Based on current discussions it is possible that our ad provider will cease its provision of advertising to URL-parked pages and in consequence only support DNS parked domains.

This step is considered by the online advertising provider in response to advertiser feedback and would affect all URL-parking customers at all parking companies worldwide that share this advertising provider. This change could happen in the near future (potentially as early as the fourth quarter of 2010) and we wanted you to have this information in advance to take into account for your internal planning.

DNWStats is free-of-charge.  At some point the service will offer premium services, and they reserve the right to charge for the service in the future.  The only down side I can see is that you enter your parking company credentials in the site.  They claim not to store the information, and I certainly trust Andrew in this; but it's always risky entering logins into other accounts.

That said, the service provided by DNWStats is an important one.  This is the first cross-platform service to verify stats and provide the information (with your permission) to potential buyers.  You have control over whether a certificate is private or public.  Try it with a few of your domains and see how easy it is to create a certificate.

He earned additional money from AdSense on these domains, since  allows you to put your own AdSense ads on your domains.  You can read more details by scrolling down The Lowdown on his site.   SmartName creates actual shops for your domains and fills them with products.  Search engines treat these domains just like other ships on the Internet and you can get an SEO boost.  

If you have product-related keyword domains, even if they are not dotcom, consider SmartName - and be sure to use their "shops" option.

Domain Apps let you instantly add relevant widgets to your domains, and in some cases you earn money from the app. The comparison shopping feed is one example that lets you earn money.  The full list includes:

• Comparison Shopping - perfect for product domains
• A Hotel Directory for your area, great for geo-domains
• Local Business Listings - good for categories or geo-domains
• Online Flash Games
• A Twitter stream about the topic of your domain
• Weather for a given city or region
•  A Web Directory:  "Develop a new revenue stream by including a paid directory on your domain. Customize categories and subcategories and charge a monthly listing fee."
•  YouTube videos based on keywords related to your domains.

The apps are easy to install, but I have run into problems on some of my domains.  The apps are reported to be installed, but they don't show up.  It turns out that domain apps don't install if you are using AdSense or another third party monetization mechanism.  You need to be using the WhyPark/Parked feed.  I find that this feed does not target quite as well based on content as the AdSense feed on many of my domains, and that income is better with AdSense in many cases,  Your mileage may vary, of course.  

All-in-all, Domain Apps are a great new tool to easily create landing pages with custom content that makes your domains shine.  In some cases you may even make some extra money.

Boston - August 31 - September 1

Seoul, Korea  - September 10 - 11

Tuscany, Italy - October 7 - 8

London - November (dates to be announced)

Cologne, Germany - February 2011

More information is available at www.sedoproworldtour.com/en/

In the next few weeks I will be updating the ParkQuick.com website with new reviews and up-to-date information on the state of parking in 2010.  It's gotten a little stale.  In the mean time, here's who continues do to well:

• Parked is arguably the best of the traditional parking companies.  They run a tight ship and keep fraud at a minimum, which rewards honest domain owners.  Income had held up there over the past few months.
• Sedo does a little of everything, and their one click pages still do great on a number of my domains.
• NameDrive is a close competitor and now offers many of the same services.
• DomainSponsor does a good job of automatically building a page based on what users are looking for. Sometimes it's not what you think.
• WhyPark is the best of the quasi-development platforms right now.  You can set-it-and-forget-it or you can tweak your domains and add custom content.
• I had high hopes for SmartName, but earnings have disappointed lately.  Your mileage may vary.

The Edgewater Hotel

His Epik platform primarily uses tools from EvoLanding to create a semantic web of sites that feed traffic into one another.  He recently announced the first Epic Developer's Conference.  The early bird registration for the event is just $595 and ends on July 15.  The event itself takes place in Seattle September 15th - 17th at the Edgewater Waterfront Hotel.    

For more information visit their site at the Epik blog.

“Afternic Portfolio Manager provides our customers the ability reconcile their inventory in a single request, while providing instantaneous add, edit, and remove domain functionality,” said David Hauser, NameMedia Senior Vice President. “Today’s launch means that large portfolio owners have a reliable, flexible and simple web service solution to effectively manage inventory in real-time while placing the domain names for sale at AfternicDLS.”

If you login to your account you should see the new manager.  It looks pretty much like the old manager to me, so I will need to spend some time with it to see what's really new.

network issues stemming from our hosting company. This will not affect revenue in any way. All parking pages are currently functional; however, use of the TrafficZ Manager is currently down.

Less than 24 hours later they sent an email reporting that their domain manager has been restored.  I was impressed with TrafficZ's great communication with its users during this problem.