Check out the new forum for Parked and Whypark at Forum.Parked.com. This seems to be Donny's answer to criticism he received not too long ago on NamePros. It's already a very active forum for domainers and there are wide-ranging discussions on issues other than parking. It's also another place to buy and sell domains.
Sedo Buys ParkingPanel
Another domain parking company bites the dust. Times are tough for domain parking companies, and the consolidation continues. Sedo announced today that they have taken over ParkingPanel, a domain parking company originally started by StormWest. Earlier this year Sedo bought RevenueDirect and integrated their customers and some of their technology. They plan to do the... Continue Reading →
TrafficZ and Boswell Part Ways
Jonathan Boswell has left TrafficZ to focus on his private equity company Boswell Investments. Jonathan was one of the founders of LeaseThis.com, which was bought by Thought Convergence and integrated with TrafficZ to some extent. He was General Manager of TrafficZ for the last year.Andrew Allemann reported that "he and the TrafficZ co-founders have decided... Continue Reading →
Sedo Tweaks its Parking Pages
The domain giant Sedo has made some changes to its domain parking platform that should result in more revenue for domain owners who park with their service. Some of these changes were already available to their invitation-only Sedo Pro service. The changes: The ability to choose between one-click and two-click landing pages. Most domainers... Continue Reading →
How will the Microsoft/Yahoo Deal affect Domain Parking?
Microsoft and Yahoo came to terms this week on a deal to share search and paid search technology. How will this affect domain parking and income? There are a lot of opinions out there. Andrew Allemann thinks it is a good thing for domainers. His point-of-view is that an allied Microsoft-Yahoo will be a stronger... Continue Reading →
Simonetta Batteiger Brings us Sedo’s Future
http://blip.tv/play/g9tTgYyNbAA Simonetta Batteiger is the head of Finance and Sales for North America for Sedo. She's also the head of parking, but they took that out of the title when she succeeded Eben Smith. (Eben continues to work for Sedo.) You'll see in this interview that Simonetta is more than just a pretty face. She... Continue Reading →
Donny Simonton and Craig Rowe on Parked and Whypark’s Future Together
http://blip.tv/play/g9tTgYvuAgA Donny Simonton and Craig Rowe talk about the reasons that Parked bought WhyPark and the synergies that they see going forward. There's not a lot new here, but it interesting to hear them talk about this together. I get the sense that they actually get along. Background on the merger is here.
Brian Carr of NameMedia on Domain Monetization in late 2009 and Beyond
http://blip.tv/play/g9tTgYqtUgA Brian Carr is Senior VP of Domain Publishing at NameMedia. He shares his thoughts about NameMedia's domain publishing (parking)services and the future of domain monetization. In this interview he talks about the new iPhone apps for GoldKey, ActiveAudience and GoldKey; and reveals that GoldKey and ActiveAudience domainers can get the SmartName Shopping.com feed that... Continue Reading →
The Latest Domain Parking Trends by Sector
by Howard Hoffman In my last column, I reviewed some of the reasons that domain parking revenues have fallen. As previously reported, my overall average revenue dropped about 45% between January 2007 and January 2009. First the good news: it appears that domain parking revenue may be stabilizing. Revenue has been fairly flat since December... Continue Reading →
Sedo adds RevenueDirect Template
Sedo announced last week that it has added the first template that they have taken over from the defunct RevenueDirect service that they acquired. They characterize the "Direct Blue" template as a "visually simple template with a high performance rate." The template does have a clean look and feel. The graphic adds to the attractiveness... Continue Reading →
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