If you spend more than you make with your domain names, you’re doing it wrong. This category helps you figure out how best to monetize your domain name portfolio, whether it be parking, lead generation, ecommerce, blogging or some other form of full website development.
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Domain name parking is necessary for anyone who owns hundreds or thousands of domain names. There is no other scalable way to try to generate revenue from that many domains – developing websites for a large domain portfolio is simply not practical.
But which domain name parking platform is best for your domain names? Today’s guest might just have the answer you’ve been looking for.
Michael Cyger December 31, 2012
Merry Christmas, happy holidays and happy new year from DomainSherpa.com.
One of our most popular interviews had to be pulled down for legal reasons, so I’ve decided to take many lessons learned and couple them with internal research to create the DomainSherpa eGuide entitled Drop Shipping for Domain Name Entrepreneurs.
Michael Cyger December 24, 2012
Previous domain sherpa Warrick Mulder, who focuses his strategy on South Africa top-level domains, shared how he used ParkingCrew.com to increase his parking revenue from $100 to $2,000+ per month.
In this interview, Nico Zeifang, the CEO of ParkingCrew.com, shares how Zeifant and co-founders built their company, how they maximize revenue potential for themselves and their customers, and where they’re heading in the future to ensure top payouts.
Michael Cyger December 17, 2012
Uncertainty associated with the process of applying for new gTLDs is frustrating, even more so when multiple applicants are vying for the same gTLD, and unfortunately that ambiguity continues to be commonplace.
But Monte Cahn and partner Michael Berkens have devised ways to reduce the uncertainty in the new gTLD application process for the 145 applicants who have 755 competing applications.
In addition, watch this interview to learn about the process and how you – as a domain name investor or online entrepreneur – can be ready to take advantage of the new gTLDs before they become available to the public.
Michael Cyger December 10, 2012
Through leasing, Rick Schwartz is now making $3,000 per month on domains names that were previously generating only $3 to $30 per month in parking.
You can take advantage of Schwartz’s 16+ years of domain name negotiations and leasing expertise by learning from or partnering with him on your category defining domain names.
Watch this interview to learn all the details.
Michael Cyger December 3, 2012
Michael “Zappy” Zapolin has a track record of notable online business successes. Among them are purchasing Beer.com for $80,000 and Diamond.com for $300,000 – and then later selling each for $7+ million.
In this master class-like interview, Zappy walks us through his methodology for building maximum value in premium, generic, category-killer domain names though his technique of “just enough” development and marketing.
Michael Cyger November 19, 2012
Entrepreneurs can monetize a domain name in many ways: cash parking, affiliate links, ecommerce, advertising, even lead generation.
In this interview learn about an easy new way to generate revenue – by using a WordPress plugin to sell email addresses on a domain name.
Michael Cyger November 12, 2012
Are you tired of building websites made for AdSense, hoping to generate ad revenue? Instead, build a website that solves a real customer problem, and then charge that customer a recurring monthly fee.
In this interview, Matt Mazur shares how he’s doing just that using the software as a service (SaaS) business model, including:
* His traffic, business model, revenue and growth opportunities
* Why building businesses may be fun, but marketing them is how he’s going to make a living
* How he solved the problem of finding a great, brandable domain name using LeanDomainSearch.com
* And much more!
Michael Cyger November 5, 2012
Jennifer Wolfe – ICANN GNSO council member and a past Domain Sherpa – provides a post-event summary from the ICANN 45 conference that took place in Toronto, Canada, from October 14 to 18, 2012.
Topics discussed:
* General feeling and sentiment of participants at the event
* ICANN’s new CEO, Fadi Chehade, and his top priority
* Timeline for new gTLDs and how IDNs will have priority
* Valuations for new gTLDs and how it will affect .com domains
* New auction process possibilities, including one reportedly backed by Donuts.co
* The new MyICANN.org website and what it will do for you
Michael Cyger October 29, 2012
After a couple of years of buying, holding and renewing “pigeon shit” domain names, Warrick Mulder realized there was a better way. So he dropped all of the .com, .net and .org domain names that didn’t earn any parking revenue or solicit any purchase offers and instead turned his attention to the top-level domain of his home country of South Africa: .co.za.
As a result, his monthly parking revenue increased from $100 to $2,000+ per month, he was able to reduce his domain registration fees from $7 to about $4.50 per domain, and his domain names sell for an average of $X.
Michael Cyger October 22, 2012