Why do businesses ignore the problems, continuing to cost them the most?

Years ago, I wrote about the most overlooked and expensive mistake businesses make: forgetting to renew their domain.

And here we are years later, and the story hasn’t changed much. Domain renewal failures still happen every single day, and they still cost companies real money, real customers, and real credibility.

But here’s the thing. Renewal lapses aren’t the only threat anymore. Today, businesses are losing traffic, email, security, and revenue for a whole new set of reasons hiding in plain sight.

If missed renewals were “the big one,” today’s overlooked risks are death by a thousand cuts. Let’s walk through the most common problems I see from clients, expired domain auctions, and everyday search marketing work.

The other day, I ran into an unusual situation while managing one of my many WordPress sites. I wanted a tag to automatically remove itself from a post after a certain number of days. No manual cleanup. No reminders. Just a quiet, behind-the-scenes cleanup.

So there I was, trying to export domain names from my GoDaddy Auctions Watchlist, and bam—I hit a wall. Right at the top of the Watchlist page, this cryptic little error popped up:

“Application error: a client-side exception has occurred (see the browser console for more information).”

Let me tell you… there’s nothing more frustrating than trying to log into your WordPress site—only to be met with a blank screen or a fat red error message that sounds like code from the Matrix.

The ever-changing domain industry has evolved in leaps and bounds over the past 15 years.

Platforms have come and gone, some transforming while others have reinvented themselves to thrive as prominent aftermarket domain platforms for buying and selling domains.

With nearly 15 years in this space, I’ve seen and tried many buy-and-sell platforms, including my own landing pages, in an effort to sell domains expeditiously at a profit.

Today, I’ll guide you through some of the most widely used and innovative aftermarket platforms, spanning established legacy marketplaces to emerging players offering fresh twists on proven models.

Here are a few you’ll likely encounter with a quick search.

Not too long ago, I received a frantic call from a recently migrated from WordPress to Kirby customer.  All was going well until they encountered the frustrating “PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to a member function filterBy() on null” error.

I suppose that if you’re reading this blog post, chances are that you, too, are in dire need of getting your Kirby website back online, right?

Well, I’ve got good news for you.  I’ve got just the solution for you!

Have you encountered the frustrating “Found block with too small length at” error while using WordPress? Don’t worry, I’m here to help you resolve this issue.

Whether you’re a tech-savvy user or a non-tech person, I’ll guide you through step-by-step instructions to remedy the database error in this tutorial.

Ready to get started?  Then, let’s go!