Advice Needed

[rmacdon]

Hi Everybody,

I have some 2L dot ca names and am wondering about parking them - Are they risky to park due to TM issues? You would never know what ads would pop up.

Thanks in advance,
Rob

[Adam Dicker]

There is no point in parking them the revenue does not outweigh the risk.

It would be better to forward them directly to a make offer page.

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[TheLegendaryJP]

Ditto, good advice.

[msn]

That really depends upon the two letters: we did a deal for a two-character domain only after we parked it using our own parking page as the buyer thought the domain was otherwise in use until then. If you out a 'for sale' sign up you are not much better off if there are TM issues.

[Spex]

This may seem like a newbie question but…can anyone show an example of what they are using as a "for sale" page?

I'm thinking in terms of a end-user who doesn't know the game, where if they land on a parked page or are instantly forwarded to another site, they might see that it's "in use" and just move on.

I've got some sites that do get some traffic and I want to make it painfully obvious that the domain is for sale and not having to rely on a small, out of the way "This domain may be for sale" link

Thanks

[jaydub]

I think the term in this case should be "possible" TM issues as I think Rob's concern is just with parking and not knowing if possible TM ads would appear on the page.
Forwarding to a "Make Offer" page with no ads should be enough to smooth that over.

[Adam Dicker]

This may seem like a newbie question but…can anyone show an example of what they are using as a "for sale" page?

http://www.americandomainregistry.com/vtsk.com

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[msn]

Perhaps Digital Consulting Group could complete the Domain Trader template to make the site look a bit better.

[rmacdon]

Appreciate the responses -
Sounds like a for sale page is the way to go - Now to decide if "make offer" or to put a buy price. I think the hard thing with 2L domains is establishing a price.

--Rob

[Adam Dicker]

Perhaps Digital Consulting Group could complete the Domain Trader template to make the site look a bit better.

The site's sole purpose is to sell my own domains without paying a commission and so far it has worked well.

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[msn]

It is certainly better than using sedo, but just the same, I would fill in all of the pages to give it a bit of polish.