First Thread of 2015: Which were Top Domain Parking Sites for 2014

zaki.ahmed · Jan 19, 2015

Hello Friends, I am back with my post to share with you and know about your views on Best Parking Companies of 2014
Before that you can see the trends in Parking Companies and Users opinion since 2012 below.

I Shared the same Thread for the year 2012 here
https://www.namepros.com/threads/first-thread-of-2014-which-were-top-domain-parking-sites-for-2013.813192/

I Shared the similar Thread for the year 2013 here
https://www.namepros.com/threads/first-thread-of-2013-which-were-top-three-domain-parking-sites-for-2012.780394/

Please share which were the Top Domain Parking Sites for 2014 for your Domain portfolio. Please post why mentioned sites were good for your domain portfolio.

This will help us get familiar with the change in Domain Parking Sites, as few sites which were not so good early may come out good now and similarly vice-verse.

For me It was

Bodis ( Very Easiest to Signup/Approval, You can signup if you have couple of Domain Name also, Quickest Payout among others Nett 7 Days, NO Minimum Threshold if you earn 1 $ also you get paid.They keep coming with new updates and changes which is a good sign that Bodis is concerned about there users and there growth in future, recently I have not used Bodis in second Half of 2014, planning to start using again, Support has improved now and you have a active Support Thread here on NamePros Also

Voodoo ( Signup if you have 10 Good Domains at least, Support is very good, I wish Voodoo Change the Nett Pay from 30 Days to Nett 15 Days or 7 Days, Minimum Threshold is of 20 US $ to get paid

ParkingCrew ( Signup if you have Good quality Domains,Support is again very good and quick, ParkingCrew Pay Nett 13-15 Days. Same like Bodis, they have been making changes, updates regularly which is a good sign that ParkingCrew is concerned about there users and there growth in future and a sign of trying to provide best services to users. Minimum Threshold is of 20 US $ to get paid

DomainSponsor
DomainSponsor was taken over by RookMedia in 2014, after that there were many changes to website interface etc, They Pay Nett 7 Days Like Bodis, DomainSponsor signup and approval may take time for new users, and there first Payout may take time of upto 2-3 Months, after that they Pay Nett 7 Days, So new Domainers and first Time Domain Parking Users may have little problem, Here they can Go with Bodis.com
Minimum Threshold is of 50 US $ to get paid

RookMedia
RookMedia I have not used much, now RookMedia and DomainSponsor Interface looks little similar
Minimum Threshold is of 100 US $ to get paid

DomainNameSales.com
I have started using DNS in last few months of 2014, DNS is perfect platform for selling and Parking, They Pay Nett 30 Days and minimum threshold is 100 US$ , they are again on Two Click model, so its not fair to compare them with other Parking Company as revenue will be little higher, But they are Best for Sales+Parking solution, Approval is not easy and you may need good amount of quality Domains to get there approval.

Please share your view

AbdulBasit.com · Jan 19, 2015

I have used every of the parking company you mentioned except ParkingCrew and found that DomainNameSales.com being the standout and is the best solution for domain parking and selling. I wonder how the number of inquiries get more in numbers when you park your domain with DNS. One of the reason I think is the layout, display of contact link and ads. Altogether combination makes it looks great and their team is always working on testing new stuff to make things better than before.

Almost entire 2014 I parked 99% of my domains with DNS but as I have tested other companies in the past I can say that DNS is the best one. Only difficulty you will face is the approval of your account for which you will need quality domains with good quantity.

NachoGalactico · Jan 19, 2015

Thanks for starting the thread again Zaki

For me DomainNameSales is the best in terms of CPC. The majority of my domains are parked here purely for that reason. I also like their set up and approach to things. You need $100 to get paid out.

DomainAdvertising can get some different results as I believe they use a Yahoo feed. Note I say different not necessarily better, but if a domain is not doing well on a G feed then this is a good option. They simply outperform with faillisted domains too. You need $100 to get paid out.

ParkingCrew and Voodoo are my other favourites. Support is rapid CTR & CPC are solid, options and auto optimisation is great. Focus is on parking & you feel like you're in good hands. You need $20 to get paid out for both.

I haven't really used others much. It does look like Bodis is back on the rise, which can only be a good thing. I also think Above deserves a mention. I'd recommend anyone use it to keep track of stats, I also use their nameservers for anything not on DNS to switch between V, PC & DA.

Cheers

Name Trader · Jan 19, 2015

I use Bodis, DomainSponsor, ParkingCrew, RookMedia, Voodoo, all under the Above.com umbrella. At the beginning of January, I turned back on Bodis and joined up with Rook Media. So my account at Above is going through some testing at the moment.

For the first half of January, ParkingCrew's revenue is just a shade short of 4 times larger than the next parking best parking provider, Voodoo. This is a stand-out performance. I'd recommend PC should be in everyone's roster of parking companies.

Continuing the trends I've seen from last year, Voodoo, although my 2nd biggest revenue earner, is absolutely, in the basement compared to most of 2014. This slide was most seen in December, where the results were half of November's, when in other years they have been anywhere between 20-30% higher in December. November also was far from stellar. The fall has been very shocking.

DomainSponsor was performing so badly and support is non-existant, so I turned them off. But after checking again the stats, they are much better than Bodis and almost half of Voodoo and RookMedia, and that was with them turned off for about half the first half of the month! So I've turned them back on again.

RookMedia, after the first few days of superlative EPC's, has settled down to become a mainstay of my parking providers.

It's very disappointing. Bodis is still in single digits. So although their new control panel and support are great, they are still performing really very badly, for me. Bodis is destined to be turned off again soon. Their performance is awful. It's absolutely shocking how far they have fallen behind in 2 years.

I would add, that this half month is much too short a period in which to evaluate and make long term decisions. I'll wait until end of February before making any changes.

zaki.ahmed · Jan 19, 2015

stub said:
Dumb question

zaki.ahmed · Jan 19, 2015

NachoGalactico said:
Thanks for starting the thread again Zaki

For me DomainNameSales is the best in terms of CPC. The majority of my domains are parked here purely for that reason. I also like their set up and approach to things. You need $100 to get paid out.

DomainAdvertising can get some different results as I believe they use a Yahoo feed. Note I say different not necessarily better, but if a domain is not doing well on a G feed then this is a good option. They simply outperform with faillisted domains too. You need $100 to get paid out.

ParkingCrew and Voodoo are my other favourites. Support is rapid CTR & CPC are solid, options and auto optimisation is great. Focus is on parking & you feel like you're in good hands. You need $20 to get paid out for both.

I haven't really used others much. It does look like Bodis is back on the rise, which can only be a good thing. I also think Above deserves a mention. I'd recommend anyone use it to keep track of stats, I also use their nameservers for anything not on DNS to switch between V, PC & DA.

Cheers

Thanks for Sharing your Views

, Also note that DNS is on Two Click hence which also contribute for high revenue, DomainAdvertising is not allowed for Indians

.. Having a Yahoo feed also is very much helpful as sometimes few Domains Perform better on Yahoo Feed,

Name Trader · Jan 19, 2015

zaki.ahmed said:

I edited my post

zaki.ahmed · Jan 19, 2015

stub said:
I use Bodis, DomainSponsor, ParkingCrew, RookMedia, Voodoo, all under the Above.com umbrella. At the beginning of January, I turned back on Bodis and joined up with Rook Media. So my account at Above is going through some testing at the moment.

For the first half of January, ParkingCrew's revenue is just a shade short of 4 times larger than the next parking best parking provider, Voodoo. This is a stand-out performance. I'd recommend PC should be in everyone's roster of parking companies.

Continuing the trends I've seen from last year, Voodoo, although my 2nd biggest revenue earner, is absolutely, in the basement compared to most of 2014. This slide was most seen in December, where the results were half of November's, when in other years they have been anywhere between 20-30% higher in December. November also was far from stellar. The fall has been very shocking.

DomainSponsor was performing so badly and support is non-existant, so I turned them off. But after checking again the stats, they are much better than Bodis and almost half of Voodoo and RookMedia, and that was with them turned off for about half the first half of the month! So I've turned them back on again.

RookMedia, after the first few days of superlative EPC's, has settled down to become a mainstay of my parking providers.

It's very disappointing. Bodis is still in single digits. So although their new control panel and support are great, they are still performing really very badly, for me. Bodis is destined to be turned off again soon. Their performance is awful. It's absolutely shocking how far they have fallen behind in 2 years.

I would add, that this half month is much too short a period in which to evaluate and make long term decisions. I'll wait until end of February before making any changes.

Thanks Stub, for sharing your Detail Review, it was a surprise review after the first comment.

After reading your review, I am now thinking to edit my post and add more detail about performance related trends/changes.

Appreciate, for taking out some of your time and writing this, it will surely be of great help for all the Readers.

smurge · Jan 20, 2015

Id like to clarify a few items when it comes to parking.

#1. Depending on the traffic and where it originates from can have a massive impact on revenue. You have domestic traffic vs international traffic. Domestic traffic (USA) pays the highest across the board and International (anywhere outside USA) will pay significantly less.

#2. Each parking company has it's pros and cons. You might take a little less from one company but they allow more clicks to be paid where as another company might pay you for "1 - single click" and not pay you for multiple clicks from the same user.

Example #1: Traffic Type = Domestic: Parking company A, 1 unique i.p., (5 clicks from same i.p.) pays you for only 1 click, Revenue made: $0.25

Example #2: Traffic Type = Domestic: Parking company B, 1 unique i.p., 5 clicks, pays you for all 5 clicks, Revenue made: $1.25

As you can see from the example Parking Company B would be best for that domain. However let's take a different example:

Example #1: Traffic Type = International: Parking company A, 1 unique i.p., (5 clicks from same i.p.) pays you for only 1 click, Revenue made: $0.25

Example #2: Traffic Type = International: Parking company B, 1 unique i.p., (5 clicks from same i.p.) pays you for all 5 clicks, Revenue made: $.04

The reason I am posting this is that i'm often asked why I park somewhere and this is a perfect example of my thought process. While the full process isn't posted here it gives insight to why I do the things I do.

smurge · Jan 20, 2015

Also, I agree that Voodoo and Bodis are the best as well for the reasons I've stated above. Part of the parking business and being successful is testing different domain niches and traffic types across the platforms. Each domain has their own story to tell and it's up to you to determine that story and where it's going to best fit based on the information you receive.

SpareDomains · Jan 20, 2015

DomainNameSales.com for me. Tested a little bit of my own sales landers in 2014 and in 2015 I'll be going 100% my own sales landers so PPC income will be non existent this year but inquiries/domain sales will increase based on my 2014 testing. I will be adding some pay per sale ad spots on my domains to replace the lost parking income and possibly selling some ad spots as well across my entire portfolio.

S-B · Jan 21, 2015

Anyone have any experience with Fabulous? I've heard good things from a friend but haven't heard any other opinions.

hippoking · Jan 21, 2015

For me...DomainSponsor is the best

Name Trader · Jan 21, 2015

@smurge - I assume that you don't use or recommend using above.com? Of course, you have probably refined your thought processes very finely by now, that it's 2nd nature to you. But I would nevertheless like to ask, how much of your domaining time do you spend on parking? 100%? From your parking time, how much time do you spend on analysis, compared to the mundane stuff of parking domains, maintaining your portfolio.

I would also like to know if you put keywords in for all your domains? Because I thought that Google ignores those keywords probably more than 90% of the time. At least that's what I've been told by my parking providers. Which parking providers do you put your keywords in for your domains? Do you use any Yahoo feeds, and with which companies? And finally, what are your most critical factors when you buy a domain, and what tools do you use for that analysis.

decades80 · Jan 22, 2015

I would say Domainnamesales are the best. I dont think many Parking Providers can beat 80 USD clicks on drug/alcohol rehab and 40+ USD clicks on car donation. And the CTR on some domains after the optimization is simply fantastic. I would highly recommend them.

pablohc86 · Jan 22, 2015

hippoking said:
For me...DomainSponsor is the best

do you think this also after their change?
after reach my AM seem that things are coming back like before the 16th dec changes but i'm still missing clicks over 20$, i don't know if it is only my traffic that miss the right keyword or if the issue is another.

thanks

Name Trader · Jan 22, 2015

I used to have a principal, that if a parking company, didn't provide $100/month in revenue, I'd turn them off. Last year I only turned off 1 company. If I extrapolate until the end of January, I should be turning off at least 3 of my 5 companies.. This tells you how far parking has fallen off the cliff, these last 2 months. It's the worst I've ever seen. My revenues are down almost 50% overall. Which means some companies are performing worse than that.

smurge · Jan 22, 2015

stub said:
I used to have a principal, that if a parking company, didn't provide $100/month in revenue, I'd turn them off. Last year I only turned off 1 company. If I extrapolate until the end of January, I should be turning off at least 3 of my 5 companies.. This tells you how far parking has fallen off the cliff, these last 2 months. It's the worst I've ever seen. My revenues are down almost 50% overall. Which means some companies are performing worse than that.

Regarding the fall off , if you don't mind me asking or providing my opinion, what caused it? Have you been able to sit down and analyze all the scenarios that could potentially affect the outcome and if so what were the results? What did you try to fix after you saw the results?

smurge · Jan 22, 2015

stub said:
@smurge - I assume that you don't use or recommend using above.com? Of course, you have probably refined your thought processes very finely by now, that it's 2nd nature to you. But I would nevertheless like to ask, how much of your domaining time do you spend on parking? 100%? From your parking time, how much time do you spend on analysis, compared to the mundane stuff of parking domains, maintaining your portfolio.

I would also like to know if you put keywords in for all your domains? Because I thought that Google ignores those keywords probably more than 90% of the time. At least that's what I've been told by my parking providers. Which parking providers do you put your keywords in for your domains? Do you use any Yahoo feeds, and with which companies? And finally, what are your most critical factors when you buy a domain, and what tools do you use for that analysis.

You would be correct that I do not use Above.com. The reason is simple....they use a computer program to try and figure out what the best place is for your domains. However, they do not provide you with additional ways to optimize your domain names. They do not switch keywords, test different styles and layouts, etc for you. My understanding is that they simply use the most common settings across a wide variety of platforms to determine which may or may not be the best.

Myself personally I prefer to adjust keywords on my own to make sure they are relevant to what the customer is searching for. Sometimes a single keyword could be the difference between .10cents or $1.00.

Example: Say you have the keyword "Cat" as your keyword but if you changed it to "feline" you might see the difference I've stated above. They both describe the niche were looking for, they both mean the same thing but an advertiser might pay more for "Feline" vs "cat".

Above may have found a way to change and if they have then you can ignore my post.

Name Trader · Jan 22, 2015

smurge said:
Regarding the fall off , if you don't mind me asking or providing my opinion, what caused it? Have you been able to sit down and analyze all the scenarios that could potentially affect the outcome and if so what were the results? What did you try to fix after you saw the results?

As you know. There is always a complicated mix of reasons for any changes in parking revenues. But with the status quo being maintained, my revenues dropped 50%. It was worst at DomainSponsor and Voodoo. I can't get any responses from my account manager at DS. I've given up trying. DS is like a dead pool, for me. I'm pursuing reasons at Voodoo. I may not be quite as fleet-footed as you

smurge · Jan 22, 2015

I had a response to your other questions stub but my little one decided to ..well...smash the keyboard while I was typing it and erase it all. Anyways, I will re-write it and post it later for you.

Name Trader · Jan 22, 2015

smurge said:
You would be correct that I do not use Above.com. The reason is simple....they use a computer program to try and figure out what the best place is for your domains. However, they do not provide you with additional ways to optimize your domain names. They do not switch keywords, test different styles and layouts, etc for you. My understanding is that they simply use the most common settings across a wide variety of platforms to determine which may or may not be the best.

Myself personally I prefer to adjust keywords on my own to make sure they are relevant to what the customer is searching for. Sometimes a single keyword could be the difference between .10cents or $1.00.

Example: Say you have the keyword "Cat" as your keyword but if you changed it to "feline" you might see the difference I've stated above. They both describe the niche were looking for, they both mean the same thing but an advertiser might pay more for "Feline" vs "cat".

Above may have found a way to change and if they have then you can ignore my post.

Adjusting of keywords. What do you make of my comment, that Google just ignores your keywords and substitutes their own? I think switching keywords and testing different styles and layouts, is a job for us to do at each parking company. Not a job for Above.com. I still see a strategy of combining Above and us fine tuning at the parking provider.

Are you not comfortable answering these questions?
Which parking providers do you put your keywords in for your domains? All?
Do you use any Yahoo feeds, and with which companies?
What are your most critical factors when you buy a domain. Quality backlinks?
And what tools do you use for that analysis?

Name Trader · Jan 22, 2015

@smurge - OK. I didn't see your response before posting the above.

hippoking · Jan 23, 2015

pablohc86 said:
do you think this also after their change?
after reach my AM seem that things are coming back like before the 16th dec changes but i'm still missing clicks over 20$, i don't know if it is only my traffic that miss the right keyword or if the issue is another.

thanks

Yes!

Right now I think DS's platform is even much better than before!!!!

hippoking · Jan 23, 2015

decades80 said:
I would say Domainnamesales are the best. I dont think many Parking Providers can beat 80 USD clicks on drug/alcohol rehab and 40+ USD clicks on car donation. And the CTR on some domains after the optimization is simply fantastic. I would highly recommend them.

Look through the whole forum, I only found you said DNS was the best. I admit DNS is better at some niches. However, according to the average RPM, DNS is still far from other companies like DS/PC

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