Archive for the ‘Domain Monetization’ Category

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

NameDrive.com Domain Name Parking Review

NameDrive.com is one of the best quality free domain name parking providers. NameDrive provides a flexible template system with numerous headers that allow you to customize the look and feel of your pay per click parking pages.

NameDrive.com’s domain name parking program is very simple and easy to use and allows you to park as many or as few domains as you see fit. They offer an exemplary commission free park and sell service allowing you to list your domains for sale. The program is commission free allowing the domain owner to keep the entire domain name sale amount.

The NameDrive domain name parking administration backend is simple and easy to use. You can easily change keywords, adjust templates or color schemes and perform many other tasks. You can create search pages, portals or one and two click pay per click pages. You can add unlimited domain names within minutes of getting accepted into their domain name parking program.

To conclude I have summed up the features offered by NameDrive.com in tabular form below:

Signup fee Payment options Payment date Minimum payout Template Customization Usability
Free, minimum 100 domains in your portfolio paypal or wiretransfer 30 days after month of earning $30 Customizable Excellent

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

WhyPark.com Domain Name Parking Review

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The following text represents my thoughts on the usage of the WhyPark parking provider service in the form of a WhyPark review.

WhyPark is an unconventional domain name parking program provider. You pay WhyPark a one time fee of $99.95 and they let you host 100 domain names. That’s $1 to host one domain name. There are no renewal fees so this fee is payed only once in your lifetime.

Before you freak out about the cost of the WhyPark parking program you should consider what you get by paying for the service.

Firstly, the $99.99 for 100 domain names means you pay WhyPark $1 per domain name for a lifetime of hosting. Quite unbelievable actually - but true.

Secondly, you have to understand that WhyPark is NOT your usual run of the mill parking provider. Usually, parking providers only allow you to add domain names, choose some retarded template and put yourself to at the mercy of the provider in terms of how much you get payed for clicks that occur on your parked domain names.

WhyPark provides you with a collection of great templates to choose from. If you know basic CSS and HTML skills, you can create your own templates. There is no limit to what you can do in terms of presentation as you can basically create any look you want for your parked domain pages.

WhyPark also provides user friendly blocks where you can add your own monetization code (Google AdSense, Yahoo Publisher Network etc) and tracking scripts (Google Analytics, Stat Counter etc) inside your parked templates.

So, not only do you have absolute control over what your parked domain names earn, you also have absolute control over your domain name statistics instead of relying on some parking provider controlled stat counter.

In addition, at WhyPark you have the option to populate your parked site with high quality articles which means you increase your SEO score by providing relevant content to your parked domain name visitors. In the eyes of search engines, nothing beats relevant content.

In order to boost your SEO score further, WhyPark also allows you to create an automated Google sitemap. WhyPark will generate a sitemap for you at http://www.yoursitehere.com/google-sitemap.cfm. You can submit this to the Google Webmaster Tools program and it is very likely Google will index your page in days. By getting your parked page indexed by Google, you increase your chances of getting more natural search engine traffic.

In addition to all of the above, you should also utilize the WhyPark custom pages feature. Creating WhyPark custom pages is absolutely free once your domain names are parked at WhyPark. By creating custom WhyPark pages, you can add your own unique articles which is an extra plus for your SEO score. So what you are basically doing is creating a complete website for your domain for the cost of $1 per domain for life! Now tell me, where else can you get more for your money?

Using WhyPark is very easy indeed. Once you sign up you proceed to your WhyPark domain manager where you add the domain names you wish to park. Once parked, you check whether your articles have been generated. If you wish to add custom pages this is the time to do that as well.

To further boost the traffic to your parked domain names you can do some of the following:

1. Blog about your newly parked WhyPark domain names. Because your parked pages contain proper content and articles, you will not be penalized by search engines since you are providing relevant content.

2. Put your parked domain names in your forum signature. You will not only get more traffic but will also increase your chance of getting your domain names indexed quickly.

3. Submit your domain names to search engines. Because WhyPark provides you with the sitemap feature, you can submit your sitemap to Yahoo and Google.

4. Write articles about content relevant to your WhyPark parked domain names and reference your domain names from the article resource box. Submit these articles to article directories like EzineArticles.com.

Overall, I have moved from Parked to WhyPark some 3 months ago and I could not be happier. The traffic to my parked domain names has increased due the SEO features provided by WhyPark. In addition, I have been able to optimize my ad placement and ad content for optimized monetization and improve my bottom line.

I recommend you head on over to WhyPark and sign up - it’s a definite winner.

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

Trafficz.com Domain Name Parking Review

Trafficz.com offers a revenue method that none of the other domain name parking program providers offer. In addition to their excellent pay per click program, they offer a cpm (Cost per mille) program which lets you earn per impressions. You get $3.00 per thousand impressions in addition to your ppc revenue. TrafficZ calls this MaxPay

Trafficz.com requires a minimum of 100 domain names for signup. Exceptions are made if you own premium domain names or high traffic domains. Slight delays occur while your domains/emails are approved, but overall the service and benefit is outstanding.

TrafficZ pays monthly by paypal or company check. A payment threshold of $25 must be met in order to receive payment.

The interface is simple and easy to use. Customer support is great and very helpful.

To wrap up, I have included a tabular representation of the features they provide:

Signup fee Payment options Payment date Minimum payout Template Customization Usability
Free, minimum 100 domains in your portfolio paypal or check Monthly $25 Customizable Excellent

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

Review of Sedo.com Domain Parking

Sedo.com pride themselves at being the number one domain name parking provider.

Signing up is a simple process. After filling in your details, you can start parking domains. Domains are added after DNS is confirmed, which takes moments.

You can optimize your parked pages by selecting the best keywords for your domains. You also have a choice of 6 templates to choose from when deciding the best parked page for your domain name.

Sedo.com commissions are generous. The payout date is the 15th of each month, and you will get paid if you have reached the minimum payout limit of $20. Payments are made via paypal, check or wire transfer.

Apart from parking your domains, Sedo.com offers a second to none parked domain market and auction. When your domain is parked, visitors have the opportunity to make an offer for your domain. When you receive an offer you can accept it, or you can push the domain name into a 3 day auction. While in auction the domain name gets a lot of exposure and has every chance of getting a lot more bids.

Sedo.com handles all your sales issues including a safe escrow payment process. Also, if you own a strong collection of domains, you should check out SedoPro.com which is a higher level Sedo.com system for stronger domain name portfolios.

Overall, Sedo.com ranks highly as a domain name parking provider and aftermarket. To wrap up I have provided the features Sedo.com offers in tabular form:

Signup fee Payment options Payment date Minimum payout Template Customization Usability
Free paypal, wire transfer and check On the 15th of the month. $20 6 templates to chose from Medium level of usability

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

Review of Parked.com Domain Parking

Earning revenue via parking your domain names has never been easier. There are many companies offering domain name parking services with competitive ppc rates. Parked is one of the few major  providers with a really quality service.

Signing up is easy. A simple registration form asking for your name, address, email address and a sample of your domain names is all you are faced with. Upon submitting, you are told that your account will be activated upon review. Parked accepts your account if you have more then 10 domain names so make sure you fill in the “number of domains you own” field.

You approval happens within 3 days. After you are approved, you can login and start parking your domains. Parking the domains is a breeze, no waiting for approval, no problems.

In case you are rejected, send them an email. Some of the approval process is automated and you have to send them an email to have your application reviewed and approved.

Parked prides itself on its “Domain Magic“. With Domain Magic your domains are optimized for the best keywords so as to result in the best click through rate. I had my domains parked at various places but I have to admit they were never as optimized as with Parked.

The interface is very simple and easy to use. I would rank them as high as number one in terms of interface usability.

Parked pays commission twice a month. They make payments via paypal, direct deposit, check or wire transfer, so it’s pretty flexible. The minimum payout is $20 which is pretty much standard with all parking providers. They also provide a generous referral program at 10% referral rates.

Overall, Parked sets a high standard in domain name parking services. To wrap it up I have included a tabular representation of the features they provide:

Signup fee Payment options Payment date Minimum payout Template Customization Usability
Free Direct deposit, paypal, wire transfer and check Twice a month $20 Domain Magic and customized templates Excellent