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.

 

[Hypersot]

You can't get traffic now since you'll violate your parking service's terms. Your domains needed to already have traffic prior to parking them.
If they did have traffic then you would have already seen it on your parking service dashboard.

To find domains that already have traffic, you need to do a lot of reading on how to do the actual research.
It's not something that you'll learn to do in only a few days mind you.. so be prepared for a lot of patience and work.

 

[neel2010]

Thanks for your guidance and support.

I have listed that domains on Sedo and parked them on Bodis.

 

[neel2010]

I can wait but what type of work i have to do.

Can you please give me some ideas ?

 

[yes ofcourse]

O.K. So I would go and read Smurge very carefully. I would focus on quality of back links, instead of quantity and I would include all his guidance with research for right domain. I registred one domain, with only two back links ) (according to semrush) and already received two dollars within first 14 days.

 

[neel2010]

O.K. So I would go and read Smurge very carefully. I would focus on quality of back links, instead of quantity and I would include all his guidance with research for right domain. I registred one domain, with only two back links ) (according to semrush) and already received two dollars within first 14 days.

Thanks for information. May be that will work for me. Can you please give me some ideas what is the best way to create backlinks for my domain names ?

 

[dordomai]

you are not allowed to create backlinks or promote the domains.

you have to buy domains that already have backlinks and traffic.(e.g former websites, blogs etc.)

 

[neel2010]

you are not allowed to create backlinks or promote the domains. you have to buy domains that already have backlinks and traffic.

Then how can we get traffic with new fresh domains ?

 

[thuramsen]

Then how can we get traffic with new fresh domains ?

just create niche content website and submit search engine other directories for minimum 6 month then change name server and get some real visitors

 

[neel2010]

just create niche content website and submit search engine other directories for minimum 6 month then change name server and get some real visitors

You mean i have to create a website for my domains ?

 

[xarunasx]

You mean i have to create a website for my domains ?

Yes, you are right.

 

[neel2010]

Yes, you are right.

Without create any website is there any other to get traffic ? like post backlinks to other websites etc...

 

[dordomai]

Then how can we get traffic with new fresh domains ?

well you can't get traffic from most freshly registered domains.. if you want domain traffic and park a domain there are two things that you can do:

1. Typo domains (Keep in mind that Trademark typos can get you in trouble and they are generally considered to be cybersquatting so i wouldn't recommend these)

2. Don't buy fresh domains. Buy expired domains of former websites. (This is what most here do)

 

[neel2010]

Thanks for your suggestion and ideas.

I am very new to here so that's why i have purchased fresh domains but in future i will purchase domains which has more traffic. possibly i can develop website to get best traffic.

I think this is the best way to sell domains. what you think?

 

[phantasmagoria]

currently receive this amount of traffic from a "clean" typo. but why so little, is this normal? is this just not enough traffic?

 

[neel2010]

I think its not enough traffic to get good revenue. So many suggest me to get a new website.

 

[philhevican]

Is there someone I could ask advise about an expired domain I'm thinking of purchasing, only my account wont allow me to PM anyone...

 

[neel2010]

Is there someone I could ask advise about an expired domain I'm thinking of purchasing, only my account wont allow me to PM anyone...

You have to upgrade with business account for that.

 

[philhevican]

You have to upgrade with business account for that.

Ah I see, thanks for that

 

[neel2010]

Ah I see, thanks for that

My Pleasure

 

[baseballworld]

I have parked around 22 domains at bodis. can anyone suggest or help me to get good traffic. Also there is no option to add keywords but i would like to get good traffic with best results.

Please help me

If your gonna buy non expired domains and park them then you need to let them sit unpacked with a Minnie sire even or a page at least and do the back breaking labor of establishing some good relevant backlinks on sites that get traffic first.