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Introduction to Domain Parking For Dummies

Have you ever heard of the term "domain parking?"

Well if you have been in this business for long, then obviously - you have.

But for those of us who are new to internet business and the whole concept of registering and owning domain names - then that term might not ring any bells.

The first time I heard that term and the fact that I had to pay a fee to one of the domain parking companies for the service, I have to admit that the whole idea sounded crazy. As a matter of fact, I thought this was a pure waste of time and money. Without further thoughts, the idea was quickly shelved aside. You have to save money, not waste it!

Are you asking yourself if domain parking is a waste of time and money?

Domain Parking - Is it Worth Your Time and Money?


I have spent a quarter of my life trying my very best, and I mean it, trying my best to avoid parking my car on any one of those metered parking space or lots across town that charged a fee.

Allow me to share with you in brief what I learned about domain parking. Hopefully this information coupled with your own research will enable you to put your dormant domain names to work.

Why would I consider something like domain parking (parking my domain names) especially if it was going to cost me more money?

Life must go on, right?

It was not until a couple of months later that while I was surfing the internet, I again stumbled on this particular page about domain parking.

This time round,

That particular article about domain parking caught my attention and aroused my curiosity. You see the title of the article was "how to make money with your parked domain name."

Now I must admit that domain parking is the kind of stuff that will keep my eyes glued to my computer screen for a couple of hours. And that is exactly what I did, discovering more about domain parking.

Basics Concepts Of Domain Parking Explained


Domain parking is an excellent way to make money, as many have discovered. Domain parking is the practice of coming up with a domain name, and then having a third-party create a website for it in order to take advantage of stumble-upon traffic. What is stumble-upon traffic?

Stumble- upon traffic is pretty much as the name implies. When a person pulls up the search engine bar to type in a name, sometimes because we are human, we often take their mistakes. When a person types in the mistake of a name, or if they type in a mistake in the extension, they can be led to a particular website. If the domain name is close to what they were typing, they'll be led to a website where they'll often find sponsored links.

Anyone who has been on the internet has had this happen to them at least once. The purpose of such websites might have been a mystery to you at the time but now they're about to be explained. The purpose of domain parking for most people is to earn money from sponsored advertisers when a person clicks on the links.

Domain parking sounds like a very easy way for people to make money passively. This is money that can be made around the clock from people who are on the Internet at all hours of the day and night, and might type in a wrong word. So, how does one take advantage of domain parking to earn this form of money?

To earn money from domain parking, you'll need to do a couple of things.

First, you'll need to invent a good domain name. This domain name should be a name that is not already registered, and it should not be trademarked in any way in order to gain profits from domain parking. There are some people who are dishonest, and they create a domain name that is similar to a trademarked name. This is so that they could take advantage of the trademarked name's Internet traffic.

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If a person is going to take advantage of domain parking legitimately, they should invent their own name, and make sure that it's an original name that is not in use, or that any variations are being trademarked.

Once they've done this, they can then contact a domain parking host. What these people do, is create a webpage for the parked domain name. Again, when a person stumbles upon the parked domain name, they'll see a group of links that can lead them to sponsored advertising areas. When people click, the person who owns the parked domain name makes money.

There are some things to keep in mind if a person is ready to get involved with domain parking. They should be ready to either create or buy lots of domain names. This is because one domain name isn't going to create the traffic that they hope for, but hundreds or even thousands.

Domain parking might seem mind-boggling to some, and it might seem as if it would take forever in order to buy the amount of domain names necessary to make that kind of money. This is true, but a person can start off with a few at a time. Registering a domain name doesn't cost very much money.

If a person isn't terribly creative but they'd like to take advantage of domain parking, they can simply buy expired domain names. The advantage of buying an expired domain name, is that it already has a following. It has already spent some time out on the internet, and it probably has traffic coming to it. In this way, a person can park the name and take advantage of all the traffic that has been coming to the sight, instead of having to find traffic on their own.

To Conclude:

Remember to register several domain names especially the expired ones in order to gain from domain parking.


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