Domain Parking: Tips & Tricks to Help You Earn More!

[smurge]

And so it begins!:wave:

My goal is to help people learn more about the parking industry and help them earn more money while spending less of it.

There are tons of tricks,tips,secrets that people use to make money in this business.

Let me say this, I will not discuss illegal or bad practices here so please don't ask.

What will I talk about? How to find domains,with traffic for cheap. Creating long term wealth for yourself and how to do it on a budget. I will answer questions and talk about what I know. If there is something I'm not familiar with or not knowledgeable about I will say so.

I am not here to start flaming wars with other domainers or parking gurus. Everyone has their own set of rules to making money. If you don't like mine, that's okay , but please share your ideas with everyone instead of bashing others.


Myths I want to debunk now:

#1. Parking is dead. (Far from it)

#2. You can't make money doing it. (B.S.- you can make a ton of money in it)

#3. Only the rich can do this. (This is not true!)

#4. Google doesn't like domain parking! (Yes they do, they make a ton of money off it. If they hated it so much why do they continue to support it?)



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So what's the point of all this? It's to help people with parking.

Please feel free to email,pm, or post your questions here and I will do my best to answer them all.


Thanks!

RJ

(P.S. I'm not the best writer so I apologize for any grammar or sentence structure mistakes in advance.)



--Answers to Questions I'm frequently asked!--

#1. What parking companies do I support/like?

These are the main ones I use and have had great success with. I base my success not only on the amount of money I make but also, customer service and transparency.

In alphabetical order:

- Bodis.com (Supports Foreign Traffic)(Zero Click Model Supported)
- Domainsponsor.com (Supports Foreign Traffic) (Zero Click Model Supported)
- Parkingcrew.com (Supports Foreign Traffic)
- Voodoo.com (Highest Payouts In The Industry)


#2. What tools do you use to help you evaluate domains?

Besides my own "TOOL", which I'm not here to promote I would suggest the following;

1. Push2check.com - Great resource site (I do not affiliated with them in anyway)

If we break down the tools I generally look at the following:

Traffic Sources: (Understand that no tool is 100% accurate but together you can get a great picture.)

1. Compete.com
2. Alexa.com
3. Quantcast.com
4. Verisign Labs: http://domainscore.verisignlabs.com/ ( WARNING: This tool to be used when you have mastered other tools. The information on this site is tricky but can be useful)

History of the domain:

1. Archive.org
2. who.is

Backlinks: ( There are plenty of tools for these but here are some sites I use)

1. Majesticseo.com
2. Google Backlinks
3. Yahoo Backlinks
4. DuckDuckGo.com
5. AHrefs.com: https://ahrefs.com/site-explorer/overview/subdomains/brickbuyers.com
6. opensiteexplorer.org (Enjoy this one. It's the search engine for backlinks)



Keywords:

1. Google Keyword Tool


#3. Where can I get lists to analyze:

I have my own tools that do the work for me however here are a few places you can grab lists from to analyze:

1. Dynadot.com
2. Expireddomains.net - (good site)
3. Namejet.com
4. Snapnames.com
5. Godaddy.com
6. Freshdrop.net - (this covers a majority of the above & more)


#4. Do all your domains make money?:

NO!

I'll say it again : NO! I STILL PICK LOSERS!

In fact anyone who says they make money on every single purchase is lying. No one has a 100% success rate and you don't need to. What you need to do to win in this business is;

#1. Pick 51% winners
#2. Make sure to keep your costs low and make more then your spending.


Understand a single domain can make up the costs of lost ones. I picked a domain that makes me $15.00 a day in revenue. That means I'll make $450 a month with it and it's recouped $300 I've lost on previous domains.

Trust me, the sea of domains is massive and there are ton's of GOLDEN NUGGETS ready to be mined by all.


#5. How much do you spend on domains?:

I've spent anywhere from $.99 - $x,xxx! If I like a domain I will spend what I need, to get it as long as "I CAN STILL MAKE A PROFIT"! That's the key.

However, recently I am testing a new program which allows me to buy strictly "HANDREGS". YUP, Handregs! You would be surprised at how much stuff is just sitting on the ocean floor of domains that people think are garbage.


#6. Blacklisted Domains? Revenue Sucks! HELLLLLP!

This is something that's not addressed a lot and something everyone should be aware of: THE BLACK LIST!

This still happens to me this day. I'll buy a domain only to find out the previous owner got blacklisted from Google. This will affect your revenue greatly because Google will not allow Parking Companies to display the proper ad's on your site. If this happens you will need to go to a second feed like Yahoo! or Zeroclick model.

Common Terms for Blacklisted:

1. Faillisted
2. Blacklisted
3. Fail

Check the status of a domain when you park it and you'll see what I mean.

Edit:6/12/2012: Thank You www.ri.sch.edu.sg for this tool!

Originally Posted by www.ri.sch.edu.sg

One thing I can add to this thread is to check if the domain is blacklisted before you purchase them, simply point to:


https://api.bodis.com/domainclassification?domain=(Insert Domain Here)

Classification:

Primary = Google

Secondary = All others but Google (Faillisted,blacklisted, etc from google)

Hope that helps






#7. YUM! YUM! Domain Tasting


If you're not sure what this is it's when you buy a domain and test the traffic for a set amount of time and if your not happy with the traffic you can get a refund or partial refund of your handreg fee.

One thing I see all the time is: Domain tasting is dead! No it's not!

Yes; it might not be as prevalent as it once used to be but there are companies out there that still allow it. How do I know this? Because I do it.

#8. Can I promote or advertise my parked domains?


No, No, No, No, No, No,No, No, No, No, No, No,No, No, No, No, No, No,No, No, No, No, No, No!

If I wasn't clear let me repeat it; NO!


#9. What do all those backlinks mean from different sites?

(Thanks Martiinko for the info)

All those sites "backlink" scanners work by "downloading" the pages all over internet and then searching for URLs in it. Moving from one page to the other over these links. But...

1. There maybe a difference in last time they check this domain for backlinks.

2. There is definitely a huge difference in their databases of pages. That means if one site has smaller DB they don't probably have all the backlinks from as many pages as the other site.

3. Some backlinks are maybe updated, some maybe aren't. The process of "crawling" the web is very time consuming, so not all the backlinks can be verified every day.

To your other question. The links like you described are ok. If you park a domain all the requests go straight to the main page. But what is important is where is the link located. Is it a "spam in comments section", is it in the "blog post" or is maybe a "banner"?

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So I collected couple different pages (and I'm collecting even more) for you to check if the webpage/domain was ever parked before Some have form input some are just simple url + domain name.
I will make it into a simple web app, so you don't have to go to all of this pages when checking a domain name for parking history. Mostly screenshots.

Was this domain name parked before?
All of them are free. And I don't have any connection to them whatsoever.

Fun fact: This article got to 2th place in google search for Domain name parking history after 20 minutes.




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*** WORDS OF WISDOM ***

1. Never spend money you can't afford to lose! Consider every domain investment a loss till you make your money back because that's what it is. No one can tell me different on this and the reason why is you are "NEGATIVE" that amount of money till it's recouped.

2. When you buy a domain to park; look to get your initial investment back within 6-12 months.

 

[solarix]

Thanks for the words of encouragement smurge, I agree with you 100%. Have been applying a lot of the information learned in this thread and read the whole thing multiple times to keep learning more each time. Keep up the good work!!

 

[smurge]

Oh I know, was just saying that to keep things realistic. Nice to start with the 99, and 1.99 coupons, but then you have to factor regular reg prices and renewals. I try to get more coupons to work, but they are now very rare

Absolutely agree. In fact I have about 40 codes that

Oh I know, was just saying that to keep things realistic. Nice to start with the 99, and 1.99 coupons, but then you have to factor regular reg prices and renewals. I try to get more coupons to work, but they are now very rare

Also, apologies if my comment came across as rude. I was thinking and typing at the same time and did not proof read it. lol, sorry for sounding like an ass.

 

[Domainer_1]

After several years of reading Smurge's thread about domain parking and some exploring I was able to find this domain. Screenshots attached. Thanks to Smurge for valuable information and inspiration!

Niche: health
Traffic source: health sites
Parking: DNS

 

[Sam]

What kind of RPM's should we expect from international traffic? People who are getting 1000+ UQ a day. Non-chinese or indian. I don't see how people are getting such high click values on their domains, unless this is super niche US traffic.

 

[smurge]

What kind of RPM's should we expect from international traffic? People who are getting 1000+ UQ a day. Non-chinese or indian. I don't see how people are getting such high click values on their domains, unless this is super niche US traffic.

RPM is worthless to me. It does not signify if a domain is successful or not. I base everything on "Out" vs "In". What I mean by that is;

If I spend $10 on a domain and make $100 for the whole year then I am satisfied. Yes, I destroy the stock market! Think about that, if you have a 900% R.O.I. on that $10 well then you are smashing stock returns. Average stock return is 7%-10% if you are lucky.

If you need help understanding something please feel free to ask. I will do my best to help.

 

[Sam]

Yes my domains are doing well, but my rpms are quite low. I was just looking for an average figure and see if I should look for other parking providers or optimize better.

 

[metwebber]

Hello friends and thank you smurge for this awesome thread.
I just read 1st and last pages however I want to ask something. (If the answer is the other pages, I am sorry. I will read other pages however I am a little excited and impatient.)

As I understood, the hits come from other sites (external links) not directly typing URL.
Where are these external links generally ? My prediction, they would be in search engines. (many of them)
These links which are in the search engines will lose their place or validity in time. If the situation is like I mentioned, I think life of these domains which we buy to make money by parking must be 1 year and we should buy another one after a year instead of renewing.

I hope, I would make myself clear. My english sometimes stir up trouble
Thanks in advance.

 

[Domainer_1]

Where are these external links generally ? My prediction, they would be in search engines. (many of them)
These links which are in the search engines will lose their place or validity in time. If the situation is like I mentioned, I think life of these domains which we buy to make money by parking must be 1 year and we should buy another one after a year instead of renewing.

As you mentioned it would be better to read all thread from the beginning to the end. I can add that it's worth of reading for several times. This business is not about search engines. Look for domains with backlinks from other sites. This type of traffic doesn't depend on google. Parking is not a SEO business at all))

 

[metwebber]

As you mentioned it would be better to read all thread from the beginning to the end. I can add that it's worth of reading for several times. This business is not about search engines. Look for domains with backlinks from other sites. This type of traffic doesn't depend on google. Parking is not a SEO business at all))

Thank you for your response. Actually, I found the truth which you mentioned in the second page
Dont these backlinks which are the other sites be deleted in time ? How often ?
I go on reading as well.

 

[Domainer_1]

Dont these backlinks which are the other sites be deleted in time ? How often ?

I understand you, because I had the same doubts few years ago. I thought that finding these domains is worthless just because all backlinks will disappear very soon! But I was wrong! I found that some of backlinks can exist for a long period of time. I know domains which have been doing well for 2 years. I also know domains which lost their backlinks in several days. Luckily, I see that first case happens more often)) Don't take it as a general rule as we need more statistics to make it completely clear. It would be interesting to know what other domainers think about this question?

 

[metwebber]

Hello again.
------------------------------in this part I talked about my situation but it's a little long and redundant. If you want to skip this part -------------------------------------------
I succeed to reach page 8. Actually I am reading for hours. This is a little hard for me because my english is not so perfect. Actually, this thread is also useful for my english
Anyway, I try to find out a couple of domains and try to use the tools in order to understand how it works. I feel excited when I encountered a profitable business like this. I tried to read all of post before searching domain but I was overwhelmed with my excitement. Nevertheless I am not willing to purchase a domain not to read this thread completely and not to be trust my knowledge. I belaboured so much sorry about that
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I have a couple of questions.

* I found some domains which have nice backlinks. However when I checked their traffics on the websites which were mentioned at the first post, generally I can not see any results (it says that the site may have little traffic)
This means all of these backlinks are useless ?

* I found a domain. It was a good website life. However its all traffic came from search engines. In this case, as the post which I've read just now, is this domain also unworthy to purchase, right ?

Except from these, I am in trouble with the stats which are on the MajesticSeo. I've read the meanings of these however I dont understand completely. Could you please explain to me briefly.
Citation Flow, Trust Flow
Referring Domains (does it mean that it is mentioned in text ?)
What is the difference between Educational Ref. Domains and Educational Ref. Backlinks

Sorry for crappy questions. I go on reading dont worry
Hope that you answer my questions. Thanks in advance.

 

[Domainer_1]

I found some domains which have nice backlinks.

Why do you think these backlinks are nice? What is your criteria?

it says that the site may have little traffic

You have to do your own research and make your own mistakes. Then you can predict numbers for traffic and profit, based on your own deep knowledge. No one will ever do this work for you. Don't believe just any tool! You can use it, but don't take it as an ultimate truth.

 

[thuramsen]

@You have to do your own research and make your own mistakes. Then you can predict numbers for traffic and profit, based on your own deep knowledge. No one will ever do this work for you. Don't believe just any tool! You can use it, but don't take it as an ultimate truth.[/QUOTE]

IMO :i also agree Don't believe just any tool .that tool you can use it as Domainer_1 told .. i recently had some experience . i bought some domain too many back links i parked some top 1 parking company .still i have not received single impression .if you not believe i will show images .than you reply ..Note this is only my experience )

 

[metwebber]

Why do you think these backlinks are nice? What is your criteria?

I said that it looks like having nice backlinks. Because when I checked the backlincks generally, I dont see anything where they are or which word is linked with this domain. However this time, I found the backlinks. Also a couple of these backlinks in the right menu of nice websites. Except from these, this domain was used in the past. I found its traces.
However other domains look like having 30K backlinks, even they have PR 2/3 but there is no real backlink no trace from its past.

 

[Domainer_1]

Also a couple of these backlinks in the right menu of nice websites.

It is a good criteria. You may register domains with such backlinks and test at parking. Just don't spend too much money! Make mistakes, but learn from them.

 

[Domainer_1]

PR 2/3

I find information about pr useless

 

[metwebber]

Today when I am searching, I suddenly started to look at just screenshots of domains in archive.org. I mean I look at it first. If the domain was used last years then I check other feautures. (I can not pass the second step for now ) Is this a right attitude ? I found a couple of domains which were used 3-5 years ago but they werent used last 2-3 years.(parked or unused) They are also useless in my opinion.
I think like this because I.M.O if the domain isnt used like a proper website then all of these backlinks like a fake (spaming) What do you think about my opinion ?

If you want to analyze for an example. I found jktarot. com.
It has lots of backlinks related to tarot (this causes that I think this was a proper website once upon a time.)
It had been used until 2008. Then it had been parked for 1-2 years. It has not been used since 2012

 

[smurge]

wrong room

 

[Domainer_1]

if the domain isnt used like a proper website then all of these backlinks like a fake (spaming)

Do you mean that if a domain is unused then all of its backlinks become "spamming"? It's not true. How can quality backlink link turn into low quality backlink just because its domain doesn't have a website?

I suddenly started to look at just screenshots of domains in archive.org.

It can be one of the tactics to find domains. So, I think it's worth of trying sometimes. Why not? But do another work too - look at backlinks in a first place.

I found a couple of domains which were used 3-5 years ago but they werent used last 2-3 years.(parked or unused) They are also useless in my opinion.

In this thread you can find a suggestion for domainers to check was a domain ever parked before or not. If it was had been parked before and previous owner didn't renew it, then probably he did it because of zero profit from this domain. Looks right, yes?)) But sometimes you can meet exceptions! So, be careful! You can find great domain that was parked before, but the owner didn't renew with no reason!

or unused) They are also useless in my opinion.

I know domains which were unused for several years, but they are making profit.

 

[Domainer_1]

If you want to analyze for an example. I found jktarot. com.
It has lots of backlinks related to tarot

Can you show these backlinks please?