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Domain Investing
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Kickstart Commerce - Digital strategies for greater customer growth and revenue
  • About
    • Meet Alvin Brown
    • Contact
  • Domain Investing
    • Getting Started
    • Why Domains Cost So Much
    • When Buying Domains…
    • Buying & Selling Domain Names
    • Finding & Buying Expired Domains
  • Domain Aftermarket
    • Today’s Domain Auctions
    • Expiring No-Bid Domains
    • Expiring Emoji Domains
  • Events
  • Podcast
  • Resources
    • Who Owns Premium Domain Names
    • Free Local Domain SEO Guide
    • Free Geo Domain Guide
    • Domains In The Wild
    • Advertise Your Domain Names
    • How-To Guides
    • WordPress Tutorials
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GoDaddy Proposes Domain Name Expiry Process Changes

November 21, 2017 No Comments
Written by: Alvin Brown

A few days ago, I shared with you about GoDaddy Domain Auctions disappearing before time expired as experienced by now retired, longtime domain investor Rick Schwartz.

Schwartz was figuratively robbed in broad daylight by GoDaddy’s Aftermarket platform as he actively bid on a expired domain that vanished from his viewing with less than 5 minutes this morning.

With no good explanation of what took place, Schwartz took to Twitter, and lit a fire under GoDaddy with endless questions, jabs and everything in between.

And where did this get him and us, the domaining community?

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😳Active GoDaddy Domain Auctions Disappear Before Time Expires

November 18, 2017 4 Comments
Written by: Alvin Brown

Twitter lit up Friday afternoon like the forthcoming Christmas lights (🎄) will in about a week or so.

The legendary Domain King himself, Rick Schwartz, took to Twitter mid afternoon to express his extreme latest discontent concerning GoDaddy’s aftermarket.

Although it’s been nearly 3 years since his retirement or semi-retirement announcement and the end of blogging, Schwartz has been actively tweeting, ranting, buying, selling, pontificating and more on a wide number of topics, including but not limited to domains.

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How To Fix “cannot decode raw data” (NSURLErrorDomain:-1015) WordPress Error.

November 17, 2017 10 Comments
Written by: Alvin Brown

I recently received a frantic email from a customer alerting me that their WordPress website had been hacked.

Of course, I always check to see if what the customer states is true before I jump in the boat or begin the fire drill to make everything like it once was.

What struck me as odd was that when I opened and read the email, I could easily open a Chrome web browser and load the customer’s website.

I responded to the customer’s email, informing the customer I could access the website without issue. I requested the customer to send me screenshots of what they were seeing.

A few moments passed, but sure enough, the customer sent screenshots of their website loaded in a browser and displaying Chinese text.

Seeing the customer using the Firefox web browser, I, too, opened a Firefox web browser only to discover that the website loaded to an all-white screen.

I opened the web browser’s Developer Tools and was able to see the website was resolving and loading with a 200-request response.

What on earth could be causing this “kiss of death” white screen for this WordPress website?

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How to Identify Keyword Search Traffic for Specific Web Pages Using Google Search Console.

November 15, 2017 No Comments
How to Identify Keyword Search Traffic for Specific Web Pages Using Google Search Console
Written by: Alvin Brown

You’re likely reading this article because your web traffic has plateaued or has yet to rank for highly competitive keywords organically.

Most everyone (okay, not everyone) knows the name of the game for bloggers or website owners is how much organic search traffic a website realizes.

If you’ve ever attempted to launch a website of any sort, then you’ve likely encountered difficulties and challenges in getting your website to rank across major search engines.

I’m here today to change your unsatisfactory experience into one of satisfaction and hopefully equip you to realize greater search exposure and traffic conversions for your website.

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6 Emoji Domains Bidding in Expired Auctions Today

November 14, 2017 No Comments
Written by: Alvin Brown

It’s been a bit of time since I last posted about emoji domains in expired auction.

There’s been considerable emoji domain talk since most owners of emoji domains are approaching their first or second year renewals.

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Working with Facebook’s Graph API Using Javascript and jQuery.

November 10, 2017 6 Comments
Written by: Alvin Brown

A week or so ago, I introduced you to the Facebook Graph API using PHP.

Although the Facebook Graph API can retrieve a trove of wide-ranging data, I specifically showed you how to retrieve the total count for a unique URL’s likes, shares, and comments.

Today, I’m going to show you the same, but this time using JavaScript and jQuery, a cross-platform JavaScript library designed to simplify the client-side scripting of HTML.

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How to Reduce .ws Emoji Domain Renewal Costs.

November 7, 2017 2 Comments
Written by: Alvin Brown

A few weeks back, I questioned whether or not the emoji-domain Grinch was on the prowl and lurking to reclaim emoji domains due to substantially higher renewal costs.

Suppose you’re in the camp that registered one or many of the swelling 21,000+ .ws emoji domains through GoDaddy’s emoji domain search engine at $4.99 over the last year or so. In that case, you likely want to pay close attention to the renewal date and, more specifically, the renewal cost.

It’s been one month since I stumbled upon Ben’s tweet about his registered .ws emoji domains renewing at seven (7) times the original investment.

The the hell are my .ws emoji domains renewing for $34.99 each? Letting them all renew would cost $419.88…

— ben (@knd775) October 2, 2017

And Ben’s not the only one noticing emoji domain renewals biting at their wallet or purse strings.

My emoji domains (including ❤ ✏.ws) are up for renewal. Problem is, they’ve TRIPLED in price since a year ago. What should I do?

— Alice Still (@alice_s_still) November 6, 2017

And although an apples-to-oranges comparison, when compared to various new gTLD extension renewal pricing, .ws emoji domain renewal pricing remains reasonably priced at $34.99 (at the time of this writing).

As for apples-to-apples comparison, other extensions allowing emoji domains are competitively priced between $30-$50 per domain renewal.

Should you possess 5 or fewer emoji domains approaching renewal, then you may or may not blink an eye at the renewal fee (or you may, who knows).

But that’s certainly not the case with persons registering 5 or more emoji domains or multiple emoji domain renewals transacting on the same date.

Regardless of the extension chosen, owning multiple emoji domains is somewhat costly if you never considered substantial future price adjustments or expected GoDaddy’s renewal cost to remain the same.

But no need to fear, there are two specific actions worth considering when aiming to save on and reduce emoji domain renewal costs.

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