SedoPro announced this week some new get-togethers for their SedoPro members, In the past SedoPro held annual "Partner Forums" in resort locations. Their new strategy seems to include multiple shorter events, the first coming up in late August at Sedo's U.S. headquarter's in Boston. Boston - August 31 - September 1 Seoul, Korea - September 10... Continue Reading →
Domain Parking – Who’s Left?
The air seems to be leaking out of the domain development balloon as domain owners discover just how much work domain development is. It's not enough to develop a domain, you then have to maintain it. That means, at a minimum, keeping WordPress up to date and continuing to add new content. Multiply that times... Continue Reading →
TrafficZ fixes Domain Manager Problem
TrafficZ notified users yesterday that they fixed the problems with their backend that domainers use to manage their domains. I received emails on June 10th stating that they were having 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... Continue Reading →
Sedo Goes Direct to Advertisers
Domain monetization company Sedo is going direct to advertisers with its new SedoDNA program. Their new home-grown ad network will allow advertisers to place paid ads directly on domains parked with Sedo. These ads will likely mix with the google ads that have always populated Sedo-parked domains. The SedoDNA ads will likely be a better deal... Continue Reading →
Domain Monetization in early 2010
Domain parking income seems to have settled at lower levels than in the past few years, and some people have seen a slight increase in income in early 2010. Some have suggested that the Yahoo/Microsoft paid search deal should further boost parking income on Yahoo-based services such as SmartName, Parked / WhyPark, and TrafficZ. Paid... Continue Reading →
Big Changes at NameMedia
NameMedia has made a big change in their parking strategy. It appears that they have sold the GoldKey.com domain name and they are converting most domain owners to their formerly high-end SmartName service. If you parked domains at GoldKey or ActiveAudience you have probably received an email asking you to change nameservers on your... Continue Reading →
Domain Parking Recommendations
Is parking still worth it? Absolutely. Many of my domains continue to earn some good income if they get traffic. While you try to sell your domains you should still park them. Domains awaiting development should also be parked. Yahoo-based services seem to be taking a hit first, as Yahoo announces changes in mondtization. Google... Continue Reading →
2009 in Review
2009 was certainly a year of ups and downs. Most of us who have made money from domain parking will agree that it was mostly a year of downs. The year started off on high note with DOMAINfest Global, which included a party at the Playboy mansion. Parking income had already started to slide, but... Continue Reading →
How to Monetize Now?
Domain parking income is down 40-60% for most domain owners. While parking companies are tweaking their algorithms to squeeze every drop out of parking, there is also a shift toward domain sales as a way to monetize domain names. If you've been in the industry long enough, you've seen this before. This is how many... Continue Reading →
Sedo Introduces New Technologies
The recent Sedo Pro Partner Forum in Key West was an opportunity to learn more about the domain powerhouse that is gobbling-up other parking companies. Sedo is actually part of a giant German Internet conglomerate called United Internet. Check out this page to see how Sedo is related to all of these other parts of... Continue Reading →
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