NameDrive Spring Bonus

[NameDriver]

It’s April Fool’s Day and NameDrive launch the ND Spring Bonus - an offer which makes us look the fools.

We’re giving new sign-ups a bonus of $100 for parking with NameDrive!

Of course, we already have thousands of existing customers and we don’t want them to miss out, so we're offering them a bonus too. We’re paying our loyal customers up to $100 extra for each of the next three months’ parking! That’s a potential $300 windfall for parking your domains with NameDrive in the spring.

In addition, we’re also offering a mere 3% commission for using our professional brokerage service, BrokerSelect and we are guaranteeing a Park&Sell purchase for a minimum of 18 months’ revenue!

You can find all details for this foolish offer and sign up for an account if you don’t have one already on the NameDrive homepage.

We look forward to being your parking company of choice this spring!

And, no, this is not an April Fool. The sign-up period for the offer runs the length of April, a full 30 days!

Ed

 

[Varon]

Nice idea. Sounds good.

 

[faisj]

Great offer Ed.

But I do have to say that I have no clue what I will get:

We’re paying our loyal customers up to $100 extra for each of the next three months’ parking!

Could you email me that please

 

[blatant]

I am confused on what the existing customers receive, could you clarify.
Thank you and sorry for being slow
-Joe

Existing Customers
To qualify for the ND SpringBonus:
- Increase your monthly earnings for the next three months by a minimum of $50 compared to March 07 and we'll match any increase up to $100 for each month.

Went to the homepage and read... sounds good!

 

[okapi]

for new customers: 100$
for existing customers: UP TO 100$ each of three months.

My english isn't' that good, I can't understand if "up to" is about "100$" or about "three months"

 

[lordzeus]

every offer on this day looks suspicious to me.... lol

 

[rocko78]

Ed, I red TOS of this promotion. Could you explain this statement

If existing customers increase their monthly earnings by at least
$50 in the three months of the campaign period
(April 1st to June 30th 2007), NameDrive will match this increase
up to $100 per month.

Is that mean if we earn $ 40 on march and $140 on April we get another $100?

 

[TT]

Ed, No disrespect but it's awfully hard to increase our revenue. I mean I have seen a steady decline in revenue since December and have been moving alot of domains to redirect to websites I own because they were just not making the cut for me being parked.

And since doing so I have seen an increase in advertising revenue to where its more advantageous to me to redirect all my domains to websites I own as opposed to parking them. Just my 2 cents and I do not mean to take away from your promotion in any way but parking seems to be fast becoming a domain alternative of the past.

I am still for all intense and purposes a Namedrive supporter over any other parking source as IMHO your service is far superior to all the others, but it all bolis down to dollars and cents in the grand scheme. I have been a user of your service since day one and in those days revenue was good but now's its just not worth it.

 

[TestCase]

Increase your monthly earnings for the next three months by a minimum of $50 compared to March 07 and we'll match any increase up to $100 for each month

OK, I'm a bit confused here... Now I'm a HUGE fan of ND, and maybe I've been missing something, but aside from adding domain names to our account or signing up a bunch of referrals, just how would one "help" increase their earnings from their current collection of dn's if we are not able to "promote" them to our "friends" or through hotlinks?? (Clicks from "friends" or as a result of a referral from a hotlink are against the TOS, right?!?!).

Well, until someone is able to shed some light on how this can be done, does anyone need a referral??? PM me if you do... :hehe:

 

[cbsort]

April Fools' Day??

 

[tetrapak]

TT, imho this campaign is aiming to get the users to park more of their domains at ND, or buy more domains and park it there, so even if you see a decline in the revenue since December, you could choose to park more domains at ND, not saying that its worth the effort in your case, but it is an option.

 

[OvenMitt]

OK, I'm a bit confused here... Now I'm a HUGE fan of ND, and maybe I've been missing something, but aside from adding domain names to our account or signing up a bunch of referrals, just how would one "help" increase their earnings from their current collection of dn's if we are not able to "promote" them to our "friends" or through hotlinks?? (Clicks from "friends" or as a result of a referral from a hotlink are against the TOS, right?!?!).

Buy more domains; park more domains with them instead of elsewhere; optimize your domains better... etc.

Well, until someone is able to shed some light on how this can be done, does anyone need a referral??? PM me if you do... :hehe:

Bad boy :yell:

 

[TestCase]

Buy more domains; park more domains with them instead of elsewhere; optimize your domains better... etc.

Been there, done that, still waiting for Ed to send me a T-shirt... :lol:

Traffic:
Traffic on domains parked with NameDrive can originate from two sources only: type in (direct navigation) traffic and existing search engine results / expired traffic. All other types of traffic including bought traffic, traffic driven by PPC campaigns, traffic directed from hyperlinks are not permitted. If your traffic originates from any sources other than type-in and search engine traffic, it must first be cleared with NameDrive LLC.

 

[NameDriver]

Hi guys,

Sorry I didn't reply earlier. I was struck down by seeing the sunshine for the first time in months and had to go outside!

Lots of points to address here, but I'll try and cover everything with an example.

While we would love to give people big bonuses just for parking with us, we do have limited funds and have to feed ourselves etc.

For existing customers - which seem to be the people mainly posting here as I know NamePros has a lot of ND customers posting on it - we will match any earnings increases in your account compared to March 07. Up to 100$ for each month.

As an example:
Jeff earns $150 in March 07. This is the base month for the comparison.
Jeff's next three months' earnings are as follows:
April: $200
May $240
June: $400
In the July 15th payout, ND will match his earnings increases up to $100.

His earnings increases compared to March 07 are as follows:
April $50
May $90
June $250

So ND will pay him 50+90+100 (as 100 is the maximum) as a bonus on top of his parking earnings.

If Jeff only earns 50$ extra in one month but not the other months, we'll still match that 50$ providing his earnings don't go below 85% of what he earned in March 07.

I can't deny that we want to achieve something with this campaign, that is what all campaigns are for. It is twofold - to get more new customers who have not yet tried us, and to encourage people who park at other parking companies to try out ND again as we are constantly developing.

I'm aware that not everyone can 'increase' their earnings if they already have their portfolios with us in their entirety, but I am also aware that there are plenty of people out there who park at several providers and, by moving back to ND, you can take advantage of this offer and take advantage of our competitive payouts.

Hope this explains the situation adequately.

Ed

 

[STDomains]

Is ND considered to be good for parking any specific categories of domains?

Thx,

STDomains

 

[-TV-]

Is ND considered to be good for parking any specific categories of domains?

Thx,

STDomains

i do park all mine there , after i tried all of the parking providers ,

Tv

 

[Premium]

That is an awesome idea and I'm sure you will get more than a handful of new customers! I also appreciate the offer for loyal existing customers such as myself

Can't wait to cash in $300, I will definitely be trying my best to achieve it. :tu:

 

[fonzie_007]

Too bad that March 2007 was my best month of parking in the past 16 months. I'll be happy to match my March earnings, let alone earn $50+ more than it... Even though I probably won't be affected by it, it is a pretty generous promo.

 

[okapi]

Too bad that March 2007 was my best month of parking in the past 16 months. I'll be happy to match my March earnings, let alone earn $50+ more than it... Even though I probably won't be affected by it, it is a pretty generous promo.

march 2007 was my best month too!

now Avg PPC to me is about HALF of march Avg PPC!

to get 50$ more than march with new PPC is like to do 150$ more with march PPC :hehe:

 

[TestCase]

Though it started off very well, March ended up being a mediocre month for me. But so far April has been horrible. So much for my bonus... :lol: