PARKED.COM - Official Thread!

[TOXX]

Hi,

Welcome to the OFFICIAL PARKED.COM thread!

 

[Mike]

hey

nice find and like the mustangranch.com format

curious what the crt is like and if its improved vs. what parked.com averages..

I would like to park a few of my domains with a search box and get some money this way. Eventually place a few links around and pretend to be a SE. this would make for an interesting test to see what the usage + CTR would be.

M.

 

[Seabass]

Guys... again, I wonder if there is some over-reaction. People talk like there is a massive drop globally, but for some of us our niches are going UP since the new year. So instead of saying all parking is suffering, isn't it more likely that it is niche-based? Couldn't it simply be market trends with some niches?

As far as the TQ display goes, I wish people would just start ignoring it. It's obvious something is screwed up there and it doesn't have any bearing on reality currently. So I'd stop the angst over it and just get on with your lives

I'm sorry but its not niche.

There has been a massive drop (not insane, but bad nonetheless) since this last fall. I've been watching these numbers for years.

I don't know who/what to blame - economy, TQ, Yahoo, smarter surfers. All I know is my domains don't suck.

 

[netmeg]

No, I've been in my niche for five or six years as well (albeit in advertising, not in parking) and I know pretty much where it is at any given point - and health care isn't usually adversely affected when the economy gets shaky - people don't stop getting sick.

I can even understand the RPCs going down, I just don't understand why the estimates are so often so far off. I'm not criticizing, mind you, I just want to understand, because I thought there was something predictive in the algorithm to make them a little more consistent. But I've seen some big slides over the past couple weeks, more often than not, and it's been a concern.

 

[GILSAN]

Finalized stats are out. Thats 2 days in a row that they go up. It may be a coincidence but this has happened since my TQ Score changed from 10 to No Score

GIL

 

[biohammer]

aargh

 

[goodkarmaco]

Don't jump all over me for saying this as I have no clue if it is true.

Is it possible all the members who have jumped onto the arbitrage bandwagon have created a lower payouts score for everyone at Parked?

Yes, no, maybe?

 

[Avo19]

Don't jump all over me for saying this as I have no clue if it is true.

Is it possible all the members who have jumped onto the arbitrage bandwagon have created a lower payouts score for everyone at Parked?

Yes, no, maybe?

doubt it. Arb'ers are a drop in the ocean compared to mainstream domainers. The majority just can't get it to work.

 

[Mobi Cheap]

aargh

My sentiments exactly.

Yesterday's number hasn't even finalized officially yet, but the total has dropped a lot.

Regarding the arbitrage theory above: shouldn't arbitrage actually increase conversion rates?

At least compared to the random expired domain (which is often terra incognita to the new owner and hence offers less scope for relevant keywords being used compared to arbitrageur controlled domains)?

Don't arbitrageurs know much better where their visitors come from and what they expect to find after they click on the text ad?

 

[packrat]

Speaking of arbitrage Did I recall seeing somewhere in this long long thread
that traffic from MSN Adcenter is OK with Parked?

 

[Avo19]

Speaking of arbitrage Did I recall seeing somewhere in this long long thread
that traffic from MSN Adcenter is OK with Parked?

Yep. Traffic from Google & MSN is OK. But not Yahoo, for obvious reasons.

 

[madpoet]

Yes to both Mobi and packrat

 

[Mobi Cheap]

Speaking of arbitrage Did I recall seeing somewhere in this long long thread
that traffic from MSN Adcenter is OK with Parked?

Hope this isn't a trick question, but that's my recollection too.

 

[mrizos]

Yep. Traffic from Google & MSN is OK. But not Yahoo, for obvious reasons.

As soon as MSN see's you sending traffic to a parked page they will set your keywords to inactive even if you have custom content.

 

[Seabass]

Don't jump all over me for saying this as I have no clue if it is true.

Is it possible all the members who have jumped onto the arbitrage bandwagon have created a lower payouts score for everyone at Parked?

Yes, no, maybe?

That is a good question I bet most have not thought about.

I bet with Parked though they would not allow it if it was weighing the boat down any. If anything the volume that could bring might lift up earnings.

I do know lower performing players can have a negative effect on the earnings percentage that Google will pay out to a parking company (probably same with Yahoo). I am friends with an owner of a parking company and he spent about three months closely analyzing some domainer's portfolios in 2007 that were long-time customers and he either had them nixed or asked them to leave (which I find sorta' offensive, but.....) and he was able to get a higher percentage cut.

However, I don't think it helped in the long run b/c domainers talk and if you nix or ask them to leave they will tell others. His company has been stagnating since then.

 

[tonyfloyd]

is this 100% true??

As soon as MSN see's you sending traffic to a parked page they will set your keywords to inactive even if you have custom content.

 

[bradocconor]

I dont know about this RPC thing. Here is what I know though. I have closed up everyday but one when I was down a buck or so for the last 10 days. Yesterday on ($972.00) revenue I closed up at $1107 today (portfolio trick) to see before you close out. My TQ score was a 10 changed to no score and is now a 5 so go figure.

 

[Avo19]

is this 100% true??

not for me....so far

 

[tonyfloyd]

my rev stats dropped 30% after update.....wtf???

 

[netmeg]

is this 100% true??

I was assured by someone at adCenter that this was going to be the case effective immediately. I was also told that if the added content was ABOVE the links/categories, it would probably fly, but of course, that's not part of the current Parked templates.

So if you're using MSN, and you're still up and running, take full advantage of it, but start making plans against the day that your account goes dark.

 

[Mike]

I was assured by someone at adCenter that this was going to be the case effective immediately. I was also told that if the added content was ABOVE the links/categories, it would probably fly, but of course, that's not part of the current Parked templates.

So if you're using MSN, and you're still up and running, take full advantage of it, but start making plans against the day that your account goes dark.

Wouldn't this be all the more reason to see truly customizable templates,... quickly?!
Templates that work on a module type basis? (i laid the idea out publicly once and sent Donny a PM about it) Let's hope this happens soon as one of the compelling reasons to be at parked is the opportunity to arbitrage.

M.