Load times for parked domain names differ greatly. Most visitors to parked domain names hit the back button on their browser rather than clicking on a link. One way to ensure that visitors click the back button more often is to have parked pages that ... Continue Reading13 Comments
How’s the Financial Climate for Domains?
· Domain Parking, Domain Sales, ServicesA domain parking update from ParkQuick's Leonard Holmes. by Leonard Holmes, ParkQuick There has been some debate on how the current banking and financial crisis is affecting the domain industry.  Whether or not this specific crisis affects ... Continue Reading14 Comments
Creative Thinking: Replycycle for Parked Domain Names
· Domain ParkingNew 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
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
Tucows: Domain Parking May Have Hit Bottom
· Domain RegistrarsTucows' says domain parking revenue is down, but it may be on the rebound. Tucows, a wholesale domain registrar and owner of 150,000 domains, saw its revenue from domain parking drop 12% in just one quarter, but CEO Elliot Noss says it may have hit ... Continue Reading5 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
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
Surprise! Parked Domain Names Convert For Advertisers
· Domain ParkingDespite what an ill-informed lawyer thinks, parked domains convert well for advertisers. Yesterday, we learned of a lawyer who felt that domain parking can't convert for advertisers because he didn't have success spending $136.11 on parked domain ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Will Cost Per Action Replace Cost Per Click?
· Domain ParkingThe future of cost-per-click is questionable. Cost-per-click advertising, such as Google Adwords, is a staple of the internet advertising industry. It is also the primary form of advertising used to monetize parked domain names. But will CPC give way ... Continue Reading10 Comments