Best Place To park?

[ihatebeans]

I want to make some money off my sites while i am in the process of selling them, so where is the best place to park them?
*MUST BE PAYPAL
some NP to the best finder
Thanks

 

[JoshHendo]

sedo(.com) IS the best (and they pay via paypal).

-Josh :tu:

 

[MoonRaker]

Sedo.co.uk -

 

[ihatebeans]

thanks will check it out i was there a while ago but forgot about it thanks

 

[FanCube]

I have used a couple of different parking services and got the best results with Sedo

 

[Scorpio]

Depends on the name. U need to try it at different places to get best results.

SedoPro. ND .

Fabulous for poker casino traffic..
Also try DS.

 

[obenix]

For me. Sedo.
Tried Goldkey but nothing's happening even after parking with them for close to 1 year.

 

[Domainating]

Sedo is good for some things, they monetize domains with international traffic the best. They also do well with Poker Domains, and this can be real important if you have poker domains as there are few good places to park poker/gambling names.

I really like GoldKey, but they suck at monetizing poker domains because they show Las Vegas adds on them which is totally different and only distantly related. People searching for poker are just NOT looking for Las Vegas stuff, they want to play poker online. But GoldKey hasn't figured this simple common sense out. Goldkey is showing Overture ads and is a Yahoo company.

Domain Hop does really well with G-Rated high traffic names and pays out really well, but it utilizes the spammy pop-up ad and ruins the Domain Name because it gets a spammy reputation. Do not park any adult or poker/gambling sites here, though. Domain Hop is a Kanoodle company.

Fabulous offers one of the best Parking Programs in the world, but it does have weaknesses. It is among the best for most names. Its poker and adult name parking is the very best in the world. But it seems to lack on web application and software domains, pet domains, and any knid of video game domain, from what I have seen so far. Fabulous's 4.0 parking program is the hardest to get into though, you need at least 100 strong type-in names. Fabulous 4.0 is arguably the very best parking program in the industry and leads all others in revenue generation.

All of the above will pay PPC earned using PayPal if required.

I don't really use them, but I understand that DomainSponsor is the very best at monetizing names for banking, financial names, stock domains, insurance domains, reatlty names, loan names... the cream of the crop domains. My experience is that they suck in the types of names I usually buy, though. They kicked me out because they couldn't monetize my web technology, cartoon or video game domains. I have no idea if they allow PayPal payments, though. Domain Sponsor is now a Revenue.net company.

There are others. DomainSpa is quite spammy with all clicks opening within a new window. TrafficZ is very popular. Name Drive will pay with PayPal (up to $500). SmartName. Plenty of others surfacing as well.

Afternic.com also offers parking and allows you to chose between house parking, Fabulous Roar parking (not Fabulous 4.0), and Domain Sponsor Parking, right through your Portfolio. But the good thing about Afternic parking is the affiliate program that goes along with it, as the PPC share is bare. The affiliate program DOES make it worth mentioning, though. Unfortunately, its new higher rate membership fee is extremely prohibitive while everyone else is free. I just pulled all my domains from there as I am no longer a member. But they do pay via PayPal.

Of the above, there are a few PPC programs that are big on TMs. GoldKey, Fabulous, DomainHop and DomainSponsor are big on Trademarks and don't even allow them. GoldKey goes one step further and won't allow controversial names such as a few of mine: BombFlash.com, DynamiteFlash.com are examples, or any domain with a "bad TV word" in it. I think that DomainHop is pretty much the same way about certain bad TV word names.

Other than parking...
Perhaps one of the best ways to monetize a domain is to setup minisites that use Google and BrightAds, shows banner ads, etc... But it requires some extra work and the extra expense of hosting. But these mini-sites are favored over parking pages as long as they offer some unique content, because parking pages are seen more as PPC directories showing ads that are in competition with ads by Google, Yahoo, Overture and Kanoodle. Doing it this way also allows you to promote your domain, where parking programs rely on type-in domains and bookmarked domains (including expired domains). This means that you can really build a ad/affiliate site name up if you offer unique content and do not simply pass traffic with ads. But that can be a balancing act that requires constant juggling of site materials, too.

Links:
Sedo
Fabulous
Gold Key
Domain Hop
Domain Sponsor
Afternic
Traffic Z
Name Drive
Smart Name
Domain Spa

Affiliate/referral links removed. They are NOT allowed anywhere on the forum.
http://www.namepros.com/faq.php?faq=namepros#faq_site_rules

. Affiliate or referral "links" are not appropriate anywhere on the forum.

Oops... sorry about that. Grabbed the list of links from another text. Most weren't even affiliate links were they, just a few. Oh well, I apologize. I'll have to be more careful when recycling some of my articles.

I hope those are some good overviews for you. Remember that each has its own strengths, you will probably have to find a few solutions that work best for you. -Doug

 

[obenix]

Great post.. rep added

 

[dongan]

Namedrive is the best in my experience. i experience with them and get good results so far. more hits and more revenue.

 

[paxton]

Depends on the name. U need to try it at different places to get best results.

:bingo:

I agree 100%. One program might outperform others for a majority of someone's domains, but I hate to think in terms of one PPC company being "better" or "best". It's always worth it to spend the time comparing individual domain results.

Scorpio, also I am impressed by your restraint to not spam your referral codes.

 

[NameRegistration]

Namedrive is the best in my experience. i experience with them and get good results so far. more hits and more revenue.

Same here. NameDrive uses same ad system as Sedo (Google’s AdSense) but with higher revenue.

 

[hanz]

I use namedrive at the moment and it is nice, but you should try different programs to find out which one works best for you.

 

[ihatebeans]

im parked at sedo
currently have two there
www.mp3dl.info
www.mp3dls.info
click around if you want too
Thanks,
Beans
others will mabye park at namedrive

 

[edwinfelix]

SEDO for sure!! Big guys like sedo have the power to press Google into letting them do things such as having the parking page only display Ads and encouraging people to click on the Ads (i.e. saying on the page "For blah try these sponsored links:").

Encouraging people to click on the Ads has a big impact on the click through rate.

If you do any of these on your own or with a small parking service, you'll get banned from Google, probably for life.

 

[fonzie_007]

Anyone who says Sedo I draw issue with... PM me for more specifics... NameDrive is who I am with now. They are better than Sedo, but I am still evaluating if I will be giving another service like Fabulous a try. If you have questions about either Sedo or ND, just PM me.

 

[cache]

I tried to apply Fabulous, but was denied. So Fabulous may not be for everyone.

 

[EbookLover]

My experience is that there is not one good place to park all domains. It all depends on the domain name. Test, test, test. SOme of my domains do better on SEDO, some do better on Fabulous, and so on.

I tried to apply Fabulous, but was denied. So Fabulous may not be for everyone.

How many domains did you have in your portfolio when you tried to sign up with Fabulous?

When I signed up, they were pretty much accepting anyone with at least 100 domains, even if most were crappy. You can get in with les than 100 bu tyou have to have a really good portfolio to get accepted with less than 100.

 

[cache]

I did not know they wanted more domains. When I submitted the application, I think I included 20 something. The rejection letter did not mention the number of domains, I would have sent more names had I known it:

Sun, 4 Dec 2005 14:59:00 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Your Application has not been Successful

Thank you for your interest in the Fabulous.com
wholesale domain management program.

At this time your application has failed to meet our
minimum membership requirements as we feel your domains
are not suitable for our premium parking program.

Fabulous.com is primarily interested in parking 2-3
word, English language, commercial, generic .com,
non-trademarked and non-hyphened domains that will generate
quality type-in traffic for our advertisers and
up-stream partners.

If you should have any questions about these
requirements or our services, please do not hesitate to contact
me directly.

Kind Regards,

My experience is that there is not one good place to park all domains. It all depends on the domain name. Test, test, test. SOme of my domains do better on SEDO, some do better on Fabulous, and so on.



How many domains did you have in your portfolio when you tried to sign up with Fabulous?

When I signed up, they were pretty much accepting anyone with at least 100 domains, even if most were crappy. You can get in with les than 100 bu tyou have to have a really good portfolio to get accepted with less than 100.

 

[EbookLover]

If you really want to get accepted submit your request with 100 or more domains if you have that many. Realize though, that I am not talking about the 4.0 program, just the regular program. They are much more strict as to which domains they accept into the 4.0 program. Just get accepted into the regular program. Then, once you are in, request the 4.0 program for your best domains.