How to Buy Parked Domain Names
Parked domain names are names that have been registered by a registrant but having no permanent website built for it yet. I am using the phrase ?permanent website? because parked domain names will always have a temporal web page displaying adverts served by either parking company or by the registrar.
It is instructive to note that there are two ways domain names are parked. It could be parked with a parking company when domain names entrepreneurs or speculators have no immediate use for their names. What this translates to is that the parking company will provide a pre-built web page for a domain parked with them and automatically serve adverts on the web page.
Revenue accrues to domain owners any time a surfer visits the page and clicks on the advert links that are on the page. The parking income derived from such transaction is shared between the parking company and the owner of the parked domain name. The adverts served on this web page are adverts from third parties or companies who are promoting their businesses.
Another way of parking domain is the service provided by the registrar. Registrar is the company that registers domain names while registrant is the owner of the registered domain name. This method of parking is usually with a web page having a message stating that “this website is under construction,” “this domain name is for sale,” or something similar.
Now, the question is: “How do you buy parked domain names?” It is by approaching the registrant or owner for sale. You can go about this either by:
1. Going through the parking company if it is parked with the company for sale, or
2. Looking up the Whois information of the registrant and contacting him directly via email for an outright sale.
However, be aware that buying parked domain names is always expensive. The holder who desires to sell such name is either a speculator or a domain entrepreneur. Either of them would wish to maximize their profits from you who want to buy parked domain name. To this end, doing such business at arm’s length means you are going to cough out small fortune to buy it.
Except you are desperate to acquire this name for reason of branding and wider customer reach, it is always advisable to check for the availability of other similar names not yet registered. For registration fee of $10 or less you will register a domain name that is good enough for your business or may be even better.
To buy parked domain names, the present holder will be monetizing a whole lot of factors like the traffic the domain name is generating, the revenue accruing to it, marketability of the name, and so on.
You can learn how to register available domain names rather than buy parked domain names by clicking here.
