First impressions

[randomo]

Opened a Parked.com account today (thanks, Donny!). Here are one man's first impressions.

Nice interface - plenty of reports, pretty easy navigation (though when you edit a domain's keyword, it would be nice to have a "Return to Portfolio" button). I also love the stats being updated every 15 minutes, not once a day.

Automatic keyword selection usually works well - better than I expected - and it's easy to change them manually. The only sour note was when I set one domain's keyword to be "George W Bush" and the software set up categories for "Clinton" and "Kerry"; their topic list seems a little out of date.

So far, I have one click, but the revenue is listed as $0.00. That's an estimate, right? There will really be some revenue from that?

Looking forward to gaining more Parked.com experience (and more revenue!) ....

-Dave

 

[Donny Simonton]

I improved the George W Bush domain a little.

Donny

 

[randomo]

I improved the George W Bush domain a little.

Donny

Ah yes, it's much better now, thanks!

 

[Zaan]

lol...whats your domain? TexasMoron.com?

 

[randomo]

lol...whats your domain? TexasMoron.com?

BushMoney-dot-com (many potential uses!)

 

[Focus]

mmmmmmmm..."Bush" money...sounds triple x to me

 

[randomo]

Oh, man - I see what everybody means when they talk about the revenue estimates.

One of my domains at Parked.com had a couple of clicks yesterday that added up to 46 cents. Today, they have been adjusted to a total of 5 cents.

Either way, that's not much money, but it could add up over the long run. It's a nasty shock when a click only earns 1/9 as much as the original estimate showed.

P.S. A pet peeve of mine: why don't all parking services display domain names (in reports and on the parked pages) the same way the owner enters them? [Parked.com is not the only guilty party here.] If I enter MySuperWonderfulDomain.com into the "Add Domains" screen, it gets put in the portfolio manager - and onto the parked pages - as mysuperwonderfuldomain.com, which is much harder to read. Why? (I know I can change its appearance on the page, but the default should be for it to appear the way I first typed it!)

P.P.S. Sorry to be grousing so much, as I really do like most aspects of Parked.com so far.

 

[Donny Simonton]

randomo - The ever famous CamelCase on a domain. All companies lower case domains when they are entered, because that is the correct format of how a domain is supposed to be displayed is lowercase. For a very short time we displayed exactly what was entered then we had people compalin about that. So we lowercase everything and then give you the option to CamelCase it at a later time.

Donny

 

[randomo]

randomo - The ever famous CamelCase on a domain. All companies lower case domains when they are entered, because that is the correct format of how a domain is supposed to be displayed is lowercase. For a very short time we displayed exactly what was entered then we had people compalin about that. So we lowercase everything and then give you the option to CamelCase it at a later time.

Donny

Then how about letting people check (or not check) a box that says "Always display my domains exactly as I enter them"? Seems like that would make everyone happy.

BTW, I know the revenue figures are estimates, but what about the click figures? One of my clicks (from yesterday or the day before) has disappeared, along with the 23 cents it had supposedly earned ....

 

[etphotog]

I'm just wondering does this company works with start-ups are do they only court big portfolios.

I saw on another thread that it was implied that they allowed 'purchasing traffic' with arbitrage. Is this something that they accept or do they dismiss this as less than "quality traffic"?

Just wondering,
Jethro

 

[randomo]

randomo - The ever famous CamelCase on a domain. All companies lower case domains when they are entered, because that is the correct format of how a domain is supposed to be displayed is lowercase. For a very short time we displayed exactly what was entered then we had people compalin about that. So we lowercase everything and then give you the option to CamelCase it at a later time.

Donny

Aha! I just discovered that NameDrive offers exactly the feature I'm looking for. Right below where you type in the domain you are adding, you can check a box that says:

"Keep Capitals (Enter domains with capitals in the box above as you would like them to appear on the page. e.g. TripFacts.com)"

Donny, how about it?

Thanks,
Dave