There's got to be a better way

[sammmy150]

first off, im fairly new to all of this so forgive my ignorance. i have a about a half dozen sites parked with sedo. in a month i have around 70-80 uniques with 3-4 click-thrus. My Earnings = less than a can of pop! How is it that I can drive consumers to other sites where they can potentially make $XX,XXX's off my "referral" and i get .12! i work part-time in real estate and i get 25% for a referral. maybe thats what "affiliate" programs are for? it just seems like theres room for improvement. is it possible to redirect traffic directly to a site and somehow "track" that referral? if i send a "click - referral" to Miami Car Dealer and he makes 5k, shouldnt i get more than .25 cents? id rather have $250. if my "click or referral" doesnt buy anything, then i dont get paid. (which would be fine with me.) i KNOW there are people a lot smarter than i am in here and im sure you guys know what is and isnt possible. it just seems like theres too much of a disconnect between parked pages and the clients that ultimately end up benefitting. just my thought. sam

 

[Jeff]

Hard to disagree with you ... I guess the only thing I can offer, potentially, is that depending on your domain name(s) / parked page(s) / website(s) you negotiate directly with the respective companies to whom you might be referring, IMHO. Take out the middleman, in other words? If you have a local auto website, work with the car dealerships and send them local buyers for a referral fee, same with local real estate brokers ... offer them qualified buyers for 25% - 35% referral fee at closing - these would be a heck of a lot more potential dollars than .12 - .25 cents! :music:
Caveat: This would likely require more development than "parked pages", for consideration.

Hopefully others can expand on their site's monetizations and alternatives, as well! :talk:
-Jeff

 

[RogueWriter]

Well, via shareasale.com, cj.com, linkshare.com, etc., you can find nice affiliate marketing programs that earn 10% or more per sale your traffic generates. Allposters.com send you up to, I believe, 25%. Check out abestweb.com for more on affiliate programs, and setting up sites to promote specific niches....

 

[sammmy150]

ive looked into some affiliate sites. it seems odd to me to have to pay a couple of hundred bucks (im sure the prices vary) to be a part of affiliates. i appreciate your feedback jeff. your comment is what i was planning on doing but im unsure on the technology. i was curious if "technically" its possible to track your "clicks or referrals" to the end-user. im not too tech savvy. i was actually considering dealing directly with potential end-users to see if i could get a LOT bigger part of the sale. why the hell should i give someone a $10,000 referral and get .30 frickin cents. (or $30 for that matter) i just cant believe that nobodys really looked into this. i see A LOT of discussion on good names vs bad name, tv vs mobi, etc. but i dont see much discussion on how to make this a more lucrative "system". i am guessing that there are a LOT of people with parked names that generate a LOT of traffic but make peanuts on there clicks. OK im done rambling. good night, sam

 

[SpareDomains]

If your main goal is to sell and your not as concerned with high ppc revenue than sedo is good as their parked pages translate into many languages and show public traffic stats which can help offers coming in, If your looking for the highest income per click and not in a hurry to sell than you need to test your whole portfolio at sedo, namedrive, parked, fabulous, domain sponsor, etc... for at least 10-30 days each depending on how much traffic they receive, compare stats at the end of testing them all and split them up to where each performs the best, alternatively if you have a real solid keyword domain with good traffic coming into it then developing it into a site with pay per sale affiliate links from cj.com, linkshare.com, shareasale.com, clickbank.com, amazon.com etc... along with some pay per click ads from adsense etc... could produce higher returns, you have to experiment with different parking companies and development ideas on the strong names to figure out which method brings in the highest return, sometimes you can find a quick solution and other times it takes a while to find the magic formula to success, good luck.

 

[InternetMoney]

I dont think many make good money with "parked" sites. I cant imagine many do. If your sites are good maybe you should think of developing them into real web sites of value. There is no easy way. Money doesnt usually roll in doing nothing.

 

[RogueWriter]

ive looked into some affiliate sites. it seems odd to me to have to pay a couple of hundred bucks (im sure the prices vary) to be a part of affiliates. i appreciate your feedback jeff. your comment is what i was planning on doing but im unsure on the technology. i was curious if "technically" its possible to track your "clicks or referrals" to the end-user. im not too tech savvy. i was actually considering dealing directly with potential end-users to see if i could get a LOT bigger part of the sale. why the hell should i give someone a $10,000 referral and get .30 frickin cents. (or $30 for that matter) i just cant believe that nobodys really looked into this. i see A LOT of discussion on good names vs bad name, tv vs mobi, etc. but i dont see much discussion on how to make this a more lucrative "system". i am guessing that there are a LOT of people with parked names that generate a LOT of traffic but make peanuts on there clicks. OK im done rambling. good night, sam

You do not have to pay anything to join most affiliate programs, it is free. In fact, some merchants give you bonusses and such for your first sale, etc.

If you name a niche, I can give you names to some pretty good affiliate programs in that niche, I've made money on everything from dinosaur books to RV toilets.

 

[goodkarmaco]

Its not true that some parked pages don't make their owners money generally. I know some domainers who make over $10,000 a month with their domains. I have one name in my portfolio that is a real performer, yesterday it made $16.34. Yes not huge money, but for just parking it I am happy.


But I will say you have to be patient.

The name sat in parking making peanuts for about a year, then all of a sudden the money started pouring in. Thas why if I believe I have a good name I don't abandon it. Stick with your baby until it grows up.

I think the reason low clicks came thru at first is Google's new policy is to penalize new parked names for about that long, then the serps start visiting it.

 

[RogueWriter]

I have one name in my portfolio that is a real performer, yesterday it made $16.34. Yes not huge money, but for just parking it I am happy.

That's a great return for just parking a domain. Day in, day out, clink, clink, clink goes the money. I wish I had something that steady! My domains take more work in order to generate decent income, and parking is just a way to help raise a few dimes while the domains await development.

 

[gazzip]

Yeah, parking payouts are pretty crap for the most part, I think a mini-site with affiliates is the best route to go (unless you domain recieves thousands of visitor per month).

If you name a niche, I can give you names to some pretty good affiliate programs in that niche, I've made money on everything from dinosaur books to RV toilets.

You don't happen to know any really good ones for selling cell phones and related services do you ??

Thanks


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[Smiler]

Hi there goodkarmaco. Can you share with us what type of domain you have that (Sex, Casino, Games, Travel, etc) generated $16.34 in one day. In addition where is it parked at and is it a developed website. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Smiler.

 

[gazzip]

I have one name in my portfolio that is a real performer, yesterday it made $16.34. Yes not huge money, but for just parking it I am happy.

Nice how many visitors did it take to get that ?


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[DomainMayhem.com]

Hi there goodkarmaco. Can you share with us what type of domain you have that (Sex, Casino, Games, Travel, etc) generated $16.34 in one day. In addition where is it parked at and is it a developed website. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Smiler.

I too would like this info if you don't mind giving it out. TIA