Domain Parking - Why it Can Be a Good Thing to Do

Ok so if you don't know what domain parking is, here is a very brief outline of what it entails.

Domain parking is where you park a domain name with a domain parking company (There are lots out there) and show adverts on your landing page in the hope that users click on them, if they do, you get a percentage of the click through.

All you need when starting is a domain name that you own and have control over and an account with a parking company. That is the simple part out of the way. You just need to change the dns of your domain name to that of the domain parking companies.

Ok, so you have account with a parking company and your dns has resolved to the parking companies. Now the fun can begin.

First you need to create a landing page, Make you landing page as dynamic and topic related to the traffic your domain name is associated with, in simpler terms, if you domain name traffic is related to house buying create a landing page that is related to house buying, fill it with related wording and images related to the domain names traffic source. Why? Well this will create a better image and will be related to what the person is expecting to see on your parking page.

You will then need to choose the keywords of the adverts that you want to show on your parking landing page, Again we use the same method for creating the landing page, again to make it simple if your domain names traffic is related to house buying your keywords could be buy house, you could even narrow the keywords down if you know that a good proportion of parking domains traffic is related to house buying in New York say, Then you would use the keyword buy house New York. Why? Well people will be expecting to see information about buying a house in New York, Get this right and your click through rate will go through the roof!

Pick your domain parking company wisely.

Seems tempting to just register with any domain parking company, they can't be much different can they? Wrong yes they are different, here are the points I look for when I started out looking for a domain parking company.

Make sure they give you a decent percentage of the click through revenue. You want a minimum of 85% going to you, Make sure they let you design a landing page; this will optimise your click through rate also. Maybe try a few domain names with them and see how it goes. I personally have been using this company here and will continue to do so for now and in the future of my domain parking

I have been domain parking for over 10 years now, I do recommend this company for your needs http://www.parksdot.com.