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 performance is crucial, and one effective way to achieve this is by enabling GZIP compression. This blog post, "How to Enable GZIP Compression with .htaccess," provides a comprehensive guide on implementing…
Boosting website performance is a top priority for web developers and site owners, and configuring caching using the .htaccess file is a powerful method to achieve this. Our comprehensive guide, "The Complete Guide to…
Understanding the importance of 301 redirects in your .htaccess file is crucial for seamless website transitions and maintaining SEO ranking. A 301 redirect is a permanent redirect from one URL to another, guiding search…
Ensuring secure connections on your website is crucial. By using the .htaccess file, you can force all HTTP traffic to be redirected to HTTPS. This process involves adding specific directives to the file located…
Creating wildcard subdomains using .htaccess and Apache is a strategic move for website developers looking to manage numerous subdomains efficiently. Firstly, ensure that your DNS settings are configured to direct all potential subdomains to…
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…
Hotlinking can significantly strain your website's bandwidth and server resources, impacting performance and increasing costs. In our latest blog post, we explore How to Disable Hotlinking on Your Website with .htaccess. This essential guide…
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…
When your domain expires, don't lose the valuable SEO equity you've built up. Our latest blog post guides you through the process of redirecting an expired domain using the .htaccess file, ensuring that the…
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.