Expiring domain - 301 or try and grab it?

fish · 04-05-2011, 09:18:49 PM

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Originally Posted by robiefc

They wanted me to buy it from them and quoted a price, i didnt think it was worth that (and still don't) so they said oh, well its expering and i dont have time to renew - which is fair enough.

A platinum lame excuse 'i don't have time to renew' you must be well laid back if you think that's fair enough. Do what you have to do.

robiefc · 04-05-2011, 09:49:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fish

A platinum lame excuse 'i don't have time to renew' you must be well laid back if you think that's fair enough. Do what you have to do.

Well - they only wanted �xxx for the domain, so if i was that bothered I could of just bought it....

The site isn't my main earner - it brings in revenue and could probably do more

But I didn't wana pay 3 figures for a domain i don't particularly like hehe

wb · 04-05-2011, 10:38:44 PM

If it's making revenue, why take the risk and lose the domain age, history, backlinks etc?

May as well try making them a lower counter offer for the domain first and see if they bite. If they are going to let it expire anyway, then it's worth a try.

Pearl Media · 04-05-2011, 11:50:52 PM

If I were you I would probably buy or reg a new domain because:
1) there is no guarantee that someone can catch it
2) if you go through this route then the website will be completely down for about a month or 2 during redemption period etc. thus losing some traffic in long term

I think that if you reg a new domain you should spend a bit of time and maybe money and get that up and running and you won't ever have any problems with your partner.

peacock · 05-05-2011, 04:09:38 AM

Are you sure it won't auto - renew?

I would try and get it via your partner. If not possible, then I would get the new domain, clone the site on to it and use canonical instead of 301.

Then I would contact all existing linking sites and ask them to link to the new site instead.

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04-05-2011, 10:38:44 PM	#13 (permalink)
wb Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,922 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 30)	If it's making revenue, why take the risk and lose the domain age, history, backlinks etc? May as well try making them a lower counter offer for the domain first and see if they bite. If they are going to let it expire anyway, then it's worth a try.

04-05-2011, 11:50:52 PM	#14 (permalink)
Pearl Media Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 238 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 20)	If I were you I would probably buy or reg a new domain because: 1) there is no guarantee that someone can catch it 2) if you go through this route then the website will be completely down for about a month or 2 during redemption period etc. thus losing some traffic in long term I think that if you reg a new domain you should spend a bit of time and maybe money and get that up and running and you won't ever have any problems with your partner.