PARKED.COM - Official Thread!

[TOXX]

Hi,

Welcome to the OFFICIAL PARKED.COM thread!

 

[studio500]

Banned, Quality Block, Trademark etc

I have a few hundred domains at Parked and today I checked my Domain Ratings from the account info section.

I was surprised to see the following to list but a few.

dodegree.com Banned
c3dtv.com Trademark
djo.cc Quality Block
responsiblepalmoil.com Trademark

infact almost anything with 3d in the name = Trademark

Why would dodegree be banned?
Why trademark on 3d?
Can I do anything to change this?

 

[domainwealth]

when i first started i used to park way more domains, now i'm just keeping them there until i start to develop them.

parked used to pay for my dev and renewal fees but now it's not even paying for coffee

dev is the way to go!

 

[Yeodo]

3D is not trademarkable as it describes what something is or does. So thats wrong.

 

[johname]

3D is not trademarkable as it describes what something is or does. So thats wrong.

c3dtv.com Trademark

I think its poping out of the system as a directv tm issue. dctv all in there. A computer spits these out not people. dodegree probally dodge truck. responsiblepalmoil palmolive?

 

[dbdomains]

I agree. I have domains banned or restricted for no apparent reason. And some domains are blocked for trademark issues where none exist.

 

[Bobo Bobo]

I will suggest you to contact your account mgrs , some accounts might have been taken-out of the BING feed or not...
In addition Donny has made a couple of comments at their own forum
For the record I had nothing but the best customer service with them since day one and straight answers...looking forward to go back if things improve.

It appears to me there is a concerted move from all SE's and Parking Co's to clean and filter traffic...(I forsee same happening to Minicrappiecookiecuttersites
Yahoo has mocked Google heavy on TV in that respect )

The cream will rise to the top, in the other hand a lot of domains will render worthless . (no good for parking/no good for a minisite)

 

[TOXX]

I will suggest you to contact your account mgrs , some accounts might have been taken-out of the BING feed or not...
In addition Donny has made a couple of comments at their own forum
For the record I had nothing but the best customer service with them since day one and straight answers...looking forward to go back if things improve.

It appears to me there is a concerted move from all SE's and Parking Co's to clean and filter traffic...(I forsee same happening to Minicrappiecookiecuttersites
Yahoo has mocked Google heavy on TV in that respect )

The cream will rise to the top, in the other hand a lot of domains will render worthless . (no good for parking/no good for a minisite)

Exactly...I'm already starting to see small increases in Revenue/RPC's just recently since a couple days now

 

[Name Trader]

My CTR is still abysmal, but RPC has gone up almost 50% between the 1st quarter of January to the 2nd quarter of January. Let's hope it stays like that. Overall RPC has been generally better under Bing.

 

[johname]

yeah my second week of Jan better than first week too

 

[TOXX]

Yes, let's keep our fingers crossed that Donny and The Parked Crew are finally figuring out how to monetize through Bing!

 

[Bobo Bobo]

My CTR is still abysmal, but RPC has gone up almost 50% between the 1st quarter of January to the 2nd quarter of January. Let's hope it stays like that. Overall RPC has been generally better under Bing.

Yep.

At the end of the day or rather at the end of the month "the bottom line" is what it matters : the RPM
(and not so much the CTR or the $clicks)

At the other feed sometimes they throw you a big click say "$10 USD" to distract you IMO he he, then the following 1000 clicks are paid .02when you average down you still getting paid morsels...
But what you remember is that "10 USD"...

 

[wolfis.com]

my revenue is even lower than a week ago - so i must be on a different feed at parked and they are screwing me more than you guys !

 

[Reinbeast]

Just to Share

I went on a teensy weensy spending spree a few weeks ago and I finally got enough domains to join Parked. For the longest time I actually had the required minimum, but I thought I would do something with them and had no intention of parking or selling. I wonder what would have happened if I'd just parked; probably nothing but a few cents here and there.

From some of what I'd read at NP I thought I would at least be rejected on the first try for domains that didn't have enough traffic. Guess I didn't read far enough because I got in quick. Hmm, maybe they've lowered their standards or don't even look at the domains you submit...but, anyway, I can't believe there are so many options, including adding custom content. I love it.

So I'm finally back on track to do this (parking, selling, and eventually developing) part-time. Yay! Before it was just a couple days here and there every few months when I had a spare moment. I've wasted so much time, seeing as how I've wanted to do this since I hopped online, with that horrible squealy dial-up noise, for the first time back in '97 or '98. I came up with so many names back then; some just so-so, but others quite good for an end user. Wish I'd had the money to register them. Now hopefully I can sell just one to cover reg fees by next January so I won't have to use up my New Domains fund. Eh, no rush. I'm not desperate yet.

 

[studio500]

Just Noticed This On Parked News.

2011-01-20 | Stats for 1/15, 1/16, 1/17, and 1/18 are being marked back as estimates
Stats for 1/15, 1/16, 1/17, and 1/18 are being marked back as estimates

Stats for 1/15, 1/16, 1/17, and 1/18 are being marked back as estimates, as Yahoo has told us that the numbers in the US/CA are not 100% correct and they will be reprocessing them over the next few days. The updated numbers may not be available until 1/22. The data for 1/19 and going forward is already correct.

So me thinks an even greater chance of lower revenue this week.
Time will tell.

 

[studio500]

I also can't get my head around the quality block on all .tv extensions.

Anyone else had this?

 

[Donny]

studio500 - .tv domains have been considered a quality block by Yahoo for about 3 years now. There has been a "rumor" that they will be allowed by the end of February.

Donny

 

[namemarket]

IMO, the move to Bing.com was a huge mistake Donny. My revenue has been declining for several years under Yahoo but with Bing.com it has now gone over the proverbial cliff.

For example, a few years ago we had some very good days with parked.com but last week our worst days ever recorded, including one day of under $1 which is a tiny fraction of revenue on better days from the past (and that hard to understand drop is from very similar domains and traffic quality).

Even though I always thought parked.com was very good overall and had excellent features starting this week we are more or less forced to try other options, which do not involve Bing.

P.S. Does Bing also block revenue from .us names like Yahoo did for so long (before anyone knew about it). If Bing allows .us I could move all my .us names back to you which I moved to a ppc firm who did not block .us last year?

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I forgot to say I find it incredible Yahoo or Bing would have the audacity to block PPC revenue from .us and .tv extentions (maybe others too). How can they possibly assume all .us and .tv domains are poor quality?

 

[wed]

What is your yahoo traffic quality score at parked.com ?

 

[namemarket]

What is your yahoo traffic quality score at parked.com ?

If you are talking to me I have no idea what you are talking about

 

[johname]

Your Traffic Quality Score is in the Graph on the Dash Board page on the right.