A parked domain is one that's taken, yet it is not associated with another service - web or e mail hosting. Put simply, this type of domain will not load any actual content when you type it inside an Internet browser, but no one 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 that you’ll be able to keep it and not worry that someone else could possibly register it in the meantime if, for example, the site for it is not ready yet. You are able to create a short-term Under Construction website page for a parked domain name while you are working on the web site, or forward it to another web address - temporarily or permanently. The second option can be used when you have already registered domain.com, for example, and you acquire domain.net and domain.org, in order to protect a brand name or a trademark. In cases like this, the .net and .org domains can be parked and directed to the .com as you do not need separate websites for them.