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How Park.io Makes Money

Service for backordering expiring domain names

How did Park.io monetize?

Summary of the sourced claims below

Park.io monetizes by charging a one-time fee of $99 for backordering expired domains if the customer is the only bidder and obtains the domain. If multiple people backorder the same domain, it goes to a 10-day auction, where the domain is sold to the highest bidder.

Revenue sources

2 sources · grouped by how Park.io makes money

  • One-time / lifetime deals

    · 7 mentions · 7 sources
    “Morgan Linton bought the domain yummy.io on park.IO for $99 a few months ago ... user dkenzik bought a domain in a park.io auction for $195 a few months ago ... a domain that sold on Flippa for $1,500 that was purchased on park.io for $99”
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    “Backorder expiring country code top level domains for only $99...Backorder a domain. If we obtain it and you are the only bidder, you pay $99 and the domain is yours.”
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    “Backorder expiring country code top level domains for only $99. ... Backorder a domain. If we obtain it and you are the only bidder, you pay $99 and the domain is yours.”
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    “every user who backordered a .io domain with park.IO has either become the owner of the domain or it went to auction.”
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    “The domain know.ly, which she backordered on park.io for $99. The domain didn’t go to auction, because she was the only person who backordered it.”
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    “park.io is a service that allows you to backorder domains that have expired and will be available for registration again soon... I thought $99 was a good number because it was pretty high, but still in the 2-digit range.”
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    “it's $99 if we get the domain for you and no one else ordered it. But if more than one person ordered it, then it goes to an auction, a 10 day auction.”
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  • Usage-based fees

    · 1 mention
    “Using park.IO’s domain backordering service, he snapped socialmedia.io for only $99 less than 2 weeks ago, on October 10th.”
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How 1,889 businesses make money

Of businesses with mapped revenue sources, the share using each — Park.io ’s highlighted.
  • Recurring subscriptions
    54%
  • Services & consulting
    30%
  • Physical products
    28%
  • One-time / lifetime deals
    24% ◀
  • Affiliate / referral commissions
    15%
  • Course / training sales
    13%
  • Sponsorships & partnerships
    10%
  • Usage-based fees
    9% ◀
  • Advertising revenue
    9%
  • Add-ons & upsells
    9%
  • Marketplace commissions
    6%
  • Licensing
    2%
  • Setup / onboarding fees
    2%
  • Donations & tips
    2%
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