Domain Parking

Sometimes it's important to purchase one or more domain names without actually assigning them to a web site. This can happen for a large number of reasons.

• You might want to reserve your domain names because you have a great idea but you haven't yet had time to get around to creating a web site. Since domain names can go fast, it's often a good idea to purchase them as soon as you can (besides, compared to other business expenses domain names are cheap).

• You've got a number of trademarks that you want to protect. You might purchase the domain names without creating web sites in order to reserve the names for yourself, perhaps for future use.

• You are working on a web site but don't yet want people to see it because it is not finished.

• Although this might be considered cybersquatting (and hence possibly illegal), you might purchase a domain which you think might be valuable. You could then resell the domain name later at a profit.

The concept, very simply, is you purchase the domain names without creating a web site. The domain registrar simply takes your payment, reserves the name to you and does not update any DNS information (or simply creates a one page holder web site for you).

Most (if not all) domain registrars will park a domain for you at no additional charge. Why wouldn't they do so - you are paying them and they basically do not have to do anything at all.