What is domain parking?

In general, domain parking is the act of registering and using a domain name to catch type-in traffic. The page of that domain name can be a ‘coming soon’ page to let visitors know the site is in the works and to check back soon. Sometimes that page redirects traffic to a new […]

Saving Money with Godaddy.com Opt-in Email Specials

When you sign up for a www.GoDaddy.com
account of course you have to give them your email address. That automatically opts you into receiving promotional emails for their products and services. I have to admit that the number of promotional emails I receive from www.GoDaddy.com
is borderline spam, but damnit I […]

Buying Godaddy.com Domain Names Even Cheaper than They Advertise

Domain parking like any investment is all about the bottom line. At the end of the day, after all your registrar and related domain expenses, “How much is left?” is the most important question. I’ve purchased domain names from ever registrar there is: Register.com, Directnic.com, Networksolutions.com, etc. Each time I chose a […]

Snowe Bill Threatens Future of Domain Parking

In the domaining industry there is a term named “Reverse Domain Hijacking.” Essentially it means an attempt of a large, powerful company (or any company for that matter) to try to legally take away a domain from its rightful owner by citing trademark infringements. 
A new bill introduced recently will make that a lot easier.  The […]

Experimenting with domain parking templates - Part 1

I’ve been with Sedo.com for a while. In fact, I knew very little about domaining and domain parking when I signed up with them. When I started with them a couple years ago they only had one template. To be honest, it was very boring. I would visit my own pages […]