|
About Us :: Click Here to get Your FREE DynoNames account! :: Domain Reseller Sign Up :: Faq :: My Account
|
||
|
||
index > domain articles 2008 > Ready To Go Domain Parking?
Domain parking is a great way to make an unpopular, underdeveloped site popular again. How so? Please, read on…
The short story on domain parking is this—domain parking is a way for a name owner and a domain free name parking registration partner to make advertising money from an unused or undeveloped registered domain name.
Essentially what happens is that the domain free name registration parking service provider redirects visitors when they visit the blank site. The term 'domain parking' is used because the domain free name parking registration service 'parks' their site's redirection page on your site.
Why would you want to use your registered name for domain parking?
The greatest benefit to you is that when visitors visit your site, and there is nothing there for them, they are redirected to a site where there is something for them. This avoids frustration for visitors who are searching for information and services related to yours. Good domain free name registration partners make sure that visitors are only redirected to sites similar to yours; that way, they happen upon another website that can fulfill their needs while your site is still unable.
While domain parking through domain free name parking registration partnerships is free to domain name holders who participate, they do earn money for the domain name registrant (you) and the domain free name parking registration service. Money is earned largely through advertising pay-per-click arrangements; your site with your domain name may already have advertising on it, but without a reason to be there, you will get no clicks. Domain free name parking registration hosts give your undeveloped, unused domain name a way to make money in the meantime.
One of the concerns domain name holders have with domain free name parking registration arrangements is that they worry that their site will not be useful to them when they are ready to occupy their domain name fully. There is little cause for concern, however, because you can cancel the domain free name parking registration arrangement with the domain parking host when you are ready to take your site live; meanwhile, visitors won’t hate you for bringing them to a dead end street.
Domain parking is also useful for people who hold more than one registered domain name. This results from many practices; one of them is the claiming of domain names for future use, or to corner the market on related site domain names. You can partner with a domain free name parking registration service to either redirect visitors to your active site, or to redirect visitors to a related site in order to benefit from the advertising revenue with the domain parking service, and/or increase traffic.
It's good to know that your lifeless domain name can serve a higher purpose; it's even better to know that there is a way to profit from the domain name you've yet to develop. Domain free name parking registration services is a great way to accomplish either task. Domain parking is a win-win-win situation for you, your visitors, and your domain parking host.
