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What is the best service to park domains? Is parking really worth it and pays off enough?
What is the best service to park domains? Is parking really worth it and pays off enough?
with I could, mean that nowadays you couldn't anymore??If you only have a few domains (or 1), start with Bodis since they don't have a minimum number and pay on the 7th of the following month. There are numerous other threads to answer your question whether parking is worth it or not. For me it's a side hustle but I could make it a full time job if I wanted.
with I could, mean that nowadays you couldn't anymore??
yeah it was still me around 10 years ago, you have good memory then.I mean, yes, I can make this a full time job if I want to invest the capital to do it. I've done this for more than 15 years (like you have I think if I remember you posting years ago), and back then you could buy a domain for $25, park it and make money (on the Yahoo feed at least). Now, it takes at least $300 per domain which you run the risk that you will lose that entire investment, so you really need a lot more than that to grow your business - and you need to do that 7 days a week to compete. And as you know, what you make in parking is your gross number; you have to subtract your daily investment, renewal fees, loss ratio (on ones that you made a mistake buying), the slow death of domain names (some loses traffic in a month, some 6 months, etc.), and take the losses into consideration, your time, etc. And I would preface that with you have to know what to go after so your mistakes are fewer than starting from scratch. That takes years of trial and error, and your rules have to change constantly due to the way G changes their search algorithms, higher auction starting prices, higher competition, etc., And let's not forget the UDRPs (or worse, a direct lawsuit which I've experienced in the early days). Lots of risk - is it worth it? Thats for you to decide...
What is the best service to park domains? Is parking really worth it and pays off enough?
have you tried others, do they do better?It is certainly not as lucrative as it used to be...I blame the giggle empire for that (but I could be wrong).
Voodoo gives a lot of useful info when parking with them and the money is as good as can be expected. My only issue with them lately is that service request times have gone from a day or two to a week or longer. Not sure what is happening there but I hope it is temporary.
have you tried others, do they do better?
Voodoo sure was a great company back in the heyday when Donny started it (after he sold his ownership from Parked which also was great until the Yahoo feed went away among other reasons...). In terms of pure DNS Voodoo only has 70,000 domains remaining which is 1/10th or less of the other parking companies in terms of DNS volume. Of course DNS isn't the only way to point to Voodoo but its a good comparative tool. That may have necessitated a drop in support staff. I wonder if they are winding down given the ongoing drop in domains pointing to them? I would think if they are their G parking contract feed would be worth a fortune to someone to purchase since they're almost impossible to get anymore.Voodoo gives a lot of useful info when parking with them and the money is as good as can be expected. My only issue with them lately is that service request times have gone from a day or two to a week or longer. Not sure what is happening there but I hope it is temporary.
Voodoo sure was a great company back in the heyday when Donny started it (after he sold his ownership from Parked which also was great until the Yahoo feed went away among other reasons...). In terms of pure DNS Voodoo only has 70,000 domains remaining which is 1/10th or less of the other parking companies in terms of DNS volume. Of course DNS isn't the only way to point to Voodoo but its a good comparative tool. That may have necessitated a drop in support staff. I wonder if they are winding down given the ongoing drop in domains pointing to them? I would think if they are their G parking contract feed would be worth a fortune to someone to purchase since they're almost impossible to get anymore.
how does bodis and parkingcrew compare?
Leave parking alone. Focus on selling your domains.
My opinion is why not do both? Most (maybe all) parking companies have for sale banners or some way to inform the person visiting the site that the domain is for sale. The only thing about sales banners that I've never seen anyone do stats on is how much you lose in parking revenue if a visitor sees the sales banner and doesn't click on anything.Please chip in with any comments just in case I'm missing something obvious.
Decisions...decisions.
Regards,
Reddstagg
HiVoodoo sure was a great company back in the heyday when Donny started it
HiVoodoo only has 70,000 domains remaining which is 1/10th or less of the other parking companies in terms of DNS volume
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