Short, practical write-ups on the things people ask us: DNS records, .htaccess rules, Cloudflare settings and what actually happens to a domain when it expires.
68 guides on DNS, .htaccess, Cloudflare and expired domains.
Enhancing your website’s security is crucial in today’s digital landscape. One effective strategy is to block traffic from specific countries using the .htaccess file. This powerful configuration file enables you to restrict access by…
Navigating the complexities of web traffic management is made simpler with the Cloudflare Block Country feature. This pivotal tool empowers website administrators with the capability to prevent visitors from selected countries from accessing their…
The .htaccess file is a powerful tool for managing and enhancing your website’s functionality on Apache-based servers. This configuration file allows you to control various server behaviors, from URL redirection to security settings, without…
Welcome to the definitive guide to the full Top Level Domain (TLD) list as of 2024. As the digital landscape evolves, so does the variety of TLDs available to users worldwide. This blog post…
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When configuring your website for security and performance, ensuring that all traffic is redirected to HTTPS is crucial. Cloudflare, a popular web infrastructure and website security company, offers simple solutions to enforce HTTPS redirection.…
Unleash faster page loading speeds with our step-by-step guide on enabling Cloudflare's minify functionality. Transform your website's performance as we walk you through the simplicity of optimizing your HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files. Say…
Enabling Cloudflare compression can significantly enhance the performance of your website. By using techniques such as gzip or Brotli, Cloudflare can compress your content, resulting in quicker load times for your visitors. This not…
Dive into the savvy tactics of harnessing Cloudflare to redirect expired domains effectively. In this comprehensive guide, learn step-by-step how to pivot traffic and preserve the SEO value of your defunct URLs. Benefiting from…
Refreshing your website's cache within Cloudflare is much like turning a fresh page for your content. This important maintenance step ensures that your users are always interacting with the most up-to-date version of your…
What is in the guides and where to start.
Two broad areas. First, domains: how the domain lifecycle works, what happens when a name expires, whether expired domains are worth buying and where to buy them. Second, the practical work that follows: reading a WHOIS record, adding DNS records at common registrars, redirecting an old domain, and configuring .htaccess, caching and Cloudflare.
People registering or buying a domain and then having to make it work. That covers first-time buyers who want to know what a nameserver is, domain investors sizing up expired names, and site owners doing their own DNS, redirects and caching. The guides assume no prior knowledge and show the actual steps rather than describing them in the abstract.
No. The guides, the expired domain lists and the lookup tools are open to everyone. An account is only needed for the parts that have to remember something for you: saving favourites and setting up match rules that alert you when a name you want becomes available.
Every guide carries its publication date, so check it before following a walkthrough. The domain concepts — expiry, redemption, DNS record types — barely change. Registrar and control panel screens change often, so a screenshot from an older guide may no longer match what you see, even when the steps are still right.
If domains are new to you, start with the lifecycle of a domain name and what happens when one expires — almost everything else here builds on those two. If you already know the ground and want names, go straight to the expired domains list or the WHOIS lookup.