What is Domain Parking?

Domain parking, also widely known as cash parking, is a method that allows domain owners to make money using their unused domains. Once the registrar buys the domain, he makes changes to the home page to create a parking lot. In place of content or services, the owner can put multiple advertisements. It is quite similar to affiliate advertising. The more users visit your website and click the ads on it, the more money you will make. 

So, when the user will visit the website and click on the ad, the domain owner will get benefit and generate revenue. In some cases, owners also put corresponding notes like under construction or coming soon to clear the fact that the owner is planning to use the domain in the coming days or near future. 

In the domain parking, the domain acts like nothing but a crossroad where people visit to check either the relevant ads or just leave the website. 

What are the benefits of domain parking? 

Below we are listing some of the benefits of domain parking. Have a look: 

1.It is one of the most popular methods of generating revenue from unused domains. Most domain owners wait for the right time to sell the parked domains to generate revenue at least for the time it stays inactive.  

2.Domain parking is an ideal way to generate income if you have multiple unused domains.   

3.It is best to use your website as domain parking if your website is under construction or you are creating it offline. 

But before you start investing your money in domain parking, you must get adequate knowledge in the field and understand all its aspects to reap the benefits. 

How to Park a Domain?

The parking domain comes with two objectives mainly either to save it for future use or use it as an alias but it is as similar as securing a normal domain. 

The first step in the process is to check whether the domain you want is available for purchasing. You can do that by filling the domain name in your browser bar. If no website shows up, that means the domain is still available or it might have been used as a parking domain. 

In case a domain is taken, you can check it on lookup tools available online. The tool will help you find out who owns a domain and all the related data and information you need if you wish to buy the domain from anyone else. 

If the domain that you have in your mind is taken, you can look up other variants and the domain extensions like .org, .net, .io, etc. If not, you can also search for the desired domain from the domain sellers online and purchase it. And in case you already have a domain, you can park it. Once you are read, you can use the domain to start your website.