At Whypark.com, prices of “$250 or $500″ never come up for just ONE domain, but depending on what you want, it can represent 50 – 500 domains, with content, original articles, custom design, and 100% user controlled monetization options.

We all know that the 20/80 rule applies to most domain portfolios: 20 percent of your domains support the other 80 percent. WhyPark.com changes that rule and allows domainers to take advantage of that 80% of their portfolio that isn’t making money from PPC.

Phase 2 is finally ready for beta, so stay tuned!

This post is very accurate and timely…especially when you consider the fact that since PPC income is on the decline…development is the next logical step!

Very well written.

I’m not sure if you understand the mini-site concept. You said “Oh the mini sites do suck for the most part and recovering the cost of development versus the the parked revenue can take multiples of years”

It is this exact “dollar for dollar” idea why many domainers never get to step 2 in development. You can not compare the revenue from mini-sites to parked revenue. The entire point of a mini-site is to help you gain a presence online, a foundation which you can build on – they are not replacements for parked pages.

One of my favorite expressions is “Stop thinking in cents – anybody can make a buck”

That’s exactly what people are doing if they are choosing not to develop by comparing parked revenue to INITIAL development revenue.

Remember, long term on the web is not 5 or 10 years, with the right skill you can take a mini-site and have great growth within 30 days easily matching and surpassing parked revenue.

But for that, you need to start somewhere. The longer a domain is parked, the longer you are doing NOTHING.

For a cost of $250 or $500 or whatever the price is – its an incredibly small amount to get a presence or kickstart you online. Graphic Designers charge $500-$1,000 for a logo, then you have web design fees, image stock fees.

I’m not one to say who is best or what services are great but its a start. Even the lessons learned when the files become your own and you start playing with HTML – this intangible benefit is also worth the price.

Development is more than an idea – you have to start somewhere.

You are very right.

I understood Sahar was just talking about what parts of the industry sucked at the moment and not the industry as a whole but thanks for the comments as I revised the first paragraph a bit to make sure no one thought I was stating Sahar said domaining sucked in general.

@ Jim: I agree the minisites are expensive, but think of what you are receiving in exchange for that investment. Although most of the other guys do 10 articles which is pointless, I like to do a minimum of 30 articles per domain.

On another note Jim, what makes you so good? I mean, how does your portfolio look like from a developer’s stand point? If domainers didn’t expect the developers to work for free without any help (monetary or otherwise) and to have a full on Wikipedia site done in a week then I would be happily developing along side your business plan.

Trust me, I think receiving one time payments for my work is futile. If you help me cover the development costs of the domains you REALLY want to develop, I will not charge you anything. The only requirement is that I get a piece of the the pie once the company takes off. And I’m not talking about unique articles and SEO, but creating a business model, writing a business plan, and creating a company for the years to come.

I’m tired of having to read about how much minisites suck. They are just a temporary solution for your amazing domain name! It is that simple.

Anyway, Jim or anyone else feel free to contact me if you are honestly interested and have something to add to the equation.

Daniel Sanchez
dDevelop

As I understand it, Sahar’s article was only about “what part of domaining sucks”, he didn’t say domaining sucked as a whole.

I’m sure all of us agree that domain investing is a good industry to be in, but we also have to differentiate and realize that during certain times there might be other profitable investment opportunities outside the domain business. In addition to that, strategies and business plans within the industry have to be altered as things change. As you said, it is important to have a plan for the future.

Parking companies would be all over this if there was real money to be made in mini sites and the cost to the domainer would only be performance based.

If only…

Can’t wait to read the whole article later tonight! (Paper due in 3 hours)