what does it mean if a domain name is "parked"

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  gabriellepace · Member · Jan 19, 2014 at 10:38 pm

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  hi!
  i tried to purchase a domain name but it says it is “parked” courtesy of wordpress.com

  does that mean someone else has purchased it? if so is there any way i can contact the owner. they aren’t using it and i really want it! i can’t find it on wordpress at all, other than my own site.

  thanks for any help.

  gabrielle pace (gabriellepace.wordpress.com)

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  andrealyeska · Member · Jan 20, 2014 at 5:09 am

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  Gabrielle,

  A ‘parked’ domain usually refers to one that has already been acquired and is already owned by someone. The term generally refers to two different types of parked domains. One is a domain that has not yet been linked to any content and is not yet hosted anywhere, so there’s no home page for it and the registrar will generate a default web page in the browser. Parked can also refer to a domain that has been acquired for advertisements or speculation.

  More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_parking

  If you want to see who owns it, try entering it in here:

  http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 20, 2014 at 7:56 am

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  If a domain is parked, you can expect it’s likely for sale but at a much higher price than a non-parked domain. I’d pick a different domain.

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  gabriellepace · Member · Jan 20, 2014 at 11:26 pm

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  thanks for your help!