Coming from a background in real estate and using the internet to showcase my properties, I knew that duplicating something similar to showcase my domain names was a must. Seriously, if I do not showcase my domain names how will buyers know they are there? Where do I direct my potential buyers and how do I keep their interest?

Creating only a domain portfolio site does not mean it will generate traffic or that people will buy from it. The whole “build it and they will come” does not apply for this. At first, I integrated a blog with my domain portfolio. This gave people a reason to visit my site on a regular basis to see what new adventures I was getting myself into. At the same time I created an identity for myself, while putting my domain names in front of customers and earning their trust. Speaking of trust, I hope you know by now that earning customer trust is very important when it comes to sales. Buyers are smart! I promise you they know when they are being taken advantage of. By integrating my portfolio with a blog I was able to mask the sole purpose of the site which was to sell domain names.

For those that have been with me since the beginning, you know I am talking about DomainSubway.com. I have since converted it to a domain portfolio only because my primary blog, this one, takes all of my time.

Here’s a tool I used to build my domain portfolio. It’s a  free script that you can download here. The owner has put a lot of hard work into the project, so of course feel free to leave a donation for them. If you are somewhat web savvy you can have a blog with an integrated domain portfolio up before the end of the day. If you are not, let me know and I can have someone on my team do the work for a fee.

Take the above information and apply it to any product. Blogs are a great resource to help build not only web traffic, but a brand and trust.

Remember my article Hard Drive Crashed @#*&!!!? This comic strip is exactly how I felt when I got the blue screen of death a little over a week ago.

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Here is a link to last week’s comic strip in case you missed it. It was “Quality Domain Names Over Quantity”.

It’s not the amount of domain names you own that matters, it’s the QUALITY!!!

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Here is a link to last week’s comic strip in case you missed it. It was “Want to gain 16,000 followers in xx days?”.

Also, don’t forget I’m giving away a Flip Ultra Camcorder.

What is Domain Parking?
Domain Parking is a simple way to earn money from your domains natural traffic. If you have registered domain names, but they are not currently being used, then domain parking is a great way to put those domains to work, earning you revenue. The domain is used to display relevant advertisements, every time a consumer clicks on one of the advertisements, you earn money.

No you are not going to get rich by doing this but you are going to earn extra money. If you do not take advantage of this you can believe your registrar companies will.

Here is an example of one of my domains with Parked.com, FloridaStateFairground.com, for the month of January I earned $6.37.

Let me go over what I believe to be the top three parking companies, each one is good for their own reasons.

Parked.com
My favorite of the three, I’m partial because this is who I use. In order to open an account I believe you need to have a minimum of 10 domains and that’s it. After opening an account you are assigned an account team which are helpful and friendly. On average I make about $30 per month parking my domain names here.

Sedo.com
I use them for a hundred or so of my domain names for one reason only, to save money on listing fees. If your domain is parked with Sedo and you sell through them the listing fees (normally $50) are waived. The downside to using Sedo for me has been the very low if any parking revenue.

WhyPark.com
I have not used WhyPark and can only write about what I’ve read and heard. There is an initial cost of $99 to open an account which covers 100 domain names. From what I’m seeing though WhyPark is worth the money, it’s almost like creating little mini-sites for what would equate to $0.99 each. There are a ton of site modification and options, the best part about WhyPark, you keep 100% of the revenue produced which is great.

For me parking is a big DUH, kind of like not backing up your websites. If your domain name is just sitting there then do yourself a favor and park them. You’d be surprised how much this helps, the extra cash will either pay for a few renewals or a few new registrations. As an added bonus, if the domain is making some money parked it will hold a higher value, there are niche buyers looking for parked names with revenue only.

This is directly from Bob Parsons himself…

“I want a really well-endowed, good-looking gal in a tight T-shirt, with our name right across her breasts.”

Back in 2005 GoDaddy market shares began to sky rocket all because of a controversial Super Bowl ad, a parody of Janet Jackson’s boob popping out. What does this say, SEX SELLS!!! Is it that simple, kind of.  It certainly got the word out about GoDaddy and registering domain names. Once customers have landed on GoDaddy.com they continue to come back because of the great pricing, excellent customer service and easy to use domain management system. At least that is why I am a loyal customer.

Since that controversial Super Bowl ad Bob has not let us down with new sexy ads every year. Get a sneak peak at the two ads and vote here for your favorite.

If you’re curious to know where the “well-endowed” line came from, visit his recent article in Inc. Magazine.

And here is undisputed proof that sex and low pricing sells, check out the January 13th registrar market shares below.