There are investing lessons to be had with no shortage in the number to go around.

This statement can be broadly and precisely applied when speaking in terms of domain investing with credit cards.

For those of us with our eyes on the domaining prize of fame, fortune, and success in short order, one can’t help but ask the question:

Can I profit windfalls of cash via credit card domain investing?

A simple question to ask at surface level, yet quite often multifaceted in how one chooses to answer and respond based on life experience.

And so the question goes…

Is redirecting expired domains really worth my time and money?

Okay, so you’ve successfully completed your expired domains homework, checking off the following boxes:

• Found niched expiring domains in an auction ending soon.
• Performed monthly search and CPC check of domains.
• Ensured Google did not ban expired domains.
• Researched expired domains using the WayBack Machine.
• Identified active backlink profiles using Ahrefs, SEMRush, Google, Majestic, or ExpiredDomains.net.

Now that your thorough research is complete, bids placed, expired domain auctions won, and successfully transferred to your account, I’m certain you’re wondering what to do next, right?

Can you really boost traffic and search rankings using, more specifically, redirecting expired domains?

What if I told you that you could increase your web traffic by double redirecting expired domains?

Before I answer that question with a YES, hopefully, you thought about how you could use expired domains long before you got starry-eyed and in love with your precious newfound gems of domains.

You have given much thought and consideration and drafted a plan before bidding on expired domains in the auction, right?

Over the weekend, I had an opportunity to catch up on a few articles pertaining to SEO.

One of the articles isn’t an article as much as a tutorial video. I’m not certain it’s a tutorial video either, as much as it is a knowledge share.

Nevertheless, the knowledge share is by Rand Fishkin. If you’re unfamiliar with Rand, his background, and his expertise as owner and founder of Moz.com, then you’re missing out on value-add content applicable to growing your business.

Rand randomly chooses a topic to share and expound upon each Friday for the search marketing and business world to gain greater insight. He shares by way of a video called Whiteboard Friday.

If you don’t subscribe, then you ought to go forward. You’re missing out on a lot by not subscribing.

In this edition of Whiteboard Friday, Rand talks about one of the most imperative a decision a business makes about its digital presence: selecting a domain name.

Whether good, bad, or plain Jane ugly results, you’ll live with the consequences of the selected domain name for your business.

Recently GoDaddy hosted a well-attended Hangout about the ins and outs of buying expired domains on GoDaddy’s auction platform.

I registered but didn’t get to attend due to celebrating a friend’s birthday with breakfast. And it was a GOOD breakfast too.

But fortunately for me and now you, GoDaddy recorded the hangout.

Grab a drink and a snack. You have quite a bit of reading to do today… 😀

If you’ve been around this blog long enough, then you know that I have an affinity with geo-related and geo-service domains.

Most people within the domain industry tend to qualify geo service domains as exact match domains.

Personally, I too often define geo service domains not to be only exact matches but also partial match domains.

I want to share another alternative web hosting provider I use sparingly when flipping and developing geo-service domains.

If you’re a regular reader or visitor, then I bet you’re wondering why I’m mentioning Bluehost.

After all, you’re likely wondering how Bluehost fits into my geo service domain puzzle when you know I use and highly recommend both GoDaddy and HostGator as primary and second web host providers, respectively.

For me, when it comes to web hosting, HostGator always tends to lurk somewhere in the top 5 or 10 web hosting providers recommended because of its performance.

And when I’m in need of a secondary web host to GoDaddy, my primary web hosting, HostGator’s flexibility, ease of use, and reliable performance meet my need for hosting geo domaining websites.

Again, I’m not transacting to the volume of an Amazon or Facebook, so I don’t need the complex technologies or service level agreements they use for simply flipping and developing geo service domain websites.

In fact, most of my geo domaining websites tend to be very simple and nominal in terms of their content, functionality, and dependence upon reliable performance and uptime.