Rookmedia/Domainsponsor merging to Smartname

[thegeekguy]

I dont really know what happened but it seems like they lost their Google feeds and has to partner up with Smartname.

http://www.domaininvesting.com/godaddy-did-not-acquire-rook-media/

I had good income from Rookmedia does that mean we just lost those $xx clicks?

 

[thegeekguy]

looking at my old stats I really miss the old Rookmedia/Domainsponsor

 

[wolfis.com]

I am still waiting for me PayPal payment from domainsponsor .. I was told on Friday that it would be within 1 to 2 business days ... I suppose we do not count Friday ... so I wait until tomorrow ... and See ...

 

[royleee]

not a good sign.

 

[biggie]

they have really gone downhill.
after approx 15 years, time to move on

and who knew that ppc would last that long

 

[RedlineNS]

I just got May payment from RookMedia/DomainSponsor.. But still waiting for the SmartName..

 

[minomanir]

I have a question mainly for Rook / DS but also for users. Does anyone use ZeroClick Tier2 parking? I have several domains that are so marked, I earn in this system but I do not understand a certain dependency: one of the domains is displayed under the correct address [domain name] dot com. Here are counters and I have visible donations. Another domain that has traffic is already displayed at http://www.searchesinteractive.com/?dn= [my domain name] & pid = 9POX7V9B0 and no earnings here are counted here. I add that most domains are targeted at searchinteractive but do not make any profit from it. It is obviously on the tier2 list

 

[Jeff Weller]

I cannot comment on Rook/DS as once they lost their G feed and started the SmartName/GoDoody deal I pulled all names out of there. So far I've seen nothing to make me change my mind. I've heard nothing good from parking investors following the Rook/DS change.

I suggest you go to ParkingCrew's "Blocked & Adult Check" and verify the status of the domain(s). If fail listed you can begin to understand the relegation of the domain to ZC and do some testing. Bodis has a similar lookup feature. You may wish to try Skenzo or DA for your fail listed traffic. We have certain fail listed domains that do exceptionally well on Skenzo's platform that would barely cover their reg costs if not for Skenzo's Yahoo feed.

 

[ngenme]

Rook lost their google feed?

When?


I saw this in May

We now support the addition of any advertising feed onto the DomainSponsor and Rook platforms. Initially, we’re offering a mix of a top-tier Yahoo parking solution and 0-click ads from direct advertisers. In addition, we support Google parking feeds. We are already integrated into SmartName, and will continue to add further Google feeds upon request. Please let us know who else you’d like to see and we’ll get to work.

For all integrated feeds, you’ll receive statistics in your DomainSponsor or Rook account, broken down by source. Please note that for any integrated Google feeds, while they provide statistics to us and you can access them in our interface, you will receive payment for revenue generated directly from the Google provider, not from DomainSponsor or Rook. We will pay for you revenue generated from Yahoo and direct advertisers.

 

[ngenme]

Domains parked there still show google ads

http://ww7.propertyandcasualtylicense.org

Since when they lost their google feed? February?

 

[pablohc86]

Domains parked there still show google ads

http://ww7.propertyandcasualtylicense.org

Since when they lost their google feed? February?

10th May if i'm not remembering wrong.
btw now you still see pages with google feed because they migrated your domains in a partnership with smartname.

they sent multiple emails days ago.. i think it's better you reach out your AM to better understand what is going on with your account

 

[tonyk2000]

I had an "old" domainsponsor account, which I stopped to use soon after domainsponsor was sold to rockmedia, as they unfortunately killed all useful domainconfig features originally offered by ds. And I have never used smartname. So, do I now have smartname account that I am not aware of?

 

[RedlineNS]

No. Only active DS users got smartname account as well. All others went back to "under review" status, and probably will never ever again became active again..

After 7 successful years with DS, they moved me to SmartName. After 2,5 months at smartname, I didn't pass their review process, and I didn't got paid. I lost my account, and all earnings for last 2,5 months.
So, my traffic was good enough for DS for last 7 years, but now when I got moved to SmartName, my traffic is worthless.. Strange..
Same traffic + same domains + same ads + different provider = account suspended

 

[decades80]

Still got no payment for July from Smartname. Whom I should contact?

 

[pablohc86]

Still got no payment for July from Smartname. Whom I should contact?

I've already contacted them. They had an issue. Payment should be sent out these days. PayPal payment should arrive today around 9pm Italy time.

 

[decades80]

Thanks, I was thinking they forgot about me.

 

[sniper2009]

I get sick of RookMedia and Smartname system ! . I guess I will moved so soon for other company ! . I care more about the sales banner in the domain it must be big or at least good enough to be seen ! . I will check later what is the best ...

 

[sniper2009]

Does anyone get paid from Smartname ?!

 

[pablohc86]

Does anyone get paid from Smartname ?!

Me yesterday via PayPal

 

[decades80]

I also havent got paid for August yet.

 

[ngenme]

Can anyone tell me why Rook lost their google feed?

What did they do wrong?