Currently in limited Beta, DevHub.com is one of the new domain development companies which have been founded to help domain owners in developing their domains into websites.

Based in Seattle, DevHub is owned and operated by the EVO Media Group (evomediagroup.com), the same people who managed the EvoLanding.com domain parking service.

DevHub / EvoMediaGroup Team

• CEO / Co-founder: Geoffrey Allen Bautista Nuval
• CTO / Co-founder: Daniel Lee Rust
• SVP Sales & Strategic Marketing / Co-founder: Mark A. Michael
• VP of Engineering: Alan Steele
• Executive Chairman: Jeff Schrock

Site Info

From their About Us, it states that “DevHub is the web hosted publishing platform and content editor created by EVO Media Group….. DevHub’s technology reduces the complexity of publishing to the web, enabling the creation of useful, engaging and user-focused niche websites.”

DevHub currently has 4 primary features:

1. Hosting
2. Site creation & Publishing
3. Integrated Tools
4. Reporting

From its website, DevHub claims to “make useful websites that make you money” by using their platform to:

• Build unique sites without any programming skills
• Monetize with exclusive products, listings, ads
• Analyze traffic and revenues with detailed reports
• Grow your own Online Media Network

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DevHub appears to offer a total solution for developing, hosting and managing your domain and website.

There is an easy to use drag and drop site editor which allows users to customize the site’s background, logo, style and more. On top of normal web publishing tools, DevHub’s platform also allows users to integrate content from partnering sites to enhance the developed domains.

Although their service has evolved from EvoLanding which is targeted at domainers, there is no mention about domain owners or domainers on their list of ‘Who is Using DevHub’ (on their homepage) which is surprising. Instead it lists Bloggers, Internet Entrepreneurs and Affiliate Marketers as the users of DevHub.

Signing up is free which allows users to enter up to 10 domains into their DevHub account.

Company Info

• Website: DevHub.com
• Features: http://www.devhub.com/features
• Signup: http://www.devhub.com/signup
• Sites Developed on devHub: http://www.devhub.com/gallery
• In the News: Dev Hub Interview on DNJournal

• Phone: 206-441-4399
• Email: info (at) evolanding.com
• Address: 2101 4th Ave., Suite 1050, Seattle, WA 98121
• Media inquiries: Mark Michael at michaelm (at) evolanding.com

The domain name industry is buzzing with the phrase ‘domain development‘ as frantic domain name owners rush to develop their premium domains into useful websites.

Domain Parking

In the domain name aftermarket, professional domain name investors would buy top grade domain names, predominantly in the dot com (.com) extention and place a simple one page website on the domain which is full of related advertisting links.

When a user comes to the domain name, they will see the single page of ads and once they click on one of the paid advertisements, the domain owner will receive advertising revenue. This process is known as domain parking.

Parking Limitations

Although domain parking is a cheap and easy way to monetize a domain name which generates traffic, there are an inceasing number of reasons why domain owners are scrambling to develop their domain names into websites as an alternative to parking.

• Internet Advertisers can now opt out of having their ads shown on domain parking pages
• Domain parking advertising rates are falling due to advertiser opt-outs and a general slowdown in internet ad rates
• Domain parking traffic is decreasing as search engines and internet browsers introduce features that lower direct navigation traffic
• Domain parking does not generate additional search traffic from getting more pages indexed in the search engines

The Need for Domain Development

With these developments, professional domain name owners (also known as domainers) are exploring the range of products and services available for web development.

There are many services offering custom website design and packaged mini sites which cost a couple of hundred dollars, but a large majority of domainers will be searching for solutions to build free websites on their domains.

Although custom development may have a lot of advantages, for domainers who own thousands of domains, it may not be financially feasible if you consider that to develop 1,000 domains at a cost of US$200, would require an investment of US$200,000 to build sites on all 1,000 domains.

Free Websites

The choices for using free online services and publishing platforms to build websites has improved a lot over the last few years.

Before paying for custom developed sites, domainers with a large domain portfolio may want to consider the available solutions for free websites.