New service will help monetize emails to parked domains. Our friend Adam Strong over at Domain Name News has the scoop on a new product launching at TRAFFIC Brooklyn next month. Replycycle is a system for responding to misdirected e-mail, such as an ... Continue Reading3 Comments
GoldKey Gets Phished
· Domain ParkingDomain parking service hit with phishing attack. Domain parking service GoldKey.com was hit with a phishing attack earlier today. The perpetrator apparently used the typo domain goldKay.com to capture customer logins. The domain GoldKay.com was ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Affspy Helps Monetize Domains with Affiliate Programs
· Domain ParkingAffiliate search tool opens to public beta. Affspy, a search engine to find the highest paying affiliate offers, has moved to an open beta this week. It has been in private beta since February. Affspy is a good tool for domainers looking for ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Update: Domain Parking Still Converting
· Domain ParkingHere's more proof that domain parking converts for advertisers. About a month ago I wrote about how the domain channel at Google was converting well for me, even though a number of advertisers would tell you otherwise. Now that I have a month more ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Is Your Domain Parking Service Vulnerable to DNS Cache Poisoning?
· Domain ParkingProbably not, but here's a way to check. You may have heard about recently discovered vulnerabilities in the DNS system that take advantage of recursive DNS to allow DNS cache poisoning. Spare the technical details: basically, if the nameserver your ... Continue Reading3 Comments
DBS: Domain Parking Continues Downward Spiral
· Domain ParkingDark Blue Sea reports another drop in domain parking revenue. Australian domain name company Dark Blue Sea, which runs Fabulous, reported another drop in domain parking revenue in its latest quarterly update. Just two months ago Domain Name Wire wrote ... Continue Reading8 Comments
5 Ways to Make More Money with Domain Parking
· Domain ParkingAs domain parking revenue drops, sitting around and complaining won't do you any good. Ask just about any domain owner and they'll tell you domain parking revenue is down this year. There are a number of factors contributing to this, including changes ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Update: Google Parking Changes and Arbitrage
· Domain ParkingWhat effect will Google's changes in domain parking have on domainers? Over the weekend Julia Mackenzie scooped that Google was planning changes to domain parking. I reached out to Sedo and DomainSponsor to find out when these changes will be ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Parked Changes Dashboard Graph, Improves Usability
· Domain ParkingDomain parking company creates simple yet valuable graph on dashboard. It's always nice when companies listen to suggestions. Earlier this month I made a few usability suggestions to domain name companies. One of these was to change the graph on ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Rumor Watch: Google to Restrict Domain Parking
· Domain ParkingHere's an update on Google's domain parking program. I usually don't write about rumors, but Julia Mackenzie of IsItMeOrIsEveryoneElseStupid.com has never floated a rumor without it being true. She's reporting that a reliable source informed her that ... Continue Reading8 Comments