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Hi everyone, this is my first post here on namepros even though I've been following this forum for over two years now.
I have some domains parked and I've been making some money with them, especially those with high epc/cpc (because 1 click or 2 in a domain of 30$ is better than 20 clicks in a domain with a cpc of 1$ – depends on the traffic too, niches, etc.)
My question here is the following [and to give me a little motivation too], does anyone here make a living exclusively from domain parking or could you live if you wanted to?
If you could complement that with some screenshots I would appreciate that ; What I'm asking is for high clicks, monthly revenue, etc.
Sorry for any mistake, I'm Portuguese (but raised in Andorra from 2 to 12 years old)
Thank you all for your generosity and transparency
 
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@Sedo traffic stats is just for fun, ~all bots are counted there.

@ParkingCrew data is the most reliable in terms of human traffic.
 
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how do u know PC more reliable than bodis..?
From comparison of many domains here and there.
And also it was confirmed by Bodis in my tickets. Their bot-filtering is not so good like PC.
 
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Thank you @Samer 😊
Why do you say it's harder?
Less revenue, low cpc's, biggest % cut from the parking companies?

I also would like to invite
@Donmarick
@evil
@Jurgen Wolf
@pablohc86
@privatereg
@redemo
@thegeekguy
@Whizzbang
to the this post and discuss a little
Thanks

Ok You invited me so in my perspective dropdown in the last 2 months is big. It wasn't bad at begin of the year but seems going bad last months. I look on my domains monthly not care of CPC or any other variable.
If we talk about numbers: the best domain that I had on parking had: 3$$ for a month.
Traffic domains in my portfolio: more than 200 (count only domains that make profit bigger than renewal cost).
Parkings that I use all the time (tested probably all): PC, Afternic, Voodoo, GD, Sedo
 
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Ok You invited me so in my perspective dropdown in the last 2 months is big. It wasn't bad at begin of the year but seems going bad last months. I look on my domains monthly not care of CPC or any other variable.
If we talk about numbers: the best domain that I had on parking had: 3$$ for a month.
Traffic domains in my portfolio: more than 200 (count only domains that make profit bigger than renewal cost).
Parkings that I use all the time (tested probably all): PC, Afternic, Voodoo, GD, Sedo
So, with 1 domain making 3xx$ and with more 200 domains on your portfolio I assume it's safe to say that you are making at least 4 figures per month?
 
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So, with 1 domain making 3xx$ and with more 200 domains on your portfolio I assume it's safe to say that you are making at least 4 figures per month?
Pretty much yeah I think it's a good way of thinking. Of course everything changes sometimes I sell domain or migrate from parking to parking to check revenue everything flows in this section ;).
 
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@Sedo traffic stats is just for fun, ~all bots are counted there.

@ParkingCrew data is the most reliable in terms of human traffic.

Unique accuracy wise.. Would you say ?
1. PC
2.Bodis

Can you roughly estimate the difference?
 
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Bodis filtering in 2021 is significantly better than it was previously.
So ~accurate.
 
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Bodis filtering in 2021 is significantly better than it was previously.
So ~accurate.

Off topic, but is DAN offer viewings number accurate or bots included?
 
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Dan showing almost everything so could be even bot only views. When I compare bodis and pc in 2021 filtering on bodis is in my opinion even stronger.
 
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Dan showing almost everything so could be even bot only views. When I compare bodis and pc in 2021 filtering on bodis is in my opinion even stronger.

I think best order is..

bodis
PC
dan
sedo

not sure about voodoo or if still open..but few use it I think
 
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Voodoo could be first/second it's mostly not open for new accounts only for old players, pc going now same way stoped instant register by api and only manual review domains etc.

if we talk about filtering my list would look like:

1. Voodoo / Bodis
2. ParkingCrew
3. Uniregistry (with their algorithms works pretty good I think it is not changed. I use them only for 25 domains) /Dan / Sedo (Sedo showing classified bots but not all < like all parking sites> but here I would say a bit lower than others) / Epik
4. Godaddy/ Afternic
 
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Voodoo could be first/second it's mostly not open for new accounts only for old players, pc going now same way stoped instant register by api and only manual review domains etc.

if we talk about filtering my list would look like:

1. Voodoo / Bodis
2. ParkingCrew
3. Uniregistry (with their algorithms works pretty good I think it is not changed. I use them only for 25 domains) /Dan / Sedo (Sedo showing classified bots but not all < like all parking sites> but here I would say a bit lower than others) / Epik
4. Godaddy/ Afternic
Why are parking companies being so selective?
 
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Well, I just made my first $0.05 from Domain Parking at Bodis :laugh:

How exactly Bodis works,. guys. Does it pay $0.05 for 1000 visits?
How much clicks pay? haha
 
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Type of names you could make a living off (if you have enough of them). In fact, your landing page could have a photo of a horse taking a dump on a photo of the buyers wife and it still would not matter for a serious buyer, might even motivate them.
I have anecdotal evidence of this. Ok...so a little different. It was a friend of mine, he was the seller not the buyer and the pics were of his ex wife but there was no horse needed...she already looked like a horse had taken a dump on her face.
 
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Their filtering is slightly better than average.

Yurgen, you seem top notch in parking, mate!
Could you explain how I earned my first $2 on Bodis?
Don't know how to attach a screenshot. Sorry.

CLICK:1
CTR:5.88%
~$2.00
RPM:~$117.65
~$2.00
 
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Somebody without adblocker visited your domain and did $2 click.
What else I should explain???
 
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Yurgen, you seem top notch in parking, mate!
Could you explain how I earned my first $2 on Bodis?
Don't know how to attach a screenshot. Sorry.

CLICK:1
CTR:5.88%
~$2.00
RPM:~$117.65
~$2.00

I do not see anything special or weird here?
 
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Somebody without adblocker visited your domain and did $2 click.
What else I should explain???

Cheers, bro. Why did you mention adblocker? Is it widespread?
 
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Because adblockers are very popular nowadays.
 
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Because adblockers are very popular nowadays.

I see. Do you by any chance know if clicks outside the US count? I'm based in the UK.
I use Bodis
 
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All clicks are counted.
The only difference in revenue.
Rich countries produce $X/XX clicks.
 
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