Domain Parking - worth the trouble?

[Jonathan]

Anyone have experience with parking .com.au/.net.au's? I know that some parked top level domains (i.e. .com's) make thousands a month through type-in traffic, but I can't imagine many .com.au's would get decent volume to make Parking worthwhile (though I'd be happy to be proven wrong).

 

[dotworx]

my experience is - you are right. .com.au don't have much direct nav traffic comparing to .com's. but i still park my unused .au's, better than nothing.

i hope large portfolio owners can shed some light on this

 

[DavidL]

They certainly are worth parking. After all 5 lousy visits per month and 1 miserable click can be enough for a domain to pay for itself.

All depends on volume, industry & optimisation IMO

If you are selling the domain (or would like to consider offers), make sure you note this on your landing page. Potential purchasers (esp end-users) often navigate directly to the page and a simple "This Domain May Be For Sale" makes all the difference in getting offers.

If you park with Namedrive, they'll automatically provide a link to your listing on Netfleet too.

I think Sedo also provide the same service pointing towards their sales listing.

But definitely park your domains - anything is better than an unresolved page (even for the casual web visitor)

 

[Data Glasses]

.com.au's have never done much for me parking , but i guess it works for some and yes sedo do offer a sales option at least

I have never purchased a .com.au and expected to make money parking it

 

[hazza5150]

I would have to agree with NetFleet as our experience has shown parking .com.au domains generates good revenue and competes with our .com/net/co.uk in fact some do much better!

 

[paz]

I'm much more inclined to spend a few hours making a mini site and building some links than just parking a domain.

 

[Data Glasses]

i am with paz on that one , if you have a unlimited hosting plan it's a good option , i also like to put a video on the minisite

 

[paz]

For example I'm currently developing the minisite www.ParramattaRiver.com.au it's going to take me about half a day get the design customised and everything where it should be, about $50 in article writing and another $50 in link building.

If it starts earning then I will spend more on article, more on links and find private advertisers (no adsense and aff links)

 

[Data Glasses]

For example I'm currently developing the minisite www.ParramattaRiver.com.au it's going to take me about half a day get the design customised and everything where it should be, about $50 in article writing and another $50 in link building.

If it starts earning then I will spend more on article, more on links and find private advertisers (no adsense and aff links)

May i ask what advertising rates you would charge ?

just interested in getting an idea of what a 'standerd rate' would be ?

 

[paz]

Completely depends on traffic and the value it would have for the business. At the moment no traffic means advertising is worth nothing.