Chitika, an online contextual advertising company, which is popular with bloggers and the owners of many other types of websites has announced that it is expaning its range of services.
The US based firm provides geo-targeted adverts in a number of countries including the US, Canada and the UK. Chitika announced on their blog last week that they are looking into offering a customizable “Chitika for domains” service.
Chitika is a welcome alternative to existing domain name parking services such as that provided by Sedo.com and Parked.com.
There are not very many parking options catering to domainers with domain names getting UK traffic and the results from Sedo’s parking service is felt by some to provide only modest results. So this is a welcome opportunity for domainers with .uk domain names and/ or UK traffic.
I will be monitoring this development and revisit it shortly.
In the mean time what do you think of Chitika’ plans. Is this a product that might interest you? What other parking services are there for UK traffic? Share your thoughts below.
Hi Ray, I wanted to ask your advice but I couldnt see a contact form or email address so I thought I’d ask here. I’m just getting into buying domains and one thing I’ve noticed is that there are a lot of good .org.uks left. I know they are not worth much yet but do you think they will be a good long term investment for further down the line? The same with .me.uks as well. I’m seeing a lot of good .org.uks and I keep wondering why no one has bought them - even just to sit on them and see what happens. Could you add me to msn so I can bother you with a few more questions lol? Thanks
Hi Pink,
Welcome to Domaining.org.uk. Thanks for your question. I have answered it in this post here,
http://www.domaining.org.uk/2008/03/17/are-orguk-and-meuk-domains-a-good-long-term-investment/
Ray
Hi Ray, Like you site, alot of usefull info on there.
I need some direction/advice.
I have a group of domains over 150+ ending in the word defence.com e.g. frauddefence.com, creditcarddefence.com and so on,in catagories from finance to medical to social.
The thing is I dont know if I should sell them all as a group or develop them into websites, all linking to one another, with lots of info and content and ads. If someone is on frauddefence.com they can click on all the defence websites I have listed on there, and the list is vast. But I dont have the full know how about web dev.
Selling is an idea but I dont want to sell as single domain but as a group,and hope who buys will create what I have vision above.
My target audience would be outside US.
Hope you can help.
Thank in advance
Robert D
Hi Robert, Very difficult question. I think the short answer is it is impossible to tell without knowing what the names are, what your skills and abilities are and what resources you have behind you. Certainly developing the domains could be profitable, but 150 + websites will take a while to develop on your own. You could visit estibot.com. That site has an automated domain name valuation tool which you can use to get an indication of whether your domain names have any value. It is not a bad tool but do not rely on it for actual valuations. You might want to develop the ones with the most potential and sell the rest. Offer the ones with the least potential for sale on discussion forums such as NamePros.com to see what sort of interest you get. One thing though, I think domainers must learn about web development, even if they end up contracting the work to someone else. Good luck with whatever you plan to do. Ray
Thanks Ray, will let you know how I get on.
Robert D
When I login my chitka account, I dont see how and where I use it park my domains. Can you help me how to park my domains over there. Chitika support has not got back to me about how to park my domains.