Is parking dead?

[mpls]

Hi guys, in your opinion, is parking dead?

Look at my last month screenshot, there are a lot of days with clicks and $ 0 revenue. 3 clicks and $ 0.01....

My stats:
CTR: 1.5% (LOL)
RPC: $ 0.01 (LOL! But only when I'm lucky! Otherwise 3 clicks $ 0!)
RPM: $ 0.11 (Seriously??? 1k user to earn $ 0.11? $ 0.11??)
Last month earning: $ 0.09 (LOL!!!!) .

I suppose I'll move away all my domain from parking companies and redirect them to sedo/uniregistry/afternic landing page.

This situation does not make sense.

 

[frank-germany]

And the fact that the address bar is also a search bar. Browsers do a good job at showing results while a domain is being typed in which gets people to click a result rather than finishing typing out the domain.

that would reduce traffic
not payout
not convertion
only traffic

in fact that would have increased the payout
as most will visit the same webiste over and over again
so there will be competition on that page to be shown for the advertiser
now they will bid up ( or automated g bidding will bid up )
so CPC will rise - not decline

 

[Mister Liquid]

If you can do testing with selective country blocking and from my experience I would prevent all of AWS's blocks of IP's. It's a scummy bot ghetto.

If you don't believe me, install wordpress and use wordfence realtime and watch, I have a site with a huge 12,000 pages of content that was indexed and scraped and the crap that comes out of all the AWS area- is the worst. Bot's trying to be Go ogle and masquerading as real users. I have the paid version so blocked China, Russia, Ukraine and I even ban everything out of Germany and France too because of the bot's launching from their IP's including where Majestic and Ahref's seem to operate, etc. There are rogue bots here and there I have found all over the world though- but in general the majority I have found to land on my site from AWS. If you download the WP plugin "StopBadBots", the database is huge and you can experiment and learn more about it on your particular sites.

Wow, I wish Google would block them at the source. Since I am parked 100% with Bodis at the moment, the problem is I cant actually block anything. I wish Bodis could use that bot database to block these bots in our traffic reports at least. One reason I like Bodis is that I can see my raw traffic. I dont know any other parking place that allows that. I currently see someone sniffing around a domain name of mine right now - a law firm. So its good to know in advance, to be prepared...

If I were to build my own landers then I would definitely use these bot plugins that you've referenced!

 

[Mister Liquid]

Let's hope direct navigation through voice command will be growing with VR / AR / MR headset / glasses.

I've got some "voice" domains so I am betting on voice-technology too.

 

[Mister Liquid]

if you really want nothing from parking use bodis

I've tried them all, Bodis is actually not the worst. For me at least..... I guess it has to do with the names, the traffic sources, etc. Who knows. Its such a black hole to me.

 

[anantj]

I've tried them all, Bodis is actually not the worst. For me at least..... I guess it has to do with the names, the traffic sources, etc. Who knows. Its such a black hole to me.

I've typically had the best performance from Bodis as well (Out of Bodis, Afternic, Sedo, Uni, PC)

 

[Donny]

Our upstream ad provider does block them, they can't load the ads so they aren't counted as an actual visitor. You see a lot of them at Bodis because they allow you to use Google Analytics. But that doesn't mean that Bodis is actually showing them in the amount of visitors you have.

Donny

 

[Pretty]

it has never been alive, methinks.

 

[domaintrades]

It might be profitable for some, but I've mostly found it a waste of time, though it costs me nothing to use it as a convenience.

But I never did plan on making an income from parking as such. I buy domains to sell, and I'm not sure parking sites are always the best place for that.

 

[easternaga]

No more parking

 

[toughdomains]

and i'd add

• declining address bar usage
• and folks regging typos, of my typos

imo....

Hey @biggie I noticed some of the names you have listed go to huge domains...like baileyfitness.com and basicautorepair.com at buy domains
you know you have good names when huge is drop catching them!

 

[Mister Liquid]

Hey @biggie I noticed some of the names you have listed go to huge domains...like baileyfitness.com and basicautorepair.com at buy domains
you know you have good names when huge is drop catching them!

I've had many names caught by huge and I watch them and they end up getting dropped a couple of years later.

 

[RachaelJetkins]

How many domain parking companies are you part of?

Also, have you tried using other domain parking companies for your domain portfolio?

 

[biggie]

Hey @biggie I noticed some of the names you have listed go to huge domains...like baileyfitness.com and basicautorepair.com at buy domains
you know you have good names when huge is drop catching them!

not just me, but yeah, they've been doing that for a few years.

it's just the "perception in an illusion" that seems real,

since "THEY" now have the names listed for sale,
then
they must be good names.

but i'll take that, @toughdomains, as a compliment.

the typo, had ovt score with extension and produced for a few years.

the other got some type-ins too, but since cars have changed so much since i acquired it, the need for basic auto repair now seems obsolete.

but maybe "they" can sell the names, based on reputation alone.

imo...

 

[webquest]

that would reduce traffic
not payout
not convertion
only traffic

in fact that would have increased the payout

Yes, traffic for type in names has been reduced much due to the url/search bar combo.

No, it will not increase payout (bottomline) it will decrease it.

Parking is dying for numerous reasons, one being reduced traffic which equals less revenue.

 

[biggie]

and i'd add

• declining address bar usage

imo....

Yes, traffic for type in names has been reduced much due to the url/search bar combo.

No, it will not increase payout (bottomline) it will decrease it.

Parking is dying for numerous reasons, one being reduced traffic which equals less revenue.

though i do agree with declining address bar usage for type-ins...

however, when it comes to a new "phenom" words like "covfefe" for example, they can produce instant type- traffic, which depending on how many times it's repeated, could generate dollars for that domain owner.

imo...

 

[frank-germany]

Yes, traffic for type in names has been reduced much due to the url/search bar combo.

No, it will not increase payout (bottomline) it will decrease it.

Parking is dying for numerous reasons, one being reduced traffic which equals less revenue.

you didn't get the point my friend
when a domain has typein traffic
wether it's likely or declining or whatever
doesn't matter at all

the traffic it has
should convert at a much ligher level

as they keywords behind
where the adviser bids on
are much more expensive by now
year by year increasing

maybe you ever bought competativ traffic

think twice you will get it

 

[webquest]

you didn't get the point my friend
when a domain has typein traffic
wether it's likely or declining or whatever
doesn't matter at all

the traffic it has
should convert at a much ligher level

as they keywords behind
where the adviser bids on
are much more expensive by now
year by year increasing

maybe you ever bought competativ traffic

think twice you will get it

Should convert higher? Actually its not.

And the topic here is about parking being dead. One of the several reasons why parking revs are lower is due to the theft of what would be direct navigation traffic.

Less traffic = less clicks.

The value of generic type in clicks is not up its down - at least what is paid to the domain owners.

 

[frank-germany]

Should convert higher? Actually its not.

And the topic here is about parking being dead. One of the several reasons why parking revs are lower is due to the theft of what would be direct navigation traffic.

Less traffic = less clicks.

The value of generic type in clicks is not up its down - at least what is paid to the domain owners.

ok you are a little slow
last try:

its has typein traffic
even if you think it can't OK?

now price must be higher
as advertiser has to pay more. ok?

but you are right its not
and that's not due to stealing traffic
as we have traffic ( see above )

 

[webquest]

ok you are a little slow
last try:

its has typein traffic
even if you think it can't OK?

now price must be higher
as advertiser has to pay more. ok?

but you are right its not
and that's not due to stealing traffic
as we have traffic ( see above )

No idea what you are talking about.

If its working for you though, nice.

 

[toughdomains]

How many domain parking companies are you part of?

Also, have you tried using other domain parking companies for your domain portfolio?

We have tested all the major parking companies and even smaller ones. best results depended on domain
but from our recent tests @Donny Voodoo and Bodis seemed to perform the best. and yes in a few cases parking was better than a mini site...however in most cases mini site did far better. 2x to 10x better. mini site with custom this name is for sale also increased offers. even if mini site would do as good the ability to offer a custom for sale page and logo and adjust buy now price instantly resulted in much more close rates for domain sales.