GoDaddy now monetizing parked pages

[dabb]

I don't know if this is new or not, but I see that GoDaddy is now monetizing their default parking pages. I just regged gasspricewatch.com about an hour ago and I see the name already resolves DNS and points to a GoDaddy parking page. The new style parking page has various "popular search" categories on it which will then take you to Google premium ads.

Hopefully they won't stall or reduce the frequency of updating a users domain forwarding info to take advantage of this...

 

[worldstar]

Regfly also have a parking programe, yet the current popular parking site seems to be sedo!

 

[Nitroshock]

I'd be interesting in hearing how well people are doing with GoDaddy/RegisterFly paid parking. I like the idea of registering a domain name and having a parked page sitting there waiting to make money. But at the same point in time, there are several companies that focus on paid parking (and do quite well at it). I don't think it's worth jumping ship from them unless there is good reason.

-Nitro

 

[Dave_Z]

Errr...is that good or bad?

 

[TrafficSecret]

well google adsense says no domain parking pages allowed.. do we all agree goDaddy is violating the terms?

 

[dabb]

I'm 99.999% sure that GoDaddy gets the ad revenue, not the domain owner. They are using premium AdSense which is only for megamillion hit users, so they are not violating any Google term.

And so much for them stalling on updating the forwarding info... I registed two names at 5pm today and as of 9pm they're already resolving and forwarding. Pretty darn fast!

 

[deet]

thats why when I buy a name I always set up the NS as soon as I can!

 

[barefoottech]

I'd be interesting in hearing how well people are doing with GoDaddy/RegisterFly paid parking. I like the idea of registering a domain name and having a parked page sitting there waiting to make money. But at the same point in time, there are several companies that focus on paid parking (and do quite well at it). I don't think it's worth jumping ship from them unless there is good reason.

-Nitro

I had 1100 Names (still have 800) with Registerfly while I develop my own parking pages for them
after 3 Weeks my total income was $0.71c
WooHoo (NOT)

 

[patches]

If I register domains at Go Daddy and do not forward them to SEDO parking, does Go Daddy make money from the links they have placed on my parked page? This doesn't seem fair to the domain owner if this is the way it works.

 

[DJ-Sound]

sure its fair to the domain owner, its parked at godaddy using their bandwidth and the owner isn't using the site, I don't see anything wrong with them profiting...

namepros domain's use domainsponsor's parking pages as default, doesn't matter that the owner isn't getting $ since he/she isn't using the domain atm.

 

[patches]

Thanks for setting me straight. I never thought about what my domains were doing until I had them parked. I guess I thought they were not being used. I will pay more attention from now on just to make sure that there's not links on the page that could lower the value of my domain. I will also try to park them sooner so I have a choice as to what category my domains are pointed to. Thanks again!

 

[Malaysia]

i am parking all my pages in godaddy wif their forsale page..although i have to admit the whole page was full of godaddy ads while only a small lines say this domain for sale..pls contact [email protected]

 

[scrsteven]

Godaddy makes the money, not you. So, switch your nameservers to your own parking site please!

 

[gazzip]

Godaddy makes the money, not you. So, switch your nameservers to your own parking site please!

That's what I rekon aswell, I don't know for sure because I immediately park mine with sedo. Why let the registers profit even more from your investment ?

 

[wasistdas]

Maybe I wouldn't mind it to keep my domains registered with GoDaddy at their parking page, but in the case I have no statistics about visitors. Revenue is only the third reason why I switch DNS to SEDO at once I register a domain.

 

[IAmAllanShore]

In answer to Dave's question: I think it is a bad thing.

It is true that they have always had self-promotional materials on pages that you haven't changed the NS or forwarding URL on, but now they have even more incentive to "delay" a user's request to change either of those settings.

On Friday I changed a URL forwarding addy, and it still has not gone through. (While they were never speed demons, 2 full days and part of a third is more than I'm used to).

Just anecdotal evidence, of course, but still... Like they needed less incentive to keep things efficient.

-Allan