The Beginner`s Domain Name and Cash Parking Guide
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1. d 32313 amp language us Sedo Reserve Met Auctions I like to see which domains have just entered the auction http www sedo com rss rss_list php rss_id 4 amp partnerid_rss 35428 amp tracked amp partneri d 32313 amp language us2. IT isa ee list bi E lect n a R TEN T pene ea Bmore E A TRR e a Ag Ly ee is Drop Down Menu Button osfiasor7 L__ id 8 E Select Parking Page Template Here ere BR Retro rhe Keyword Input Fields Type your Keywords into these fields _ a z Retro purple Tounsm i Template Selection Drop Down Menus Simple Y Uncategonzed 7 Change Keywords for each domain by typing into the keyword field If required 8 Drop the Template Menu down to select a new template Preview new template selections by clicking the magnifying class icon Please note that a different style of parking page will display if you have no keyword set For best results you should have a keyword set for each domain In most cases the keyword phrase will be the same as the keywords in your domain except there will be a space between each word The Beginners Domaining and Cash Parking Guide Page 13 of 19 Export Shaw Domains Pagei 4 Switch to Excel esw li 2a4 e 2 list O Date Mareo Je E et o o o M photo fl O O Your Keyword Relationships In 06 15 07 F Adult Black i Adult Red A Select a new Parking Page Template Classic Lite Phoenix blue Phoenix pink Retro green ia Retro purple 10 29 07 E 10 31 07 R Tourism E 10 25 07 Cb PENRE l Software A Drop Down Menu Button BSS S1S S ale 10
3. register a domain name that contains a Trademark not owned by you How To Register A Domain Name http www ezau com latest articles O7 shtml Domain Cash Parking Sign up for Free here http sedo com services tour_parking php language us amp partnerid 323 13 Domain Cash Parking enables you to park your registered domain names and generate revenue when visitors click ads at your domain NEVER click your own ads Simply put all you have to do to have your own revenue producing web site is to register a domain name point the domain name to Sedo s NameServers and send people traffic to the site Maybe you are lucky and have acquired domains with lots of Type In Traffic If this is the case you ll get paid often Sedo s Cash Parking service enables you to also sell your domains at their auctions Simply set the minimum price you would like to receive for your domain name and wait for an offer When you receive the minimum offer your domain name will automatically go to auction listed as reserve met Make sure this feature is enabled The Beginners Domaining and Cash Parking Guide Page 5 of 19 When your domain gets sold Sedo will charge you 10 of the sales price as commission As long as you use their Free Cash Parking Service How To Point Your Domains To Sedo s Cash Parking Servers You must be registered with Sedo to do this If you used NameCheap to register your domain 1 Log into your NameCheap com con
4. to your profile and your Post Signature For best results the forum theme should be related to your domain name For example if your site is weight loss related you should participate in weight loss forums Okay the above methods will not bring in swarms of traffic but it s a start Maybe you ll get lucky and jag a domain with lots of Type In traffic The best traffic Related Articles Information and Links Rick s Blog http www ricksblog com Read the archives and be informed A good article written in 2006 about the domain name industry and what is to come http www dnjournal com cover 2006 january htm The Domain Name Weekly Scoreboard Archives http www dnjournal com archive domainsales archive htm The Beginners Guide To Making Money With Domain Names http www namenewbie com Some of the links on this site are dead but there is still a lot of good information How To Get Started As A Domainer 28 Tips Tricks and Resources http www avivadirectory com domain Don t Get Sucked Into This Domain Name Scam http www ezau com latest articles 0115 shtml NamePros Buy sell and discuss domain names http www namepros com DNForum A handy resource for domainers and webmasters http www dnforum com DomainState A handy resource for domainers and webmasters http www domainstate com Webmaster and SEO Discussion Forums A few more forums to visit http www ezau com latest article
5. 25 07 Preview Button Icon TA Ui L Click this icon to preview 10 28 07 new template selection Uncategorized A A Uncategonzed zl A PET En al a i The Save Changes Button EJ Save changes C3 Reset EJ Save amp next page Export Shaw Domains Pagh Excel coy 20 4 1 ee Domains and Keywords I use WordTracker to find all my keywords I use the Keyword Universe feature 99 99 of the time Probably because I have not yet read the user manual More information about Wordtracker here http www ezau com go wordtracker shtml The Beginners Domaining and Cash Parking Guide Page 14 of 19 Why do keyword research The most valuable domain names are composed of words and phrases that people search for every day The more searches a word or phrase gets in a month makes a domain name more valuable if those same keywords and phrases are in the domain name exactly Just one of the reasons that keyword rich domains are so valuable is because 5 15 of web users will attempt to navigate to a site by typing SomeKeywordPhrase com directly into the Address Bar of their Web Browser So what it really means is 100 free traffic for the domain owner More info about type in traffic in this article by Rick Schwartz http www ricksblog com my_weblog 2007 04 domain_type_ins html Another reason that keyword rich domain names are so valuable is that they are highly sought after by end users who want to develop
6. The Beginner s Domain Name and Cash Parking Guide A Completely Incomplete Guide By Ed Zivkovic http www WebTipsPro com Tel 0438 189 818 Copyright and Permissions Notice Copyright 2007 All Rights Reserved This report can be freely given away to your friends as an email attachment as long as the information is not changed in any way This report may not be sold may not be added to an autoresponder email and may not be made available as a download on any web site without permission from the author Disclaimer This report is FREE The information in this report was written in an attempt to be helpful No claims or warranties are made or implied About This report was written in an attempt to answer the most common questions in regards to registering Domain Names and Cash Parking the author has had till now Your mission is to read take action and keep on reading about this subject even after you Get It The Beginners Domaining and Cash Parking Guide Page 2 of 19 Introduction In the year of 1998 I got onto the web with an interest in making money I knew nothing about programming or Online marketing With so many so called money making opportunities it was difficult to select a path Ultimately I selected Marketing through Search Engine Optimization SEO as the thing that I wanted to do I learned keyword research how to build web sites and how to get my pages listed high in the Search Engine Resu
7. _weblog 2007 10 the dilema of a html Imagine that all I had to do back then was register domains sit back and wait I never really had to learn HTML programming or how to build web sites or SEO The Beginners Domaining and Cash Parking Guide Page 3 of 19 I felt blue for many weeks cause I thought I was too late until I realized that I am now sitting where I was in 1998 and all I have to do is register new domains and or buy existing domains that are for sale by the owner The time will pass just as surely as it always has and always will The Gold Rush Is Far From Over Today more and more big companies with corporate budgets are Getting It They are buying domains in the thousands Speculation is out that soon major players like Microsoft Google Yahoo and others could jump in Search engines like Google and Yahoo should especially be interested because 5 15 of web surfers will attempt to navigate to a web site just by typing in the domain name into their address bar This is worrying for them because what they really want you do is use their search engine so you can view and click the ads on their SERPS What will happen to domain prices if these really big companies with deep pockets start snapping up domains Failure or Success http www ricksblog com my_weblog 2007 04 failure_or_suce html How Do You Know If you ve Got It You will not go anywhere without a notebook and pen You will get Domain Nam
8. ce 7 From here just complete the forms with the information you want to enter such as the Category Asking Price optional Minimum Offer and currency Language Category 7 BREET Minimum Offer 7 English Tourism US list the domaints for sale Please note that you do not have to list your name for sale If you want you can just use Sedo s cash Parking Service if you want If you don t want to sell your domain simply check the box like this The Beginners Domaining and Cash Parking Guide Page 8 of 19 do not list the domain s for sale ee eee eee Also note that it can take up to 48 hours for your domain name to propagate to the new server So please be patient Once the name propagates to Sedo s Name Servers you will be able to use Direct Navigation to your domain by typing the address into your web browser s Address Bar You don t need to type in http www All you have to do is type in YourDomainName com and hit the Enter Key on your keyboard A WebTipsPro com Telstra BigPond Home Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help i abc O lx 1 Address thoughtvibration com Cak Ge Ue pis ee Oho oe The Web Browser Address Bar Type your Domain Name into the Address Bar and hit the Enter Key on your keyboard ta use Direct Navigation Final Warning Never click your own ads This is fraud and can be detected Also don t tell your fr
9. e Hickets a ma ami i J Keyword Universe will return the top 300 results for keywords you search as long as there is 300 results to return Usually the more popular the keyword the more results you will get The Wordtracker Adult Filter Sometimes it is necessary to turn the adult filter off even if you are not researching adult terms If you are researching strictly non adult mainstream terms you should make another filter selection to increase mainstream keyword results Br low fares bo plane tickets ef Keywords for Wvordtracker 4 Delete last term Clear all The Beginners Domaining and Cash Parking Guide Page 16 of 19 Trend Watching Keywords and Domains Some people have the ability to Trend Watch That is they anticipate certain words and phrases in certain markets and register those as domain names It can be a new world trend or a new trend just in your country or state If you intend to be a trend watching domainer don t expect to see your keywords show up in Wordtracker A new trend is not necessarily composed of a new product or service It can be an existing product or service which the media is making very public because of some new law or regulation in your country or state It can be an existing product or service with a new twist For example a new weight loss diet book might come out with a slant towards a particular type of food or exercise Or a new investment trend migh
10. e ideas When you go to bed While you are watching TV or a movie While you are reading a book While you are listening to the radio driving to work and during work While taking a nice country drive In fact you will know you ve got it because you will get ideas for domain names everywhere you go When you get these write them down The most valuable domain names are generic in nature they are easy to say easy to remember and easy to spell In many cases the name reflects a product service or the nature of a product service in a generic way In other cases they solve all sorts of problems inspire people to take certain actions or supply wanted information The Beginners Domaining and Cash Parking Guide Page 4 of 19 Domain Name Resources Domain Weekly Scoreboard http www dnjournal com domainsales htm Keep an eye on the Domain Weekly Scoreboard It gets updated every Tuesday night U S A time Watch what prices domains fetched for that week Over time you will gain better understanding about the value of domain names Watching the Weekly Scoreboard will also give you many domain name ideas For example I always thought that longer domains were not really that valuable that is until I saw MyrtleBeachCondoRentals com sell for 11 000 USD See it here http www dnjournal com archive domainsales 2007 domainsales 1 0 30 07 htm Register Domain Names Here http www namecheap com Remember to never
11. elf each year Any revenue generated will offset the cost of holding onto the domain Don t spend too much time on this if you are going to flip the domain for a quick profit A few simple but effective ways to promote your sites e During your personal conversations with others mention your web site domain names but don t tell them that you own the domain If your domain name is easy to spell and easy to remember you will get some visitors e Add one or two domain names in your email signature Set your email program signature to do this with all outgoing emails e You could also add your domain name to your vehicle If you drive around in any city this would get you some visitors e Create flyers and post them on community notice boards in shopping centers laundry mats and so on e Test classified and small display ads in newspapers magazines and trade publications e Print your domain name on T Shirts baseball caps etc and give them away For example imagine if you owned a domain name like formworkcompany com and gave away T Shirts to construction workers If your budget is tight you can simply make just one T Shirt for each domain you want to promote and wear them whenever you are out in public I wander how I would go wearing a T Shirt in Jupiters Casino with topgamblingstrategies com The Beginners Domaining and Cash Parking Guide Page 18 of 19 e Join online discussion forums and add your Domain Names
12. iends to visit the site just to click on ads You would be better off adverting your domain on your car s bumper bar or in the newspaper If you have an easy to remember and easy to spell name that has meaning people will visit You will earn revenue from every click Auto Setting Your NameCheap Account To Point To Sedo s Name Servers I have found that by doing this the domains propagate to Sedo s parking pages as quickly as a few minutes ie Log In to your NameCheap com account p In the Top Navigation Menu click on Manage Profile The Beginners Domaining and Cash Parking Guide Page 9 of 19 Protection WebHosting SSL Certificates Marl ooe My Account a ewiReactivate Domaiis Manage Profile Add Funds Withdraw Funds Reports 3 Now in the Left Navigation Menu click on Checkout Settings New Password Other Settings aa Purpose amp Newsletter Domain Settings Save Changes The fields marked with are required 4 Checkout Settings a Security Settings 4 Under DNS Settings DAUFAULT NAME SERVER SETTINGS click the radio button next to Use Custom NameServers and enter Sedo s Name Servers into the first 2 fields leave the other 3 fields blank and click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the page Use Namecheap s NameServers Use Custom NameServers Sedo s NamerServer URL s Please enter Nameserver Name 4 enter IP address Please ch
13. lts Pages SERPS I placed affiliate links and Contextual Advertising on my pages and started to make money every month My paychecks started to grow and I achieved the goal of covering my living expenses Plus a little extra with my Internet income What happened next is that the companies that were paying me for placing ads on my websites changed the payout and my checks dropped overnight Not only that I also noticed that the search engines would change their Algorithms which would change my high SERPS listings to lower positions without notice Finally after all these years I have concluded that building a business that relies on ranking high in the SERPS is building a business on a foundation of sand From SEO to Domaining In 1998 I was having fun doing keyword research for the purpose of targeting specific groups of consumers to my web pages At the same time I would check certain keywords to see if they were available as a com domain name I found many one and two word domain names which I never registered Domains which are worth thousands of dollars today Why Cause for some reason I never Got It until the year of 2007 In 2007 I happened to see just what price domain names are selling for I felt like the man who filled out the winning numbers on the lottery ticket but never submitted the ticket Here is a guy who started out Online just one year before me but Got It immediately http www ricksblog com my
14. n Manageme l Add Domains Hover over Mly Sedo and select Domain Parking Add Domains Domain Parking old Promote Domains oe a T e ma meh ae i 6 Now add the domain which you just pointed to Sedo s Name Servers check the I Agree box and Click Next The Beginners Domaining and Cash Parking Guide Page 7 of 19 Enter domains Please enter the domains that you would like to list at Sedo for sale and or to park here one under the other without any spaces or wad Four domainname cor You can enter up to 50 domains at one setting Once you have done that please click the button Next and follow the directions on the next page This process can be repeated as many times as necessary If you Would like to list more than 200 domains for Add 1 or more Domain ae andor to Hats at sedo an WE oe yee to offer you our comfort service All you have to do is Names check the box fill out the following Sedo Excel template and and click Next then send it as an attachment to us Everything else will be taken care for you by your professional Sedo team By checking this box I confirm that I have read the User the rightful owner of this Domain and or website I understa r sale Sedo will actively market my domains and that in th sale I will pay 4 commission of 10 of the sales price min 50 508 for com net org for other minimums please see price list which SECUre BSCroW servi
15. omains atistics please PH and select Domain Parking do ears Offers received from the drop down menu Offers you have made View Transactions Buyer Control Panel lect L LLG E S a p gt a a aie 3 Now scroll down the page to the Domain List section EJ Update View Export ta Show Domains Page 1 2 Domain List eee i CSV 2 V 1 2 Se gt 22 O pomain niques Clicks CTR 4 On the right hand side of the page just above the Earnings column click on the Switch to Optimizer button The Beginners Domaining and Cash Parking Guide Page 11 of 19 i select all Domains yielded deea 15rg com Switch to Optimizer button byronbayretreat com reset form PIR ECT Export t Show Domains Page Jump to page b Excel ESY 20 i 2 e gt i Optimizer Uniques Clicks CTR EPC RPM Earnings 5 Now scroll down the page to the Domain Optimizer section EJ Update View Show Domains Export Domain PEZET lt S ET cay M li 234 nO a 8 E Domain l 6 In the same row for each domain you will see a field to input keywords and a Drop Down Menu to change the default Lite Parking Page Template The Beginners Domaining and Cash Parking Guide Page 12 of 19 Do Not Set A Master Keyword or Master Template unless you want all your domains to have the same keyword and template Set each domain individually E Switch to Excel meS 20 w
16. oose entering NWameserver names Fi text boxes You can five nameservers Use Custom 1 INS1 SEDOPARKING COM gt INS2 SEDOPARKING COM 3 Ld Nameservers Auto Setting your NameCheap account to automatically point to Sedo s NameServers will save you time because you can use NameCheap s Express Checkout when registering new domain names and they will automatically point to Sedo The only thing you need to do now after you register new domains is go ahead and add the new domains to Sedo as explained earlier The NameServers will automatically point The Beginners Domaining and Cash Parking Guide Page 10 of 19 to your Sedo Parking Pages but you must add the domains to your Sedo account in order to get credit for clicks Changing Sedo Parking Page Keywords And The Look Of Your Parking Pages The default Sedo Lite parking page template is not very impressive Sedo has a few other templates to choose from Here s how to change the look and feel of your parked page in order to make it look a bit more professional 1 Log In to your Sedo account 2 In the Top Navigation Panel hover your mouse over My Sedo and select Domain Parking from the menu Welcome to the member area F uy Domains Sell Domains Services About ur My Sedo m Domai i Management pemet ae Add Domains Domain Parking Domain Parking old af Hover your mouse over My Sedo each mont Promote D
17. s 0230 shtml InstantDomainSearch A fun domain name suggestion tool http instantdomainsearch com The Beginners Domaining and Cash Parking Guide Page 19 of 19 AfterNic Domain name marketplace http www afternic com GreatDomains Domain name marketplace http www GreatDomains com PremiumDomains Domain name showcase http www premiumdomains com SnapNames Backorder domains which are about to expire http www snapnames com Pool Backorder domains which are about to expire http www pool com Brisbane Website Hosting Host unlimited domains on one account http www brisbanewebsitehosting com Desktop SideBar http www desktopsidebar com download html A Free RSS news reader RSS Feeds I have the following RSS Feeds loaded in my Desktop Sidebar so I can see new developments every time I turn my computer on If you want to keep up to date you can add the links to your RSS News Reader The Rick Schwartz Domain and Traffic Blog Home of the Domain King http www ricksblog com my_weblog index rdf Sedo Domain News http www sedo com rss rss_list php rss_1d 1 amp partnerid rss 35425 amp tracked amp partneri d 32313 amp language us Sedo Closing Soon Auctions RSS Feed I like to see which auctions are coming to an end just in case there is a bargain domain that has been missed http www sedo com rss rss_list php rss_id 2 amp partnerid_rss 35426 amp tracked amp partneri
18. t be emerging Trendwatch domaining is a bit more risky with more failures than successes but the rewards can be very high because one success here will more that make up for all the losses Trendwatching becomes easier for those who are familiar with keyword research because they already know certain twists keyword variations in different markets which may be similar in nature to the new emerging trend For example diet new trend realestate new trend old trend new trend While I am not an expert in trend watching I do have a couple of links which helps to see what the masses are doing at any one time Here is a few links to help you trend watch Google Trends http www google com trends hottrends Yahoo Buzz http buzz yahoo com Most Viewed YouTube http youtube com browse s mp Most Popular eBay Searches http pulse ebay com The Beginners Domaining and Cash Parking Guide Page 17 of 19 Global Top 500 Web Sites http www alexa com site ds top_500 Top 50 Software Downloads http www download com 3101 20_4 0 1 html Amazon Best Sellers http www amazon com exec obidos tg new for you bestsellers books Promoting Your Parked Domains Because you make money for each and every click on your Cash Parked Domains it makes sense that you should encourage people to visit your sites Each domain need only generate the yearly registration fee in order to pay for its
19. the site because the keywords make it easier to achieve higher search engine rankings Keyword rich domains are also highly sought after by Pay Per Click PPC advertisers because if the keyword they are bidding on is also in their displayed domain name within the PPC ad it can improve their click through ratio which reduces the price per click Sample of Wordtracker Keyword Universe results for the keyword travel deal searching U0 rows returned Taken from all Dogpile amp Metacramler a over the last 90 days Click here to add all keywords to your basket Keyword 7 Count 7 Predict 7 Dig t travel deals 1070 1887 last minute travel deals deals Hi best travel m j v ja travel deals 69 122 CEE G O co Lr ili ied cheap travel deals travel deal deal 36 O a ee oe rt j The Beginners Domaining and Cash Parking Guide Page 15 of 19 Imagine owning traveldeals com cheaptraveldeals com or even lastminutetraveldeals com Ooops too late already registered Sample of Wordtracker Keyword Universe Related Keywords results for the keyword travel deal Related keywords for travel deal f Why do need related keywords Click here a travel deal travel travel deals hotels vacation packages flights cheap airfare Cruises Se eo Ee w y hotel L car rental 11 alrfare 12 discount travel TS airlin
20. trol panel pA To modify the domain you want to change enter the domain and click the Modify button See screen shot diagram here t ACCOUNT INFORMATION TOUR DOMAINS Number of dam i Epterthe VIEW Domains expirid Domain You Want VIEW Domains you he to Modify VIEW Domains you have placed offefs for O VIEW WhoisGuard subscriptions 1il view wWwhois uard expiring within 30 days 2 VIEW Transfer requests in progress 0 status FUNDS IN YOUR ACCOUNT Number of unread recent mesfages 39 read wes 0 00 Add Funds to your account a 3 In the Left Navigation panel click on Transfer DNS to Webhost gt My Account gt Manage Domains gt Modify Domain General Gobo Reneyy List Domain For Sale 4 TypoScan aca T O aie meen ci i Click on Transfer rE DNS to Webhost The Beginners Domaining and Cash Parking Guide Page 6 of 19 4 Now you should see 5 form fields Enter the following information into the first 2 fields leave the other 3 fields blank and click the Save Changes button e Field 1 NS1 SEDOPARKING COM e Field 2 NS2 SEDOPARKING COM 1 NS1SEDOPARKING COM n gt NS2SEDOPARKING COM a Odd More Nameservers Save Changes k y P p TE a ene 5 Now log into your Sedo account From the Top Navigation Menu hover your mouse over My Sedo and select Add Domains Sell Domains Services About ug My Sedo A pon 7 eee ae Domai
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