Fabulous PPC Far Superior to Sedo's: A Man's Experience

[drmaximus]

Just wanted to share this especially with domain newbies. I was with Sedo's PPC (sedo.co.uk) from December 2003 - mid July 2004 and earned a puny 4.63 Euros total during those 8.5 months. I moved over to Fabulous (fabulous.com) and brought along my entire portfolio of domains, and have earned US$13.99 to date from mid-July 2004 (5 weeks).

In my experience, Sedo clicks do not usually earn above 0.08 euros each whereas Fabulous' PPC rates average about US$0.22. I have had on numerous occasions rates above US$0.40 and even US$0.92. More importantly, it appears that I have a lot more click throughs on Fabulous.

Sedo's advantages:
very easy to forward domains to Sedo's PPC eg. through CPanel
very well designed site and extremely user-friendly

Sedo's disadvantages:
very low PPC rates
high commissions on domain sales

Fabulous' advantages:
one of the best and swiftest customer service that I know of
high PPC rates
zero commission on domain sales

Fabulous' disadvantages:
need to use Fabulous' name servers which means that there could be a 24-48hrs disruption between DNS changes

Note: I do not earn PPC's through this appraisal of Fabulous' services but if you must you could send me a donation by clicking here! :tu:

 

[artkreator]

yes , but what I see is that to register a t fabolous.com you have to have a minimum of 100 domains which I think is too much for me.

 

[NP41215]

To answer some questions:
(1) Yes I am on Premium 4.0
(2) Very few of my domains now have exit pop-ups, or even pop-ups at all for the matter; most are neat pages offering relevant ads
:loveyou:

I thought they require you to allow pop-ups if you opt for the 75% payout Premium 4.0. On this 75% payout plan you also have to relinguish control and let them do the content, which include pop-ups.

I like the Premium 75% payout plan but I don't like the pop-ups at all. They are very annoying and it turns out, after some research, that they only add a marginal 3% to your revenue, or not even that.

We you able to get on the 75% payout plan but somehow without the pop-ups?

 

[equity78]

I only regged names there the other night, 8 names, I turned pop ups off so that's cool, but I guess if I let them park other names they will turn on pop ups.

 

[artkreator]

and can you use your acc?
you don't need so many domains then?

 

[drmaximus]

yes , but what I see is that to register a t fabolous.com you have to have a minimum of 100 domains which I think is too much for me.

That is a false impression. I got in with just 60+ domains and have slowly built to 140. As long as you have a fair number of quality domains - you will be admitted. :talk:

and can you use your acc?
you don't need so many domains then?

Don't understand this.

 

[artkreator]

ok thanks, but I only have 10.

 

[DownUnder]

I thought they require you to allow pop-ups if you opt for the 75% payout Premium 4.0. On this 75% payout plan you also have to relinguish control and let them do the content, which include pop-ups.

I like the Premium 75% payout plan but I don't like the pop-ups at all. They are very annoying and it turns out, after some research, that they only add a marginal 3% to your revenue, or not even that.

We you able to get on the 75% payout plan but somehow without the pop-ups?

Just thought I'd clear something up - there are no 'pop-ups' as such in the Premium 4.0 program. We do utilise exits though. When a user closes down the domain, one more window of more general category results is displayed.

And you might be surprised at the amount of revenue generated through this exit. It is usually much greater than 3%, depending on the domain. If it is a domain that is matched with very relevant results on the front page, then the exit revenue will be low, as people will click on a front page result and will never even see the exit. However if the domain is not yet matched with spefically relevant advertisers, then people will close the window and are likely to click on the more general category style results on the exit.

Exits allow you to have two shots at monetizing the traffic if there is not yet a good supply of relevant advertisers for your domain to display on the front page.

I think that using a generality such as 3% does not really apply, as anyone in the business knows that every domain has individual characteristics. What may be 3% of your revenue on one domain in your portfolio, will be 35% of the $$$ you make on another... Every domain is different!

If anyone has a question about getting a Fabulous a/c, or would like info on the 4.0 program, please email [email protected].

Cheers,

Kris

 

[NP41215]

Just thought I'd clear something up - there are no 'pop-ups' as such in the Premium 4.0 program. We do utilise exits though. When a user closes down the domain, one more window of more general category results is displayed.

Regarding the Premium 4.0 program, can the exit pops be switched off? If they can, it will be a big plus. Personally, I would gladly sacrifice 10% or even 15% revenue just to avoid exit pops. Alternatively, can the exit pops be reduced to just one, rather than two in tandem as they now are?

 

[drmaximus]

Update: February 2005 Fabulous.com Stats

$217.06 Earnings
3852 Uniques
798 Clicks

Strange changes recently. Uniques have fallen, so have clicks. Earnings have dropped by about 30%. March figures have been very disappointing, with earnings per click dropping drastically compared to December/January. Will hold on for a while before trying out greener pastures.

 

[THCGroup]

was reading the TOS at fabulous. Here's what I found under PARKING:

19.1 Upon registration of one or more domain names pursuant to this Agreement, the Registered Name Holder may elect to have Fabulous.com host the Registered Names and/or any other domain names of which the Registered Name Holder is the owner ("the Parked Domains") on a domain name server owned or controlled by Fabulous.com or its associate at no charge to the Registered Name Holder.


So you only need to register one name with them and you are eligible to park as many or as little as you wish. Correct? I here everyone talking about needing 100 names. I can't find that anywhere.

 

[unholy1]

Update: February 2005 Fabulous.com Stats

$217.06 Earnings
3852 Uniques
798 Clicks

Strange changes recently. Uniques have fallen, so have clicks. Earnings have dropped by about 30%. March figures have been very disappointing, with earnings per click dropping drastically compared to December/January. Will hold on for a while before trying out greener pastures.

Looks like your traffic has dropped but your RPC and CPM have actually improved for february from your january stats.

Based on the stats you posted you have:

January: RPC = $0.16 and CPM = $42.35
February: RPC = $0.27 and CPM = $56.35

Seem like it's just lower traffic (less visits) therefore lower revenue.

 

[drmaximus]

Looks like your traffic has dropped but your RPC and CPM have actually improved for february from your january stats.

Based on the stats you posted you have:

January: RPC = $0.16 and CPM = $42.35
February: RPC = $0.27 and CPM = $56.35

Seem like it's just lower traffic (less visits) therefore lower revenue.

Indeed, February was okay however as mentioned in my previous post, the stats for March have so far been dismal. I will update in a couple of weeks.

 

[IAmAllanShore]

I think everyone's March is down... the only thing that's up for me as of right now is Amazon.
-Allan

 

[drmaximus]

I think everyone's March is down... the only thing that's up for me as of right now is Amazon.
-Allan

As I had imagined, probably the click bids have fallen drastically. In response to my query, Fabulous put all the blame on a drop in my traffic, but if my exprience speaks also for many others then maybe it's not (solely) a traffic issue. I would be disappointed if they had decided to keep more of the commission for themselves. Will trudge on till the end of the month. :talk:

 

[shendia]

I have my domains parked at Afternic. Do you think I would do better at Fabulous? I have 186 domains and the most I have made was last month -

Visits Clicks EPC Earnings
983 209 $0.08 $17.46

Thanks for any advice.
Shendia

 

[1rrr1]

It seems like fabulous is better than dh or sedo. Can some1 tell me whether they accept taiwanese traffic?

thanks

 

[drmaximus]

I have my domains parked at Afternic. Do you think I would do better at Fabulous? I have 186 domains and the most I have made was last month -

Visits Clicks EPC Earnings
983 209 $0.08 $17.46

Thanks for any advice.
Shendia

With this info, you should at least do as well at Fab as you will at Afternic. In the past I would have said, "GO for FAB", but with dismal March figures, I cannot answer as enthusiastically. But why not give it a try for a couple of days and share with us your experience? :talk:

It seems like fabulous is better than dh or sedo. Can some1 tell me whether they accept taiwanese traffic?

thanks

I do not have the impression that Fab has any limitation on traffic source.

 

[Domainut]

Each service has limits to areas they will pay for traffic based on their partnerships. I am not sure if fab accepts taiwanese traffic. But they seem to be doing well. Check out http://www.parkingincome.com/show.php for more info

 

[armstrong]

Today, one of my domains at fabulous had this data for the day:

Clicks = 1
Earnings / Click = 0.51¢

If revenue sharing is 75%, then this means that the one click above was worth 0.68¢ to the advertiser. problem is, I don't know any PPC scheme that lets advertisers pay less than 1 cent per click. Does this mean that Fabulous has me on a 50% payout scheme? This would work out to advertiser cost of about 1 cent per click for the above example.

 

[drmaximus]

I was just a step away from making this conjecture. The huge fall in March earnings could possibly be a surreptitious reduction in commission payout. I am keeping watch. :talk:

Today, one of my domains at fabulous had this data for the day:

Clicks = 1
Earnings / Click = 0.51¢

If revenue sharing is 75%, then this means that the one click above was worth 0.68¢ to the advertiser. problem is, I don't know any PPC scheme that lets advertisers pay less than 1 cent per click. Does this mean that Fabulous has me on a 50% payout scheme? This would work out to advertiser cost of about 1 cent per click for the above example.