Domain Parking: Tips & Tricks to Help You Earn More!

[smurge]

And so it begins!:wave:

My goal is to help people learn more about the parking industry and help them earn more money while spending less of it.

There are tons of tricks,tips,secrets that people use to make money in this business.

Let me say this, I will not discuss illegal or bad practices here so please don't ask.

What will I talk about? How to find domains,with traffic for cheap. Creating long term wealth for yourself and how to do it on a budget. I will answer questions and talk about what I know. If there is something I'm not familiar with or not knowledgeable about I will say so.

I am not here to start flaming wars with other domainers or parking gurus. Everyone has their own set of rules to making money. If you don't like mine, that's okay , but please share your ideas with everyone instead of bashing others.


Myths I want to debunk now:

#1. Parking is dead. (Far from it)

#2. You can't make money doing it. (B.S.- you can make a ton of money in it)

#3. Only the rich can do this. (This is not true!)

#4. Google doesn't like domain parking! (Yes they do, they make a ton of money off it. If they hated it so much why do they continue to support it?)



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So what's the point of all this? It's to help people with parking.

Please feel free to email,pm, or post your questions here and I will do my best to answer them all.


Thanks!

RJ

(P.S. I'm not the best writer so I apologize for any grammar or sentence structure mistakes in advance.)



--Answers to Questions I'm frequently asked!--

#1. What parking companies do I support/like?

These are the main ones I use and have had great success with. I base my success not only on the amount of money I make but also, customer service and transparency.

In alphabetical order:

- Bodis.com (Supports Foreign Traffic)(Zero Click Model Supported)
- Domainsponsor.com (Supports Foreign Traffic) (Zero Click Model Supported)
- Parkingcrew.com (Supports Foreign Traffic)
- Voodoo.com (Highest Payouts In The Industry)


#2. What tools do you use to help you evaluate domains?

Besides my own "TOOL", which I'm not here to promote I would suggest the following;

1. Push2check.com - Great resource site (I do not affiliated with them in anyway)

If we break down the tools I generally look at the following:

Traffic Sources: (Understand that no tool is 100% accurate but together you can get a great picture.)

1. Compete.com
2. Alexa.com
3. Quantcast.com
4. Verisign Labs: http://domainscore.verisignlabs.com/ ( WARNING: This tool to be used when you have mastered other tools. The information on this site is tricky but can be useful)

History of the domain:

1. Archive.org
2. who.is

Backlinks: ( There are plenty of tools for these but here are some sites I use)

1. Majesticseo.com
2. Google Backlinks
3. Yahoo Backlinks
4. DuckDuckGo.com
5. AHrefs.com: https://ahrefs.com/site-explorer/overview/subdomains/brickbuyers.com
6. opensiteexplorer.org (Enjoy this one. It's the search engine for backlinks)



Keywords:

1. Google Keyword Tool


#3. Where can I get lists to analyze:

I have my own tools that do the work for me however here are a few places you can grab lists from to analyze:

1. Dynadot.com
2. Expireddomains.net - (good site)
3. Namejet.com
4. Snapnames.com
5. Godaddy.com
6. Freshdrop.net - (this covers a majority of the above & more)


#4. Do all your domains make money?:

NO!

I'll say it again : NO! I STILL PICK LOSERS!

In fact anyone who says they make money on every single purchase is lying. No one has a 100% success rate and you don't need to. What you need to do to win in this business is;

#1. Pick 51% winners
#2. Make sure to keep your costs low and make more then your spending.


Understand a single domain can make up the costs of lost ones. I picked a domain that makes me $15.00 a day in revenue. That means I'll make $450 a month with it and it's recouped $300 I've lost on previous domains.

Trust me, the sea of domains is massive and there are ton's of GOLDEN NUGGETS ready to be mined by all.


#5. How much do you spend on domains?:

I've spent anywhere from $.99 - $x,xxx! If I like a domain I will spend what I need, to get it as long as "I CAN STILL MAKE A PROFIT"! That's the key.

However, recently I am testing a new program which allows me to buy strictly "HANDREGS". YUP, Handregs! You would be surprised at how much stuff is just sitting on the ocean floor of domains that people think are garbage.


#6. Blacklisted Domains? Revenue Sucks! HELLLLLP!

This is something that's not addressed a lot and something everyone should be aware of: THE BLACK LIST!

This still happens to me this day. I'll buy a domain only to find out the previous owner got blacklisted from Google. This will affect your revenue greatly because Google will not allow Parking Companies to display the proper ad's on your site. If this happens you will need to go to a second feed like Yahoo! or Zeroclick model.

Common Terms for Blacklisted:

1. Faillisted
2. Blacklisted
3. Fail

Check the status of a domain when you park it and you'll see what I mean.

Edit:6/12/2012: Thank You www.ri.sch.edu.sg for this tool!

Originally Posted by www.ri.sch.edu.sg

One thing I can add to this thread is to check if the domain is blacklisted before you purchase them, simply point to:


https://api.bodis.com/domainclassification?domain=(Insert Domain Here)

Classification:

Primary = Google

Secondary = All others but Google (Faillisted,blacklisted, etc from google)

Hope that helps






#7. YUM! YUM! Domain Tasting


If you're not sure what this is it's when you buy a domain and test the traffic for a set amount of time and if your not happy with the traffic you can get a refund or partial refund of your handreg fee.

One thing I see all the time is: Domain tasting is dead! No it's not!

Yes; it might not be as prevalent as it once used to be but there are companies out there that still allow it. How do I know this? Because I do it.

#8. Can I promote or advertise my parked domains?


No, No, No, No, No, No,No, No, No, No, No, No,No, No, No, No, No, No,No, No, No, No, No, No!

If I wasn't clear let me repeat it; NO!


#9. What do all those backlinks mean from different sites?

(Thanks Martiinko for the info)

All those sites "backlink" scanners work by "downloading" the pages all over internet and then searching for URLs in it. Moving from one page to the other over these links. But...

1. There maybe a difference in last time they check this domain for backlinks.

2. There is definitely a huge difference in their databases of pages. That means if one site has smaller DB they don't probably have all the backlinks from as many pages as the other site.

3. Some backlinks are maybe updated, some maybe aren't. The process of "crawling" the web is very time consuming, so not all the backlinks can be verified every day.

To your other question. The links like you described are ok. If you park a domain all the requests go straight to the main page. But what is important is where is the link located. Is it a "spam in comments section", is it in the "blog post" or is maybe a "banner"?

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So I collected couple different pages (and I'm collecting even more) for you to check if the webpage/domain was ever parked before Some have form input some are just simple url + domain name.
I will make it into a simple web app, so you don't have to go to all of this pages when checking a domain name for parking history. Mostly screenshots.

Was this domain name parked before?
All of them are free. And I don't have any connection to them whatsoever.

Fun fact: This article got to 2th place in google search for Domain name parking history after 20 minutes.




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*** WORDS OF WISDOM ***

1. Never spend money you can't afford to lose! Consider every domain investment a loss till you make your money back because that's what it is. No one can tell me different on this and the reason why is you are "NEGATIVE" that amount of money till it's recouped.

2. When you buy a domain to park; look to get your initial investment back within 6-12 months.

 

[ResoluteDomains]

Sure, anyone can message me privately.

OK, thank you. Will send you a PM shortly.

 

[ResoluteDomains]

Sure, anyone can message me privately.

I have written you a private message. Thank you for taking the time to help us.

 

[dream_d]

I have also sent you a private message as well.

 

[neo7275]

Voodoo.com is the best parking i have ever seen.
Is there any othere parking companies with good CPC.
I mean i know few but didnt tried them.

 

[gdndd]

To Smurge !

I wanted to thank you for your tips and tricks ! After reading every post on this subject/topic ( 30 pages) i started to earn some good money with my domain names... (around 300)!

Good keywords are always the key ...

But what is the most weird, it's that it even worked with new domain names... (not a lot but just enough to feel confortable with it)...

Whatever... thank you very much for your help !

 

[neo7275]

Smurge : Apart from voodoo.com, which are good parking companies. I mean i know many but havent tried them. Few companies i know has very very low cpc/rpc.

 

[parkingtips]

voodoo hard to create new account now, seem they check the whois. new members with new domains cannot join. bodis just require sms verify. i hope voodoo change the way to verify account.

 

[neo7275]

Voodoo has a professional way of working.

 

[JudgeMind]

Any update on the tool you were testing hand regshand regs

 

[momentum]

Rook and ParkingCrew produce good revenue. Never made that much with Voodoo personally.

 

[smurge]

Any update on the tool you were testing hand regshand regs

That company I was part if dissolved a while ago. Since I was a small stake owner I did not get to keep the program nor use it and my understanding is that its been discontinued.

Maybe one day ill create something of my own but not at the moment as im working on a new project of my own.

 

[smurge]

Apparently this isn't stickied anymore .

 

[Victor Pitts]

hi just want to ask, is there a new report from above.com for the title
"Above Marketplace Report". we can learn a lot there i think

 

[Victor Pitts]

Hi rofikhi,
The Above.com Marketplace Report is mailed weekly, each Wednesday to all clients of Above as well as subscribers. To sign up for the Marketplace Report please visit .../marketplace/signup.html

Complete the signup form and click the 'Submit' button. On the next page you will receive a confirmation of your subscription and you will have an opportunity to invite a friend or associate to subscribe as well.

To complete your registration you will need to click the confirmation link that is sent to your email address. If you do not receive your confirmation email in a timely manner, please check your junk/spam folder.

Cheers!
Victor

 

[pablohc86]

Hi rofikhi,
The Above.com Marketplace Report is mailed weekly, each Wednesday to all clients of Above as well as subscribers. To sign up for the Marketplace Report please visit .../marketplace/signup.html

Complete the signup form and click the 'Submit' button. On the next page you will receive a confirmation of your subscription and you will have an opportunity to invite a friend or associate to subscribe as well.

To complete your registration you will need to click the confirmation link that is sent to your email address. If you do not receive your confirmation email in a timely manner, please check your junk/spam folder.

Cheers!
Victor

Are you from above team?

 

[Victor Pitts]

Are you from above team?

Yes. I am the Director of Domain Services there.

 

[smurge]

@victor - How do you handle keyword optimization?

Id be willing to show you how to implement what I do to make $100 + clicks on a regular basis, of course for a fee. lol But still the offer is on the table. I don't know of anyone , other than myself, who knows how to optimize the way I do. Just food for thought.

 

[pablohc86]

Yes. I am the Director of Domain Services there.

Great, nice to have you here!

 

[Victor Pitts]

@victor - How do you handle keyword optimization?
@smurge - The Above Parking Manager does not do keyword optimization. That is left to the parking companies who control both the landing pages and the keyword that your ad is associated to within their network. Each parking service is structured to maximize your earnings, which also maximizes theirs. The Above Parking Manager as a platform lets those services compete for your traffic, by dynamically allocating your traffic to the parking service performing best on a nRPM basis.

However if you opt into the Maximizer program at Above, then direct premium advertisers can compete with the parking companies for your traffic. Maximizer is the Above zero click service which would sell some of your traffic to direct advertisers who out bid your best performing parking service. Above associates domains to keywords when they are made eligible by the user opt-into the program. Multiple keywords can be associated to a domain if applicable. Once opted in and assigned keywords the domain is eligible direct advertisers to bid on.

So in summary, if you use Above just to optimize your traffic to the parking companies, then keyword optimization is controlled by the parking company. If you enable Maximizer, then Above is responsible for keyword matching of eligible domains to advertiser demand. Optimization decisions in ALL CASES is made according to a proprietary algorithm using nRPM as criteria.

Did I answer your question?

Cheers!
Victor

 

[ResoluteDomains]

So it really doesnt matter if we add our own keywords then?

 

[baseballworld]

I can understand how someone might be skeptical about this and you should be as well. However, that being said , it doesn't mean that all big traffic domains are bad.

When I look at big traffic domains that an individual is selling, I have a standard process that I use.(Yes it can be modified)

#1. Why the person is selling? If I see things like; " Need to sell these quick, will cut deal" , it throws up a red flag instantly.

If the domain is generating good revenue then I.M.O. there is no need to sell it quickly. If it's truly a good domain, with legit traffic, someone who has the money will buy it instantly or quickly without you stating it.

#2. After I read why they are selling it I want to see at least 60-90 days worth of history. Now when I say this I don't mean a screen shot of the overall revenue but a 60-90 day, day to day look at it. This helps me see what the traffic looks like each day and what the conversion rate is.

#3. Ask Questions and Get The Facts! If you want more information ask questions. It's your money and you have the right to ask where it's going. If someone is dodging your questions or being extremely vague with their responses,this might be a bad sign.

Find out what you need to know to make you feel comfortable about purchasing it.

He's very correct here. Not only when I am buying but when selling a name I have no issues providing this information. If a seller hesitates to you should hesitate to bid or buy.

 

[AndyM]

Should I stop parking with sedo? I have a fairly decent domain name that comes up at the top of page one on google and I am earning absolutely nothing from it. It's mainly foreign traffic due to the cctld.

 

[baseballworld]

I hear bodis is good with foreign traffic. Park it and see how it does.

 

[simran.net]

Do you guys experience any revenue drop in almost all parking services in these last 3 months? ( G feeds?)
I notice big drop regardless of parking company.

Is it me alone or common to all?

 

[ResoluteDomains]

Do you guys experience any revenue drop in almost all parking services in these last 3 months? ( G feeds?)
I notice big drop regardless of parking company.

Is it me alone or common to all?

Noticed it starting mid-November or so.. Its SLOWLY recovering.