Making a living from domain parking

[TjKiller]

Hi everyone, this is my first post here on namepros even though I've been following this forum for over two years now.
I have some domains parked and I've been making some money with them, especially those with high epc/cpc (because 1 click or 2 in a domain of 30$ is better than 20 clicks in a domain with a cpc of 1$ – depends on the traffic too, niches, etc.)
My question here is the following [and to give me a little motivation too], does anyone here make a living exclusively from domain parking or could you live if you wanted to?
If you could complement that with some screenshots I would appreciate that ; What I'm asking is for high clicks, monthly revenue, etc.
Sorry for any mistake, I'm Portuguese (but raised in Andorra from 2 to 12 years old)
Thank you all for your generosity and transparency

 

[rumevic]

I guess traffic is not all it needs..

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

https://www.namepros.com/threads/why-domain-parking-works-for-me.1228013/
This guy makes even up to mid $XX,XXX monthly...

5 figures would be a dream
Do you know someone who makes these values?

See OP's screenshot from Bodis in the already mentioned thread.

 

[Donmarick]

Thank you @Samer
Why do you say it's harder?
Less revenue, low cpc's, biggest % cut from the parking companies?

I also would like to invite
@Donmarick
@evil
@Jurgen Wolf
@pablohc86
@privatereg
@redemo
@thegeekguy
@Whizzbang
to the this post and discuss a little
Thanks

Ok You invited me so in my perspective dropdown in the last 2 months is big. It wasn't bad at begin of the year but seems going bad last months. I look on my domains monthly not care of CPC or any other variable.
If we talk about numbers: the best domain that I had on parking had: 3$$ for a month.
Traffic domains in my portfolio: more than 200 (count only domains that make profit bigger than renewal cost).
Parkings that I use all the time (tested probably all): PC, Afternic, Voodoo, GD, Sedo

 

[Donmarick]

So, with 1 domain making 3xx$ and with more 200 domains on your portfolio I assume it's safe to say that you are making at least 4 figures per month?

Pretty much yeah I think it's a good way of thinking. Of course everything changes sometimes I sell domain or migrate from parking to parking to check revenue everything flows in this section .

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Off topic, but are DAN offer viewings number accurate or bots included?

Their filtering is slightly better than average.

 

[Donmarick]

Dan showing almost everything so could be even bot only views. When I compare bodis and pc in 2021 filtering on bodis is in my opinion even stronger.

 

[alcy]

Dan showing almost everything so could be even bot only views. When I compare bodis and pc in 2021 filtering on bodis is in my opinion even stronger.

I think best order is..

bodis
PC
dan
sedo

not sure about voodoo or if still open..but few use it I think

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

All clicks are counted.
The only difference in revenue.
Rich countries produce $X/XX clicks.

 

[alcy]

Great. What niche? Do you mind posting a screenshot?

I see your names are Make Offer. STR?

sorry its before my 50th.coffee on the day..what's str again?

yes all names are makeoffer...bodis lander..but also across all markets..sometimes I regret no bin when I see folks make all em sales in afternic extended bin network.. but then I think..if they had makeoffr maybe they'd nego to 5k sale..instead of their 10x500 sales...

anyway.. the catch is of course.. if yer bin 500 name sells .. u will never know what u could nego with buyer..

I cant post my parked names anywhere.. well nobody can but it was io with ads below... hope this helps..

 

[alcy]

I meant if you could post a Bodis screenshot of the 28usd click?

u mean as proof? no man.. I'm not a 2021 member like u... my proof is my word. cheers

 

[alcy]

That could motivate others, mate.
Don't take it personally. Bold claims must have proof.

dont be silly
maybe some have reasons to lie... not me..

anyway..happy parking ciao

 

[phaethon]

I mostly see Parking as a way to track visits as Sedo and Dan stats are hugely inaccurate.

 

[biggie]

Biggie, I think Sedo inaccurate stats is something pretty well established on NP or not? And from personal experience, I think their stats are not correct.
I think you are the first person on NP that claims Sedo has somewhat accurate stats. Based on what I have read on NP, Sedo has the most inaccurate stats!
I think even Sedo ppl wrote somewhere about that.
You are definitely more experienced, but that's my impression after reading so many threads and posts on NP.
I would also add my little experience with Sedo Parking, their numbers seem inflated.

Hi

perhaps read this thread:
Does sedo traffic mean anything nowadays? - NamePros

as i've said before, some domains perform better on different platforms.
there is no best place for all names.

those who post on NP about inaccurate stats, rarely show evidence or may be confused about stat reporting in general.
and at the same time, there are those who don't post on NP, but they may be quite content with sedo's performance

it's best to note that every platform does not measure all possible statistics, the same.
so when parking for ppc, then go with who is paying the most revenue for that specific domain.

imo...

 

[biggie]

After Ukraine war, parking revenue went down.

Hi

i haven't seen any noticeable decreases.
guess it depends on what you're holding

imo....

 

[TjKiller]

Type of names you could make a living off (if you have enough of them). Make sure you are not breaking any laws.

1. Typos: If your domain is a typo of a very popular domain, you could earn very good parking revenue if the ads are related. Most people think they have a typo name but they don't. Typos are not what you want them to be. I would elaborate but prefer not to waste my time, you will learn from getting screwed, not from reading my honest advice.

2. Dot com domain of a popular other extension website. If idiot.xyz gets a lot of traffic and you own idiot.com you could make good money as long as the parking ads are related.

3. Domains with traffic from old links etc.

What will not make you money (not much) regardless what anybody tells you:

1. EMD domain that does not have any of the above 3 qualities. Even if your domain is Shoes.com TYPIN keyword traffic is dead. It used to be a thing, now its dead (small money).

2. Fake / bad / low quality traffic. Parking companies are not idiots and will not risk their feeds because you think that someone selling "human" adsense safe clicks on a marketplace is legit because of their reviews. Everyone complaining their parking account got banned had it coming.

Should you park names you want to sell? Yes. It doesn't matter. Serious buyers will buy the name even if it goes to a 404, they will find you. In fact, your landing page could have a photo of a horse taking a dump on a photo of the buyers wife and it still would not matter for a serious buyer, might even motivate them.

A lot of good info. here
Thank you

 

[TCK]

Like develop them for example?

Developing is the ideal way. However, to properly develop a large number of domains is not reasonable due to the scope. You do want to develop a few money sites according to your circumstances and resources. Other option is to create a portfolio site that can be monetized along with sales landers. This is over simplifying it but the point is that you have many options. You cannot make a living from parking alone, not even close, unless you have sufficient type-in traffic and that is virtually impossible unless you have premium domains. If your domains are registered recently then it makes the exercise impossible and you will be disappointed.

 

[AEProgram]

Imagine how much money Gail could make from Gail.com.

But she doesn't want to.

About 10 bucks a day. Like I said, people do not understand parking.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

How much do you make per month (approximately)?
Share with us here

1 .PRO domain with French type-in traffic makes me up to $1XX monthly on ParkingCrew...
+ some parking revenue with several other domains.
Nowadays most my domains are on Sales landers (no ads).

In my best parking times I had $3XX/mo. generated by a few domains.

 

[TjKiller]

Adblockers are very popular nowadays.
I guess, this reason is primary.

Try ZeroClick method if bad results with Google feed.

The implementation of adblockers by a large number of people has been very harmful.
Do you think that someday parking will cease to exist 'aka' die if more changes start to take place?

 

[blogspotter]

I don't think such a big investment is necessary to make a living from it
What you're talking about is buying domains with comproved history that they are making profit, that's different
If I have 150,000$ to invest I would buy one or two houses and start from there

This is what I said:
So the question is not if you can make a living using parking income,. The question is if it is the best use of 150-200K

Buyt you will still need at least 150K to make 5K per month from Parking.

if you can make a living with 1K a month, then maybe 30K

My point is you will need to first Buy the domain that has clicks, and that cost money. How are you going to earn a parking income if you don't have the domain in the first place, or were you hoping to hand register them?

 

[blogspotter]

???
I had $3XX/mo. with just several domains for regfee.

Bro.. You don't get my point..
WIll you sell those for Reg free?
If you got 300/m for reg free, why didn't you scale it to 3K per month, 30K per month.

I am talking from a Business POV

 

[thegeekguy]

I really think scaling your income is just really hard if it was easy there should be more parking companies in business.

Think about it Voodoo just vanished. That's one of the companies we all considered reliable.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Sedo Tier2/ZeroClick network is the absolute trash.

Use ZeroClick account at ParkingCrew (or Tonic directly).

 

[Jv1999]

Yeah, over time, more people are doing it,

It now pays negligible, unless ur the old-school

The worst, and i’m not a lawyer, cant speak for anyone, but for me, the highest risk’s TM

Dont park the uber value domains, IMO-
the one name i parked which earned me $6 wasnt my best, and involved a lot of trial error.
So the trademark aspect is often overlooked

that’s how DRLL.com was lost to dell;
it had blatant “Dell” ads, earning owner a lot, until Dell finally took action; & “no-response”

Dell took “DRLL.com”via UDRP due to parking.
I bet old owner of DRLL happy, kept the $$., mustve been a lot, whatever it was.

You don't get paid when you LOSE a domain udrp

 

[VaibhavA]

Making a living is a subjective term.

Someone will be happy with 1000$ a month whereas someone will not be happy with even 10000$ a month.

Imo..it is possible to make that kind of money but it will take a lot of investment, knowledge and effort.

It will be extremely difficult to get your hands on a domain's with type in traffic (without backlinks). Such domains are kept secret and are with people who will never part with them in their lifetime.

Then there are domains with seo stats and backlink profile. There is huge competition for that too. Those domains drop everyday and you can see weird looking domains on namebio selling for hundreds and even thousands of dollars. Those weird looking domains are seo domains with backlinks. If you have a lot of money, try your luck but remember...there is no guarantee that even a 1000$ domain with gr8 seo stats will even make 10$ a month in parking. There are many experienced players doing it everyday and those players have big pockets. So, understand whom you are competing with before entering the ring. The good thing with such domains is that even if you dont make much money with parking, you can still sell them relatively quick with very good ROI.

I have used the above technique and must have sold a couple of hundred domains in the last 5 years and made some money in parking as well..

I dont focus on parking anymore, so my current months earnings is from some leftover seo domains that I still have.

There can be another way for a new comer to make some money in parking.

Those domains can be new niche domains. Like I made my parking money mainly from domains with backlinks from Pinterest. So, maybe I got lucky 5 years back and there were only very very few domainers looking for such names. Later many people started getting into auction wars and profits started to shrink.

So, everyday there are new websites with huge traffic and people developing on them and creating backlinks from other members. So, find a new niche website and look for dropping domains with backlinks from those websites. You may get such domains for cheap, i mean, as low as 10-15$ at dropcatch dc. You will need to get them and test them. I am sure, you will find gold someday.

As the saying goes, early bird gets the prey.