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New Domain App – Prepaid Credit Cards

WhyPark.com — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:47:00 +0000

Let's face it, many people are terrible at budgeting or have already ruined their credit. Prepaid credit cards are a great option for these individuals as they allow you to budget your spending, while still having the convenience of a credit card.

Today, we launched a new Domain App to serve this market. The Credit Card Offers Domain App displays the top prepaid credit cards available. As your site visitors apply for a credit card and are accepted, you will earn revenue (up to $18 per application). This app currently only supports visitors from the US.

Installing the Credit Card Offers Domain App is beyond easy.

Give your link a name to drive visitors to your page

Write a custom intro to be displayed above the credit card listings

Hit submit and you’re ready to go

It's just another way we're providing additional opportunities to increase earnings through multiple revenue streams at WhyPark.

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Photo Gallery Domain App Launched

WhyPark.com — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 06:58:00 +0000

Camp WhyPark has been quite active this month with more development than you can shake a stick at! On June 22nd, we launched the Publications Domain App. Today, we've added the Photo Gallery App to our ever growing collection of Domain Apps.

Adding the Photo Gallery Domain App brings a splash of color and media to your sites. It also quickly reinforces to your visitor that they're in the right place, seeing relevant, focused images on your domain's theme. New images are constantly added and shown at the beginning of the gallery.

As always, it's free and easy to add the Photo Gallery Domain App to your WhyPark sites. Simply choose a keyword or keyword phrase to target your pics, pick a few preferences and voila, it's live! Get started now

New Domain App – Publications

WhyPark.com — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:03:00 +0000

Today we launched a new Domain App that offers a variety of publications and content for free to your visitors, while putting money in your pocket.

How it works:

Choose one of 36 categories of publications that best fits with the theme of your site.

A multi-page list of offers is shown from your chosen category and based on the location of your visitor.

As a visitor clicks out on the “Register for Free” button, they complete a one-page form to apply for the free offer. When their form is accepted, you earn revenue.

Some of the offers currently being displayed are:

White Papers

Magazine Subscriptions

eBooks

Newsletters

Online Tutorials

On-Demand Webinars

Case Studies

Guides

Videos

Free Trials

New offers are added constantly and receive the top placement within the listings. This new Domain App is live and ready to be installed. Provide a robust, targeted resource for your site visitors and open up a new revenue stream.

Get started at http://www.whypark.com/DomainApps/apps/publications.cfm

Introducing the Mortgage Rates Domain App

WhyPark.com — Wed, 25 May 2011 13:12:00 +0000

For those customers with mortgage, finance, and real estate sites, you are gonna love WhyPark's new Mortgage Rates Domain App.

The Mortgage Rates Domain App automatically checks the location of your visitors and then displays the best rates for new home mortgages and refinancing. You earn revenue when a visitor clicks out to learn more about the mortgage offer.

A few notes about the Mortgage Rates Domain App:

The Domain App will only show rates for visitors in the United States.

Do not install this domain app if mortgage rates do not make sense on your domain name. Just because it’s a nice app doesn’t mean it’s a good fit for your site.

Lead quality is closely monitored on a per-site basis. Any site with poor quality traffic will have this domain app removed.

The Mortgage Rates Domain App installs on your WhyPark sites in one, easy click. The Mortgage Rates App is a great way to add value and a new revenue stream to your domains.

Introducing WhyPark Revenue Rewards

WhyPark.com — Tue, 17 May 2011 06:44:00 +0000

We are always looking for new, creative ways to get additional revenue to WhyPark users. Today, we're announcing a new program called Revenue Rewards.

WhyPark Revenue Rewards are bonus payments made each month to users that earned over $30 in the previous month. Reward payments are based on a bonus pool which is shared based on your performance relative to other WhyPark users.

For example, if Customer A earns $500 and Customer B earns $1000 during the month of April, Customer A may receive Revenue Rewards of $15 and Customer B would earn $30. These values are for illustration purposes only and do not reflect exact payout amounts. Each month, your Revenue Rewards will change based on your account performance relative to other users and the available bonus pool.

WhyPark Revenue Rewards are added to your account on the 17th of each month and are shown as a new item in the Payments Received section and also on a new page specifically displaying your Revenue Rewards.

The first Revenue Rewards have been generated this morning, May 17th, based on April revenue.

Automatically Post Your Custom Pages to Twitter

WhyPark.com — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:51:00 +0000

Today we launched a new feature to automatically post to Twitter anytime you add a new page. It's easy and automated to get started:

1. Pick a site from your dashboard that you’d like to connect to Twitter.

2. Go to the Custom Pages section for your site.

3. Click on the link to "Connect to Twitter" and confirm to connect to Twitter on the following page that describes this feature. You will be redirected to Twitter to accept the connection.

4. If you are not logged in at Twitter already, you will enter your username and password and click Allow.

5. You will then be redirected back to WhyPark and will see a success message.

Now, any time you add a new custom page to your site, we will automatically post the title of your page along with a link through our URL shortener. We are currently logging all clicks originating from Twitter and will soon be publishing those stats to you.

You can connect to multiple Twitter accounts or many of your sites can connect to a single Twitter account.

Enjoy your new Twitter traffic compliments of this new simple WhyPark feature.

What's New at WhyPark: March 2011 Newsletter

WhyPark.com — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 07:02:00 +0000

WhyPark's March Newsletter has been sent to customers and is also available online. In this newsletter, we talk about our new coupon domain app, the importance of choosing relevancy over bulking up your sites, and offer a special promotion code from Estibot.

Relevancy and value is more important than ever, so we're posting the March newsletter tip on our blog as well...

Tip of the Month: Choose Relevancy Over Bulk

With WhyPark's tools and applications, it's tempting to add all the bells and whistles to each of your domains. Though it's easy to add domain apps and other content, it doesn't mean it's worthwhile to use all the tools at all times.

When customizing your domains, try to think strategically. What would make the most sense for your visitors? What will provide value? Which apps will improve the users' experience?

Take the YouTube and Twitter Domain Apps. They have broad usage because they are chock-full of content on countless subjects. To keep it relevant to your audience, you may want to narrow those domain apps to relevant topics specific to your sites. For example, if you have a site about small dogs, consider featuring videos about training small dog breeds. However, there's not likely a reason to include a music application even though it would be easy.

Keep it simple. Try to keep broad applications tightly focused to your subject area, and forget all those apps that don't add value. By choosing relevancy over quantity, your visitors will get the information they need and will reward you with repeat visits, links to your site, and revenue.

New Coupon Domain App Launched

WhyPark.com — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:15:00 +0000

In our less than hot economy, consumers are searching more and more for ways to save money. Today, we launched a new Domain App on WhyPark to help cater to these consumers; the Coupon Domain App.

Here's how it works:

Add the Coupon Domain App to your site or multiple sites and choose a category filter to display coupons relevant to your site’s theme.

The first page of the Domain App will show the merchants we have coupons for within your category.

Clicking on a merchant’s name will bring your site visitors to a page of available coupons and promotions by the merchant, grouped by category.

When your visitor clicks through and orders from a merchant, you earn revenue (varies by merchant and order size).

As of today, we are aggregating coupon offers from several networks, but are working on adding new networks and categories to widen the breadth of the offers and merchants available. Coupons are added daily and sorted with the newest promotions and coupons first.

Save money for your visitors and put more money in your pocket with the Coupon Domain App from WhyPark!

What's New at WhyPark: February 2011 Newsletter

WhyPark.com — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:04:00 +0000

Our newest monthly email newsletter hit our customers' inboxes this afternoon. To view the newsletter, go here.

The newsletter discusses new revenue streams, a helpful tip of the month and a time-sensitive promo.

Delayed & Adjusted Stats

WhyPark.com — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:13:00 +0000

Yahoo has notified us that the numbers in the US/CA are not 100% correct and they will be reprocessing them over the next few days. The updated numbers may not be available until 1/22. The data for 1/19 and going forward will be correct as it's published.

Instead of causing any disruption to our normal payout schedule, we will update your account with a credit to be paid on the next pay period. If the revenue already posted to your account for the 15th - 17th is now greater, you will see the amount noted in your account as an "Updated Bing Revenue" credit under the My Account > Payments Received section.

To make things a bit more confusing, these days overlap two pay periods and we haven't yet received stats for the 18th, but should have the 19th shortly. Here is a summary of how each day is affected:

January 15 - Current stats shown will remain final. Any additional revenue will be credited to your account as "Updated Bing Revenue". The revenue as shown in your stats from January 1st - 15th will be paid on the 22nd on schedule. Any additional revenue will be paid with your February 7th payment.

January 16/17 - Current stats shown will remain final. Any additional revenue will be credited to your account as "Updated Bing Revenue". Since these days are in the current pay period, revenue from the 16th and 17th will be paid on schedule with your February 7th payment, along with the credit for any additional revenue.

January 18 - Since we have not received these stats, the numbers we do ultimately publish will be correct. No additional adjustments will be made. We may not have these stats until at least January 22nd.

January 19 - We will start receiving these stats today and will report them as final as soon as possible.

We apologize for the inconvenience and will update you if any of these schedules change.

WhyPark Wins "Best New Monetizing Solution" at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Miami

WhyPark.com — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:43:00 +0000

T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Miami was a great conference on its own, but we enjoyed it even more after receiving the "Best New Monetizing Solution" award. We're honored and thankful that our peers voted for us and thanks to Rick and Howard for putting on a great show. It's always nice to meet new customers in person and spend time with existing customers.

Guest Post on DNW.com: You Can't Buy Beer with CTR

WhyPark.com — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:41:00 +0000

Today, Andrew at Domain Name Wire posted a guest post I wrote called "You Can't Buy Beer with CTR". We get a lot of questions about click-through rates on developed sites, so the article addresses the concerns, successes and some thoughts to consider on how to measure the real success of a domain or site.

New WhyPark Referral Banners

WhyPark.com — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:43:00 +0000

You asked for them, now we've got'em! We have the following referral banners available to use with our Referral Program:

You receive the following commissions for the first 12 months of your referred customers' accounts:

10% of the advertising revenue your referred accounts earn through the WhyPark revenue program

10% of the monthly subscription revenue, earned as your referred accounts upgrade to Enhanced or Managed service tiers

10% of any managed or promotional services ordered by your referred customers

It's easy to earn referral commissions. Simply login to your WhyPark account, click on the My Account tab, and then Referral Program to retrieve your referral link. You can now use our new referral banners to help promote sign ups and start earning referral revenue today.

Music Domain App Launched

WhyPark.com — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:17:00 +0000

With a large number of music domains hosted on WhyPark, we wanted to develop a new domain app that would enrich the user experience and drive more traffic to our customers' music-related sites. Today, we launched the new Music Domain App.

We partnered with Last.fm, a leading music recommendation service, to power the WhyPark Music Domain App. When you add the Domain App to your site, you'll have an up-to-date weekly list of top bands in the music genre of your choice. Clicking on any band name will bring visitors deeper into the site with full text biographies, tags, related artists, photos and more. This rich media will help drive new traffic and repeat visitors to your sites where you can then monetize through our top-tier advertising feed.

To add the new Domain App to your sites, do the following:

Login to your account
Go to the Domain Apps tab and click for more information on the Music Domain App
Click on the "Install on Site(s)" button to choose the site or sites you want to install this app on.
Complete the form fields to target the type of music to display on your site and hit submit.
You're done.

You can view an example of the Music Domain App at www.headbangers.com.

New Movies Domain App from WhyPark

WhyPark.com — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:49:00 +0000

We're excited to announce the launch of a new Movies Domain App available to all of our customers using the WhyPark ad feed.

WhyPark has partnered with a very creative company, Mombo.com to publish information, trailers and reviews for movies currently in theaters and coming soon. Mombo.com collects and analyzes all tweets around popular movies and provides users with a rating based on the crowd's opinion. They've engineered a sentiment analysis engine that automatically rates tweets at an accuracy that can be used. What that means is that they can figure out from a tweet if that user liked or didn't like the movie.

Installing the app on your domain is as easy as logging into your account and clicking on the install button here, or by choosing the Domain App for individual domains in your site's dashboard. Domains related to movies and entertainment will benefit from content that is constantly updated, dynamic and media-rich. Visitors to your site will then be able to view movie trailers, read tweeted reviews and view other quick facts about each movie. Create an engaging experience for traffic on your movie domain names.

To view a site utilizing the new Movies Domain App, visit www.MovieScripts.com

WhyPark Enhances Domain Development Platform with "Domain Apps By WhyPark"

WhyPark.com — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:07:00 +0000

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands -- July 6, 2010 -- WhyPark, the scalable domain development division of Parked.com, Ltd., announced today the launch of “Domain Apps By WhyPark”. The new release to the WhyPark platform allows customers to add depth, relevant engaging content and functionality, through the use of one-click installs, to domain names hosted at WhyPark.

"The next evolution of WhyPark has arrived and I am excited to make Domain Apps By WhyPark available to our customers", said Craig Rowe, founder of WhyPark. "Customers have been demanding new engaging applications that will attract and retain visitors to their sites. Domain Apps By WhyPark offers just that through relevant search engine friendly text as well as video, photos and data. I am pleased with the launch of our new Domain Apps service and look forward to building upon it in the future."

The following Domain Apps are now available to WhyPark customers:

Comparison Shopping

Hotel Directory

Local Business Listings

Online Flash Games

Twitter Stream

Weather

Web Directory

YouTube Videos

Several Domain Apps also provide new revenue streams including the Web Directory and Comparison Shopping Domain Apps. WhyPark is already developing new Domain Apps and will continue to enhance the service to meet customers' needs.

"I am very excited about WhyPark's new domain apps," stated Elliot Silver, founder of Silver Internet Ventures, LLC. "Domain Apps will allow me to add unique features and functionality to some of my geo-domain and niche industry websites, which I know will increase stickiness and revenue."

To learn more about Domain Apps by WhyPark, visit http://www.whypark.com/domainapps/

About WhyPark – www.whypark.com
WhyPark's innovative scalable domain development platform allows customers to build relevant, engaging websites in minutes. Whether managing a few hundred or several thousand domains, WhyPark gives customers the freedom and flexibility to easily develop domain portfolios to generate traffic and increase revenue.

About Parked.com, Ltd. – www.parked.com
Founded in 2006, Parked.com, Ltd. offers domain parking solutions for domain name owners. Parked.com leverages technology for dynamic domain name optimization providing leading edge parked pages that are relevant to what internet users are looking for and ensuring targeted traffic for advertisers. With clients worldwide who combined own 6,500,000 domain names, Parked.com has aggressively become a leader in the domain parking space.

WhyPark Swag Bag Charity Auction on DNW

WhyPark.com — Mon, 03 May 2010 15:16:00 +0000

When we read Domain Name Wire was looking for domain companies to donate swag and custom products for a charity auction, we definitely wanted to get involved. It's always nice to be able to blend business while still benefiting a charity.

Domain Name Wire is holding the auction through this page. Bids can be placed in the comments section through Friday, May 7th at 1pm CDT. Good luck!

New WhyPark Layouts / Templates

WhyPark.com — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:23:00 +0000

Today, we launched several updates to the My Sites > Layout section. The Layouts section is used when adding or updating the look and feel of sites individually or in bulk.

Previously, there was a mix of templates that had static images and those that used the image placeholders. We have been growing our image archives every week, over 5,700 currently, and we have made it easier to choose a relevant image. The Layout section should now be less confusing for our users.

We have reworked every template in our library with this update. All templates, whether premium or standard, now include all of the placeholders and use the images set by the Site Settings / Category. We've also scrapped the search for templates, since the real theme comes from the Site Settings / Category and not a static image anymore. The result is a streamlined view of the layouts we have available. The preview image shown is strictly for placement and will be changed based on how you categorize your domains in the Site Settings section. You can edit this image in the Site Settings section at anytime and you will see the update instantly on your live WhyPark sites.

When adding or bulk uploading your domains, we previously defaulted the layout to one of two templates that included all placeholders and the Site Setting’s category image. Since all templates now include both, you'll notice a wider variety of templates being automatically assigned to your domains.

All features have also been added to every template. For example, a customer at the Managed Account level can pick any template now and by default, the incoming and outgoing RSS feed placeholders are included, along with the newsletter signup form.

Finally, we've added 5 new templates to the Premium template library and 1 to the Standard template library. More new templates will be available soon.

New Premium Templates

New Standard Template

WhyPark Site Previews

WhyPark.com — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 08:55:00 +0000

Until now, if you wanted to preview your domain on WhyPark prior to moving your DNS to our platform, it was plenty cumbersome. It's been something customers have been asking us for more and more, and today it's done.

You can now setup and tweak your domains on WhyPark and preview by going to [your-domain].whypark.me. For instance, if you owned example.com, you could setup the domain on WhyPark and tweak your settings. Then, preview the domain at example.com.whypark.me to poke around and see how it looks. Once everything looks good, transfer the DNS to host the domain on our servers.

New Error Reporting Added when Adding Domains in Bulk

WhyPark.com — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:57:00 +0000

This may not sound like much of an update, but it's been an annoyance for many customers who upload a large number of domain names using our "Bulk Add Sites" screen. In the past, if your list of domains uploaded included a name that was already on WhyPark, you received a simple message stating that x number of domains were not included because of the conflict. We've added a much needed and often requested detailed screen now.

Now, when you add domains in bulk, if there are any conflicts, you'll see the following message in red.

Click on the "View Error Report" link to see a popup of all domains that were not added.

For each domain where there's a conflict, you'll see one of the three errors:

1. This domain is already in your account and active.
2. This domain is already in your account, but inactive. View your inactive domains in the My Sites Dashboard and reactivate them with the bulk tools.
3. This domain is already on WhyPark, but in another customer's account. Please contact support@whypark.com to resolve this conflict.

We hope this helps to simplify your bulk uploads and give you instant feedback on any issues.

Two New Updates: Tag Pagination & Simplified Comment Moderation

WhyPark.com — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:42:00 +0000

Today we launched two small updates:

Tag Pagination
It's great to see so many customers using the new custom page tags feature. In some cases, as many custom pages were being assigned to a certain tag, pages were getting lengthy. So, we've now split up these pages to include only 5 custom pages per page and then pagination to get to the next and last pages. As an example, there are 70 custom pages under the reward programs tag on AirlineRewards.us. Rather than one long page with links and descriptions to all 70 of these pages, it's now presented in a nice user-friendly way.

Simplified Comment Moderation
Customers in the Enhanced and Managed accounts have the ability for site visitors to post comments on any page. Until now, you've had to approve or deny any new comment through the WhyPark Dashboard after receiving an alert that a new comment has been posted. Now, we include the comment in the alert email along with a link to approve or deny the comment directly. This should help make life a bit easier for those sites receiving a lot of comments.

Next up: Additional filters and options for viewing your stats.

WhyPark Charity Recipient Chosen

WhyPark.com — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:23:00 +0000

We are happy to announce that the Make-A-Wish Foundation (www.wish.org) has been chosen as the recipient of the proceeds from the WhyPark Charity Domain Auction. For those unfamiliar with the charity:

"Since 1980, the Make-A-Wish Foundation® has enriched the lives of children with life-threatening medical conditions through its wish-granting work. The Foundation's mission reflects the life-changing impact that a Make-A-Wish® experience has on children, families, referral sources, donors, sponsors, and entire communities."

The average cost to make a child’s wish a reality is over $6,000. In order to be able to sponsor a full wish, we’ve doubled the $3,593 raised through the auction and are pleased to submit a total donation of $7,200.

If you’d like to make a cash donation to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, you can do so through their web site at https://secure.wish.org. A special thanks again to everyone who donated time, domains, publicity and resources to raise money for an incredible charity.

New Site Category & Template Image Selection Tool

WhyPark.com — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:39:00 +0000

One of the many benefits to the Parked.com acquisition is access to greater amounts of keyword and domain analysis that we didn't previously have. Parked.com does a great job at determining what a domain is about and categorizing the domain with a very specific template. Since the acquisition, we've been using that data to match keywords and select images for templates. However, the actual data and ability to change the template image has been behind the scenes.

Today, we've launched a new update that has officially aligned the categorization and templates with the data we have. You'll no longer see the basic Category menu when adding or editing a domain name. You now have control right down to the very specific template categorization. The main My Sites dashboard now also uses the new Category names.

Here is an example to better illustrate the changes:

When adding a Domain Name to WhyPark, you will see the option to choose a specific category and template image pair by clicking on the "Pick A Category" link.

After clicking on the "Pick A Category" link, you'll see a window with a search box to find the best template. After you type in at least 3 characters, we'll start displaying matching templates and filtering further as you continue to type.

To see the image associated with a template, click on it to see a preview.

If you're happy with the image and template categorization, click on the "Change" submit button to save your changes. The window will close and you can continue adding detail to your site.

If you don't choose a category and template, we'll immediately analyze the domain name and make the most relevant choices. You can always edit the category / template image at any time in the Site Settings for a domain.

Finally, you can also set a template in bulk for any number of domains in the My Sites dashboard by selecting the domains and choosing the "Change Category" option under the Bulk Actions menu on the right.

As of December 22, 2009, we have over 4,300 category templates and are currently adding at least 200 new images each week. In some cases, you may find that we've picked a template that doesn't have a specific image yet. In those cases, we show the top-level category's image. As we continue to add new images, the template's image will automatically update on your site. Or, you can choose a different template as described above.

As always, if you have any questions, please contact us at support@whypark.com, through our live chat support in the WhyPark dashboard, or through the WhyPark/Parked Forum.

WhyPark Charity Auction Results

WhyPark.com — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:24:00 +0000

The WhyPark Charity Domain Auction has now been closed, selling 28 domain names for $3,593. The complete list of domains and selling prices can be found at http://www.whypark.com/auction.cfm.

The highest single bid was $775 for EquityFirm.com. As soon as that transaction has been finalized, we will connect with the buyer to determine the charity he'd like to see the donation made to.

Thanks to all of the buyers who participated in this auction and a special thanks to the following sellers who donated domains to be auctioned:

Alan Macomber, KidsCoats.com

Stephen Douglas, SuccessClick.com

Andrew Allemann, Domain Name Wire

Bill Sweetman, YummyNames

Patrick Ruddell, ChefPatrick.com

Rob Sequin, RobSequin.com

Rick Latona, RickLatona.com

An extra special thanks to Rick Latona and his crew at Latonas.com for donating their time, platform and resources to host the auction.

Thanks,

Craig Rowe
WhyPark

Final Day of the WhyPark Charity Domain Auction

WhyPark.com — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:26:00 +0000

Today is the final day of the WhyPark Charity Domain Auction at Latonas.com. The closing time of the auction has been extended until tonight at 11:00 PM EST.

As of 12:30 PM EST, 15 domains have bids totaling $981.

- EquityFirm.com - $199
- FaxOnDemand.com - $84
- Inequitable.com - $75
- Blocklist.com - $74 (Sold for $2,000 on NameJet this year)
- Hoagies.net - $59
- WantedToRent.com - $49
- TravelDirectly.com - $49
- Soberize.com - $49
- RelocationHelp.com - $49
- QuebecFlights.com - $49
- PUWB.com - $49
- Faith365.com - $49
- CardAdvance.com - $49
- CelticWedding.com - $49
- ChinchillaFurCoat.com - $49

There are still many great domains without any bids, all at no reserve with an opening bid price of $49. Even the domains listed above can still be bid higher and come in as steals. The complete list can be viewed at: http://www.whypark.com/auction.cfm.

As a reminder, this is a charity event with 100% of the proceeds being donated to the charity chosen by the highest bidder. Feel passionate about a charity? Then pick a domain or domains you like and get bidding!