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Park.io
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Park.io is a service that allows users to backorder and auction expiring country-code top-level domain names.

park.io · Founded 2014 · 29 public sources · Updated 3 months ago

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How Park.io Grew

Service for backordering expiring domain names

How did Park.io grow?

Summary of the sourced claims below

Park.io grew primarily through word of mouth and the general growth of .io domains, which increased interest in their service. The use of parked pages linking to Park.io for every domain they caught helped attract many of the first users by gaining their attention. The founder also emphasized the importance of providing quick and responsive customer support to create a good first impression and aid growth.

Channels

4 channels · grouped by how Park.io grows

  • Organic social media

    · 4 mentions · 4 sources
    “I think people were just interested in the domains, and the parked pages really helped to get users' attention.”
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    “I have 530 followers and do amazing write-ups.”
    high
    “I think people were just interested in the domains, and the parked pages really helped to get users' attention.”
    high
    “I like Hacker News a lot, and I read that. I've read... Man, I've been on that site for like 10 years or more. And I remember a lot of .io domains were on there because a lot of people can't afford the .coms because they're so expensive. So a lot of them would go to these .ios. And so if I was go...”
    medium

  • Newsletter

    · 2 mentions · 2 sources
    “The weekly newsletter is automated.”
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    “I guess if people are interested, they could sign up for the newsletter on park.io and we'll announce the new features that we're releasing then.”
    medium

  • Word of mouth

    · 1 mention
    “it has grown by word of mouth and I think just the growth of .io domains, in general, has helped the growth of park.io.”
    high

  • Leveraging existing platforms

    · 1 mention
    “She listed it on Sedo and it sold in a few months for $2,900.”
    medium

How 3,340 businesses grow

Of businesses with mapped growth channels, the share using each — Park.io ’s highlighted.
  • Social media
    64% ◀
  • Referral/Word-of-mouth
    63% ◀
  • Search/SEO
    58%
  • Email
    47% ◀
  • Community
    37%
  • Content/Inbound
    35%
  • Partnerships
    32%
  • Events
    24%
  • Paid ads
    23%
  • Outbound/Sales
    18%
  • Press/PR
    17%
  • Marketplaces/App stores
    12% ◀
  • Podcasting
    4%
  • Influencer partnerships
    3%
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