it's not dumb at all tanya. I encountered the same problem as you did and find traditional parking like sedo doesn't do you good.
e.g. it shows a page where is full of ads, i think it is good if the domain is a premium e.g. sex.com, dictionary.com, usd.com and so on. But if your domain isn't premium, that contain 3 words or so,
(the domain ebooks by zach got more details on it). you may want to develop. one easy way to develop a website is using wordpress a blogging software. this is the easiest blogging software and lots of features to use including categories
I am sure godaddy or prozilla might have this software bundled with their hosting. godaddy is a hosting company by the way.
Now, I've just bought an ebook on how to develop a money making blog that eventually drives you traffic, when you have traffic on your site don't waste it.
it's called the atomic blogging. it is a 83-pages easy step by step follow guide on how to set up your blog, earn money with blog and have it ranks fast and top in major search engine like google.
I've bought it myself and it's a lot of
useful information , I certainly recommend this to you.
download the atomic blogging book
if you have others question few free to ask.
proson