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**clemzonguy** · 07-22-2003, 01:38 AM

You know I'm making more money off of Domain Sponsor from domains that get under 10 hits a day from type-ins versus a highly ranked site with quality traffic that gets 1,000 hits or more a day. There was like one day when I saw a spike in profits. Apparently after that return visitors get smarter and don't click around as much. So I no longer am linking quality sites since i'm not paid per hit and have netted zero the last 6 days in a row. :s

**hotsauce** · 07-23-2003, 08:02 PM

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Originally posted by clemzonguy
You know I'm making more money off of Domain Sponsor from domains that get under 10 hits a day from type-ins versus a highly ranked site with quality traffic that gets 1,000 hits or more a day. There was like one day when I saw a spike in profits. Apparently after that return visitors get smarter and don't click around as much. So I no longer am linking quality sites since i'm not paid per hit and have netted zero the last 6 days in a row. :s

What were some of the quality names you were using on Domain Sponsor that started going sour?

**changejobs** · 07-29-2003, 03:33 PM

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Originally posted by clemzonguy
You know I'm making more money off of Domain Sponsor from domains that get under 10 hits a day from type-ins versus a highly ranked site with quality traffic that gets 1,000 hits or more a day. There was like one day when I saw a spike in profits. Apparently after that return visitors get smarter and don't click around as much. So I no longer am linking quality sites since i'm not paid per hit and have netted zero the last 6 days in a row. :s

what amount of traffic do you get daily and how much were you making off domain spa. pm me. i might be able to help depending on your numbers and traffic quality
larry

**hiOsilver** · 08-13-2003, 02:15 PM

The rise and fall of revenue from domains at Domain Sponsor can be perplexing. First of all, it takes up to 3 or 4 weeks for your domains to "optimize". Optimize means that the links on your page for a particular domain are relevant and return max revenue. For example, I just put GoVenezuela.com on my DS account. So, I would expect, in a week to 3 weeks, to find links to travel related sites. Perhaps some of the links would be specific to Venezueala. Those links should be much better than a random search page: "Our Most Popular Categories", or whatever.

Nothing is static, however. Advertisers come, and advertisers go. So, if you had a high-paying advertiser linked from a domain and then they decide that they have exceeded their advertising budget for the month, or they want to try a new, lower cost search service, or whatever, then your golden domain can stop laying golden eggs. There are many factors that can affect your conversion ratios and your payout per click.

One thing you can do is check your pages for your domains to see if the links that are up are relevant.

Although my average at DS is around $10/cpm (especially if the traffic is US traffic, as most foreign traffic does not convert so well, especially Asian traffic), I have some names that pay out $20 to $30. However, on an inidividual day, an individual domain or even my whole portfolio can be weak. I have seen days when the links were sluggish so that many websurfers might not hang around. In the past, if DS was having a bad server day, they had offered credits to domain owners. However, I have not seen that the last couple of months.

**clemzonguy** · 08-14-2003, 03:49 PM

I get more money from non optimization than with it. How the hell do I turn it off. I put in the regular link by itself but it went back to giving crappy links. I like just having the search site up by itself.

**hiOsilver** · 08-14-2003, 05:49 PM

To turn off optimization:

Redirect Service: If you have a redirect service in place, you can simply redirect traffic for you domain to your No Optimization Code. Make sure to properly insert your domain name into the redirect string. For example:

http://landing.domainsponsor.com/?a_id=<A_ID>

In the above url, substitute your DS user id for <A_ID >

All of this is explained on the Get Code page from the main menu once you have logged onto DS.

If that does not help, then contact DS tech support. PM me if you need a contact & phone no.

**doubledee999** · 08-26-2003, 08:40 AM

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Originally posted by hiOsilver
The rise and fall of revenue from domains at Domain Sponsor can be perplexing. First of all, it takes up to 3 or 4 weeks for your domains to "optimize". Optimize means that the links on your page for a particular domain are relevant and return max revenue. For example, I just put GoVenezuela.com on my DS account. So, I would expect, in a week to 3 weeks, to find links to travel related sites. Perhaps some of the links would be specific to Venezueala. Those links should be much better than a random search page: "Our Most Popular Categories", or whatever.

Nothing is static, however. Advertisers come, and advertisers go. So, if you had a high-paying advertiser linked from a domain and then they decide that they have exceeded their advertising budget for the month, or they want to try a new, lower cost search service, or whatever, then your golden domain can stop laying golden eggs. There are many factors that can affect your conversion ratios and your payout per click.

One thing you can do is check your pages for your domains to see if the links that are up are relevant.

Although my average at DS is around $10/cpm (especially if the traffic is US traffic, as most foreign traffic does not convert so well, especially Asian traffic), I have some names that pay out $20 to $30. However, on an inidividual day, an individual domain or even my whole portfolio can be weak. I have seen days when the links were sluggish so that many websurfers might not hang around. In the past, if DS was having a bad server day, they had offered credits to domain owners. However, I have not seen that the last couple of months.

I also have had 10+ cpm using them, although it seems all optimization is focused on dating services., I think all my domains are optimized for dating., Of course does not matter to me as long as they make some kind of revenue.

**hiOsilver** · 08-26-2003, 10:42 AM

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Originally posted by doubledee999

I also have had 10+ cpm using them, although it seems all optimization is focused on dating services., I think all my domains are optimized for dating., Of course does not matter to me as long as they make some kind of revenue.

Well, the optimization is a function of what works best on your domain names. You can check a couple of my names if you want to see how they hav optimized:

cdhut.com
cyclepro.com

A lot depends on the advertisers. The optimization is not based on relevance. It is based on what produces revenue. So, if there is a lot of advertising $ ( = high bids ) from dating services, and if those services are searched for or get clicked on your page, then they end up as links on your page.