have good luck monetizing Chinese traffic with Parked?

That's a good question.

I did a bit of research. In this example I use the domain chicagoiphone.com

cheap.chicagoiphone.com - will resolve to your Parked page for the TLD.

chicagoiphone.com/cheap - will resolve to your Parked page for the TLD, and Parked will flag it with the ?404=Y parameter after the URL, or more precisely http://chicagoiphone.com/?404=Y. I believe that these type of queries are isolated in your Parked traffic reports as "404" results.

Hope this helps a bit, as I'm certainly not a parked.com pro.

Rob

 

[DADomains]

... but that involves programming and may not be worth the hassle.

Well, does 21,000 uniques a month seem worth it? I'm thinking it might be.

http://comwired.com/

take the free trial and then decide if it's worth it based on if you see any increase in return on your domains.

Never heard of them, I'll check them out. Thanks.

I have sent a request to Donny, will update you once he gets back on this!
And redirect 'em one at a time if possible, so that you dont lose on your potential revenue IMO

This could take a while....but hey, no one ever said trying to make some money was easy, right?

That's a good question.

I did a bit of research. In this example I use the domain chicagoiphone.com

cheap.chicagoiphone.com - will resolve to your Parked page for the TLD.

chicagoiphone.com/cheap - will resolve to your Parked page for the TLD, and Parked will flag it with the ?404=Y parameter after the URL, or more precisely chicagoiphone.com. I believe that these type of queries are isolated in your Parked traffic reports as "404" results.

Hope this helps a bit, as I'm certainly not a parked.com pro.

Rob

Thanks for looking into this. Yeah, that has been my experience too. But I am wondering if Parked pays on the 404s. So far no clicks yet to really know. Heck, no clicks yet should tell me enough that I need to find another way to monetize this traffic. I opened a NameRich account to see how that goes. But I would really like to stay with Parked if it makes sense to do so.

 

[Soofi]

Anybody know what Parked does with traffic going to something other than the main domain name?

For instance "samplesite.com/blahblahblah" instead of "samplesite.com". I have a site that gets a lot of traffic from old backlinks like that.

Also this same site's traffic is mostly from China. Anyone have good luck monetizing Chinese traffic with Parked?

Here's Donny's response to your query:

Jay,
To answer your question, we count everything that comes in as a 404 as a 404. But they are not a visitor. If the surfer searches or clicks, then they are a 404 and a visitor.

Whether it's a 404 or whatever it is, our customers are always paid if there is a click and it's counted by our providers.

Donny​

If you have any questions or concern regarding Parked.com, please feel free to ask and I shall try getting an answer from Donny!

 

[chandan]

actually it answered before once

http://www.namepros.com/3527787-post8542.html

 

[DADomains]

Sounds good, thanks guys! :tu:

 

[johname]

Looks like there is a news update in our parked accounts dashboard!

 

[AWRosey]

WooHoo!! :tu: Off to the Parked / Whypark Forum :kickass:

Looks like there is a news update in our parked accounts dashboard!

 

[Soofi]

WooHoo!! :tu: Off to the Parked / Whypark Forum :kickass:

that's good alternative for queries people might have regarding their accounts

 

[Domagon]

Parked Forum looks nice, runs fast, and is informative. Well done!

Ron

 

[SpareDomains]

parked and the domains I have there been down about an hour now.

 

[ebatcave]

Same here

 

[RTM]

parked and the domains I have there been down about an hour now.

Same here

The reporting interface and forums are down, but their planned downtime notice states "Parked.com's domain parking services are not being affected by this upgrade."

I just checked (8h25 EDT) a few of our names parked there, and the parking pages are loading fine.

Rob