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OK, so you’ve bought a domain. You keep meaning to get round to doing something with it. Maybe you’ll even sell the domain one day.
But, for now, you’ve got a domain and it’s gathering virtual dust.
Chances are that it already goes to a domain parking page. And there’s an even higher chance that you aren’t making any money out of any visits your domain is getting.
Standard hosting domain parking pages sometimes say something cute like “Registered for one of our customers”. Sometimes they’ll be like a NameCheap which says the domain is coming soon but until then why not sign up for a domain with NameCheap (and as far as I know, you won’t get a commission on this).
If you’ve been smart, maybe you’ve parked your domain with someone like SEDO. I’ve been there, done that, made absolutely zero.
Just recently, I’ve stumbled on a service that allows you to park your domain and earn money from it. It’s really simple to use:
- Enter your domain name
- Enter your site title
- Enter your keywords (up to 20)
- Enter your Adsense or other code
- If you want to, add some tracking code
- If you want to, post the site as “for sale”
- Change the nameservers at your domain name registrar
Once the new DNS updates, you’ve got a fairly ugly site. But it’s filled with targetted articles and your adverts.
You also get commission if someone buys the domain parking service through your site.
It’s a flat price of just under $100 for up to 100 parked domains. It took me about 10 minutes to set up 10 sites with it.
Check out the domain parking service here.
Trev,
Recently I created a domain name and then purchased it. Questions:
1. Can I park it right away if not when
2. Can I park it other than where I bought it right away
3. Is transfering refering to a purchase of a domain name that all ready exist and was created by another person
4. Bottom line I bought a name I made up and want to park it?
Thanks for Your Time!!
Hi
Once you buy a domain you can do near enough what you want with it.
Whoever sold you the domain will have a control panel that allows you to point the domain’s nameservers to your host. The host can be your own hosting or a parked domain.
Depending on where you bought your domain, this can be quite easy or not so easy. I use Namecheap.com and their process is simple.
Transfering: you buy a domain name from someone else and they transfer ownership to you. Kind of like buying anything
I’ve not encountered a domain registrar that didn’t let me park a domain, some put more hurdles in the way than others but it’s always been do-able.
Trev