Domains with traffic are always a preferred choice as it gives an instant option to monetize them using the different parking systems at the least. Then there is the development angle as well.
Here i will throw light about the domains with traffic from the parking
perspective.
1. What are traffic domains?
They are Domains which gets visitors without you spending a dime on ads. Traffic may come from
a. Pure type-ins – people actually typing in the domain name in the browser
b. Expired domain – this domain might have been a developed website before, with backlinks
c. Search engine traffic
2. What should one look for when buying a traffic domain?
First thing you should look for is the answer to the question “Why are visitors coming to the domain?”
If you can’t find an answer to that question first you should try to find one before proceeding. The chances of getting burned is more when you don’t have an answer to that question.
3. What are the other important factors to consider?
a. Do proper research whether the domain in question has any trademarks
b. Find out the geo location of the traffic. If the visitors are from a country where there are no advertisers for the keyword(which you might use during parking) then there isn’t much scope for the domain from the parking angle. So this factor is important.
c. Find out which parking system the domain currently is parked. Some domains do well only with some parking companies. For eg. if the domain is doing currently well at DomainSponsor and you don’t have an account with DomainSponsor thinking you will get the same results with say Sedo, then you are taking a huge risk.
Fabulous.com is one of the domain registrars i really like for the following reasons.
- Interface is simple and clean
- Changing Nameservers, Contact details and getting Authorization code for transferring out is all easy
- They seem to be paying one of the top parking revenue though i haven’t experienced it myself
Why am i transferring out my domains then?
- $7.30/year for .com domains applies only to Wholesale/Monetization accounts
- $29.95/year for .com domains if you have a Retail/Registration account(this is what most of you will have)
Since i have a Registration account, it doesn’t make business sense to renew domains which i have at Fabulous.com. Hence i am transferring out my domains.
I thought i will share with everyone about this pricing difference so that you can be better prepared for renewals.
You can get free private registration at Godaddy provided you go for a bulk registration or transfer. In other words you will have to register or transfer atleast 5 domains to avail this offer. Simply add the private registration to your cart for these domains and any other domains which are already in your Godaddy account before you checkout and there will be no charge for this private registration. Say you already have 100 domains in your Godaddy account which have no private registration. By simply registering or transferring 5 domains with Godaddy you can avail free private registration for 100 + 5 = 105 domains. Isn’t that Cool.
I will first share my experience with Parked.com. I bought a L-L-L.com for low $XXX sometime back. This name was receiving lot of traffic and was parked at Sedo. It was earning $0(to be precise) and i didn’t bother much about it. When i decided to sell the domain, no one was willing to take the domain for even low $XX. At this point i registered with Parked.com and moved this L-L-L.com to Parked.com. I moved the domain without any great expectation feeling this domain was probably worthless. To my surprise it started making $2-$5 every day. In 15 days i sold this L-L-L.com for mid $XXX. There was no looking back from that point and Parked.com from then had been one of my major source of revenue.
Other reasons why you should try Parked.com
- It is one of the top parking services available in the market with nice templates.
- Pays twice every month. Isn’t that cool.
- Pays using Paypal if you choose Paypal as payment option.
- It has a cool referral program which means your revenue can only grow.
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