{"id":335,"date":"2017-02-12T17:16:05","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T22:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scorpionagency.com\/blog\/?p=335"},"modified":"2017-07-05T16:53:25","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T21:53:25","slug":"the-quickest-way-to-monetize-geo-domains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scorpionagency.com\/blog\/the-quickest-way-to-monetize-geo-domains\/","title":{"rendered":"The Quickest Way To Monetize Geo Domains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, I want to talk about the quickest ways to monetize geo domains. The reality of the domain industry is that many investors like you and I have other projects or employment that takes up most our time. Quick start revenue streams are the perfect solution for us to build on that long-term retirement plan and expand our networks.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not saying that you shouldn&#8217;t also have a few larger slower starting projects that require daily attention. Sometimes one big project is all someone needs to get by in today&#8217;s economy, depending on where you&#8217;re located in the world.<\/p>\n<p>We can talk more about big geo projects later. For now, let&#8217;s go ahead and dive into some quick geo domain monetizing options.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parking<\/strong> &#8211; Let&#8217;s face it, in today&#8217;s domain industry, parking is one of the first things people gravitate to. The reality of parking is that you can&#8217;t take any domain name, park it, and expect to make money. Parking is optimally for domains that used to be developed and still receiving traffic. Note: It&#8217;s against 99.9% of parking company and ad stream policies to create traffic after a domain is parked. You can have your accounts banned at multiple places instantly trying that. If your domain has no traffic, don&#8217;t waste time parking it, find a different monetization method.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>(<strong>Random article readers bonus:<\/strong> It&#8217;s not geo-related, however, as a bonus to my readers I am going to tell what domain I just canceled today and goes into redemption on the 13th. It&#8217;s not much to look at, however, it has generated $20 to $65 every year in PPC Adsense until recently. It only receives 10 to 50 visits per month organically, but it might make a good starter parking domain or first network development project for someone since it was established for a few years before dropping. The domain to look for dropping is: BouncingBalls.us &#8211; Now practice your drop catching skills to see who can grab it first when it drops. )<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Splash Page\/Lander<\/strong> &#8211; This option is for those that may have a product\/service\/newsletter to offer within the niche the geo domain is for. A single page is better than no page and you always want to try and convert any visitors your page gets. Whether you want to collect leads, offer a newsletter to subscribers, provide a service, or sell a product, step two is developing the domain to have at least one canvas for visitors to admire. Step one would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scorpionagency.com\/services\/services.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">having a brand\/logo designed<\/a> for the domain. The development will use the theme of the brand\/logo and expand on it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mini-Site<\/strong> &#8211; A mini-site is generally a 3 to 7-page static website that provides information, a service, or a product. Like with the splash page, whether you want to collect leads, offer a newsletter to subscribers, provide a service, or sell a product, developing is an important step.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notes On Development<\/strong> &#8211; Personally, I suggest that each and every one you start with the basics and learn Html\/Css yourself so that you can get some hands-on experience with your investments. The best place to learn Html\/Css for free is: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3schools.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">W3Schools<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once you learn the most basic of code, you&#8217;ll be able to edit templates yourself or even create a static website from scratch. This is a detrimental skill set to have when you&#8217;re thinking about building a network or monetizing domain names.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind that it&#8217;s easier to pitch\/sell a domain that you have extensive knowledge in than it is to sell a domain you know nothing about. Developing your assets also helps you acquire hands on knowledge in your niche so that the selling process becomes easier.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lease\/Rent<\/strong> &#8211; That&#8217;s right, in today&#8217;s industry some people are leasing\/renting their domains to small start-ups that can&#8217;t afford the full price but want the domain for their business. You may want to research this option in depth and try to find a few example lease contracts to see if this is something that could work for you or not. It&#8217;s not for everyone and sometimes be a really hard sell if your domain isn&#8217;t a category killing premium.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monetization options with development<\/strong> &#8211; Let&#8217;s take a look at a few options you may have to monetize a Geo development project you are working on.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>PPC (Pay Per Click)<\/strong> &#8211; These type ads allow you to generate some revenue every time someone visits your site and clicks on a strategically placed advertisement that shows relevant ads to your geo site content. There are a few options you can take with PPC; A) Banner ads, B) Contextual Content Link Ads, C) Popups\/Popunders, etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Affiliate Product\/Service Ads<\/strong> &#8211; This type of revenue campaign allows you to select your own targeted ads to accompany your content and you&#8217;ll be paid a % of each sale you make. There are literally thousands of affiliate programs out there. Be sure to do some research to find the best one for you. I may write another article on that at a later time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Subscription\/Newsletter<\/strong> &#8211; While this method may not make you any revenue at first, the goal here is to build a mailing list of people that are begging to be your captive and targeted advertising audience. Put together a weekly of monthly newsletter to send out to these subscribers and include an ad or 2 in there. It&#8217;s this ads that you want to convert to cash.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lead Generator<\/strong> &#8211; If you&#8217;re like me and you already have a primary local brand name but want to tap into different geo markets, then a lead generator is ideal for you. Here&#8217;s a quote from an article I wrote about lead generators: &#8220;<span style=\"color: gray;\">An example of one of my lead generator long tail geo + service sites would be<code class=\"inline\">SanAntonioLogoDesigner.com<\/code> and\u00a0<code class=\"inline\">SanAntonioLogo.com <\/code>the latter of which is used as a redirect to the former. This long tail geo + service domain is simply a lead generator to feed my primary brand. It only pulls between twenty to fifty visitors per month; however, it converts at upwards of 55% on good months and as low as 24% on bad months. These are still outstanding conversion ratios. Breaking that down with a service that averages $100 to $500 per sale and converting an example of ten out of twenty visitors, that&#8217;s $1000+ per month in revenue.&#8221; <\/span>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.namepros.com\/blog\/my-view-on-local-geo-targeted-domains.852593\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NamePros<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Digital Product Downloads<\/strong> &#8211; This method of monetization has worked for me for years on some of my small and large projects. I&#8217;ve digitally sold items such as, but not limited to; Stock\/Clipart packages, eBooks, Information packs, Pre-Made (Only sold once) logos, Software\/scripts, etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Services<\/strong> &#8211; There are thousands of online services you could offer that you may already have experience in. What do you do for a living now or did for years prior? If you worked as an accountant, why not start a freelance Tax service? If you are a journalist or proofreader, why not offer an article service? Personally, I offer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scorpionagency.com\/services\/services.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">design services<\/a> on my geo service sites.<\/li>\n<li>A more detailed article I wrote on NamePros about developing domains can be found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.namepros.com\/blog\/why-i-develop-every-domain-name-investment.854579\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why I Develop Every Domain I Invest In<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Obviously there is lots more than what I wrote to consider, however, it should get you headed in the right direction on your journey. Always remember, the most successful start-up businesses have this basic fundamental: &#8220;Adapt \/ Improvise \/ Overcome&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Like what you&#8217;re reading?<\/strong> You can subscribe for instant notifications as soon as a new article is published in the top right of this page. If you are on a mobile device, you can scroll down and subscribe below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, I want to talk about the quickest ways to monetize geo domains. 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