Alternatives to Pure Domain Parking? (& Revenue Comparisons)?

[NP41215]

I've had no experience whatsoever outside of pure domain parking, although I do at times wonder about alternative revenue programs. I read somewhere that affiliate links pay better than AdSense links, but I don't know if that's even true. In fact, I don't even know how AdSense compares to pure parking (just revenue-wise, not effort-wise). Like to hear what others' experiences are.

Besides AdSense vs. pure parking, is there something else that pays even better than AdSense and/or parking? What other programs out there are among the next best or almost as good as AdSense, in terms of revenues to the domainer?

Domainers who've had experience with AdSense or any other program besides pure parking, please contribute and share your experiences. It would be good to indicate a percentage, using 100 (i.e. 100%) as the benchmark for pure parking. E.g. if, in your experience, AdSense pays about 20% better than parking then the number is 120 (i.e. 120% of pure parking). If program X pays about 15% less than pure parking, then it is 85 (i.e. 85% as good as pure parking) and so on.

I realize the numbers can also vary depending on the domain name, subject matter, and goods and services involved. But if enough people contribute their different experiences, and provide a bit of detail besides numbers, e.g. indicate category such as games, dating, etc., then we can all benefit from our pooled, collective experience and numbers. I think Amazon and eBay programs are newer than AdSense. I wonder how they compare? Also, any new, emerging alternative programs that look promising, or even exciting? ALL contribution and sharing of numbers and experiences strongly encouraged, welcomed and appreciated!

NP

 

[NP41215]

Hmm, no interest? No sharing?

OK, rather than bumping it, let me toss in a stock tip for good measure. This can be worth $$$, $$$$, or much much more.

Krispy Kreme stock (ticker KKD) just bottomed at $3.24 yesterday. This morning's low was $3.25. Right at this moment it is $3.41 bid, $3.42 ask. The stock was selling for almost $14 just a few months ago. Likely to see 2-digit returns or more in just a few days.

 

[whitebark]

Developing your domains will almost always make you more as you don't share revenue with anyone. As long as you make a half-hearted attempt at making websites people will want to read and use you cannot really lose.

Put it this way - I've taken domains making .10 a month parked and turned them into simple websites making $50+ a month in just a few months.

Don't go the cop-out route and go for the cheapest solutions (hence my half-hearted comment) like autoblogs and rss scraper sites - they are next to useless and are little more than spam in my opinion. You risk your domain being dropped from the search engines and you could even lose your adsense account. Many affiliate program managers would be less than pleased to see their products being advertised on such websites as well.

Find someone you can trust to make you original content websites - even if they are just a few pages in length if you want to see what you can really be making.

 

[NP41215]

Whitebark,

Thanks for contributing.

Btw, KKD is moving up, no surprise.

 

[neocoven]

I am trying Park4money and DomainEmbarking.

Pros and Cons

Park4money: you can put your adsense code but not many templates and somewhat unprofessional. Also, I do not know the owner. Compared to my current major parking company, SEDO, it counts less traffic (maybe right, maybe wrong). This site offers a website with categorized articles.

DomainEmbarking: you can build a website upto 8 pages deep with diverse contents. They use point system to share revenues. However, you need to pay $9 some dollars per month to use your own adsense. WTH, IMO. lol

 

[singlem]

Can you show us an example of one making $50 a month developed?

Developing your domains will almost always make you more as you don't share revenue with anyone. As long as you make a half-hearted attempt at making websites people will want to read and use you cannot really lose.

Put it this way - I've taken domains making .10 a month parked and turned them into simple websites making $50+ a month in just a few months.

 

[whitebark]

One I just sold yesterday - www.canadaemployment.info - straight adsense
or - doing more than $50 a month - www.registryrepair.ca - combo adsense and affiliate sales

 

[healymedia]

Whitebark,
Great work.

Question for you though, across all of your minisites that youve developed/own, what would you say the average monthly income would be for a site thats been up for 4 or 5 months.

Thanks

 

[mhdoc]

For the right kind of site I find Ebay ads work well and their terms of service are much less exacting than AdSense. Some people supply them via AuctionAds.com, but I prefer to use Ebay's sniplets directly. www,turnedonwood.com is an example

 

[NP41215]

Thanks to all who posted for your very helpful and valuable contributions to this thread so far.

Keep them coming!

(Btw, and only as a one-time follow-through side note on a tangential topic, and rather than digressing from the main thread, it is easier for me to simply refer those interested in stock trading to the website information source I use, so you can get updates yourself, more directly and easily, and without a delay through me: i.e. Forecast.Com. The stock market forecasts you get there are not perfect, no one is, but mostly correct. On the occasions where they are off, they are updated and adjusted very quickly so that any negative impact tends to be quite small and limited. If you know of other better stock trading sites, PM me, as I have an interest in trading the stock market. Thanks. End of digression and back to main thread.)


mhdoc:

Did you find eBay ads pay better than AdSense, at least for domains that deal with goods and merchandise? (Others are absolutely welcome, indeed strongly encouraged, to chime in and share their experiences.)

Thanks.

NP

 

[mhdoc]

I found the Ebay ads seemed to make no difference whatsoever to the adsense income. So when I added them to adsense sites it was all "found" money. Some very low traffic, terribly niche sites, where adsense had never done well, actually started to make some money.

For a variety of reasons I hesitate to put adsense on thin, single page sites. Ebay on the other hand seems perfect for them.

I'm not talking big bucks here; I figure I only need $10/year or less to pay registration fees and hosting. So, if I can make $25 or so I'm happy. I have never parked any domains but my impression is only exceptional names make more than this.

 

[Mike]

Basically, any site that doesn't generate around 50 cents a day is better off being converted into a mini site. I'll be going down that road myself in a few weeks where i'll have time to develop all the domains i'm going to keep and make mini sites out of them. Domains in question such as:
Osteology.US - awesome healthcare related domain that doesn't generate ANYTHING being parked, i'd rather take my shot and make a mini site out of it.
HelicopterTraining.info - zero parking income, descriptive keywords though.
PowerTraining.US, FitnessWorld.US,...etc.

My conclusion of late: Unless you have a domain that performs really well when parked, i would consider a parking service only as an interim solution until you're ready to develop. Give each domain about 3-4 months to show its potential and build the site offline while the domain is parked. Avoid 404s at all costs.

:imho:

IB

 

[whitebark]

Whitebark,
Great work.

Question for you though, across all of your minisites that youve developed/own, what would you say the average monthly income would be for a site thats been up for 4 or 5 months.

Thanks

It depends on the domain/niche/topic

Some minisites can attract lots of attention but pay .05 per click on average while another gets only 10 visitors a day with $1.50 average per click and end up earning more than the higher traffic website. Others just don't match well to affiliate sales while ones like registryrepair fit well to such a scheme.

Then you have to take into account the affiliate payouts - some pay 10% but that might be on a product priced at $5.99 so your cut is small so you need lots to really profit, whereas another like a forex account might pay upwards of a few hundred dollars on a single sign-up.

Lots of experimentation - I can say that!