Pretty Big Screw up

no way man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! once you sold the domain name , the content will be buyer's contents . you cannot claim it is your content because that domain had been sold to your buyer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The domain, not the content.
 
I sometimes take content from well ranked expired domain websites, and everytime I publish, its like I start of with the same rankings as the previous site, expect just not as good probably, but it always seems to be some sort of boost.
 
If you just sold the domain name, you just need to provide him with the domain name.

If you sold the website, you will need to provide both the domain name and the content on it.
 
If the domain is still connected to google search console, try finding all of the pages through there and submit a de-index thing for all the pages. That way once they're deindexed you can re-upload the whole website on a new domain without issues. I did the same thing when I switched domains for my money site and no issues.

Good point mate, will do. I can still see all of the pages indexed in Google.

You have accidentally sold the domain, not the website. So technically, you still own the content. HOWEVER, i believe google indexed the content of said domain, wait until the content is out of the index and then upload the old site on a new domain.

This however could take some time unless you have google webmaster tools (Now called google search console) which will make you able to deindex each and every piece of content you want to use on your new domain.

Yep, I sure do use the Google Console and will need to do some work in there to de-index. Thanks for the tip.

You should be able to claim that content.

Agreed, thanks

I sometimes take content from well ranked expired domain websites, and everytime I publish, its like I start of with the same rankings as the previous site, expect just not as good probably, but it always seems to be some sort of boost.

This is awesome, I will also put this into practice :)

If you just sold the domain name, you just need to provide him with the domain name.

If you sold the website, you will need to provide both the domain name and the content on it.

Got it, thanks!

This is literally my nightmare in internet business.

Unfortunately I'm living it myself haha. But hey, at least it's something that happened at an early stage of the site (1,500 visitors/month). Should be able to get new site up to those numbers in a few weeks hopefully.
 
no way man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! once you sold the domain name , the content will be buyer's contents . you cannot claim it is your content because that domain had been sold to your buyer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


If he sold the domain then he sold just the URL.

If he sold it as a sit, then the content etc would be included.
 
Copyright is automatically owned by the author.

The domain name does not entitle them to the contents.

Unless you sold the content rights as well. That's a different story.
 
Have you considered trying to buy it back? If I bought a domain, and someone offered me 10-20% more than what I paid for it a day or two after, I would have no problem selling it.
 
Have you considered trying to buy it back? If I bought a domain, and someone offered me 10-20% more than what I paid for it a day or two after, I would have no problem selling it.
Good idea. Maybe I'll reach out and see if I could get em to sell it back, although I doubt they would want to sell it. It is a pretty good micro niche site name. We'll see though. Thanks for the suggestion.
 
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