Digital Pandit
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Joshua Strebel, CEO and Co-Founder of Pagely and Northstack, spoke at WordCamp Phoenix and shared an interesting story about how an expired domain name cost his company $57,000. He later shared the video of his WCP keynote via Twitter, and Adam Strong shared it with me:
The moral of the story is that domain registrants, including domain name investors, need to be mindful of their domain name renewals. Here are 5 things registrants should do to prevent domain names from expiring:
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The moral of the story is that domain registrants, including domain name investors, need to be mindful of their domain name renewals. Here are 5 things registrants should do to prevent domain names from expiring:
- Registrants should keep their correct email address on file with their domain registrar.
- Registrants should make sure registrar emails do not get caught by a spam filter or otherwise be unseen.
- A valid credit card should stay on file at the registrar, and the credit card should be updated with valid expiry date information before it expires.
- Setup auto-renew on domain names so they automatically renew each year.
- Renew domain names for several years in advance (and keep doing this periodically while adhering to the suggestions above).
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