Hi Ejaz, glad you found this useful. You actually want to do this the other way around... redirect the expired domain to your existing domain. I may well put together a follow-up video at some point to show this process but you have a few options. You can set up a redirect at domain registrar level for the whole domain or you can use cpanel/htaccess or my preferred option would be to install WordPress and the Redirection plugin and then redirect all the pages that have decent (and relevant) links to relevant pages on the new site as well as redirecting the homepage to your existing homepage. This is probably the easiest way. Hope that helps 👍

@John Dough Yes, it's just the same process - throw it in to a backlink checking tool. The links will still be there but if it has dropped these links may not be treated the same by Google which is why it's best to pick these domains up at auction before they drop.

Glad it was helpful 😃

Thanks Steven, much appreciated 👍

This is something I will likely create at some point but the process is pretty simple. You should have an idea of your use for it before you buy it. I've just picked up my most expensive expired domain yet (at £3,000) at auction - my aim is to use this as an affiliate site in a pretty high competition niche. I won't be using it as a case study but I may be able to show some of the processes.

Glad you found it useful.

Thanks Younes, glad it was helpful. I don't know of a good tool to use to check traffic for free. At least not that I would trust. AHREFS offer a cheap 7 day trial (I think it's $7) - If you are researching to buy an expired domain then I'd highly suggest just taking the trial just for this. You'll also need it to identify the backlinks to help 301 redirect or resurrect pages with good link juice.

Thanks for your insight. The key things to focus on is that the domain has not 'dropped' and therefore reset, and that the domain is relevant to the niche. It of course also has to have some links powering it in the first place. I might put up a video about resurrecting such a site at some point if people think that would be useful. You also need to thoroughly check the wayback machine for its history and make sure the domain is still indexed - even if just the home page - just to be sure there is not a manual or algorithmic penalty on the site. What I will say is that Google definitely does not make sites that were in auction 'stuck' and they can often get top 20 results in a matter of days of publishing content - that just does not happen with a freshly registered domain with zero history.

@John Dough see above

If the domain has dropped completely and is available to register from scratch then no it's probably going to lose a lot of the power. It's more hit and miss that way. But if you can get it before it drops then you will have more success.

If it fits a niche that has affiliate offers then you should be able to monetise it. The key is to choose domains that have decent back links and domain age. Good luck with your search.

Hey, yes the backlinks matter. They are one the main reasons for using expired domains. DA doesn't matter so much but can just help to identify domains with powerful links.

Really? Wow! Maybe ones that no-one wants.

Thanks, glad you liked it. The key here is to go for quality over quantity so only start with one domain to 301 redirect. Make sure it is relevant and has some power (quality backlinks). If you then want to try another then feel free but wait to see the impact the first one has. You will likely see diminishing returns the more you add which is why I'd ideally suggest just using 1 or 2 in total that have good relevance and good power. That being said, there is no upper limit that I can give you, just tread carefully the more you add.

The notion of dropped and expired (or pre-dropped) is an interesting one and is up for debate - I asked Sumit from SerpNames about this in this interview - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jr-Bn7Gjr8CskZ8.html Check it out if you haven't already. My experience is that even dropped domains that you pick up and register as a fresh domain can still behave like a domain you pick up at auction (pre-dropped) but the results are more varied - sometimes they work and sometimes it's like a completely fresh domain. Whereas with auction domains I'd say it's more like 90% success rate if not higher. Hope that helps. And - never trust Google!

@@TheAffiliateSchool yes that does help a lot thank you. Apparently John Mu said its hard to tell if its a new company transitioning or an seo. I think that answers my question too :)

Not sure, sorry. I don't use Adsense.

I've not tried this personally but know of people who have to good effect. Anything where you manipulate links is against Google's TOS but redirecting an old site to a new site is not against their TOS and is actually considered best practice. I personally wouldn't go all guns blazing with redirects and keep it to a minimum with a focus on high quality, high relevance.

Yes that's right. Have it on auto renew just in case too.

@@TheAffiliateSchool thanks boi 🤗 By the way I follow Carl's shoutout ! you are amazing tooo!

Domain authority. Not sure why that enraged you so much