Sedo and Parked.com selected as top domain parking companies. For the third year in a row, Sedo has topped Domain Name Wire's survey for best domain name parking company. Here are the top 7 vote getters including percentage of the vote: 1. ... Continue Reading15 Comments
Yahoo Stats Delay Hits Domain Parking Companies
· Domain ParkingDelay in revenue stats hits major domain name parking companies. A domain name parking stats delay from Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) has hit a number of domain name parking companies, preventing them from providing final parking stats to customers for the past ... Continue Reading6 Comments
HotKeys: The Domain Parking Service You Don’t Know Yet
· Domain ParkingDemand Media parking company is worth checking out. Note: this service is no longer available. I'm familiar with just about every domain name parking company out there. Whether it's someone pitching me on a story about their services, reading about ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Fabulous Follows the 80/20 Rule
· Domain ParkingParking company moves to invite only model. Domain parking company and domain registrar Fabulous is no longer accepting web applications for its domain name parking services and wholesale registration accounts. It will only accept referrals going ... Continue Reading8 Comments
GoDaddy Promotes Its Own Service When Switching Nameservers
· Domain RegistrarsDomain registrar offers its own competing service when changing nameservers. Domain name registrar GoDaddy.com is promoting its own domain parking service "Cash Parking" to customers who attempt to change a domain's nameservers to a competing domain ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Only One Statistic Matters for Domain Parking
· Domain ParkingRPC, RPM, etc. mean nothing when comparing parking services. I came in to the "Domain Monetization 101 & 201" session at DOMAINfest today near the end. But I caught a couple questions, one of which was "what three statistics should I look at most for ... Continue Reading8 Comments
ParkingJudge: Rate and Review Domain Parking Companies
· Domain ParkingSite gives domainers chance to rate domain name parking companies. I've met one of my New Years Resolutions thanks to the launch of ParkingJudge, where you can rate and review domain parking companies. The site works just like RegistrarJudge.com, ... Continue Reading11 Comments
Top 10 Domain Name Wire Stories of 2008
· UncategorizedAs the year crawls to a close, here's a look back at the most viewed stories of 2008. Good riddance. That's what most people are saying to 2008. After losing half their retirement savings, seeing the value of their homes plummet, and fearing for ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Get Ready for the Google Squeeze
· Domain ParkingGoogle is facing up to difficult times. Get ready for lower revenue shares. A few years ago I read an article with a quote from a Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) human resources executive. He was commenting on the company's lavish perks and how they were ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Marchex Scales Back Domain Parking Service
· Domain ParkingSitebox rapidly scaling down as it is no longer strategic to company. Local search and advertising company Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX) is scaling down its third party domain name parking service Sitebox. Company executives believe the service is no longer ... Continue Reading10 Comments