Just as a follow up -- I'm posting this publicly as a handful of you PM'ed me regarding this issue -- I contacted Don @ Parked.com and he manually added me. I look forward to testing out some of my domains on their system.
A parking company's definition of quality is going to be based on quantity and quality of traffic. There is overhead dealing with new customers and the cost to write/mail you a check is going to be more than the PPC you'll make on those domains. And guys who have lots of domains without traffic tend to like to find ways to manufacture traffic on them - so now the ppc companies have to worry about fraud. People who have nothing to lose (have no revenues anyways) are much more likely to do something fraudulent. Customers who have tons of good traffic would typically not risk any fraud for fear of getting banned and losing their legitimate earnings. So the risk/reward factor is significantly different for customers who clearly will make money and those who may/may-not make money.
Fraud is one of the reasons we are all making less ppc these days, and it is very real and significant.... So no offense, but, I don't blame parking companies for being choosy in a market where traffic quality has become very important to maintain. They are simply looking at the handful of domains you gave them and they see very little upside potential....
So take your rejection as a blessing in disguise and develop instead of park!
Rob
As someone who uses Google Ads for marketing purposes, I certainly realise the seriousness of click-fraud. Also, when I posted the other day about Parked.com, I didn't realise that these quality assessments were automated, so niche names or those in another language may push down the average quality score of the total portfolio.
Rob -- I agree with you about development being truly the best option. No question about it. In fact, all the domains in my (modest) portfolio were each registered in conjunction with real business start-ups being planned. In the cases where these ventures did not go ahead, I have kept the good ones and, for now, I park them. I could develop some little strategic mini-sites/portals, but I don't have the man-hours (myself or my associates) to dedicate at this point.
I appreciate the discourse.
