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.

 

[smurge]

@smurge I have a law related domain regarding US bar exams parked at domain sponsor. But clicks seems very low got $.02 today. left settings in default.

correction: There was no click from the visitors, but got search revenue in total $.03.

mylawrelateddomainorg 3 3 0 0 0.00% $0.00 $10.01 $0.00 $0.03 $0.03

What keyword are you using?

What country is the traffic coming from?

 

[thegeekguy]

US Traffic

left it at system default.
(d) indicates system defaults.

@smurge feel really dumb, but where do I put the keywords. Under the keyword setting I only see block specific keywords but not place to enter my own keywords.

 

[smurge]

US Traffic

left it at system default.
(d) indicates system defaults.

@smurge feel really dumb, but where do I put the keywords. Under the keyword setting I only see block specific keywords but not place to enter my own keywords.

Okay, I take it your account does not have the ability to edit keywords. Im not sure if its something they offer to everyone or bigger accounts. I have the ability to edit mine so you may want to talk with you account manager and see what they say.

 

[getaddicted]

@smurge feel really dumb, but where do I put the keywords. Under the keyword setting I only see block specific keywords but not place to enter my own keywords.

You can contact your account manager, and they will enable that setting for you.

 

[Igor Mironyuk]

You can contact your account manager, and they will enable that setting for you.

There bad support. i write, No answer.

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Okay, I take it your account does not have the ability to edit keywords. Im not sure if its something they offer to everyone or bigger accounts. I have the ability to edit mine so you may want to talk with you account manager and see what they say.

How much domains need have bigger accounts?

 

[smurge]

Thought some of you might like this. Here's a huge click : $182.00 +

 

[thegeekguy]

@smurge do you get over a $100 click everyday with domain sponsor?

by they way thanks for the tip with domain sponsor they just activated the keyword feature

 

[rngrdanny22]

Holy crap smurge! You made more on that one click than I have in the last two years...

 

[smurge]

@smurge do you get over a $100 click everyday with domain sponsor?

by they way thanks for the tip with domain sponsor they just activated the keyword feature

Not everyday. I do get constant $30,$40,$50,$60 clicks daily . I'm researching this domain as we speak to figure out what caused it to have such a high RPC.

 

[ibidu]

Holy crap smurge! You made more on that one click than I have in the last two years...

Only Smurge can do that.

Not everyday. I do get constant $30,$40,$50,$60 clicks daily . I'm researching this domain as we speak to figure out what caused it to have such a high RPC.

This is even more amazing!

Could you mention which parking platform would give you those clicks more often?

 

[martiinko]

Thought some of you might like this. Here's a huge click : $182.00 +

Hi, can you post some statistics for that domain name? E.g.:
1. Is it short name? (starting with "rm" is interesting)
2. Does it have PR and/or Alexa ranking?
3. What are the external links like?
4. Did you bought this domain in auction or did it drop?

Thanks

 

[smurge]

Hi, can you post some statistics for that domain name? E.g.:
1. Is it short name? (starting with "rm" is interesting)
2. Does it have PR and/or Alexa ranking?
3. What are the external links like?
4. Did you bought this domain in auction or did it drop?

Thanks

1. It's 13 letters long.
2. It does not have a PR Ranking or Alex ranking.
3. The external links are solid on some of them. The others are garbage ones.

4. I bought this domain as pended delete.


Hope this answers your questions.


Thanks

 

[Domainer_1]

How many people know the domains you are trying to get are valuable? Do you have some auctions after pending delete status or you are the only one for these domains always? Do you use snapnames or cheaper backorder services like Godaddy?

 

[thegeekguy]

@smurge Regarding Domain Sponsor landers do you guys keep Atlas 1 and Atlas 2 or totally change them to match your domains theme.

 

[xleopard]

I have a domain with Alexa rank, and the backlinks seems well, with many edu LINKS ,and I have parked it around 5 months, but in fact there are only around 10 IP every day, I do not know where is wrong , it is very very weird,you could find the shoot below:

BTW, I paid more than 100$ for this domain, but revenues only $. in 5 months, ths sucks~~~8-X

 

[NameAgency]

Xleopard. I had enough with 10 sec. of analisis to this domain (it's shown in your pic) to check that is not good for parking.
Yes, it has lots of backlins, more than 2K with 3 .edu included. But all of them are very poor quality backlinks. 99% are replies to posts in blogs, forums and webposts. Somebody wasted his time with this awfull backlink building practice. Although they count as valid backlinks, they do not drive traffic becasuse the link is hidden between hundreds of other replies. And nobody is interested.

And if you check the anchors you find a mix of adult expressions, games, motor, hotels.... That is, no keyword defined, no clisks. It seems that somone before you used this domain to drive traffic to other sites.

 

[Bizname]

Hello,

First of all I would like to thank all the people who are helping newbie like me in this thread!

Actually, I have some kind of issue. I'm trying desperatly to do my first click with some parked domains. :td:

I'm totally aware that my domains aren't necessarly good but I have some unique view on them.

For the "best" ones, I took them in expireddomains.net. I know it's quite hard to find good ones on it but each time I tried to evaluate their backlincks, their previous content... as a newbie, it's totally possible that I didn't evaluate them correctly.

Furthermore, I'm using Above with 4 accounts (sedo, bodis, parkingcrew, voodoo) in order to see which parking service is the best.

However, I don't understand why I never see a click :o

For example, I have one domain which provides me more than 5 uniques views per day (don't laugh lol) since 10 days with quite good backlinks and nice keyword (sport one) and there is no click.

I believed that the CR was quite high, between 10 - 15% so normally I should see a click now. (I have others domains too).

Maybe I'm totally wrong - after all I'm just a noob - but I would like your feedback on it.

Thanks for reading.

 

[Domainer_1]

For example, I have one domain which provides me more than 5 uniques views per day (don't laugh lol) since 10 days with quite good backlinks and nice keyword (sport one) and there is no click.

Sport related domains usually have low ctr and low cpc.

 

[rngrdanny22]

I believed that the CR was quite high, between 10 - 15% so normally I should see a click now. (I have others domains too).

Are you saying that you thought all domains would get a 10-15% click through? If so, that is definitely not the case every time.

For example:

I have one domain that got about 118 uniques last month with a 78% click through (made a whopping $0.65 last month at Sedo).

On the other hand, I have a domain that got 348 uniques last month with a 0.8% click through (it made $0.42 last month at Bodis).

This goes to show you that just because it gets tons of visitors, not all domains are going to have high click throughs. It can also show you that just because one has a high click through, it's CPC may be so low that it doesn't matter.

 

[xleopard]

Xleopard. I had enough with 10 sec. of analisis to this domain (it's shown in your pic) to check that is not good for parking.
Yes, it has lots of backlins, more than 2K with 3 .edu included. But all of them are very poor quality backlinks. 99% are replies to posts in blogs, forums and webposts. Somebody wasted his time with this awfull backlink building practice. Although they count as valid backlinks, they do not drive traffic becasuse the link is hidden between hundreds of other replies. And nobody is interested.

And if you check the anchors you find a mix of adult expressions, games, motor, hotels.... That is, no keyword defined, no clisks. It seems that somone before you used this domain to drive traffic to other sites.

Hey Primerlloc, Thanks very much for your answer, I just use majesticSEO.com to scan it and did not rearch deeper as I am not familar with some tools to use,
could you tell me where you went to check the detailed blacklinks and find out they are most blogs or forums message? Use which website? Also majesticSEO? Thanks Vielen Dank