So You Bought The Domain, Now What?

[Jimmy Changa]

In an effort to better understand the habits of NamePro users, I make this poll. Since I started domaining about 3 months ago I've parked every domain I bought as soon as I bought it. Then only moved it from parking when I was able to develop some of them. Lately, I get the idea that some of you don't do it that way. Please comment on what you do with your domains once you buy them and why.

Thanks,
JC :wave:

 

[TLDnetworks]

I TRY to get them parked immeadiately.

Some names are purchased to to forward to existing sites, some for HOPES of developing (pending time & money). I still get lazy and forget to change DNS on some new purchases...

Tried SEDO, ZERO/ZIP/NADA income, so I moved to DomainHop. Results have been OK, but I need help getting all the optimizing done; catagory, meta, keywords, etc... I also thought about looking at some of the other parking companies, any suggestions for a couple hundred names?

 

[hotrod12]

I never tried them before but I heard some good feedback about them on namepros so maybe you should give them a try.

http://www.fabulous.com/

 

[Rom]

Leave them at the registrar. =)

 

[Jimmy Changa]

Leave them at the registrar. =)

I notice a few of you do this. PLEASE someone shed some light on why you do this. Do you get better offers from prospective buyers this way? What is the deal? Come on, give it up!

 

[hotrod12]

Well it is the easiest way because you do not have to edit anything.

 

[andriegel]

Good thoughts here, Interesting topic.

I wish we could get a 1-5 scale type poll in place so we can come up with more accurate data.

I use 1and1 for my main registrar and Godaddy as my secondary.

I leave my names at the registrar, forwarding right away to Sedo to watch the traffic for a few weeks. (is this an inaccurate gauge?)
If I see that it has decent traffic already, I'll try to forward it to another of my sites in a similar/same category.
If I don't have a matching category, but it gets decent traffic I'll "throw up" a phoney-baloney site that's just a parking page where all the links go through to affiliates. (Example: http://ibidubid.com ) I find for some names, I'll get anywhere from 10-50 bucks a month this way.
Also, sometimes I'll just forward the traffic with my affiliate link straight to the affiliate site, although I've heard this will piss off the parent affiliate if you burn up too much bandwidth. (as in the case of "worthless" popunder campaigns ) With this method, I am able to get a comission or two per month, i.e. the MP3 download clubs, posters, tshirts...

The way I see it, if your domain name is making more than $10/month parked, you should spend a couple of hours making a custom landing page with links through to affiliates. Why give it away? you just have to be patient. Instead of collecting dimes, you get a twenty every now and then.
Also, if the affiliate has lifetime comissions, you might just get repeat business, something that will never happen at a parking service.


good luck to all!

Andrew

 

[swoop]

Well it is the easiest way because you do not have to edit anything.

A legitimate answer, since nobody is getting rich from ads if they are at SEDO.

In my case, I SEDO them or point them at an existing related page or develop...some of each.

 

[Grrilla]

1) Most-> Sedo to gauge traffic/affiliate potential/offset expenses

2) Projects A -> I have a couple of projects going that I want to keep under wraps and don't want to publicize the concept. They stay on the registrar's DNS until I get around to moving them to another DNS and than, I'll keep them in inactive status. (Which reminds me!)

3) Projects B -> Landing page or small site w/ some interesting tidbits that I can plug and send visitors to. (Which reminds me!)

4) Active Name Offers-> With names that I receive direct inquiries about, as a result of a whois search, I'll immediately pull off of Sedo- and either put up a quick landing page, or make inactive, depending upon the circumstances. re: I keep backburner project names parked, will let the potential buyer know that I do have development plans for the name and don't want to send mixed messages by having the name listed for sale at Sedo. If this is too much hassle, at that moment, I'll just let the buyer know that my SOP is to park the names there for the reasons given in 1), above.
I'll than kick the name back to Sedo to complete the transaction, run it through their escrow, preferring to pay the 10% for security, unless the amt is high enough to warrant saving the extra 7%-8% , in which case, I'll complete through Escrow.com.

 

[samuelocean]

I didn't know about this site so I used to buy domain names that I actually use, strange that.

 

[Grrilla]

I didn't know about this site so I used to buy domain names that I actually use, strange that.

What a unique concept. (Assuming that I am correctly understanding the point you are trying to make).

Add on -> Could you expand a little?

 

[jeter4982]

I'm really interested in the reasoning behind why some folks leave some domains at the registrar. Anyone?

I leave most of them at the registar, because most of the domains I buy are for future websites, or something that people are not going to type in. I expirimented with parking for 3 months, and out of my total portfolio of unused domains, I made like 11 cents. Plus, I would rather not be changing the Name Servers back and forth from the parking company, and my host.

Tom

 

[Jimmy Changa]

I was wondering if maybe people found they got better offers when the domain was left at the registrar.

 

[barefoottech]

Plus, I would rather not be changing the Name Servers back and forth from the parking company, and my host.

Jeez, how much effort is it to change a Nameserver setting.
Especially if it will mean an Income stream from either parking service or your own site.
How did you manage to reg. or did you have to get someone to do it for you as well.

 

[Mark]

So You Bought The Domain, Now What?

Hmmm .... I'm going to Disney Land .... :o Thats not on your option list


I usually try to at least forward the domains if I don't have hosting set up for them already - But am afraid I have many pointing to the regs pages ATM

 

[andriegel]

Jeez, how much effort is it to change a Nameserver setting.
Especially if it will mean an Income stream from either parking service or your own site.
How did you manage to reg. or did you have to get someone to do it for you as well.

Dude, if you have 1500 names, parking, nameserver changes, etc..it ALL eats into your time....it IS a factor.

 

[swoop]

Dude, if you have 1500 names, parking, nameserver changes, etc..it ALL eats into your time....it IS a factor.

And even those of us with considerably smaller inventories find parking, managing and developing them to be time-consuming...especially if we have "day jobs."

 

[andriegel]

You only have two jobs? You Lazy bum! lol

 

[Jimmy Changa]

Only two that people know about.

 

[Grrilla]

Dude, if you have 1500 names, parking, nameserver changes, etc..it ALL eats into your time....it IS a factor.

True. I park at Sedo, and besides keyword optimization, there are up to three inner-site categories you can list each name in, so, although you can make bulk DNS edits at *most* registrars, (you can't at 1&1, for instance- they have to be changed one by one in a 4-5 step process-ugh!), and you can use Excel to list all your names, (at Sedo, anyways), it is no small feat to move a large # of names from registars to listing sites or from one listing site to another. Changing DNS, in and of itself is no big deal, (although if you have names at 20-30 registrars, it can be a pain)- it's all of the peripheral chores that eat up the time.

 

[Jimmy Changa]

Do those inner-site categories make a big difference in exposure at Sedo?