Domain Parking

Many domainers often quickly find themselves with a domain name portfolio with 100 and more, often even thousands, of domain names.

Many of these domain names might find themselves a home in your portfolio for a number of years before it eventually is sold.Most experienced domainers, through experience, learned that this portfolio can in fact earn a generous income, instead of laying wasted for a number of years before it is sold.

Your next question: How can income be generated through these domains?

This is simple. Income can be generated in two ways. Firstly, create a website for each domain and monetize the site by means of advertisements.

Attract visitors and you are set to earn an income from your domain names, before they are sold.

This is often a time wasting experience, very expensive and could almost be near impossible if you own a portfolio of 2000 – 5000 domain names.

The alternative? Parking domain names.

When a domain name is parked, you are basically diverting all traffic to a parked page, which is monetized with advertisements.

Each time a visitor clicks on any advertisement you earn a fee per click.

Income from parked domains various according to keyword quality and the number of clicks.

Some advertisements might offer an income of $0.01, while other advertisements might generate an income exceeding $2.00 per click.

Having a large portfolio with large number of traffic to your domains often ensures a great monthly income from parked domains.

How are Domain Names Parked? Domain names can be parked on two ways. Firstly, you can create parked / landing pages yourself or secondly you can make use of parking service providers.
1. Self-Parking
In order to park your own domain names you will need to create one or more landing pages.

These are often a one page-website, which contains information related to the domain name.

The page is monetized by placing ads, such as Google Adsense or Yahoo Publisher Network ads on the page.

Ads need to be placed strategically, in a manner that visitors would rather click these ads, which ensures your income.

Again, if you have a large portfolio, this can be a tedious task, as you need to create a landing page for each domain, each page with its own unique content related to the domain name.

This ensures that the domain name’s parking page displays relevant ads, which visitors are more likely to click on.
2. Parking Programs
Parking programs are much easier to use and often free of charge. These programs in general share revenue with members.

When making use of parking programs, you sign up for an account and add your domain names which you need parked. These services offer various methods with which you can customize each parked page.

As example, you can change the page template or keywords for the advertisements you need displayed. You simply change the DNS setting of your domain to point to the parked page, and you are done.

These programs are highly recommended when you own a portfolio with a large number of domain names and do not have the time or resources to monetize each domain individually.

Recommended Parking Providers

There is a number of parking programs available on the Internet. As explained, these services in general offer a free membership plan, but generate their income with revenue sharing.

Some providers may take up to 40% of your monthly income, while others might opt for less.