Whisperken
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I bought a domain that expired today, which was showing as 22y old, when bought this domain after it expired age on checkers reset to 0y age, is this normal?
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If you've re-registered the domain then it's registration date will update to the time you registered it. You need to be able to catch a domain before it expires, usually by buying it from a broker or dropcatch service, if you want to keep the original registration date.
Whisperken
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Thanks Steptoe, so in this case I can’t count the domain as aged anymore? And isn’t worth as it was 22y old
Whisperken
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Ugh, good to know. Learning by making mistakes. So how would dropcatch services work? They catch it for you and the domain will still be aged?
At least it has a nice 2 word domain name.
At least it has a nice 2 word domain name.
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Well, it is not a big mistake. The domain still has some value. Technically you can say that you have bought an expired domain with 22 years of history.
BTW have you checked the domains history in way back machine? Has the domain been used for spamming at any stage of its life?
Usually the older the domain, chances are high that at some point of time somebody may have used it for wrong reasons. (like gambling, casino and adult content). If that is the case then this domain is no good.
Whisperken
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Hey Sageshark!
Yeah, I checked the domain history in waybackmachine, luckily, it's hardly been used previously, a bit of activity only, no gambling, casino or adult content!
Yeah, I checked the domain history in waybackmachine, luckily, it's hardly been used previously, a bit of activity only, no gambling, casino or adult content!
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Well, the worth of an 'aged domain' is debateable. It's mainly down to what backlinks the domain has, and an older domain will have had more time to pick up potentially juicy links from other old domains. The loss of reg date will make the domain look less appealing to some, but if it's clean and has good backlinks then it should still be useable for all sorts of things.