park.ioJekyll2019-06-18T14:55:56-04:00http://blog.park.io/park.iohttp://blog.park.io/ca98am79@gmail.comhttp://blog.park.io/articles/pro-domains-on-park-io2018-12-07T00:00:00-05:002018-12-07T00:00:00-05:00park.iohttp://blog.park.ioca98am79@gmail.com<p>park.io is now an ICANN accredited registrar. We will be able to offer a lot more TLDs this way. To start, I’m happy to announce that we are now listing .pro domains on park.io. You can <a href="https://park.io/domains/index/pro">backorder .pro domains here</a></p>
<p>Let us know if you have a specific request for a TLD. We plan to add more soon.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.park.io/articles/pro-domains-on-park-io">ICANN accredited and adding .pro domains to park.io</a> was originally published by park.io at <a href="http://blog.park.io">park.io</a> on December 07, 2018.</p>http://blog.park.io/articles/ai-domains-on-park-io2018-04-24T00:00:00-04:002018-04-24T00:00:00-04:00park.iohttp://blog.park.ioca98am79@gmail.com<p>We have been working closely with the .ai registry to try to find a way to add .ai domains to park.io, and I’m happy to announce that we now feel comfortable listing .ai domains on park.io. You can <a href="https://park.io/domains/index/ai">backorder .ai domains here</a></p>
<p>Based on our recommendation, the .ai registry recently migrated their system to use the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Provisioning_Protocol">Extensible Provisioning Protocol</a> (EPP), which makes it much easier for registrars to manage domains on the backend. This has helped us to integrate the .ai registry into park.io.</p>
<p>We are really excited to finally offer .ai domains, as they are a true hacker top level domain!</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.park.io/articles/ai-domains-on-park-io">We have added .ai domains to park.io!</a> was originally published by park.io at <a href="http://blog.park.io">park.io</a> on April 24, 2018.</p>http://blog.park.io/articles/hrc-io-domain-on-park-io2018-04-12T00:00:00-04:002018-04-12T00:00:00-04:00park.iohttp://blog.park.ioca98am79@gmail.com<p>Three years ago we posted about how <a href="http://blog.park.io/articles/hillary-clinton-io-domain/">even Hillary Clinton was using .io domains</a>. She used hrc.io as a url shortener and often posted this url for links she tweeted about to her 22M+ twitter followers. </p>
<p>Well, the domain expired and is <a href="https://park.io/auctions/view/hrc.io">now in auction on park.io</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/587392029862277121"><img src="/images/hrc.png" alt="Hillary Clinton's .io domain" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://blog.park.io/articles/hrc-io-domain-on-park-io">Hillary Clinton domain hrc.io now on park.io</a> was originally published by park.io at <a href="http://blog.park.io">park.io</a> on April 12, 2018.</p>http://blog.park.io/articles/data-ly-sells-for-100002017-09-22T00:00:00-04:002017-09-22T00:00:00-04:00park.iohttp://blog.park.ioca98am79@gmail.com<p>park.io user <code>tedoshman</code> has been killing it this year - he has been emailing me all of the domain flips he has made, and they have all done really well. Most recently he sold the domain data.ly, which <a href="https://park.io/auctions/view/data.ly">he got on park.io for just $2,125</a> on Aug 27th 2017. He just sold it for $10,000 - which is nearly 5 times what he paid for it only <strong>three weeks</strong> ago.</p>
<p>Congrats tedoshman!</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.park.io/articles/data-ly-sells-for-10000">data.ly flipped for $10k in just 3 weeks </a> was originally published by park.io at <a href="http://blog.park.io">park.io</a> on September 22, 2017.</p>http://blog.park.io/articles/air-to-sells-for-50002017-07-11T00:00:00-04:002017-07-11T00:00:00-04:00park.iohttp://blog.park.ioca98am79@gmail.com<p>I met park.io user <code>heathermhuang</code> at NamesCon earlier this year - it was really great to meet him in person as I had talked with him many times over email. He is a really cool guy and <a href="http://parked.name/">has a lot of awesome domains</a>. He is also one of the first park.io users - joined in 2014.</p>
<p>He’s also had some nice domain flips - most recently he sold the domain air.to, which <a href="https://park.io/auctions/view/air.to">he got on park.io for $360</a>. He sold it for $5,000, which is nearly 14 times what he paid for it about a year ago.</p>
<p>Congrats Heatherm!</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.park.io/articles/air-to-sells-for-5000">air.to sells for $5,000, bought for $360 on park.io </a> was originally published by park.io at <a href="http://blog.park.io">park.io</a> on July 11, 2017.</p>http://blog.park.io/articles/detect-io-sells-for-200-percent-profit2017-07-07T00:00:00-04:002017-07-07T00:00:00-04:00park.iohttp://blog.park.ioca98am79@gmail.com<p><em>The tables are turned in this interview as Michael Cyger, publisher of DomainSherpa.com and DNAcademy.com, is the one to answer the questions.</em> </p>
<p><em>Mike Carson, founder of Park.io, talks with Cyger about his recent domain name flip.</em></p>
<p><strong>Q: What was the domain name you sold?</strong></p>
<p>A: Detect.io</p>
<p><strong>Q: When did you buy and sell it?</strong></p>
<p>A: I bought the domain name at a <a href="https://park.io">Park.io</a> auction on May 8, 2017, and closed escrow on June 27, 2017. Between purchase and escrow close were 44 days.</p>
<p><strong>Q: How much did you pay for the domain name?</strong></p>
<p>A: I paid $1,000 – more than I hoped it would go for. There were many investors that were bidding in this auction, unfortunately for me since I like investing in .io domain names. But I really loved this domain name. I think it’s a great keyword and brand, so I was willing to pay more for it.</p>
<p><strong>Q: Why did you think Detect.io had value as an investment domain name?</strong></p>
<p>A: I follow the methodology I teach in <a href="https://www.dnacademy.com">DNAcademy</a>: an investor should buy second-level domain names that have a lot of usage and a lot of companies that could benefit from owning it.</p>
<p>The term “detect” has nearly 230 million search results in Google, and people are performing the exact match search for “detect” 90,500 times per month. This makes Detect.io extremely valuable because if you offer a product or service that does anything detection-related, you can rank well within Google and receive massive organic search result benefits.</p>
<p>The domain name itself is short, passes the radio test and is a great brand. And the .io top-level domain makes it the perfect “starter domain name” for a technology-focused entrepreneur or startup company that wants a great brand but is not ready to invest in the .com – with its associated price tag.</p>
<p>I brainstormed companies and offerings that could benefit from this domain name and came up with:</p>
<ul>
<li>Determining if software (e.g., malware) or hardware is installed</li>
<li>Browser and operating system detection</li>
<li>Screen size and platform detection</li>
<li>User types (bots/crawlers/spiders)</li>
<li>Facial detection</li>
<li>Audio detection</li>
<li>Text detection</li>
<li>Pattern and anomaly detection</li>
<li>Determining if network or connectivity is available</li>
</ul>
<p>In addition, I found a bunch of code bases on Github that might benefit from owning the domain name and I made note of them.</p>
<p><strong>Q: How did you sell Detect.io?</strong></p>
<p>A: As soon as I purchased Detect.io (or any domain name), the first thing I did is put up an <a href="https://www.efty.com">Efty for-sale landing page</a> (in this case, the <a href="http://www.eftylent.com/?picker=true&tpl=hongkong">Hong Kong for-sale theme</a>) so if anyone typed detect.io into a web browser to see if it was available, they would know they could make an offer.</p>
<p><img src="/images/detect-io.png" alt="Detect.io with Hong Kong Efty theme" /></p>
<p>A few days later I thought the purchase and (anticipated) sale of Detect.io would make a great case study for DNAcademy, so I listed it for sale on <a href="http://flippa.com">Flippa.com</a> in a 30-day auction. I hoped the domain would be selected as an “editor’s choice” but it was not. I then did some targeted outreach to relevant end users that I found on Github to let them know the domain was at auction.</p>
<p>While the domain name generated interest and bids, the bidding didn’t get higher than a few hundred dollars and I had a reserve of $1,150 on the domain (break-even: $1,000 purchase plus Flippa’s 15 percent commission). </p>
<p>When the domain didn’t sell, I changed the Detect.io DNS back to my Efty.com for-sale landing page. A few days later I decided to rerun the Flippa auction (since it was free to do so) and I thought those who followed the auction might bid higher the second time. But I forgot to update the Detect.io DNS back to my Flippa auction page.</p>
<p>Eight days into the second 30-day auction, an offer for $1,000 came in through the Efty for-sale landing page. I countered at $3,450 within a few minutes of email receipt. The buyer immediately countered at $3,000 and I accepted.</p>
<p>I pressed the “Escrow” button on my Efty control panel and it instantly created an Escrow.com transaction between me and the buyer. We agreed to terms, he funded, I pushed the domain name at Park.io using their control panel, and the deal was done.</p>
<p><strong>Q: So the buyer didn’t know about the Flippa auction?</strong></p>
<p>A: No, he didn’t. After we agreed to the purchase price and started escrow, I raised the Flippa auction reserve to $20,000 to ensure it wouldn’t sell twice. Then when the domain was funded at Escrow.com, I closed the auction without a winner.</p>
<p><strong>Q: Did you find out why the buyer wanted the domain name?</strong></p>
<p>A: Yes, I asked when the deal had closed. In this case, the buyer runs an analytics startup and wanted Detect.io for a new service that discovers anomalies in data. That’s all I know at this point in time, but I can’t wait to see his offering. I’ll be following closely.</p>
<p>I love .io domain names because they are used by real software entrepreneurs building real products and services that are changing the world…they are the makers of the next wave of Amazons, Ubers and Airbnbs.</p>
<p><strong>Q: You mentioned you like investing in .io domain names. Do you have many?</strong></p>
<p>A: I currently have about five .io domain names in my investment portfolio, but my investment portfolio is not very large. Instead of buying many domain names and playing the odds – which is a fine strategy – I prefer to hold a very selective list of higher quality domain names. And each year I try to upgrade and thin out my portfolio. </p>
<p>I encourage each domain name investor to <a href="https://www.dnacademy.com/you-need-to-do-you">define their own path</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Q: Was this just a “lucky” sale?</strong></p>
<p>A: The characteristics and statistics of a quality second-level domain name don’t lie, and in this case they perfectly match the top-level domain name.</p>
<p>It may have been lucky that the buyer approached me only 38 days after I bought it, but I like to think that luck favors the prepared.</p>
<p>In any case, I’m pleased to have helped what sounds like a great fledgling service acquire a great brand.</p>
<p><em>Epilogue: Before publishing this, Michael told me that he sold another .io domain name using an Efty for-sale landing page and similar negotiation tactics, producing the same $3,000 sales price – but in this case he purchased the domain name (Likely.io) for $90.73 in 2015.</em></p>
<p><a href="http://blog.park.io/articles/detect-io-sells-for-200-percent-profit">Detect.io sells for 200% profit in 44 days</a> was originally published by park.io at <a href="http://blog.park.io">park.io</a> on July 07, 2017.</p>http://blog.park.io/articles/io-ac-sh-registry-changes2017-06-10T00:00:00-04:002017-06-10T00:00:00-04:00park.iohttp://blog.park.ioca98am79@gmail.com<p>The .io, .ac and .sh registries have changed management to Afilias. The two biggest changes that users will notice are:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Much fewer domains will be deleted and listed on park.io for the next 35 days</strong>. After that, the lists should return to normal. This is because the deletion policy and grace period has been updated during the migration to Afilias.</li>
<li>Previously, you could transfer .io, .ac and .sh domains immediately after registering them. However <strong>Afilias does not allow transfers within 60 days after a domain is registered</strong>. This was already the case for .me, .vc, .mn, .bz, .ag, .sc, .lc, and is now also the case for .io, .ac and .sh. </li>
</ul>
<p>If you have any questions, please email us at support@park.io</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE:</strong> There have been a lot of general questions emailed to me about this, so I am updating this post to include some Q&A. These questions don’t really have to do with park.io, but I am adding them to help .io investors understand more about the transition:</p>
<h3>What about the nic.io registry backorders?</h3>
<p>They have been discontinued. You can no longer buy nic.io registry backorders. Any backorders purchased from them in the past will be honored by Afilias.</p>
<h3>Why are there so few domains dropping in the next 35 days?</h3>
<p>This is because Afilias auto-renewed all expired domains when they took over management on June 10. Any domains that had previously expired and were about to drop now have to go through the deletion grace period again.</p>
<h3>Where are the previously existing nic.io features?</h3>
<p>In addition to backorders, some reports and features have been removed from nic.io. You can contact their support team if you have specific questions.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.park.io/articles/io-ac-sh-registry-changes">.io, .ac and .sh registry changes </a> was originally published by park.io at <a href="http://blog.park.io">park.io</a> on June 10, 2017.</p>http://blog.park.io/articles/spine-io-sells-for-80002017-05-27T00:00:00-04:002017-05-27T00:00:00-04:00park.iohttp://blog.park.ioca98am79@gmail.com<p>A savvy park.io user got spine.io for $99 about a year and a half ago on Oct 23 2015. They then set a BIN price of $8,000 on the parked page. This month someone bought it via the BIN button on the parked page - that’s a 80x return on investment! </p>
<p>This is what investing in .io domains has been like the last couple of years for many park.io users. They buy something for $99 and then wait and do nothing until someone comes along and buys it for thousands of dollars.</p>
<p>It doesn’t happen with every .io domain they buy, but some users have a knack for knowing which ones are in demand and have been able to make a nice profit like this. The way they do it is:</p>
<ul>
<li>have a good gut feel for which ones are in demand</li>
<li>buy several</li>
<li>don’t put too high or too low of an asking price</li>
</ul>
<p>This system seems to work well for a lot of domain investors.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.park.io/articles/spine-io-sells-for-8000">spine.io sells for $8,000, bought for $99 on park.io </a> was originally published by park.io at <a href="http://blog.park.io">park.io</a> on May 27, 2017.</p>http://blog.park.io/articles/mother-ly-got-domain-from-park-io2017-05-27T00:00:00-04:002017-05-27T00:00:00-04:00park.iohttp://blog.park.ioca98am79@gmail.com<p>My wife shared a link with me the other day from an article she found interesting and I noticed that the domain in the url was <strong>mother.ly</strong>. This domain name rang a bell, so I looked it up and I was happy to see that they got the domain on park.io back in 2015. You can <a href="https://www.mother.ly/">check out the Motherly website here</a>.</p>
<p>It’s awesome to run into successful companies that are using domains that they purchased on park.io!</p>
<p>We are proud to have supported many companies this way - even Google uses a domain that they got from park.io (<a href="https://angular.io">angular.io</a>). Some others are <a href="http://qt.io">Qt</a> and the <a href="http://gnome.io">Gnome Foundation</a>.</p>
<p>You can read these <a href="http://blog.park.io/articles/10-awesome-companies-built-on-park-io-domains/">blog</a> <a href="http://blog.park.io/articles/10-more-awesome-companies-built-on-park-io-domains/">entries</a> to see many other companies using park.io domains, but I plan to update the list soon - as I notice more and more.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.park.io/articles/mother-ly-got-domain-from-park-io">Mother.ly got their domain on park.io</a> was originally published by park.io at <a href="http://blog.park.io">park.io</a> on May 27, 2017.</p>http://blog.park.io/articles/beta-test-sms2017-04-08T00:00:00-04:002017-04-08T00:00:00-04:00park.iohttp://blog.park.ioca98am79@gmail.com<p>Based on <a href="http://www.domainsherpa.com/review-20170327">discussion from the domain pros on the DomainSherpa review</a>, I’ve released a new SMS notification feature for beta testing. If you’d like to give it a try, simply text your park.io username to +12028888817.</p>
<p>Currently it texts you 2 hours prior to the ending of an auction that you have bid in or are watching. I plan to also notify users when they are outbid within the final 2 hours of an auction. And I also want to add a way to place bids via SMS. I’ll post updates to this blog as I release them.</p>
<p>Let me know if you have feedback: mike@park.io</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.park.io/articles/beta-test-sms">Beta test auction SMS notifications</a> was originally published by park.io at <a href="http://blog.park.io">park.io</a> on April 08, 2017.</p>http://blog.park.io/articles/upskill-rebrands-from-com-to-io2017-03-21T00:00:00-04:002017-03-21T00:00:00-04:00park.iohttp://blog.park.ioca98am79@gmail.com<p>The company formerly known as <a href="http://upskill.io">APX Labs</a>, makers of the Skylight smart glasses development platform, <a href="http://dcinno.streetwise.co/2017/03/20/with-rebrand-upskill-sees-bright-future-in-wearable-devices/">has rebranded from a .com domain (apx-labs.com) to a .io domain (upskill.io)</a>. As of way back in 2015 they <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2015/11/18/apx-labs-grabs-13-million-for-enterprise-smart-glasses-platform/">had raised $29 million</a>. With tens of millions of dollars in the bank, and major clients such as GE, Boeing, and Johnson & Johnson, they decide to switch from a .com to a .io. And <a href="http://upskill.com/">the .com</a> even appears to be for sale. </p>
<blockquote>
<p>“We couldn’t be happier with the rebrand.”</p>
</blockquote>
<p>This is a good sign for .io domain investors.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.park.io/articles/upskill-rebrands-from-com-to-io">APX Labs upgrades from a .com to a .io domain</a> was originally published by park.io at <a href="http://blog.park.io">park.io</a> on March 21, 2017.</p>http://blog.park.io/articles/adding-bz-and-mn-domains2017-02-18T00:00:00-05:002017-02-18T00:00:00-05:00park.iohttp://blog.park.ioca98am79@gmail.com<p>In our continued and tireless effort to be the #1 place to backorder ccTLD domains, we have added two more to the mix - .bz and .mn domains can now be backordered on park.io.</p>
<p>.bz is the ccTLD for Belize but many websites in Italy use these domains, because of the abbreviation of Bolzano, the capital of the province of South Tyrol, and the fact that the official abbreviation of the province is BZ. Also, servers for the Open Source game BZFlag often use names ending in .bz. There are some great domains dropping this week - <a href="https://app.park.io/domains/index/bz">check them out here</a>.</p>
<p>.mn is the ccTLD for Mongolia but has been used to represent the U.S. state of Minnesota; an example is the <a href="http://www.senate.mn/">Minnesota Senate</a>. It is also used as a domain hack, for example <a href="http://vita.mn">vita.mn</a> and <a href="http://cart.mn">cart.mn</a> (a play on the South Park character Eric Cartman, which redirects to www.southparkstudios.com). It is also used by various micronations. There are some great domains dropping this week - <a href="https://app.park.io/domains/index/mn">check them out here</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.park.io/articles/adding-bz-and-mn-domains">park.io adds .bz and .mn domains</a> was originally published by park.io at <a href="http://blog.park.io">park.io</a> on February 18, 2017.</p>http://blog.park.io/articles/more-user-flips-72017-01-27T00:00:00-05:002017-01-27T00:00:00-05:00park.iohttp://blog.park.ioca98am79@gmail.com<p>It’s great to see park.IO users make a lot of money on domain flips. We haven’t been able to keep up with all of them, but here are a few recent ones we found out about:</p>
<ul>
<li>The domain <a href="https://flippa.com/7677656-engineering-io">engineering.io sold yesterday on Flippa for $2,300</a>. It was originally purchased on park.io for $99.</li>
<li>TLDPros sold the domain <a href="https://namebio.com/k6.io">k6.io for $3,000 earlier this month</a> - it was purchased in an <a href="https://app.park.io/auctions/view/k6.io">auction on park.io for $104</a>.</li>
<li>The domain <a href="https://flippa.com/7087788-coinmarket-io">coinmarket.io sold on Flippa for $999</a>. It was purchased on <a href="https://app.park.io/auctions/view/coinmarket.io">park.io for $99</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://flippa.com/7077050-scores-io">scores.io sold on Flippa for $1,000</a>. It was purchased on <a href="https://app.park.io/auctions/view/scores.io">park.io for $510</a> only a couple of months earlier.</li>
</ul>
<p>It’s not always easy to know which ones will sell, but the great thing about domains on park.io is that they were once registered, so you know that there is at least some demand for these names. Also, often times you can grab a domain with a lot of existing traffic, which is valuable.</p>
<p>Check out <a href="http://blog.park.io/tags.html#success">our blog to see other success stories</a>, and make sure to check the <a href="https://app.park.io/domains">domains dropping in the next week</a> to find a domain you can flip (or use for your own project). Also, <a href="http://eepurl.com/YstnP">sign up for the park.IO newsletter</a> to get updates on sales and domains that are dropping soon.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.park.io/articles/more-user-flips-7">engineering.io sells for $2,300, bought for $99 on park.io</a> was originally published by park.io at <a href="http://blog.park.io">park.io</a> on January 27, 2017.</p>http://blog.park.io/articles/lady-io-sells-for-15002016-12-27T00:00:00-05:002016-12-27T00:00:00-05:00park.iohttp://blog.park.ioca98am79@gmail.com<p>A park.io user <a href="https://app.park.io/auctions/view/lady.io">got lady.io in an auction for $450</a> about a month ago and then quickly <a href="https://flippa.com/7151409-lady-io">flipped it on Flippa for $1500</a>. That’s an easy $1000 in just a few weeks. Nice job!</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.park.io/articles/lady-io-sells-for-1500">Another quick flip - lady.io sells for $1500</a> was originally published by park.io at <a href="http://blog.park.io">park.io</a> on December 27, 2016.</p>http://blog.park.io/articles/libr-io-sells-for-4999-on-sedo2016-12-22T00:00:00-05:002016-12-22T00:00:00-05:00park.iohttp://blog.park.ioca98am79@gmail.com<p>Here’s a nice park.io flip we noticed just in time for the Holidays: a park.io user bought the domain <code>libr.io</code> in August 2015 for just $99 (as they were the only person to order it). It just <a href="http://www.thedomains.com/2016/12/20/sedo-weekly-sales-led-arto-com/">sold last week on Sedo for $4,999</a>. Nice job!</p>
<p>These aren’t random one-off lucky sales. As <a href="https://twitter.com/domaintheory/status/807350839585148928">Mark Levine posted on Twitter</a> - he sold six .io domains he bought on park.io in 2016 for 12x-15x ROI.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.park.io/articles/libr-io-sells-for-4999-on-sedo">libr.io sells for $4,999 on Sedo, bought for $99 on park.io</a> was originally published by park.io at <a href="http://blog.park.io">park.io</a> on December 22, 2016.</p>http://blog.park.io/articles/donating-5-percent-to-syrian-childrens-relief-fund2016-12-14T00:00:00-05:002016-12-14T00:00:00-05:00park.iohttp://blog.park.ioca98am79@gmail.com<p>At times it is sad to see what is happening in the world, with innocent people and children getting killed in war. But it is also really nice to see everyone in the world who cares and wants to help, and some people even risking or giving their lives to help those who are suffering.</p>
<p>My wife had the idea of donating a percentage of proceeds from park.io to help, which I think is a great idea - so we’ve decided to donate <strong>5% of all park.io proceeds for December</strong> to the <a href="https://secure.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.7998763/k.FEA/Donate_to_the_Syria_Children_in_Crisis_Fund/apps/ka/sd/donor.asp">Syrian Children’s Relief Fund</a>. We will kick this off by donating $1,000 now and then at the end of the month we will make another donation.</p>
<p>Thanks to all of the park.io users for making this possible! Each order you make contributes to this cause. You can also credit your account now for next year and 5% of this will be donated. Thanks!</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.park.io/articles/donating-5-percent-to-syrian-childrens-relief-fund">Donating 5% of Proceeds to Syrian Childrens Relief Fund</a> was originally published by park.io at <a href="http://blog.park.io">park.io</a> on December 14, 2016.</p>http://blog.park.io/articles/more-user-flips-62016-12-10T00:00:00-05:002016-12-10T00:00:00-05:00park.iohttp://blog.park.ioca98am79@gmail.com<p>It’s great to see park.IO users make a lot of money on domain flips. We haven’t been able to keep up with all of them, but here are a few recent ones we found out about:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/domaintheory">Mark Levine</a> tweeted about how his “ROI on .io domain sales in 2016 was 12x-15x. This gtld has been consistently good for resale since the beginning.” </li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/domaintheory/status/807350839585148928?cn=cmVwbHk%3D"><img src="/images/domaintheory.png" alt="ROI on .io domain sales in 2016" /></a></p>
<p>He sold seven .io domains in 2016 and <a href="https://twitter.com/domaintheory/status/807350839585148928?cn=cmVwbHk%3D">6 out of those 7 he got on park.io</a>. Congratulations, Mark, on a great year! That is pretty awesome.</p>
<ul>
<li>User <em>heathermhuang</em> sold the domain sparrow.me for $2,000 - he got it on park.io for $99. This guy is good - he consistently gets great domains and always seems to do well. Congratulations again!</li>
<li>We noticed that the domain <a href="https://flippa.com/7103356-professor-io">professor.io just sold on Flippa for $900</a> and was <a href="https://app.park.io/auctions/view/professor.io">bought on park.io for $150</a>. That’s about a 6x return on investment - not bad!</li>
</ul>
<p>It’s not always easy to know which ones will sell, but the great thing about domains on park.io is that they were once registered, so you know that there is at least some demand for these names. Also, often times you can grab a domain with a lot of existing traffic, which is valuable.</p>
<p>Check out <a href="http://blog.park.io/tags.html#success">our blog to see other success stories</a>, and make sure to check the <a href="https://app.park.io/domains">domains dropping in the next week</a> to find a domain you can flip (or use for your own project). Also, <a href="http://eepurl.com/YstnP">sign up for the park.IO newsletter</a> to get updates on sales and domains that are dropping soon.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.park.io/articles/more-user-flips-6">More user success stories</a> was originally published by park.io at <a href="http://blog.park.io">park.io</a> on December 10, 2016.</p>http://blog.park.io/articles/namescon-parkio-truckers-hat2016-12-09T00:00:00-05:002016-12-09T00:00:00-05:00park.iohttp://blog.park.ioca98am79@gmail.com<p>I’m really looking forward to attending <a href="http://namescon.com/">NamesCon 2017</a> in Las Vegas on January 22-25. I went last year - it was my first domain conference - and had an awesome time. It was great to meet everyone in person.</p>
<p>This year I’ve decided to do a promotion: come up to me at Namescon and I’ll give you a free park.io trucker’s hat (pictured below, while supplies last). Wear it to one session or Namescon event and I’ll also give you $100 credit to park.io. That’s a free domain!</p>
<p><img src="/images/parkio-trucker-hat.png" alt="Park.io trucker hat" /></p>
<p>You’ll be able to find me because I’ll be wearing the hat, just like I did last year. Also, who knows, maybe these limited edition trucker hats will become collector’s items in the future and sell for $1M apiece.</p>
<p>I’m looking forward to meeting some park.io users in person in Las Vegas in January!</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.park.io/articles/namescon-parkio-truckers-hat">NamesCon: $100 park.io credit and free trucker hat!</a> was originally published by park.io at <a href="http://blog.park.io">park.io</a> on December 09, 2016.</p>http://blog.park.io/articles/new-feature-watchlist2016-12-02T00:00:00-05:002016-12-02T00:00:00-05:00park.iohttp://blog.park.ioca98am79@gmail.com<p>We’ve added a new tab to the Auctions page so that you can see only the auctions that you have bid on or are watching:</p>
<p><img src="/images/watchlist.png" alt="Auction watchlist" /></p>
<p>The auction list has been getting long lately, and it is a little unwieldy at times, so hopefully this will make things simpler and easier.</p>
<p>Also, we plan to add a way for users to auction their own domains soon, so there may be more tabs added to this page for that.</p>
<p>We’re working on some cool additional features, which we will post about here. Also, if you have any suggestions or feedback, feel free to send us an email to tell us about it: <a href="mailto:support@park.io">support@park.io</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.park.io/articles/new-feature-watchlist">New feature: auction watchlist</a> was originally published by park.io at <a href="http://blog.park.io">park.io</a> on December 02, 2016.</p>http://blog.park.io/articles/more-user-flips-52016-11-15T00:00:00-05:002016-11-15T00:00:00-05:00park.iohttp://blog.park.ioca98am79@gmail.com<p>It’s great to see park.IO users make a lot of money on domain flips. We haven’t been able to keep up with all of them, but here are a couple of recent ones we found out about:</p>
<ul>
<li>The domain <a href="https://flippa.com/6874962-stream-to">stream.to sold on Flippa for $2,550</a>. This domain was <a href="https://app.park.io/auctions/view/stream.to">acquired in a park.io auction for only $530</a>. Quite a nice return on investment!</li>
<li>The domain <a href="https://flippa.com/6756874">listed.io sold on Flippa for $1,004</a>. It was also <a href="https://app.park.io/auctions/view/listed.io">purchased in a park.io auction</a> earlier this year (in March) for $155. Another nice return!</li>
</ul>
<p>It’s not always easy to know which ones will sell, but the great thing about domains on park.io is that they were once registered, so you know that there is at least some demand for these names. Also, often times you can grab a domain with a lot of existing traffic, which is valuable.</p>
<p>Check out <a href="http://blog.park.io/tags.html#success">our blog to see other success stories</a>, and make sure to check the <a href="https://app.park.io/domains">domains dropping in the next week</a> to find a domain you can flip (or use for your own project). Also, <a href="http://eepurl.com/YstnP">sign up for the park.IO newsletter</a> to get updates on sales and domains that are dropping soon.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.park.io/articles/more-user-flips-5">More user success stories</a> was originally published by park.io at <a href="http://blog.park.io">park.io</a> on November 15, 2016.</p>