5 Ways to Make More Money with Domain Parking

[WhoNet]

5 Ways to Make More Money with Domain Parking

August 1st, 2008

As domain parking revenue drops, sitting around and complaining won’t do you any good.

Ask just about any domain owner and they’ll tell you domain parking revenue is down this year. There are a number of factors contributing to this, including changes by ad providers Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO). There are more changes on the way, too.

So what can you do about it? Here are five ways you can reinvigorate your domain name parking earnings.

1. Take advantage of parking company promotions. Since just about every good domain portfolio is parked, the domain parking companies are fighting between each other for your business. They’re getting creative with bonus offers. DomainSponsor has generous bonuses for people who keep their domains with them. RevenueDirect is currently offering a 100% revenue share for one month to new parking customers, too.

2. Test a different parking company. Parking companies all think they’re the best in the business, but most will admit that they can’t monetize every domain perfectly. Some domains perform better with one company compared to another. If you have foreign traffic, you’ll probably find a Google-based parking company to perform better (depending on the country). Google powers Sedo , DomainSponsor, and NameDrive among others. Regardless, try shaking things up with some of your domains that get low click-through rates by trying new keywords or testing them with a different parking company.

3. If you earn more than $200 a month, consider SedoPro. Sedo offers a special program for people parking 200 or more domains or earning $200 a month. It pays out better than the regular Sedo program. There are some cool perks, too — like attending the Sedo Pro Partner Forum each year. To join SedoPro you need an endorsement code. If you qualify, send an email to andrew (at) domainnamewire.com and I’ll send a code to you.

4. If you earn more than $10,000 a month, consider Bido ’s PortfolioHelp. Bido launched a new program called PortfolioHelp that assists larger domain portfolio holders with bargaining for better payouts.

5. Try an automated site development platform. Domain parking works, but automated site development services can help you get search engine traction and potentially more revenue. Two examples are WhyPark and EvoLanding .

http://domainnamewire.com/2008/08/01/5-ways-to-make-more-money-with-domain-parking

 

[DDC_Cyn]

2. Test a different parking company. Parking companies all think they’re the best in the business, but most will admit that they can’t monetize every domain perfectly. Some domains perform better with one company compared to another. If you have foreign traffic, you’ll probably find a Google-based parking company to perform better (depending on the country). Google powers Sedo , DomainSponsor, and NameDrive among others. Regardless, try shaking things up with some of your domains that get low click-through rates by trying new keywords or testing them with a different parking company.

This is so true and it's something many people miss. When a site doesn't bring in the dollars, it may not be the site. We use Yahoo feeds at DDC so you'll get different ads than you will on Google feeds, and just the way our system handles the domain compared to how any other company does can be a subtle enough system to make a difference. If you're talking about a lot of domains, even a few cents difference can add up.

So test, test, test. Nothing is forever and the most you'll lose is a few dollars but you could gain so much more.

 

[whitebark]

3. If you earn more than $200 a month, consider SedoPro.

LOL

sedo - .03 per click
sedo pro - .05 per click.

If you earn $200 per month move to fabulous or parked and double it.

 

[vbigdeli]

If you earn $200 per month,forget Google feed :D

 

[Fragger]

LOL

sedo - .03 per click
sedo pro - .05 per click.

If you earn $200 per month move to fabulous or parked and double it.

Not necessarily. Don't get me wrong, I hate sedo for so many reasons, but so far this month my average click on SedoPro is roughly .25-.30. Now, I also use parked.com, fabulous, bodis, and some custom feeds..... but some of my names DO perform well on SedoPro. However, during the month where they decided to randomly switch all my layouts and keywords for "testing" purposes I suffered a bit.

 

[mary.l]

sedopro need 200 domain ,if you have more than ,try it ,it is very nice .

 

[Varon]

Very interesting points.

 

[thebutler]

Sedopro tests?

Not necessarily. Don't get me wrong, I hate sedo for so many reasons, but so far this month my average click on SedoPro is roughly .25-.30. Now, I also use parked.com, fabulous, bodis, and some custom feeds..... but some of my names DO perform well on SedoPro. However, during the month where they decided to randomly switch all my layouts and keywords for "testing" purposes I suffered a bit.

Their testing program (as noted) would totally *&&^^%%$ me off. Did they explain why they decided to use your domains??

db

 

[Varon]

Their testing program (as noted) would totally *&&^^%%$ me off. Did they explain why they decided to use your domains??

db

After their years of proprietary testing.. we can expect the RPC to increase by 2 cents. Quite mind baffling.

 

[Andrei P.]

Their testing program (as noted) would totally *&&^^%%$ me off. Did they explain why they decided to use your domains??

db

I think it's not testing program that made our earnings drop. They announced the same month that now advertises sites will be opened in the same window (so one visitor will not be able to open 5-6 ads at the same time). That caused earnings to drop

 

[l-l-l.com]

Not necessarily. Don't get me wrong, I hate sedo for so many reasons, but so far this month my average click on SedoPro is roughly .25-.30. Now, I also use parked.com, fabulous, bodis, and some custom feeds..... but some of my names DO perform well on SedoPro. However, during the month where they decided to randomly switch all my layouts and keywords for "testing" purposes I suffered a bit.

got to agree

this month the start has been amazing at sedo


around 3 clicks of $ .90 cents to $1 region