{"id":1650,"date":"2017-11-09T11:30:26","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T00:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.above.com\/blog\/?p=1650"},"modified":"2017-11-25T06:45:39","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T19:45:39","slug":"selling-traffic-vs-selling-domains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.above.com\/blog\/selling-traffic-vs-selling-domains","title":{"rendered":"Selling Traffic vs. Selling Domains"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i64.tinypic.com\/aoxmxe.jpg\" width=\"319\" height=\"118\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignleft size-full\" \/>A classic debate among domain investors is whether it is more profitable to focus on selling a domain\u2019s traffic or to concentrate on selling domains for an increase in revenue.<\/p>\n<p>Above\u2019s answer is simple\u2026 <em>Why not both?<\/em><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Above.com is excited to announce a new option available to clients:<\/span>\u00a0Users can now send a portion of their traffic to an Above for sale page and a portion to carefully screened direct advertisers on Maximizer through the exclusive Trellian Direct Search Network.<\/p>\n<p>This gives domain investors the ability to have a continuous revenue stream while offering names for sale as well as increasing the value of the domain name by showing that the domain generates revenue.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Send 100% of traffic to an Above for sale page.<\/li>\n<li>Make up to 75% of traffic eligible for sale on Maximizer and send 25% to an Above for sale page.<\/li>\n<li>Make up to 50% of traffic eligible for sale on Maximizer and send 50% to an Above for sale page.<\/li>\n<li>Make up to 75% of traffic eligible for sale on Maximizer and send 25% to an Above for sale page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information and help setting up this option, <a href=\"mailto:contact@above.com\">send us an email<\/a> or message us on live chat.<\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A classic debate among domain investors is whether it is more profitable to focus on selling a domain\u2019s traffic or to concentrate on selling domains &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Selling Traffic vs. Selling Domains\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.above.com\/blog\/selling-traffic-vs-selling-domains#more-1650\" aria-label=\"More on Selling Traffic vs. Selling Domains\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,429,18,430],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-domain-aftermarket-sales","category-domain-maximizer","category-domain-tools","category-features-tips","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Selling Traffic vs. Selling Domains - Above<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.above.com\/blog\/selling-traffic-vs-selling-domains\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Selling Traffic vs. Selling Domains - Above\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A classic debate among domain investors is whether it is more profitable to focus on selling a domain\u2019s traffic or to concentrate on selling domains ... 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