Buying a domain someone else already owns
Brokered sales, parked pages, aftermarket prices and the approach that does not double the asking figure. When to walk away instead.
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Domains
9 articles.
A .com you cannot have, or the country domain you can
Country and new TLDs are no longer a downgrade, with two exceptions worth knowing. How the choice affects trust, search and your email.
Getting email on your own domain without a mail server
Builders rarely include mail permanently. The three sensible routes, what each costs per year, and the records that make mail arrive.
What actually happens when a domain expires
The grace period, the redemption fee, the drop, and who is waiting for it. How much time you really have and what recovery costs.
Connecting a domain you already own to a website builder
The records to change, the ones to leave alone, why email breaks, and the builders that will not accept an external domain at all.
Domain registrars compared on the things that matter in year two
Renewal price, transfer friction, DNS quality and the upsells at checkout. First-year offers are the least important number on the page.
DNS records, in the four types you will ever touch
A, CNAME, MX and TXT, what each one does, and how to change them without taking your email offline. No networking background required.
Choosing a domain name you will not resent in three years
Length, spelling out loud, hyphens, the TLD question and the trademark check most people skip. A short process that ends with one name.
Domains and hosting, explained without the registrar sales pitch
What you are actually buying when you buy a domain, who holds it, how it reaches your site, and which parts of the upsell you can safely ignore.