WhyPark Charity Recipient Chosen

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.

WhyPark Charity Auction Is Now Live

The WhyPark Charity Domain Auction is now live at the new Latonas.com auction house.

• Learn about the WhyPark Charity Domain Auction and the donated domains available.
  
• Download keyword stats for each domain in the auction.
  
• Read about the new Latonas.com Auction House hosting the auction in Rick Latona's post
  
• Finally, register and bid at Latonas.com
  

Happy bidding and we look forward to a successful auction with 100% of the proceeds being donated to the charity chosen by the highest bidder.

Thanks,

Craig Rowe
WhyPark

Final List Now Available for the WhyPark Charity Domain Auction

We've finalized the list of domains for the upcoming WhyPark Charity Domain Auction. The list of 59 domains available through this no reserve auction can be viewed at http://www.whypark.com/auction.cfm. A spreadsheet with keyword popularity stats is also available here.

All domains are being auctioned at No Reserve, with starting bids at only $49. At the close of the auction, the single highest bid from all auctions will choose the charity to receive all net proceeds. Please note, we will ensure the charity is a neutral, socially-responsible, registered charity. It's an extra incentive to open your wallets a bit more while bidding on great quality domain names.

This will be the first opportunity to check out Rick Latona's new auction platform, so pre-register now at http://www.latonas.com. The auction begins on Monday, December 7th!

The All New Latonas.com Auction Company To Support WhyPark Charity Domain Auction

Domain name auction provider donates services with beta launch of new auction platform

Atlanta, Georgia USA – November 12, 2009 - Rick Latona Auctions announced today it will donate its services and provide the online auction platform for the WhyPark Charity Domain Auction scheduled for December 7th through the December 11th, 2009. The WhyPark Charity Auction will be the first online auction to utilize Rick Latona's new beta auction platform which will be in an all new location, www.LATONAS.com.

WhyPark's charity domain auction will consist of up to 50 domain names, with no reserve price, all donated by domain name industry leaders. The proceeds from the auction will be given to a socially-responsible charity chosen by the highest single bidder in the auction. To submit domain names for the auction and for complete details, visit http://www.whypark.com/auction.

"We are excited to support the WhyPark Charity Auction" stated Rick Latona, President of Rick Latona Auctions. "It is also the perfect opportunity for us to test drive our new Latonas.com auction platform. Since it is an online only auction with no live auctioneer, it should be a low stress environment. Customers will be able to help people through The WhyPark Charity Auction , pick up a great new name or two and get a sneak preview of what we are up to here in Atlanta".

"The WhyPark charity auction is simply about raising funds for a charity in need." stated Craig Rowe, President of WhyPark Technology Services. "The domain name community raises funds for several charities worldwide and this is another opportunity to provide financial assistance to a worthwhile organization of the highest winning bidder's choice. We are excited to partner with Rick Latona Auctions, a leader in the domain industry to help make this a successful auction."

About Rick Latona Auctions:
Rick Latona Auctions is an industry leader in the brokerage of domains and domain auctions. This industry has exceeded 428,000,000 US Dollars in total sales1 representing over 54,000 individual domains sold since October 2003. Auctions attract branding managers and executives looking to buy domains to increase their company's market share against their competitors. Registered bidders from a live audience and those watching the live online video and audio broadcast compete with one another buying domain names. Rick Latona Auctions is proud to be the exclusive auction company for all six T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Conferences in 2010. Rick Latona Auctions also can assist you by acting as your domain name broker for a domain purchase or sale. For additional information, visit www.RickLatona.com/auctions.

About WhyPark:
WhyPark quickly builds domains to become living websites through its domain development platform. The company's proprietary system provides new and relevant content daily to clients' domain names, obtaining search engine visibility for domains instead of relying strictly on existing traffic. For more information, visit www.WhyPark.com.

WhyPark Charity Domain Auction

WhyPark is organizing a 5-day charity domain auction to begin December 7th and end December 11th. Donate your high quality domain names to be included in the WhyPark charity domain auction.

Approximately 50 domains will be chosen for the charity auction, and all domains will start with no reserve. At the close of the auction, the single highest bid from all auctions will be able to choose the charity to receive all net proceeds. Please note, we will ensure the charity is a neutral, socially-responsible, respected charity. It's an extra incentive to open your wallets a bit more while bidding on great quality domain names.

Details and our domain submission form can be found at http://www.whypark.com/auction.cfm.

Introducing the New Parked.com/WhyPark Forum

We're excited to announce that the new combined Parked.com/WhyPark forum is live at http://forum.parked.com. We have retired the previous forum at forum.whypark.com, which now forwards to our combined forum.

To signup, go to http://forum.parked.com/register.php and complete the registration form. You will be asked for your email address that you use to login to WhyPark and the current number of active sites in your dashboard.

The new forum includes team members from both Parked.com and WhyPark eagerly awaiting your questions and comments. We're looking forward to open, constructive discussions on ways to improve your revenue, customize your WhyPark sites and get the most out of your WhyPark account. As always, we want to hear your ideas on what's missing from WhyPark or what would make your life easier.

Join the discussion today at http://forum.parked.com.

Parked.com Purchases WhyPark

Parked.com expands its domain monetization technology through WhyPark acquisition

April 28, 2009 -- Parked.com, a leading domain parking company, announced today it has acquired WhyPark, a domain development company. The purchase creates synergies between the two companies by combining WhyPark's strength in developing traffic with Parked.com's competitive advantage in monetizing traffic. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Parked.com's acquisition of WhyPark offers several advantages for WhyPark customers including a new premium top-tier feed for offering the highest revenue effective immediately. WhyPark customers will also receive:

• Keyword selection expertise to maximize revenue and click-through rate (CTR)
  
• Experienced staff to optimize domain names for maximum revenue
  
• Payment twice a month
  
• Payment options for PayPal, direct deposit, check and international wire
  
• 10% referral programs
  

WhyPark (www.whypark.com), an innovator in the domain development space, recently launched a rapid site development platform which allows its customers to create custom sites in minutes, earn revenue through flexible opportunities including cost-per-action (CPA) and cost-per-click (CPC), and attract search engines, advertisers and visitors. WhyPark's suite of premium services is also available for the highest level of content development and SEO for the more advanced domain name investor. In a recent Domain Name Wire survey, WhyPark was voted the best parking alternative.

"Domainers are looking for new options and services to help increase their ROI," said Donny Simonton, President of Parked Technology Services. "The WhyPark purchase offers new such opportunities. The combination of Parked.com's proprietary technology and WhyPark's rapid site development will offer immediate unmatched added value to WhyPark clients. WhyPark's domain development technology will also be integrated into Parked.com's services in the coming months providing new services for Parked.com clients. This is a definite win for Parked.com customers."

WhyPark Founder and President, Craig Rowe will remain with WhyPark and continue to be very integral in the future development of WhyPark.

"The WhyPark acquisition is fantastic for current and future WhyPark customers," stated Craig Rowe. "Backed by the financial strength as well as the technology and capability of Parked.com, greater opportunities are now available for WhyPark customers. I am excited and confident with the future of WhyPark."

WhyPark clients will continue to utilize their existing administrative interface. No changes will be required by current WhyPark clients. For more information on the WhyPark acquisition and what WhyPark and Parked.com customers can anticipate with the purchase, visit http://www.whypark.com/faq-parked.htm

About Parked.com - www.parked.com

Founded in 2006, Parked.com 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 4,000,000 domain names, Parked.com has aggressively become a leader in the domain parking space and was voted best parking company in the 2008 User Choice Awards.

About WhyPark - www.whypark.com

WhyPark quickly builds domains to become living websites. The company's proprietary system provides new and relevant content daily to clients' domain names, obtaining search engine visibility for domains instead of relying on type-in traffic or temporary links.

CONTACT

Michael Ward

Director of Marketing

Parked Technology Services

mward@parked.com

+1-919-760-7002

Need Help? Get Instant Support with Live Chat

Sometimes even the most savvy users may need some guidance.

Getting instant support is now just a click away. By typing in the "Live Chat" box in the right hand column of any page of your account, you can talk to one of our support specialists to get the direction you need.

Live Chat is available Monday to Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST. Should you need support beyond those hours, you can still reach us at support@whypark.com.

WhyPark Featured in DNJournal.com Cover Story

In DNJournal's March cover story, WhyPark is proud to be featured in an examination of several mass development companies.

In the article, Ron Jackson, DNJournal's veteran journalist, profiled the leaders of five development companies (plus one bonus profile) and asked them to explain how their strategies work.

Calling WhyPark the "grandaddy" of the mass development space, Jackson gave us the opportunity to showcase how WhyPark works and what makes us different from the new kids popping up on the block.

Check out the article, "The Next Big Thing in Domain Monetization?: New Companies Are Making the Dream of Affordable Mass Development a Reality." and WhyPark's profile.

The People Have Spoken: WhyPark Voted the Best Domain Parking Alternative

In a survey released by popular domain blog DomainNameWire, WhyPark was voted the best domain parking alternative.

We couldn’t be more thrilled! Our platform developments are based on customer feedback so we’re encouraged by this pat on the back. Thanks to all our customers who voted for us in this survey and continue to support us as we improve and build new features. We like being your favorite platform for building out domains so we look forward to making even more improvements.

Thanks for choosing WhyPark!

WhyPark Welcomes Rod Underhill, Well-Known Venture Capitalist and Technology Expert, to Its Team

WhyPark, LLC is pleased to welcome Rod Underhill, successful venture capitalist, noted technologist and attorney, as a senior advisor to its team.

An expert in assisting high-growth businesses, Underhill is no stranger to the technology sector. He quickly made a name for himself as the co-founder of MP3.com, a technology company that reached a valuation exceeding $6 billion.

The co-author of the popular book "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Making Millions on the Internet," Underhill will contribute his technology and investment experience to WhyPark's ever-growing business.

"WhyPark has long been known to me as the most innovative of all domain parking-related businesses," says Underhill. "Given that it's grabbing an increasing amount of real estate, I'm very excited to be involved with this company."

Underhill's varied experience will bring a fresh perspective to the domain industry. Underhill also serves as an adjunct professor of law at San Diego's Thomas Jefferson School of Law and is a technology and venture capital advisor to universities in California and Arizona. In 2008, he received the vaunted Webby Award for his contribution to Internet technologies.

Craig Rowe, WhyPark's president, is enthusiastic about Underhill's expertise in building brands in the domain industry. "We're very excited to have Rod onboard," Rowe says. "His vision and experience in managing high growth Internet businesses will no doubt play a big role in WhyPark's continued success. We're looking forward to Rod's fresh insight and innovative ideas to help grow WhyPark while also helping us plan our next steps. We're confident that together we will secure WhyPark as the top choice for domain investors in helping them create profitable websites with their domains."

Underhill has already begun making his mark at WhyPark. "I am very proud to be the new member of the WhyPark team," says Underhill. "My initial work has led to further development of WhyPark's already exciting business model. I see a very bright future for this company."

WhyPark quickly builds domains to become living websites. With standard service, the company's proprietary system provides new and relevant content daily to clients' domain names, obtaining search engine visibility for domains instead of relying on type-in traffic or temporary links. Unlike traditional parking services, WhyPark's content helps establish a domain's brand until it matures by promoting legitimate indexed websites that offer relevant information for visitors. WhyPark's suite of premium services is also available for the highest level of content development and SEO for the more advanced domain investor.

http://www.whypark.com

Craig Rowe to Speak at TRAFFIC New York and TRAFFIC Down Under

Craig Rowe, President of WhyPark will be speaking on the following seminar at TRAFFIC New York on Wednesday, September 24th at 3:30pm:

Domainers vs monetizers, who has backbone? Which group has shrinking margins? Which group is on the short end and how do investors regain their FAIR SHARE of the pie? What are the alternatives to parking? "LIFE AFTER GOOGLE AND YAHOO!" Gregg McNair, Jamie MacMillan of LinkShare, Divyank Turakhia of Skenzo, Craig Rowe of WhyPark.com, Ofer Ronan of Sendori.com, Aram Fuchs of Fertilemind Capital and Mike "Zappy" Zapolin of InternetRealEstate.com

Additionally, Craig will be heading to Australia for the TRAFFIC Down Under conference to speak on the Web Property Development session on Wednesday, November 19th: Content Is King Again:

Automatically generated, free license, user-generated, spam content, original work, and authority content - all have their own costs and benefits. Are you trying to game the search engines or feed them what they really want? Is the purpose to be a spam site, a media property, selling products, or creating a long term business?

We're excited over these opportunities and look forward to being a part of each conference.

WhyPark.com Welcomes Stephen Douglas To Its Team

WhyPark (http://www.whypark.com) is pleased to welcome Stephen Douglas, a well-known maverick in the domain industry, as its new Vice-President of Business Development.

Douglas has vast experience in domain name investing and marketing management. Many domainers will recognize Douglas as the executive producer of Name Intelligence’s 2007 Domain Roundtable Conference in Seattle. Notably, the conference boasted $4 million in domain name sales from its pioneering and highly successful streaming live domain auction.

“We’re excited to have Stephen on board,” says Craig Rowe, President of WhyPark. “He brings an incredible amount of industry expertise, and his energy and passion for the business is contagious. Stephen’s refreshing approach challenges the status quo. We look forward to his contributions as we continue to launch new services and enhancements.”

Douglas began investing in domain names in the mid-1990s. He soon shot out from under the radar by advising domain industry companies such as DomainHop and Go Daddy. More recently, Douglas was the senior domain consultant at both BulkRegister and SnapNames. He also created and designed DropGuild.com, the only domain-dropping auction website that allowed users to see traffic on expiring domains before they dropped. DropGuild was purchased by Demand Media, Inc.

“I like pushing outside the space to find much-needed solutions,” says Douglas. “That’s why I look forward to working with WhyPark. Their innovative domain-building system is absolutely essential for today’s domain investors.”

As WhyPark’s Vice-President of Business Development, Douglas manages large domain portfolio programs and strategic partnerships. He also leads general marketing programs and analysis.

“I’ve wanted for years to find an inexpensive solution to build out my domains with relevant, index-friendly content. When I saw that WhyPark’s system does this easily and with little expense, I was hooked. Joining its team was a no-brainer for me, and I’m confident that most domain investors will see WhyPark as a requirement in their monetization options. I believe WhyPark is going to make a major paradigm transference in the domain industry, and I’m honored to work with Craig and the WhyPark crew to accomplish this.”

WhyPark quickly builds domains to become living websites. With standard service, the company’s proprietary system provides new and relevant content daily to clients’ domain names, obtaining search engine visibility for domains instead of relying on type-in traffic or temporary links. Unlike traditional parking services, WhyPark’s content helps establish a domain’s brand until it matures by promoting legitimate indexed websites that offer relevant information for visitors. WhyPark’s suite of premium services is also available for the highest level of content development and SEO for the more advanced domain investor.

Angel Investor Accelerates WhyPark Development

WhyPark.com, an innovative alternative to domain parking, gets fueled by new funding from investor inside its client base.

Demand for a profitable alternative to conventional domain parking is on the rise. As domain owners with minimal returns on traditionally parked sites seek better paying options, business investors are taking note.

One company reaping the rewards of this new trend is WhyPark.com. Today, the alternative domain parking provider announced the backing of an angel investor for its fast-growing development efforts. The strategic new partnership between WhyPark and its investor, Alan Macomber, has gone into effect with the deal’s funds rolled into an enhancement project that is already underway.

Launched in 2006, WhyPark has grown from a simple domain services site into a complex content solution that attempts to add considerable value to its clients’ portfolios. While traditional domain parking services simply put advertising links on dormant sites, WhyPark places high-quality content, in addition to advertising links, on parked domains. The company says its informative textual material brings new visitors to a parked page and keeps them returning.

"Our goal has always been to provide a platform to help users do more with their domains,” said WhyPark President Craig Rowe. “Domain parking has traditionally been a simple means of earning revenue from a domain's direct or remnant traffic. However, it has missed the mark in terms of providing new momentum to domain names, delivering repeat visits, attracting search engine guests and retaining existing visitors. WhyPark attracts and retains visitors by matching highly relevant, full-text content with a domain name's theme. The result is longer user sessions, a significant increase in repeat visits, and the development of new search engine traffic and links."

That WhyPark’s new investment comes from one of its clients is revealing. Users seem to agree with the company’s model and many say they are profiting from it.

“Being one of the first customers of WhyPark, I was amazed at how quickly Craig Rowe developed a user friendly platform which drastically increased the monetization of my domain portfolio,” explained Macomber. “The rapid pace of improvements to the WhyPark platform over the last two years has been incredible. The keyword research function, the WhyPark ad feed, image driven templates, SEO tools, as well as the traffic, click and revenue tracking features have all been funded by the company's internal cash flow.”

Macomber believes his investment, combined with talented management, will enable this early growth stage company to become a leader in the monetization of large domain portfolios. “When the new development program underway at WhyPark is finished, domain investors will be provided with an incredible suite of tools to quickly build-out a website which provides a great user experience and a generous revenue stream," Macomber pointed out.

WhyPark is equally confident that the new investment will help further accelerate the growth it has already achieved. “With an increasing demand for an alternative to traditional domain parking, paired with this investment, we will be able to develop and release a comprehensive set of tools and services to help our customers further monetize and add value to their domain names,” added Rowe.

WhyPark currently hosts over 41,000 domains and says that owners of those sites can expect to see upgrades to the platform as a result of the new investment in the coming months.