trader said:
After explaining it to dozens of people I no longer bother as they all look at me with a blank expression and do not have the foggiest idea what I am talking about no matter how simple and basic my explanation is. I am always amazed at how utterly dense the public is about so many subjects, especially the internet.
Several I spoke to in person recently did not even know ads they see on websites were paid ads or there for the revenue. They said stuff like they assumed companies ran the ads just to fill up space on a website and for helpful free product information purposes.
Someone once told me they thought Google
automatically put ads on sites and it was Google who got paid for all the ads, not the webmasters! I said yeah you're right, keep clicking LOL. And this was coming from a guy with 2 degrees in Business.
Another person said parked pages were "just a convenience" for people to find what they're looking for when there is no site for the domain. People get paid? :doh:
It's to our benefit though. If people knew they were paying us everytime they clicked on an ad they probably wouldn't click as much!
I don't bother to mention my end user sales to people b/c they stare at me like I robbed the person blind. I think that's how some potential end users might feel (like fatter's for example) and that's why they don't buy- they don't understand the true value, they just know you own a domain they want. If I mention the biggest domain sales or how much a name recently sold for off of DNJournal, this is what I hear from people: "Why would someone pay that much for a domain? Those Godaddy commercials say you can buy one for $1.99." Then they go type-in loans.com and don't see where the value lies.