PARKED.COM - Official Thread!

[TOXX]

Hi,

Welcome to the OFFICIAL PARKED.COM thread!

 

[SpareDomains]

Great, now I'm customer support. :kickass: Last week I was the CIO (Chief Information Officer) for Parked.com, I managed all of our programmers, our data center, account managers, and the day to day operation of Parked.com. But now I've been promoted to CS. )

I hadn't even heard about these awards, but I will say they definitely need some new software.

Back to my new job!

Donny

how long ya been there Donny?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_information_officer

"Due to the short tenure of many CIOs, CIO is sometimes facetiously ascribed the backronym of "career is over." One recent survey shows an average turnover rate of 5.7 years.[1]"

customer support isn't so bad :hehe:

 

[Varon]

Great, now I'm customer support. :kickass: Last week I was the CIO (Chief Information Officer) for Parked.com, I managed all of our programmers, our data center, account managers, and the day to day operation of Parked.com. But now I've been promoted to CS. )

I hadn't even heard about these awards, but I will say they definitely need some new software.

Back to my new job!

Donny

lol.... I actually voted Donny for the "domain ambassador award". Its easy to use the "your choice" option and add a name.

 

[TechQueen]

Now i understand why so many people are moving to "Parked.com".

Parked has got the Best Customer Support. Thanks Donny .

Just signup with them!! Hope i will have a great time . :hehe:

 

[Donny]

SpareDomains I saw that a few weeks ago, and said I wanted to be called CTO from now on. I've actually been with the company for over 8 years now, I started right before the dreaded Y2K bug was supposed to destroy the world. I started out as a one of six people in the company, and within 6 months we had 40 employees and I was managing 20 of them. It's been going ever since. Not many people can say they love their job, but I can!

And CS isn't bad. It was more of a joke than anything.

And thanks for anybody who nominated me or Parked and anybody who votes. Since the awards will be given out at DomainFest, does anybody actually think Domain Sponsor will let anybody else win?

Donny

 

[SpareDomains]

SpareDomains I saw that a few weeks ago, and said I wanted to be called CTO from now on.

just messing with ya Donny, saw it a few weeks ago as well, your over 5.7 years so you should be safe. :hehe:

 

[Donny]

I had many other recommendations for titles that they always rejected, CPA (Chief Pain in the Ass), CRO, (Chief Revenue Officer/Show me the money/The Money Man), and my personal favorite, GHP (Grand High Poobah of the Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes Lodge No. 26 from Fred Flinstone fame).

I think titles and org charts are usually for the birds. When somebody asks me what do I do for Parked, I tell them I can do everything, but it doesn't mean that's what I do.

donny

 

[vbigdeli]

does anybody actually think Domain Sponsor will let anybody else win?

Donny

One of Y! based parking providers will win

 

[Varon]

Donny...these days Yahoo has been downgrading quite a few big KW's from a 1 Click Lander to a 2 Click. I'm asuming there are lesser advertisers for these KW's now than before. However, can we expect a reversal (2CL --> 1 click) as the situation changes for these KWs? Some 1 click landers affected seem to be "payday loans" etc.

 

[Donna Mahony]

SpareDomains I saw that a few weeks ago, and said I wanted to be called CTO from now on. I've actually been with the company for over 8 years now, I started right before the dreaded Y2K bug was supposed to destroy the world. I started out as a one of six people in the company, and within 6 months we had 40 employees and I was managing 20 of them. It's been going ever since. Not many people can say they love their job, but I can!

And CS isn't bad. It was more of a joke than anything.

And thanks for anybody who nominated me or Parked and anybody who votes. Since the awards will be given out at DomainFest, does anybody actually think Domain Sponsor will let anybody else win?

Donny

Hi Donny, Yes, the awards will be given out at Domainfest, however, they have NO CONTROL over who wins. Domainers are in control of that. You folks will be the ones who make the program the best that it can be by voting, getting the word out and sponsoring (a portion of all sponsorship fund will go to Domainers Choice Scholarship Fund. This explanation post on the site at one time may help you understand the awards:

I have been getting quite a lot of questions about DomainersChoiceAwards.com so I will answer them here.

One of my favorite events at the conferences, whether I attend or not, has always been the awards. Although most of the winners are great domain industry leaders, I wondered if the community themselves would have made the same choices. I envisioned a totally different event.

My own sig tagline in another forum actually sparked me to take action. It says "Stop living the life you've fallen into and start living the life you choose."

The first thing I needed was a name. I am fully aware that some want to move away from the term "domainer" but it's not going to go away. Even folks joining the movement to change the term use it because it is the natural term. Domainers Magazine, among others, have embraced the term and do a super job of presenting it in a positive light. So shall we.

The next thing I needed was a venue for presentations.

Since the other conferences already had their awards and their systems, I doubted they would hand that over to me.

Where better to present awards but in Hollywood!! I approached the folks at Oversee.net and presented my vision, my dream.

Then I waited for their response...with butterflies in my stomach! At this point this had become my passion. In my vision, and what I insisted on, was that awards go to the person/company chosen by the community...period. Inspite of all the "what ifs" that could happen.

They LOVED the idea!! They are not incorporating my idea into their plans, this is my baby, my dream and Oversee.net is providing just one of the many resources I need to make it happen.

What I needed next was help! I ran some ideas by a few folks that I am close to but what I needed was somebody who shared my passion and was willing to devote themselves to making it happen. This person had to share my morals, ethics etc. This had to be a person not effected by the politics of the industry and willing to put themselves "out there" regardless of the outcome. Sally Letzer came to mind and Sally Letzer stepped up to the plate! A very humble thank you, Sally

So in short, that is DomainersChoiceAwards.com!

Embrace it, love it, believe in it...these are your awards!

Hooray for Hollywood!

 

[packrat]

Did anyone else take a big hit when yesterday's stats finalized? I got slammed for
$14.00 ($58 down to $44). However, all the traffic was to the domains that normally
get it...

 

[mindless]

packrat, mine did something a little weird, seemed to go up and then down, the up was something like 14 dollars above estimate, the down then went something like 50 below the original estimate. Weird.

 

[packrat]

Good to see I'm not alone. I've asked Donny to take a look at it. It sort of makes
arbitrage not such a good idea after all

 

[Donny]

winfreecash - Thanks for the excellent explanation of the Domainers Choice Awards. I think any awards are better than the current ones that are given out. I remember I think at the last show I attended Sedo won an award for best "new" program, but considering the program had been out for over 2 years, just didn't make sense.

Good luck.

Donny

 

[NPKJB]

Good to see I'm not alone. I've asked Donny to take a look at it. It sort of makes
arbitrage not such a good idea after all

I'm beginning to think the same thing. :td:

 

[goodkarmaco]

Packrat,

I hear a lot about using arbitrage and I am not convinced it is ok by Google. Is it? Read the new terms of argeement from Google. Look at the "landing page scores", read the paragraph about not using arbitrage.

https://adwords.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=66238

 

[packrat]

"The following website types will be penalized with low landing page quality scores. If we receive complaints about ads for websites of this kind, they will not be allowed to continue running.
Data collection sites that offer free items, etc., in order to collect private information
Arbitrage sites that are designed for the purpose of showing ads..."

The above is a quote from that Google page you pointed me to. It seems that Google
doesn't actually disallow arbitrage. They won't actually kill your ads unless someone complains. I would think that would be rather rare. After all, I'm providing links to things that people are looking for and that advertisers are paying for. It seems that
the worse that can happen is that my pages get penalized with low quality scores and so it costs me more to run arbitrage. I'm pretty sure Google immediately knows that my
sites are parked pages as soon as they spider them.

 

[netmeg]

Google doesn't like arbitrage, but they don't disallow it outright. It's a slippery slope, and they can't really define it precisely because as soon as they do, a million people will try to take advantage of whatever they definitively say is okay. So they don't definitely say anything, and hope to control it via algorithm (i.e. low quality score)

Actually, my estimates adjusted way UP for yesterday's earnings.

 

[packrat]

Actually, my estimates adjusted way UP for yesterday's earnings.

OK - that explains where my money went

 

[GILSAN]

I just voted for Donny as my choice for "Industry Customer Service Rep"

and Parked.com as my choice for "Parking Company Award"

at http://www.domainerschoiceawards.com :tu:

I'd like to vote for Donny as well, but they ask for first and last name.

Could someone tell me Donny's last name :red:

GIL

 

[r72gs]

I'd like to vote for Donny as well, but they ask for first and last name.

Could someone tell me Donny's last name :red:

GIL

Donny Simonton

 

[johname]

I'd like to vote for Donny as well, but they ask for first and last name.

Could someone tell me Donny's last name :red:

GIL

http://www.domainerschoiceawards.com/polls.php


For "Industry Customer Service Rep "

Donny's name is listed "Donny Simonton Parked.com "

just check the circle and submit





"Must include first and last names to be included." is for people that are not on the list, Donny is

 

[domainsusi]

Nice interface - pretty landers - but ....

I am somewhat disillusioned with parked.com
I started out with nearly 100 domains.
The most visitors I got in one day was 41.

After 1 week my CTR is 6.13% - total clicks 13 - total earnings in 10 days $3.23

 

[Donna Mahony]

winfreecash - Thanks for the excellent explanation of the Domainers Choice Awards. I think any awards are better than the current ones that are given out. I remember I think at the last show I attended Sedo won an award for best "new" program, but considering the program had been out for over 2 years, just didn't make sense.

Good luck.

Donny

I am certainly giving all I can Donny, this year is shaping up to be super! With the support, participation and input from the community, it will get better every year!

For reasons like the example you quoted, it is my goal for the DomainersChoiceAwards to be the important ones to win. I want every part of the industry to work harder to be the domainers choice, not just somebody recognized by a small group.

 

[GILSAN]

http://www.domainerschoiceawards.com/polls.php


For "Industry Customer Service Rep "

Donny's name is listed "Donny Simonton Parked.com "

just check the circle and submit





"Must include first and last names to be included." is for people that are not on the list, Donny is

Thanks johname as well as r72gs I've already voted for Donny who amazes me by the amount of time he spends here at NamePros helping us out. Sometimes it seems he spends more time here than at Parked, but obviously I'm wrong. It's just that he must be really good at managing his time.

GIL

 

[zurc.net]

Had quite a few clicks today and they paid pretty well, .20-.50 each was impressed, lets see if they go up even more or down after the "adjustment period".

-zurc