$32.31 click from Sedo???

[Mike Cruz]

None are flawless. All have their faults.

I have given sedo and the others a chance. Same names, same amount of days parked at each, and reviewed my own results (which can not guarantee your success).

For non dot com names (except .mobi), Bodis wins for me.

For overall parking and revenue sedo wins for me.

Today at Sedo, thus far clicks range from $0.01 to $7.17 each. That includes everything in between.

Interesting... at parked all my clicks today range from $0.01-$0.01, lol...

I had a account at bodis when they first opened and did pretty well, but when all the controversy started they closed my account without notice, till about 90 days later letting me know that it was closed because I didn't have a sufficient portfolio (only around 300-400 domains). So I never even bothered to check back to them.

Ended up at imodo and about a month ago switched back to park (where I originally had all my names).

I will definitely be checking out sedo though ~ Sedo pro requires at least 200 domains?

thanks,
-Mike C.

[Gerry]

~ sedo pro requires at least 200 domains?

thanks,
-Mike C.

Unless something has changed, yes...at least 200 domains.

[Raider]

sedo pays big $ on some keywords and pennies on most others, Those pennies you made at sedo could be dollars at other parking providers... That's why it's so important to test your domains at multiple providers to see where they perform the best, It's a painstaking process, but well worth it in the long run.

[biggedon]

sedo pro requires at least 200 domains?

thanks,
-Mike C.

to join SedoPro you need to own a minimum of 1000 domains or be currently earning at least $300 per month at another ppc service.

[Gerry]

Eek! Not sure what on earth I was thinking about but Biggie is right.

At least 1000 names and $300 average.

[hugegrowth]

Why would one parking place pay pennies for a keyword, and another dollars? Don't they all use Google or yahoo? Unless it's adult or gambling keywords maybe. But for things like travel, games, business, etc., it should be pretty even.

[biggedon]

Why would one parking place pay pennies for a keyword, and another dollars? Don't they all use Google or yahoo? Unless it's adult or gambling keywords maybe. But for things like travel, games, business, etc., it should be pretty even.

keyword payouts are most unpredictable and can be very inconsistent from service to service and even within the same service when using the same keyword on different domains.

made a brief post in PPC discussion section "keyword comparision"

[Raider]

Why would one parking place pay pennies for a keyword, and another dollars? Don't they all use Google or yahoo? Unless it's adult or gambling keywords maybe. But for things like travel, games, business, etc., it should be pretty even.

It's not, the RPC on many of my domains at SedoPro was a fraction to that at Parked. It's the same in reverse depending on the domain, RPC at Parked was a fraction to that of sedo.... And these are not gambling or adult names.

[Gerry]

Why would one parking place pay pennies for a keyword, and another dollars?

I wish there was an easy answer. There are so many factors (keyword, traffic source, etc.) Another sticking point is very little transparency in this industry.

The past couple of months have been pretty decent for me at sedo.

The best thing to do is to NOT LISTEN to others.

Self assessment of your domains is the best, imo.

I took a group of names and placed at 4 (perhaps 5) different PPC companies. Each got a trial of 30 days with the same keywords at each.

That may seem extreme to many but that is how I decided to do it. It is my understanding that it takes about 2 weeks to propagate well at each firm.

One thing I will never understand and no explanation will do - why does the traffic and clicks "magically" disappear at Parked?

Traffic at Parked was reduced to less than half measured at each of the others. If the traffic tallies on a daily basis are less than half of what what measured at each of sedo, NameDrive, Bodis, and Fabulous - then I am of the mindset that the problem is not the traffic or traffic source but with the system in place.

Traffic is traffic. Clicks are clicks. Taking away both is bogus business.

[Mike Cruz]

Yes, that is what I am noticing at parked. My traffic has reduced very significantly compared to at imodo.

And when I say significantly, I mean it... domains getting 1500 traffic/month are barely breaking 30 a month...

I am going to try bodis again, put some at imodo again, etc.

At sedo, is it 1000 domains AND $300 revenue, or one or the other?

[biggedon]

At sedo, is it 1000 domains AND $300 revenue, or one or the other?

one or the other

either you must have 1000 domains

or you must be currently earning $300 per month

[Mike Cruz]

thanks bigge

[damitssam]

its a ppa, cut to google, cut to sedo, at least they are passing some of that ppa to you...

[Mike Cruz]

One more question, does .tld matter?

Thanks,
-Mike C.

[Gerry]

One more question, does .tld matter?

Thanks,
-Mike C.

For me, com, net, mobi do well.

Bodis is the best for non dot com and non mobi.

I have no idea about the exotic tld's and hacks.

I do have a few IDN's that do very well.