Best parking programs sorted by domain type

[Monolith]

There are a lot of different parking programs, and a lot of people say some are better than others at generating revenue for certain types of domains. Unless i missed it, i havent seen a thread that consolidates all this info, though. So, with some help, id like to create a single post (ill edit this one as needed) to reflect which parking programs are the best for different types of domains. Id also like to list the types of domains a parking program does NOT accept.

Im thinking the lists should be sorted a couple different ways: By category (such as 'poker') and by parking program (such as 'fabulous').

*Edit: On DOMiNIC's advice, ive added a list based on keyword payouts, too.

Here's a few to get started and to show the format:

• By Parking Program:
  
  
  • Sedo - International (non-english) domains, Poker, Typos.
    • Reported average clickthrough rate: X%
    • Portion of CPC revenue earned by affiliates: ??%
  
  
  • Fabulous - English domains, poker, high-traffic domains.
    • Does not allow: Trademark infringements.
    • Reported average clickthrough rate: ??%
    • Portion of CPC revenue earned by affiliates: ??%
  
  
  • GoldKey - International (non-english) domains, Food-related domains, Poker.
    • Reported average clickthrough rate: ??%
    • Portion of CPC revenue earned by affiliates: ??%
    • Warning: As of 2/6/06, GoldKey reportedly has bad customer service, and their earnings performance doesnt justify putting up with it.
  
  
  • Namedrive - Poker, Casino, Love, Marriage.
    • Reported average clickthrough rate: ??%
    • Portion of CPC revenue earned by affiliates: ??%
  
  
  • DomainSpa - ?
    • Reported average clickthrough rate: ??%
    • Portion of CPC revenue earned by affiliates: 50%

• By Domain Category:
  • Poker - Fabulous, Sedo, Goldkey, Namedrive

• By Highest Paying Keywords:
  • Sedo:
    • 1 - 3 USD:
      • Visa Card/Cards, CreditCard/Cards, Loan/Loans, Stock/Stocks, Wine/Wines, Poker, Gambling, Home Security, Chinese Exporters
    • .1 - .6 USD:
      • Bad Credit/Finances

The following is a list of countries whose traffic is NOT accepted by most parking programs (List from DomainSpa). This is mostly due to clickfraud (or more specifically, click conversion rate).

* Afghanistan
* Albania
* Algeria
* Algeria
* Andorra
* Angola
* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Belarus
* Belize
* Benin
* Bhutan
* Bolivia
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Botswana
* Brunei
* Burkina
* Burundi
* Cambodia
* Cameroon
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* China
* Comoros
* Congo, Democratic People's Republic
* Congo, Republic of
* Costa Rica
* Cote d'Ivoire
* Cuba
* Cyprus
* Djibouti
* East Timor
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Ethiopia
* Faso
* French Guiana
* French Polynesia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Georgia
* Ghana
* Gibraltar
* Guatemala
* Guernsey
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Guyana
* Hong Kong
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kenya
* Kiribati
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Macau
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mali
* Micronesia
* Moldova
* Mongolia
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Myanmar
* Namibia
* Nauru
* Nepal
* Nicaragua
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Niue
* North Korea
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palau
* Palestinian Territories
* Papua New Guinea
* Paraguay
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Romania
* Rwanda
* Sao Tome and Principe
* Saudi Arabia
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Singapore
* Somalia
* South Korea
* Sri Lanka
* Sudan
* Suriname
* Swaziland
* Syria
* Taiwan
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Togo
* Tonga
* Tunisia
* Turkmenistan
* Turks and Ciacos Islands
* Tuvalu
* Uganda
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vanuatu
* Vietnam
* Western Sahara
* Zaire
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe



Since im far from a domain-parking expert, im gonna need a lot of help to create a comprehensive list... so if you've got some experience with parking programs, say something!

 

[Ben]

What about NameDrive?

 

[SimpleDomaining]

i am happy with Namedrive. poker/casino/love/marriage related are doing good there.

 

[Monolith]

Updated

 

[DOMiNIC]

Great Thread Monolith - Rep added.

I think there has been similar discussions here before but this subject changes fast, especially with the changes at Name sponsor.

I think its also a good idea for people to list the keywords that generate the highest payouts.

It's funny - so much talk about Parking Traffic, yet I would rather have a domain with low traffic but high click value ( I have some that always get 2.00 Euros), than a domain with traffic that gets a low click through rate and low payments, ( I have others getting 200 uniques a month but just one or two click throughs at 0.03 euros.)

I have all my domains parked with Sedo but would like to experiment with Fab.

My best Parking Keywords are Visa Card/Cards CreditCard/Cards Loan/Loans Stock/Stocks Wine/Wines Poker Gambling Home Security Chinese Exporters.

All of these Keywords have provide me with click payments between 0.50 and 2.00 euros.

 

[vokkerzen]

I have only used sedo and have not been happy. This thread is useful

 

[Monolith]

Updated!

Thanks, Dom.

 

[cache]

tried Fabulous, but was denied.

 

[Monolith]

Anyone else care to contribute?

If not, im just gonna assume no one is all that interested and let the thread die. No worries.

 

[dongan]

i got good revenues for Poker at NameDrive.

 

[vrcanada]

this was a good post. too bad it seems to be dead on the vine ...
any more contributions to the posters post?
vrc

 

[oldratracer]

I tried SEDO for my domain UniversalMoneyCard.com (for 1 day) and recieved around 33 visitors (only had 14 hits) the first 5 hits were @ .60 to .85 per hit and the rest were @ .10 each all hits were targeting bad credit/money/financial.

I've since switched to www.domainspa.com .... the site is MUCH cleaner and more of a commercial look and I feel more targeted to my end user as well as offers more options for a "parked" page..... even offers search... all monetized (have to give props to Australia for this parking site as that is who I found it through)..
I don't have any stat's yet as I've just started....

OldRatRacer

 

[duskdawn]

I've since switched to www.domainspa.com .... the site is MUCH cleaner and more of a commercial look and I feel more targeted to my end user as well as offers more options for a "parked" page..... even offers search... all monetized (have to give props to Australia for this parking site as that is who I found it through)..
I don't have any stat's yet as I've just started....

OldRatRacer

Please update the payout, I am interested in domainspa too.
BTW, very useful thread, Monolith, don't let it die.

 

[oldratracer]

Please update the payout, I am interested in domainspa too.
BTW, very useful thread, Monolith, don't let it die.

As I mentioned, I don't have any stat's yet as I've just started... but, what I do know is what they have posted on there site as far as how they pay:
here it is:
Pay rates

Currently, affiliates are paid AT LEAST 50% of the revenue earned from each click on an approved advertiser's listings within our landing page. Different keywords have different CPC (Cost Per Click) associated with them, so each click may generate a different amount for you. Please see our LEGAL section for more details.

The 50/50 revenue split with our affiliates or 50% of the revenue generated goes into YOUR POCKET.

Will post more when I recieve revenue. Hope the above helps.

OldRatRacer

 

[Dannoth]

There is NO POINT in parking domains. You are just making the person who will actually use the domain even more frustrated!

 

[oldratracer]

MY Domain is parked Re: It is for Sale
Might as well earn revenue while it is parked. It did have content but, as I am no longer able to maintain the site due to health issues (thus the reason for selling it) It might as well be parked and provide content to my end users.

OldRatRacer

 

[faisj]

Great thread REP added!

What about Domainsponsor?

 

[equity78]

There is NO POINT in parking domains. You are just making the person who will actually use the domain even more frustrated!

THere is no point you mean in your opinion< because the people that make $1,000's a day parking there is a major point.

 

[capiche]

Just an FYI Monolith, it looks like you've listed Fabulous as not accepting typos, but they do.
They won't accept trademark infringements though.

Nice List.

 

[faisj]

There is NO POINT in parking domains. You are just making the person who will actually use the domain even more frustrated!

If that is your opinion... why reply to this topic?

 

[inspiration100]

There is NO POINT in parking domains. You are just making the person who will actually use the domain even more frustrated!

That wasn't quite on topic.

As for parking programs, I have SEDO, only because they dont require SSN.

 

[NameRegistration]

In my experience Namedrive is much better than Sedo for non-english domains.

BTW, great thread Monolith.

 

[movingconcierge]

* By Parking Program:
o Sedo - International (non-english) domains, poker, typos.
o Fabulous - English domains, poker, high-traffic domains.
+ Does not allow: Typos, trademark infringements.
o GoldKey - Food-related domains, Poker.
o Namedrive - Poker, Casino, Love, Marriage.

Sedo - get's you some traffic - clicks are sporadic and the ctr (at least on my names) are low X% Lot's of $0.3 clicks too

Fabulous - Had them while at Afternic for a few months - maybe I wasn't with them long enough, but I got nada, zip, zilch

Goldkey - suck suck suck - customer service problems imho

Namedrive - haven't tried them yet...maybe next on the list

DomainSpa - Just switch 50/500 over to them. No activity yet. First impression: very nice landing page...looks like a minisite...really slick...comparing it to sedo, I'd say it's a slam dunk for DomainSpa...Let's see how the traffic goes there, how much and how fast they pay...I'll follow up.

 

[Monolith]

Didnt expect to see this thread again... glad someones making use of it. Ive updated the original post again.

 

[Dannoth]

THere is no point you mean in your opinion< because the people that make $1,000's a day parking there is a major point.

Yeah, but if you went to a site which was parked, would you go there again?