question Is Parking Really Dead or It Has Gotten So Different?

[Reyginus]

It is commonplace to hear people say parking is dead but I'm wondering if it really is, why do parking companies like Bodis still do it? Is it really unproductive anymore?

Is there something we are missing here? Has parking become different? Are there new rules? Are the few knowledgeable ones trying not to choke the business by selling a myth?

 

[biggie]

Hi

it depends on who's putting a buzz in your ear.

i mean, if you read inside your own question, then the obvious says there must be some value there, when platforms continue to provide the service.

right?

read more threads in this section, and hopefully you'll get some clarity.

imo.....

 

[evil]

It depends also who are you asking the question to ...

Is the recipient an owner of dictionary domains / typos domains / high traffic expired domains?
The answer of course is positive!

Is the recipient someone who wants to invest money & time to buy new domains?
There is lot of competition and great experience required!

 

[lock]

Parking only existed for generic type ins and you need enough targeted traffic from same niche to make a return minimum payout. If you try without enough traffic or try use brands your wasting efforts.

 

[alcy]

ita different in such way that 10 yra ago u could make 1000 per month easily... and now u can easily make nothing

that's why relatively speaking it is dead

of course this does not apply to the 0.1% people who still make 1000 or more per month.

stick to domain flips.

 

[alcy]

as for park companies... well...imagine running a business where people give u free hand with domains... and u got zero obligation to give them min park rev ... or u can pay them zero and they wont say a word either.. this way u can set a profit goal for yer company each month. always meet it ... and give rest to yer clients ...

 

[blogspotter]

It is not much but it adds up and helps pay the renewal bills or a few close outs every month

Parking works as good as it used to. Only thing is that all the domains that are worth parking are taken.
But I have found some new ways

Oh, I have some more names with better parking revenue but I don't park for fear of UDRP.

 

[alcy]

It is not much but it adds up and helps pay the renewal bills or a few close outs every month

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Parking works as good as it used to. Only thing is that all the domains that are worth parking are taken.
But I have found some new ways

Oh, I have some more names with better parking revenue but I don't park for fear of UDRP.

parking is not like b4
in countless ways

ps how much do yer better names make ..or would

 

[blogspotter]

ps how much do yer better names make ..or would

Not sure... But most risky ones have very good CPC

 

[BrandChimp]

I used to make $1k a month with bodis and now I couldn’t even make $0.01... I tried sedo and I was making $0.20/day. Now I have switched to Uniregistry. Let’s see what happens after a month

 

[biggie]

Parking only existed for generic type ins and you need enough targeted traffic from same niche to make a return minimum payout. If you try without enough traffic or try use brands your wasting efforts.

Hi

parking, was and is still available for "any" domain, if you choose to do so.
also, volume of traffic, may not be as important as quality of traffic and how that relates to EPC or earnings per click.

for instance last month at voodoo:
blankblank.com received 12 visitors and earned $37.33 in revenue
and another
blanketlyblank.com 26 visitors earned $4.69

parking is not like b4
in countless ways

Hi
not too much about domaining, is like it was before.
so many things have changed, physically and mentally within domaining.

conjecture and misinformation, rule many times over facts and figures.... but that's only because so many don't do fact and figure checking, for themselves.

they let others tell them what is, and what isn't.

imo....

 

[marijuanadomain]

not all parking platforms are the same....
I parked my domains like gxnx.com,zmmr.com,soundpain,onlinedrones.com at Sedo and others...get no clicks and no $$$
I parked at voodoo and now getting inquiries for my domains and $$$ per mth---go figure
I use Dan or Sav as the method of payment ....cheaper commission.
I switch platform after 90 days.

 

[Reyginus]

Hi

it depends on who's putting a buzz in your ear.

i mean, if you read inside your own question, then the obvious says there must be some value there, when platforms continue to provide the service.

right?

read more threads in this section, and hopefully you'll get some clarity.

imo.....

Exactly. I will keep reading.

 

[Reyginus]

It is not much but it adds up and helps pay the renewal bills or a few close outs every month

Show attachment 173585

Parking works as good as it used to. Only thing is that all the domains that are worth parking are taken.
But I have found some new ways

Oh, I have some more names with better parking revenue but I don't park for fear of UDRP.

What is UDRP?

 

[Reyginus]

I used to make $1k a month with bodis and now I couldn’t even make $0.01... I tried sedo and I was making $0.20/day. Now I have switched to Uniregistry. Let’s see what happens after a month

What exactly happened? The CPC was disastrously reduced or less clicks? I get to see domains with $28 CPC on ED and for days everyone avoids it like a plague. What could be the problem? From your experience.

 

[biggie]

I get to see domains with $28 CPC on ED and for days everyone avoids it like a plague. What could be the problem?

Hi
what you see, is not always what you get.

in udder werds....
until you own it, and park it or develop it and put adsense on it, then you'll never really know.

imo....

 

[AEProgram]

Best names in these days for parking are names that are either a common mistype that do not violate any trademarks or a domain that has real traffic coming to it from old listings.

 

[privatereg]

I'm new to NP but not new to the domain monetization industry. Been parking since the mid-2000s. Parking most definitely is not dead, but is has changed dramatically over the past decade or so. Most people say parking is dead because they had a bad experience with it. But the biggest secret on why people say it is the ones that are making money with it don't want the competition. And no one is going to disclose their methodologies on how they find the right ones to purchase at auction because it drives up the price. Domain parking is a multi-billion dollar industry controlled mostly by large conglomerates that purchase hundreds if not thousands of expired domains a day. Back in the mid-2000s with the parked.com yahoo feeds individual investors could make a ton of money through arbitrage and other methods, but those days are long gone. If anyone wanted to get started today they would need a lot of capital to compete. All of us old timers have great stories about the hand registered domain that paid out $x,xxx in parking, but its extremely rare these days. One has to go to domain auction to get anything worth parking and even the ones that you could get for $20 now requires a high risk investment of at least $300 (and going up due to the large conglomerates that have no problem out bidding you with their API bots even to the point that goes beyond a 24x monthly time period to get a return on your investment).

 

[PJ_Simeon]

Did it really take off in the past? I think it was just made so there woud have buffers back in the day. But I have heard that it is still a solid investment nowadays and I think it might be great to get into today because it might be risky but it does have high rewards.

 

[alcy]

I'm new to NP but not new to the domain monetization industry. Been parking since the mid-2000s. Parking most definitely is not dead, but is has changed dramatically over the past decade or so. Most people say parking is dead because they had a bad experience with it. But the biggest secret on why people say it is the ones that are making money with it don't want the competition. And no one is going to disclose their methodologies on how they find the right ones to purchase at auction because it drives up the price. Domain parking is a multi-billion dollar industry controlled mostly by large conglomerates that purchase hundreds if not thousands of expired domains a day. Back in the mid-2000s with the parked.com yahoo feeds individual investors could make a ton of money through arbitrage and other methods, but those days are long gone. If anyone wanted to get started today they would need a lot of capital to compete. All of us old timers have great stories about the hand registered domain that paid out $x,xxx in parking, but its extremely rare these days. One has to go to domain auction to get anything worth parking and even the ones that you could get for $20 now requires a high risk investment of at least $300 (and going up due to the large conglomerates that have no problem out bidding you with their API bots even to the point that goes beyond a 24x monthly time period to get a return on your investment).

perfect summary

I hope no one will mislead others any more after this..that parking today is same as before