question Is parking worth it?

[Daniel Owens]

What is the best service to park domains? Is parking really worth it and pays off enough?

 

[Wonderful]

Voodoo.com no longer responded to support tickets - since January 2021. Maybe someone from their top management should update here asap.

 

[namemarket]

Hi that's a big "ass-umption" to make. especially when a lot of np members don't even use ppc , as most are hooked on landers. but i still use and have used voodoo, since inception. right now, it's hard to get good CS during these remote situations, but i hope you get a resolution soon imo... .

Still waiting over 2-months for any response from Voodoo.com on several open support tickets.

P.S. I seriously doubt that total lack of support is due to working remotely.

 

[boziffous]

Still waiting over 2-months for any response from Voodoo.com on several open support tickets.

P.S. I seriously doubt that total lack of support is due to working remotely.

I sent Donny a message here back in late Feb about the customer support at Voodoo and he replied back. Seems Donny is/was having some health issues.

 

[redemo]

Is parking non-dot-com domain names worth it or does this thread mainly apply to .com names only? Cheers.

 

[Mister Funsky]

Is parking non-dot-com domain names worth it or does this thread mainly apply to .com names only? Cheers.

My names are 90% .com but I have several .tv and .org that get regular visits (and a little change from time to time).

I think it really boils down to the quality of the name/word before the dot in a lot of cases.

 

[pablohc86]

Is parking non-dot-com domain names worth it or does this thread mainly apply to .com names only? Cheers.

to park with traffic monetization, traffic is important, tlds doesn't affect anything.

 

[frank-germany]

have have few .com

 

[marijuanadomain]

Good analyzation!

I'm genuinely concerned since I have not heard from him/them. With all things going on in the world today, I hope he/they are doing well.

Admittedly, I have fantasized about having their feed contract but my pockets are far too shallow to make a reasonable offer...but there are a couple entities here that could make the buy...I've wondered if that is what could be happening now?

Yea, what happening to Voodoo, my support tickets not getting any responses
Is VooDoo dying?
I used to love VooDoo $$$$ but maybe time to move to....others

 

[Mister Funsky]

maybe time to move to....others

I've heard a bit of a sob story...not able to share it, but I fully intend to collect what is owed me.

Give Bodis and/or Parking Crew a try...at least they answer tickets and/or emails.

 

[namemarket]

Yea, what happening to Voodoo, my support tickets not getting any responses Is VooDoo dying? I used to love VooDoo $$$$ but maybe time to move to....others

IMO, Voodoo,com is in-effect out of business, Donny stopped replying to all support tickets starting early this year (I believe it was in January), which is very strange as they always offered excellent support for years.

 

[DotComRealty]

Here is my limited opinion as I have been investigating this very thing the last few days. If I park a name and say get $4 per click per day that would add up to $1460 per year. Whoohoo!! However, If I only get a click every fourth day that would be $365 per year. Whoohoo again!! If I only get one click per week that is $208 per year. Whoohoo a little!!

Now, if I am really lucky I may sell my $6000 name whilst it is parked and I may have to pay 15% commission to the parking company. This equates to $900 and I'd get $5,100. If I take the one click per week model and run with it I see that I'd have to have the name parked for at least 4 years to offset the potential loss to commission.

If I just leave them parked at Efty, yes, I'd be getting clicks with no PPC but if in the same scenario I sold the name for $6000 I'd get the full amount as there is no commission to pay.

Please chip in with any comments just in case I'm missing something obvious.

Decisions...decisions.

Regards,

Reddstagg

I would be ecstatic at 3 clicks of $4 per year. Where in 2021 can you do that?

 

[pablohc86]

I would be ecstatic at 3 clicks of $4 per year. Where in 2021 can you do that?

bodis,smartname, sedo, Parking crew, skenzo.. there are tons of options, you just need the right traffic and now it's so rare and expansive to get domains with good traffic

 

[psalm91]

Parking is definitely worth it. If you don't know what you are doing, tons of money will be wasted. Research the domains that make you money and try to figure out what all the successful domains have in common. You don't have to spend thousands of dollars to find great parking domains. There are plenty of hidden gems sitting out there, you just gotta know how to spot them.

 

[gericsb]

There are folks who can make a lot of parking revenue by using specialized software and scanning thousands of domains looking for backlinks etc to estimate the parking potential.

For me, parking is just a 'nice' side effect of owning domains as I wait for them to sell.

Over the past almost 11 months I put together a portfolio of about 125 names (had about 10 to start) that earns $7-$10 per month. I did not analyze backlinks, I just regged names I thought sounded good....

Now, most of my names earn $0 and one of my names earns about 60% of the overall revenue but why not park? It's free money.

That's not a ton, obviously, but I park most names at Sedo and use Afternic for selling/distribution.

That's my two cents!