Rules for Domain Parkers
Rules for Domain Parkers
Domain parking is an optional service provided by WTI for
users to "park" their domain names in order to increase the chance of
a sale and to generate revenue from the domain's descriptive characteristics.
To use domain parking, the user has to forward his/her domain to a Nameserver
specified by WTI. Our ad providers will then automatically generate a
customized page with banner and/or text ads, or automatically redirect your
domain visitor to the website of an advertiser interested in domain traffic
related to the category of your domain. If appropriate, a sign that the
respective domain name is for sale will be added to your page. Please read
below for WTI's rules regarding domain parking, or to read the specific terms of
use for WTI's Parking Program please click here.
Intellectual Property Rights
Unfortunately, a few bad apples have soured the practice of
domain owners who legitimately park domain names they own in a parking program
such as WTI's. For that reason and more, WTI takes IP infringement seriously
and has instituted policies and procedures allowing rights holders to submit
complaints to WTI regarding the possible infringement by a domain owner
participating in the Parking Program. With trademark infringement and
click-fraud making front page news, users who participate in WTI's Parking
Program represent that they are the rightful owner of their domains and that no
intellectual property rights would be infringed by their participation in WTI's
Parking Program. If you are not sure whether or not your domain names might
possibly infringe a third party's IP rights, please search a trademark database
such as the free service provided by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office or
to search international trademarks try the free service provided by the World
Intellectual Property Organization.
Parking Program Rules
As mentioned above, click fraud has emerged as the number
one obstacle to the success of domain traffic monetization models. Click fraud
occurs when either computer programs or individuals are used to drive traffic
to a website containing advertisement listings or directly to advertiser
websites, such as WTI's service, and who or which navigate to the domain and/or
click on the listed ads displayed with no intention to purchase or inquire
about the goods, services or companies being advertised. The threat posed by
these practices is best illustrated by the number of advertisers who have
greatly reduced the amount they spend on pay-per-click advertising. For these reasons,
WTI requires participants in our Parking Program to abide by the following set
or rules and regulations.
PLEASE NOTE: COMMITTING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PROHIBITED
ACTIONS CONSTITUTES GROUNDS FOR IMMEDIATE TERMINATION FROM THE PARKING PROGRAM
AND FORFEITURE OF ANY ACCUMULATED EARNINGS WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE. PLEASE READ AN
Domain owners may not generate artificial page views, click
on advertising links displayed on their own domain names, nor ask friends,
family, employees, or others to do so.
Domain owner may not beg, ask, entice, or provide incentives
for visitors to view their domain or click on advertising links.
Domain owner may not re-direct traffic to their parked
domain name. This prohibition includes, but is not limited to, traffic
redirected from other domain names, traffic originating from advertising and
purchased traffic such as pop-under or exit traffic. Each domain name must be
parked separately.
Domain owner may not display their parked page as a
pop-under or pop-up window without prior written approval from WTI.
Domain owner may not categorize domain names in unrelated
categories or specify an incorrect language parameter.
Domain owner may not submit advertising keywords that are
unrelated to the subject area of the domain name.
Domain owner may not generate traffic to their domain
name(s) or clicks on advertising links by any of the following methods:
listings on newsgroups or discussion boards (with the exception of "domain
for sale" postings), bulk emailing, social media postings, iframes, zero
pixel frames, hitbots, clickbots, spiders, CGI scripts, java-scripts, or any
other similar method.
Domain owner may not modify the Parking Program page or code
in any way without prior approval. Only clicks or page views originating from
an unmodified, Parking Program-served parking page will be considered valid.
Domain owner may not place the Parking Program page within a
frame without prior written approval from WTI.
Domain owner may not mislead visitors into believing that
he/she will receive anything other than an internet search by viewing a domain
or clicking on a text link or search box.
Referring pages must not be password protected in any way.
WTI reserves the right to terminate your Parking Program
account if it is idle for more than one month or upon suspicion of any
violation of these rules or the Domain Parking Terms and Conditions.
Inability to comply with any of the terms of the User
Agreement, the Domain Parking Terms and Conditions or these Rules for Domain
Parkers will forfeit any unpaid earnings and result in the termination of
Domain owner's Parking Program account. Further legal action may be taken in
response to such violations as well.
Parking Payments
WTI will pay the user a percentage of all revenues generated
by the user's parked domain names. Users who participate in WTI's parking
program will be paid via wire transfer, direct deposit (ACH), paper check, or
Paypal.com, depending on the Users place of residence. Payments will be made on
or about 15 business days after the end of each calendar month for Click
Balances earned and received during the prior month less any amount the WTI
determines, in its sole discretion, was not validly earned (see above for more
details on invalid earnings), if an as long as the User has completed the
Member Certification process and has entered his valid payment details.
The minimum payment amount is $20. Unissued earnings will be
held until the month in which the total amount due exceeds the minimum payment
amount for the chosen payment method or until the participation in the parking
program has ended, in which case final payment will be made by method chosen by
WTI in its sole discretion. Un-issued earnings less than $20 or earnings
undeliverable because of incomplete or inaccurate account data will expire
after a period of 12 months and will be deleted.
PLEASE NOTE: Domain owners must understand that the WTI will
not withhold taxes from any payments, and that it is the responsibility of
domain owner to pay all local, state, federal, and/or foreign taxes on income
received from the parking program. By participating in WTI's Parking Program,
domain owners agree to indemnify and reimburse WTI on account of any claim or
assessment of taxes by any foreign, United States, state, and/or local taxing
authority, and any other costs and damages arising from or in connection with
the use or operation of the Parking Program.