Monetize Domains
Have you purchased domains that are just sitting there, with no content on them? I have an easy way for you to monetize domains, by adding content that people like.
Like me you probably buy domains with intentions of using them for some great idea. But, you get distracted and then the domain sets there or months with no data on it - what a waste.
Maybe, you park your domains with a service that displays ads and you get a portion of the revenue generated from those ads. I’ve used these services and made absolutely no money.
Is it any wonder you don’t make money with those parking services? I know when I end up on an obviously parked page, I immediately close the page, and get ready to close the annoying pop-up that is sure to follow - aargh!
Instead of losing visitors and annoying them, why not provide them with something of value. I know, I know…it takes time to create content to put on parked sites.
I can show you how to quickly and easily put related videos on those parked domains - and did I tell you it was free?
The free version of the VideoClipMiniSites video site builder will allow you to put YouTube videos on your parked domains, and it only takes a few minutes to install the VCMS script.
Plus, you are monetizing your domains with Adsense ads, and you make %100 of the profit without sharing it with some parking service. By the way, you don’t have to use Adsense, you can put your own ads on the video site.
So how quick and easy is it? You upload the script, choose your parked domain main keyword, input your Adsense Id, click Create and you’re done - that’s it.
I would be surprised if it took you longer than 60 seconds from start to finish.
You do understand that people love video clips…right?
YouTube is the third most popular website on the internet according to Alexa. Why? Because people love watching short video clips.
Why not have something on your parked domains that people like? Keep them on your parked domain long enough to see your ads, and generate a little income for yourself.
The free video clip site builder makes it quick and easy to monetize domains. Quit wasting those empty domains, and put some good video content on those parked domains.
Mike
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Been meaning to do something with the stacks of domains I’ve brought on a whim over the years. I’m always paranoid about letting them expire then having someone snap em up and make a killing on them!
Will give it a go
Wow this is a great idea! Will consider getting this.
You are talking about video clips for free, but you should in any case put some attention for the promotion - people won’t visit the domain without publicity
You will always need to build Publicity to get traffic thats sure.. Excellent points there
I have a bunch of domains that I have purchased over the years that are just sitting there doing nothing. I always plan on monetizing them but get too busy with other things or just don’t know what to use to make money from them. You have just given me some great advice that I am definitely going to use. I never thought of monetizing them with video. Thanks!
this is great idea, thanks for sharing your wonderful ideas.
VERY WELL PUT BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS NEED be able to bring traffic to your website in order to make money from the service or products you are selling
I must admit I am guilty of registering domains on impulse and sitting on them for months. At the very least I try to find a related affiliate offer to 301 redirect them to (if there is any type-in traffic at all).
It’s amazing how many people have dozens, or even hundreds of domains that are just setting there unused.
I guess since they’re so cheap to buy it’s easy to go buy a new domain for your greatest latest idea. Then you get distracted and it just sits there.
I need to do a domain inventory and see what I can do with some of my domains.
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A web site without visitors it’s like a shop with closed doors. It’s not enough to just build a site you have to work on it and develop. Like in any other business.
Nice one, but I believe Actions speak Louder than Words. Domains are the words, and Publicity is the Actions. Got my point? So no success comes in without a proper advertising of the products.
You are talking about video clips for free, but you should in any case put some attention for the promotion - people won’t visit the domain without publicity
Well I think this is a great idea to monetize your domain, but my question is that what kind of videos do I have to put? and what about traffic in my site? I still have to pay for advertising. Maybe this is a good idea but you still have a lot of work to do to make your domain popular.
My one friend have a small collection of domain names that he is not making use of. Over the years, He have tried a variety of methods to monetize these domains.
Well I think this is a great idea to monetize your domain, but my question is that what kind of videos do I have to put?
I have parked about 60 domains and still dont have any profit. I will try your idea for half of them to see how it will go. Thank you very much!
Great one,
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While the ultimate goal for a domain name investor is likely to be a high-ticket sale or lucrative leasing agreement, the downside is that domains cost real money to maintain. Each additional domain in an investor’s portfolio adds $10-12 to the total maintenance bill due each year.
At face value, a $10 annual fee is hardly going to trouble a serious investor - but for a domain portfolio consisting of several hundred domains, the total fixed costs balloon to mid-$4 figures a year.
This hefty fee creates a significant “renewal hole” that has to be bridged for an investor to even maintain parity, let alone make any kind of profit from their domain portfolio. For example, the portfolio of a domain investor with 250 domains must generate $2,500 a year (assuming renewals at $10 each) every year just to pay the renewal fee for all those domains. This is beginning to sound like the Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland… you have to run as fast as you can just to keep up!
It therefore pays to squeeze every drop of revenue out of a domain portfolio, even while hanging on and waiting for that big sale.
There are 2 main ways to derive an income from a portfolio of domain names, assuming that they get at least a minimum of traffic. This traffic might be in the form of typeins - people typing http://www.DOMAIN.com into their browsers to see what’s there - or from old links, in the case of domains that used to be websites before they expired.
1) Affiliate Programs
If you have domain names that are getting even a handful of visitors a day, and you can work out exactly what those visitors might be looking for, then affiliate programs are likely to be the easiest way to earn some money from the domains.
For example, if you have the domain MagazineSubscriptions.com, then every day you might find that a few people type the domain into their browser to see what happens. By signing up for an appropriate affiliate program LINK, and redirecting the traffic straight to it, you can capitalize on this traffic by turning highly-targeted visitors into buyers.
When you’re looking for appropriate affiliate programs to join, you should consider the major affiliate networks such as Commission Junction, LinkShare, ShareASale and FineClicks.
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2) Pay per click search engines and bulk traffic aggregators
If you have more general traffic - or traffic that is not immediately commercial - you can send it to pay-per-click search engines and bulk traffic aggregators (sites that specialize in taking in large quantities of untargeted visitors and matching them up with useful sponsored links)
Pay per click search engines will typically offer a bounty of a few cents for every visitor that visits their “landing page” (a special page populated by popular search terms) and then clicks on a link. Some PPC search engines pay a flat fee per click; others pay a percentage of the revenue they receive for each visit. Some examples of PPC search engines are 7Search.com and Search123.com.
Bulk traffic aggregators operate in a similar way to PPC search engines, in that they take unfocused traffic and try to shoehorn it into commercial interest categories that PAY. Many of these services have been established specifically to handle the needs of people with large portfolios of domain names, since they offer additional services such as the ability to add a “Domain for Sale” notice or personalized greeting on the landing page, something that PPC search engines generally lack. Examples of bulk traffic aggregators include Trafficz.com and NameRenters.com.
The importance of the “domain dividend”
The revenue that can be generated from dormant domains (domains awaiting a buyer, and not pointed at an existing site) using PPC/bulk traffic services and affiliate programs is the domain world’s equivalent of the dividend that stockholders receive on the stocks in their portfolio.
A revenue of just $0.01 a day per domain adds up to be $3.65 per domain per year. This would effectively cut the “renewal hole” on a portfolio of 250 domains by over $900 a year - real money that never had to leave the domain investor’s pocket!
In other words, it’s worth setting up some method of income generation to monetize domains with even trivial amounts of traffic - a targeted affiliate program might generate $0.01 a day (on average) from just ONE daily visitor!
Before we leave the topic of domain investment, we’ll take a look at some of the pitfalls lying in wait for novice investors.
Sorry my english firstly, i read well but i cant write :), So its useful post for me and i bookmarked your blog.
Excellent tips you have been pointed, yes video marketing is the best way to get traffic these days when considering amount of people using You tube.
Well since everyone else is having their say… I’m not sure I agree about not using hyphens.It all depends on the style of site you’re looking to build.
There’s great article over at SEOmoz about best practices for domain names.
i’m considering monetizing through domain names. I’m still learning. Thanks for this informative post.
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What a great idea. I’ve got a bunch of domains that aren’t doing me any good so this will be a great way to get some use out of them until I’m able to actually make websites with them.
Great! I never thought of this. I do have parked domains which I cant let go even when its about to expire though I dont use them.
it might sound silly, but putting up content on all those parked sites is harder and more time intensive than it sounds sometimes. an hour and a half a day is realistically as much as I need to dedicate to even make minimal process with my blogs. its true that its better than letting them sit untouched.
There is no doubt that you are providing quality kind of suggestion, but I would like to give you an advice that you should add teaching videos with your posts.
This will make your post quality one and your readers will get clear concept as well.
Yes I am quite agree with Lake.
As I have seen many top class internet guru and they expand their money and time to get new things so that their presentation can be much much better and attractive as well.
Just try to add new things with different style which can makes you different from others. Once you will be able to done that … than many people will come to your website to get more and more knowledge from you.
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so, domain can be monetized
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I have find this PHP script that monetize domains with 100% keyword relevancy. You give your own keyword list and it creates for you one page per keyword or keyword phrase. Each page is optimized for a specific keyword so you can focus only to find keywords that has a good payout.
I use it my self and I’m very pleased since the first week of using it. I managed within a week (with a deleted domain) to rank the 20% of my keyword list in the Google’s top 10-20 results. Take a look at TrafficBoosterProV2.com It is also a doorway script so you can redirect individual pages or folders to affiliate programs or other web sites that you own and get a great income. The script comes Adsense and Amazon ready! That means that it will show in each page Adsense ads and Amazon products related to the page’s keyword or keyword phrase!
so, domain can be monetized
Wonderful information on working with domains and to monetize. Thanks
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As Google also jumped in this war than this become more and more vital to monetize in a proper manner. If you have good number of domains and they are idle than you should use this kind of way to earn good money.
At least with this money you will be able to renew your domains for next year.
Is this code automatically get videos from youtube and post it in your parked domain? How about the niche of your domain?
Well I also think that this is a great idea to monetize your domain. and this would be a great Youtube partner programs.
i have quite a number of domains that don’t get a lot of traffic. i let them expire and drop them. I saw something very interesting the other day..
I had set up Google Adwords campaigns and set up the campaigns to run on the Google content network. When i checked the traffic logs I was surprised to see that i was getting traffic from parked domains
I’ll give it a try. I still have some unused domains I would love to have moneytized.