WhyPark originated as an alternative to domain parking. The catchy name attracted domain owners who were dissatisfied with their income from traditional parking companies. Over time it probably tied them a little too closely to the domain parking world, so their new name domainapps emphasizes what they DO provide (apps), rather than what they don't provide... Continue Reading →
Sedo announced this week that co-founder and CEO Tim Schumacher is stepping down at the end of January. Schumacher was one of four co-founders of Sedo in 2001. He is resigning for personal reasons. 40-year-old Tobias Flaitz becomes the CEO and a board member on February 1, 2012. Flaitz comes to Sedo from Hubert Burda Media... Continue Reading →
Now we know why Google demands that domain parking companies use nameservers to direct traffic to their services. It makes it very easy for Google to detect and de-list parked domains. It always seemed like Google's intent to not index parked domains. You've probably had it happen to you (although not recently). You do a... Continue Reading →
VeriSign, Inc. announced back in July that they would be raising feed for .com and .net domain names effective January 15th 2012. The registry fee for .com domain names will increase from $7.34 to $7.85 and that the registry fee for .net domain names will increase from $4.65 to $5.11. That means that your registrar will be raising price to you. The... Continue Reading →
Above.com is a good way to try your domain names at different parking companies. Andrew at DNW.com noticed recently that they have integrated three new parking companies into their platform: Voodoo, ParkingCrew, and TheParkingPlace. I probably won't be immediately trying these services out - but it's interesting that new domain parking services are trying to make a go... Continue Reading →
Sedo announced this week that they are going to display stats that they receive from Google first, then adjust them to delete "spam" clicks. In their words, initial estimates stats will be "based on the exact figures we receive from Google, our primary ad provider." One intertesting aspect of their announcement is that they publicly... Continue Reading →
You've probably been contacted by Google-based companies like Sedo, DomainSponsor, or NameDrive with a warning that domains you have listed with URL forwarding will no longer work after October 1st. This is something that Google has instituted, not these individual parking companies. Since Google-based services still seem to be paying better in general, it is... Continue Reading →
DirectI, the Indian parent company of many different domainer-related brands has announced that it is merging the DomainAdvertising and BigJumbo brands. BigJumbo is no more, and accounts are now merged into Domain Advertising. When the Domain Advertising brand was first announced, former Fabulous CEO Dan Warner was brought onboard to lead the company. Warner left... Continue Reading →
Yahoo recently imposed a revenue cap on doman parking income on certain TLDs. TrafficZ reported that the affected TLDs "include .biz, .co, .info, .tv, and .us." leaving open the possibility that other TLDs might also be capped. According to TrafficZ on 8/16: The new, conservative revenue cap was rolled out early this morning and will be imposed on... Continue Reading →
Domain powerhouse Sedo announced today that they have revamped their parking interface based in part on feedback they received from users. This change was long overdue, and the new interface is clean and easy to use. Sedo summarized the changes this way: The Domain Management Tool has also been updated in order to allow customers... Continue Reading →
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