A parked domain name is one that is taken, but it is not connected to any other service - web or e mail hosting. Essentially, this type of domain name won't load any actual content when you type it within a web browser, but nobody else can take it as you've already registered it and you are its owner. The best thing about obtaining a domain name and parking it afterwards is the fact that you’re able to keep it and not worry that someone else could possibly register it in the meantime if, for instance, the site for it is not ready yet. You are able to set a short-term Under Construction page for a parked domain name while you're working on your website, or direct it to another web address - temporarily or permanently. The second option can be used if you have already registered domain.com, for example, and you obtain domain.net and domain.org, so as to protect a brand name or a trademark. In this situation, the .net and .org domain names can be parked and forwarded to the .com since you don't need different websites for them.