The New REVOLUTION in Domain Parking is HERE! - Bodis.com

[matt_bodis]

Introducing the New Revolution in Domain Parking Services, where the clients actually matter this time around - Bodis.com.



That's right. We have negotiated the highest possible revenue share with third party ad providers, and out of this we are giving our clients a lifetime of 100% revenue.

Today is the beginning of CHANGE in the domain industry. Many of us are tired of all the domain parking programs that hone in most of what we should be receiving. The Revolution has STARTED.

As of right now, Bodis.com offers the following:

• 100% Revenue Share
• Search Engine Optimized Templates
• Customizable html title, html description, and page title of templates
• Customizable images for templates
• Auto-optimizable and manually customizable keywords/urls for advertisements!
• Simplistic and easy to use management interface
• Customer support that cares about its clients
• Customer support that responds within 1-2 days.
• And more as the program progresses...

I am hoping the majority is happy with where we are heading in the domain industry, and that everybody here is happy to see Bodis.com. We will be working extensively on adding user suggestions and feedback into the parking service.

Hopefully we can make a difference in the industry.

Aside from this, I'd like to point out a few more things. The lifetime of 100% revenue share is applicable to anybody that applies within the next 1-2 years. The revenue share may decrease after that only for new clients. Right now Bodis, LLC has the budget to keep itself afoot with 100% revenue share for another 1-2 years time.

Enjoy the website and feel free to leave any feedback/comments in this thread.

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• Bodis 2.0

 

[thetruman]

Matt, expectation are very high, better be good (I am sure it will :kickass: )

 

[bobdigital]

I think there will be major revenue improvements for some.

it can't get worse

 

[goodkarmaco]

This folks is why we signed up Bodis when it first was launched. Take your time Matt. It will be that much better. Homegrown is always best.

 

[doggyowner]

Matt,

I receive a lot of spam emails from wankers using the "Inquire about this domain" form. However I still want to display it just in case a serious buyer wants to contact me .

Would it be possible for you guys to make it a bit harder to sent automated spam, by maybe adding a captcha generator on the page?

Keep up the great service! Bodis!!

 

[PowerUp]

I have a lot of faith in it as well. But that's why it is taking so long to come out, because it is such a big release and there are so many new things.



I wouldn't say that. I think there will be major revenue improvements for some. Maybe not all, but for many it will.

Could you share with us the drivers for revenue improvements?

 

[baxter]

Matt,

I receive a lot of spam emails from wankers using the "Inquire about this domain" form. However I still want to display it just in case a serious buyer wants to contact me .

Would it be possible for you guys to make it a bit harder to sent automated spam, by maybe adding a captcha generator on the page?

Keep up the great service! Bodis!!

+1

 

[ArtfulWebSites]

SPAM Inquires From Bodis Domains.

Matt,

I receive a lot of spam emails from wankers using the "Inquire about this domain" form. However I still want to display it just in case a serious buyer wants to contact me .

Would it be possible for you guys to make it a bit harder to sent automated spam, by maybe adding a captcha generator on the page?

Keep up the great service! Bodis!!

I second that. Over the past couple of weeks this SPAM activity through the "Inquire about..." links on Bodis parked domains has increased. Some preventative measure would be much appreciated.

 

[Poohnix]

Hmm... I've noticed a peculiar thing with the revenue lately. Any time the stats are early, (like day before yesterday), I get rather good revenue over all... but any time the stats are later, (like today), the revenue really sucks. It's happened several times the same way. It's weird! :tri:

 

[matt_bodis]

Hmm... I've noticed a peculiar thing with the revenue lately. Any time the stats are early, (like day before yesterday), I get rather good revenue over all... but any time the stats are later, (like today), the revenue really sucks. It's happened several times the same way. It's weird! :tri:

Nope, there is no correlation whatsoever. It's the fact that I decide to release revenue figures a few hours earlier (if we get them earlier).

And I cannot discuss revenue improvements in v2, but they will be there.

Inquire spam will be taken care of in v2, I am sorry for taking so long to fix that.

 

[firefly]

I'm sure that with all the effort you have put into version 2, that it will be a true revolution in domain parking. You have done the right thing by not rushing it. A good sign of maturity, learning from your previous mistakes and making sure that it is right to go when it is released.

 

[Azam.biz]

Several queries to support over many months and not a single response.

To many people start online businesses thinking it's easy. The talk about "low barriers to entry" is all a myth - the barriers to entry are not low if you bother to provide things as basic as support, and get simple things right before unleashing them on the world.

I wish Bodis all the best, but we've moved all our domain names away and will never touch them, even if they offer 150% of their CPC revenue.

 

[goodkarmaco]

Azam.biz,

see ya

 

[caogui]

I am just signup and hope will be get approve soon.

 

[PowerUp]

Hi Matt,

This is another revolution for you to consider.

As it is now, as far as I know, no domain parking service providers provide email accounts?

If Bodis could provide say....3 email accounts (limited to say...10Mb each) for each parked domain, then it would be great. Then we could setup account for support@mydomain, billing@mydomain, sales@mydomain.

This is important if Bodis ever goes the route like Parked allowing domainers to add custom contents (eg photos, and links). Then we could add items for sale into this custom area and the customers could email to support@mydomain or sales@mydomain instead of emailing Bodis. We'd also be able to setup our Paypal to receive payment at billing@mydomain

 

[ma450]

This is very interesting and another welcome change. The sample template looks great!
Signed up.

 

[sirengirl]

Hopefully things will pick up, but CTR is down to 1%, with earnings per click also way way down. Perhaps when V. 2 comes out and new providers come on board things will change. I have begun to move names over in the interim as I'm losing money. Lately I've been getting emails per query for one of my names which is non stop with pornagraphic materials attached.

I'm still hopeful however and wish Matt luck in the upcoming change.

 

[verbster]

This thread uses "hopefully," "patience" and "soon" a lot, doesn't it?

 

[goodkarmaco]

Lets supoort Bodis

Everyone of us hopes Bodis hangs in there.

If Fab is a ocean, Bodis is a bathtub.

So why compare or expect Bodis to be a instant success?. Think about the hundreds of thousands of dollars Fab or Traffi- or Sed-o has put into their parking service.

I would be a idiot to expect Bodis to out perform some of these parking companies that have hundreds of employees and spend hundreds of thousands a year to launch their programs.

No, we are not expecting that yet! We have that much confidence that Matt is going to bring the goods. If you want a sure thing go somewhere else. Most of us have names spread all over the place. So I am wondering why Bodis gets crap when all they are doing is running a very, and I repeat very small parking company.

Right now Bodis is in the building mode. It is not a industry leader in parking, yet. If you don't want to go along for the ride, depart. There are better parking companies and you may make more money parking elsewhere.

Bodis is a new parking company, lets let it evolve and see what it can do. We may be surprised down the road. To anyone who thinks Bodis is supposed to be more than it is needs to understand any company that runs itself with pretty much the owner doing all the work must not be able to grasp this is going to take a while to build.

What some of us want to do is support it and see if against all odds it can grow.

 

[rodash]

Right now Bodis is in the building mode. It is not a industry leader in parking, yet. If you don't want to go along for the ride, depart. There are better parking companies and you may make more money parking elsewhere.

Bodis is a new parking company, lets let it evolve and see what it can do. We may be surprised down the road. To anyone who thinks Bodis is supposed to be more than it is needs to understand any company that runs itself with pretty much the owner doing all the work must not be able to grasp this is going to take a while to build.

What some of us want to do is support it and see if against all odds it can grow.

I agree with these sentiments one hundred per cent! Hang in there and it will pay off.

I was surprised by SirenGirl saying she was losing money and sending names elsewhere. Where would you do any better the way things are with parking? I've still got a few names at Trafficz and Parked.com so that I'm still in the loop with what others are paying, and if you think Bodis is doing bad then you should see what's happening with those guys. And I can't believe Fabulous is going to be any better, because it all comes back to advertisers and sentiment in the advertising industry. Parking as we know it is dead and we now need more creative solutions.

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[Alex]

Sincerely, I sympathize with Matt, but earnings are very low. I agree the whole parking industry is struggling, but then it is time to monetize domains differently for me.

Statistically, here are my Sept, Oct and March stats.
September 2007 5460 71 1% $32.19
October 2007 4587 66 1% $15.22
March 2008 9006 98 1% $10.36

I won't move my names to other parking services, but better will unpark them or put a basic one page site. I will let the names at Bodis for April though, to see how it is going.

 

[sirengirl]

I have been a supporter of Matts for the longest in fact I still am, so bashing me is a bit unfair however indirect. I've hung in there and know there has been a recent change over in providers. I assume the decrease in earnings has to do with all the links being the same (Toseeka.com and the like) but 1% is too low to be able to sustain.

Even some months ago I remember a post made by Matt about how aggravated he was with his earnings on Sedro Pro and he was going to pull his names out. He also mentioned he would start his own company in response to his frustration. I admire Matt he's done a fantastic job during so very rough spots.

I have had to pull a few of my names that always had a high CTR rate that are my bread and butter names, and to test them elsewhere, not all but a few. I have to, I cannot afford to renew the names I have unless I do this. And, yes I have done better at Sedo in the interim. I'm sure I'm not the only one here that moves names around?

I'm surprised that people are surprised that I decide to move a few names.
Its likely I'm not the only one, I just verbalized it. I still have 35 names on Bodis. I certainly would hope I could be free enough to express myself but perhaps I was wrong.

 

[thetruman]

sure thing sirengirl. I have reduced the name at Bodis too having around 40 now.
(other parking companies are not outperforming though...).
Waiting for Bodis 2. The problem is not Bodis though, but the parking industry...

 

[verbster]

I certainly would hope I could be free enough to express myself but perhaps I was wrong.

You weren’t wrong.

We all want Bodis to succeed. Even more, we want it to succeed beyond the scope of other parking companies. What some supporters don't seem to realize is that posting legitimate concerns or criticism is not a lack of support...it's not bashing....it's simply voicing concerns that Matt, like any business owner, needs to consider, as both are important for a company’s success.

Legitimate criticism helps a company become better by pointing out the areas customers aren't happy with. That's not to say people shouldn't also make their satisfaction known, but every successful business owner I know pays equal attention to praise and criticism, and while praise is acknowledged, criticism is acknowledged and acted upon. If no one points out weaknesses, it's very difficult to improve.

Often, because of the culture of a forum like this, it’s easy to intertwine personal feelings with objective review. There’s nothing wrong with that, but at the end of it all, Bodis is a business; it's that simple. When it all comes down to it, Matt has a marketing strategy he feels will deliver a product/service that will satisfy his customers and also make him some money...and good for him; nobody expects anything less. What seems to be at issue is whether customers should ever post anything remotely critical or post nothing but praise. It shouldn’t be an either/or situation; both are appropriate and necessary for any business that wants to improve.

 

[goodkarmaco]

Siren girl of course you can move around we all do.

I am not talking about you. I think many are complaining. Just everyone wants to blame Matt or Bodis and like you say and others say, its down all across the board. Its too bad too as we have all worked very hard, hoping parking would bring us the freedom we want for our incomes.

It still may, we just have to be patient I guess.

 

[okapi]

My account at Bodis.com has been suspended due to inactivity in november 2007 (as in september, at the first problem i saw i moved all domains away).
Today I logged in my account and all seems be working.

Can I use my old account again or should I make a new one?