Parking Versus Mini Sites

[Billy!]

Parking Versus Mini Sites

About three weeks ago I came across a thread on Mini Sites and I decided that I would turn all my parked names into Mini Sites.

My names were not earning much at the sedo parking program, so three weeks later I have around 160 developed mini sites with another 30 to develop. I have noticed that my revenue has increased four fold.

Any other domainers out there who have turned their names into mini sites rather than relying on domain name parking?

If so please show us your Mini Sites and let us know if your income has increased from developing Mini Sites.

Here are a few of mine using the Niche Store program

AFL Gear
Backpacks
Motocross
v8 Engines

 

[irishmat]

Than there are BFT Minisite's http://thefat.org

what does btf stand for

 

[Standout!]

If you want an example of another species of MFA site, then take a look at what this guy is selling:
http://www.namepros.com/turnkey-websites-for-sale/483327-huge-website-sale-low-6-each.html

These were hot last year... database created sites based off yellowpage scrapers.

 

[Billy!]

Thanks will check em out.

 

[domainer50]

what does btf stand for

BFT=Bare Foot Tech. AKA the guy who sent you the link to www.thefat.org (he owns it )

 

[joexbl]

MFA themes and templates are designed with adsense ads in mind: strategic placement of ads on the home page and subpages.

You can still put unique/original content on an MFA theme but it'll look spammy. Splogs take advantage of MFA themes.

Minisites can use MFA themes too, but the idea of a minisite is to be (or appear to be) less spammy and actually have some useful content and be more SEO/Google friendly and use less obvious keyword stuffing...

Cool. Yeah, i get that. Just seems the goal is the same :imho i.e. 'useless content' to get people to click adsense ads that will generate more rev than parking does. Hey, ive done it as well, so not criticising. Just questioning the legitimacy of it all...all imho

 

[Standout!]

Cool. Yeah, i get that. Just seems the goal is the same :imho i.e. 'useless content' to get people to click adsense ads that will generate more rev than parking does. Hey, ive done it as well, so not criticising. Just questioning the legitimacy of it all...all imho

How legitimate it is is usually decided by Google when they ban you from the SERPS...black or white hat, it can work either way, it just depends on your skill set and what kind of business you want to run... me, I'm no good at either, lol!

 

[domainer50]

Cool. Yeah, i get that. Just seems the goal is the same :imho i.e. 'useless content' to get people to click adsense ads that will generate more rev than parking does. Hey, ive done it as well, so not criticising. Just questioning the legitimacy of it all...all imho

Define useless content? Most mini sites contain very keyword rich articles, which search engines love. Its not like the info is fake. Granted a college kid might not use one of my info sites for a resource when writing a college term paper, but that does not make it, not legit.

 

[Standout!]

Define useless content? Most mini sites contain very keyword rich articles, which search engines love. Its not like the info is fake. Granted a college kid might not use one of my info sites for a resource when writing a college term paper, but that does not make it, not legit.

Peter, how did the forehead sale go???

There are just too many domains (this is a domain forum) for Madison Ave and the professional designers of the world to tackle... even if every domainer could afford their services...

If I can at least make a minisite which helps me not get banned in the SERPS instead of endlessly comparing parking landers, then that's probably all I can do.

 

[GreenGambler]

I think that min-sites will always do better than parked pages. You don't have to do a whole lot of promoting or advertising if you do well with the SEO. I like to write my own content, even if it is not the best, it is still unique and that is better than something copied 1,000's of times, IMO.

 

[r72gs]

I like using Wordpress for Mini-Sites. You can do a lot with it and it fast and easy to get up and going.

I just got started on Tarotlovers.net. I'm using content from ezinearticles and Wiki because it has expired traffic and I'm not too worried about SEO to get traffic. I had a pretty decent CTR so I think the traffic may convert better as a mini-site.

 

[Chef Patrick]

wow, great information everyone. this is a great thread, i have learned a lot just by reading it. thank you!!!

 

[joexbl]

Define useless content? Most mini sites contain very keyword rich articles, which search engines love. Its not like the info is fake. Granted a college kid might not use one of my info sites for a resource when writing a college term paper, but that does not make it, not legit.

Useless Content is spammy content that has a lot of keywords to get ranked well, but you feel cheated when you read it because it doesn't actually tell you anything useful, basically goes around in circles repeating the keywords, hoping you'll click on one of the ads. Heck, i should know, ive done a few in the past too lol

It just seems there's a lot of garbage on the net and very few sites worth visiting. My fear is that with the dying of domain parking (lets face reality guys, parking is dying - except maybe for the big guys), domainers looking for a quick buck will flood the net even moreso with massive amounts of useless MFA type sites that dont add anything constructive to the net, just garbage really :imho

just my 2 cents worth, and im just as guilty as anyone in MFA type sites.

 

[domainer50]

Useless Content is spammy content that has a lot of keywords to get ranked well, but you feel cheated when you read it because it doesn't actually tell you anything useful, basically goes around in circles repeating the keywords, hoping you'll click on one of the ads. Heck, i should know, ive done a few in the past too lol

It just seems there's a lot of garbage on the net and very few sites worth visiting. My fear is that with the dying of domain parking (lets face reality guys, parking is dying - except maybe for the big guys), domainers looking for a quick buck will flood the net even moreso with massive amounts of useless MFA type sites that dont add anything constructive to the net, just garbage really :imho

just my 2 cents worth, and im just as guilty as anyone in MFA type sites.

I understand where you are coming from. But :imho: most mini sites are not like that. Most people try to use original content, and even if its not, sites like ezine articles.com will allow you to use their articles, and they are very well written, and not keyword happy.

:imho:

 

[Billy!]

Parking Versus Mini Sites

About three weeks ago I came across a thread on Mini Sites and I decided that I would turn all my parked names into Mini Sites.

My names were not earning much at the sedo parking program, so three weeks later I have around 160 developed mini sites with another 30 to develop. I have noticed that my revenue has increased four fold.

Any other domainers out there who have turned their names into mini sites rather than relying on domain name parking?

If so please show us your Mini Sites and let us know if your income has increased from developing Mini Sites.

Here are a few of mine using the Niche Store program

AFL Gear
Backpacks
Motocross
v8 Engines

Since I have been using the Mini Sites and Bans, in the last 3 weeks I have made $154 which is fantastic... My adsense earnings are on a par at the moment to what I earned the same month when parking.

But my earnings from Ebay using my mini sites are great ... pretty happy so far.

Heres My article on using BANS

 

[The Stealthy One]

Nice job turning all those parked domains into minisites. How many of your sites have original content? Is it very expensive to pay for hosting on that many sites?

Hosting for that many sites should not be a problem. In fact, there are many providers which offer unlimited domain hosting or hosting for many domains under one plan now.

 

[advaita]

Billy - Your skipark site looks good, well done on the revenues - just a question re. BANS - what's to stop someone getting the software from someone else on a CD and using it without going through BANS ?

Also re. your Wordpress blog - I have heard that it is better to change the settings so that the address of the post in the address bar actually shows the name of the post rather than just a number e.g. your post address ends in '16' but if you go to 'settings' - 'permalinks' - then choose 'custom structure' and type in
/%postname%/ - you get a more meaningful post address which is supposed to increase the number of readers

 

[daj]

Mini sites are of course better than parked pages, but content-rich sites that you're truly dedicated too will make you the most money in the long run.

 

[[email protected]]

I have stopped and removed most of my domains from parking & for sale listings!!!
Afternic, Sedo, TDNam, Parked, Cashparking etc...

I am just concentrating on building websites !
Undoubtly, websites and not domains, is a long term solution!

 

[gazzip]

I think it all depends on the quality/type and traffic of the domain.

For low/average quality names then development would probably be a far better earner than parking.


I took a spanky new .eu (that someone here said was crap) and did a naff looking 3 page minisite with 5 affiliate links on the main page.

It made over 2k the first year when it stayed number 1 in MSN, it does'nt do as good now because it does'nt rank well in any of the search engines but it still brought in $91 last month. it needs maybe 1 hr a year maintenance if that.

If parked it would'nt make anywhere near the reg fee in a year, i'm pretty sure of that as I also own the exact same name in .info and 2 similar ones in .net (NameAdmin owns the .com )

here's what they made in PPC

.info has earned €0.82 in 30 months

.net has earned nothing at all in 11 months :tri:




...one day I will get around to developing the other three easier said than done !




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[zambian0]

I think it all depends on the quality/type and traffic of the domain.

For low/average quality names then development would probably be a far better earner than parking.


I took a spanky new .eu (that someone here said was crap) and did a naff looking 3 page minisite with 5 affiliate links on the main page.

It made over 2k the first year when it stayed number 1 in MSN, it does'nt do as good now because it does'nt rank well in any of the search engines but it still brought in $91 last month. it needs maybe 1 hr a year maintenance if that.

If parked it would'nt make anywhere near the reg fee in a year, i'm pretty sure of that as I also own the exact same name in .info and 2 similar ones in .net (NameAdmin owns the .com )

here's what they made in PPC

.info has earned €0.82 in 30 months

.net has earned nothing at all in 11 months :tri:




...one day I will get around to developing the other three easier said than done !





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Curious to know what that domain name is. :cy: