What is Domain Name Parking?
Explained in Plain English
Domain name parking is a technical term used to refer to the actual transitional period that takes place from:
- The time one completes registering or buying a given domain name.
- To the time the owner actually get to do something with that domain name.
In order to park a domain name:
You will need to utilize the service of a domains name parking company.
To minimize costs associated with domain parking, here is a list of three places that I believe you are most likely to get this service for a cheap price:
- Your domain name registrar if you already own a domain name.
- Your web host if you already have or own a web site.
- Professional domain parking services like Sedo
So why would you want to park a domain name?
Basically there are three reason:
- Because you want to reserve that name until you are ready to make use of it.
- For speculative purposes whereby you buy, hold the name and sell it later.
- You want to passive income out of your parked domain name.