For freaking bejeez…. I just had to spend $300 to get my personal domains back on Go Daddy. I have owned over 500 domains at any given time, but only really need a few to sustain my online presence. I was a pro at renewing and adding new domains. I renewed my domains back in 2008 and didn’t pay attention to the warnings I got from Go Daddy about their expiration until today. It was a shock how much it cost me to renew my most important domains. My most important domains are my personal name of course, robynhardy.com (don’t bother trying to find me because I need to reconnect everything dang it…) and my invention the o2kozee.com. Everything else was me just holding domains for agents who wanted to specialize like “tucsonmilitary.com, phoenixmilitary.com etc…” I kept these domains so I could give them to agents who were truly working the market the domain represented.
If you let a domain expire, the registrar will charge you a minimum of $80 to renew it. What a scam but, we have to deal with it. Just know the reality and stay on top of it better than I did dang it…..
Now, all my domains (except the important ones) are gone….. gone….. Please, don’t let this happen to you. Know your login and password to your domain provider and make sure you are not expired or ready to expire. This is your responsibility no matter who set up you website or email. If your web provider bought your domain under their account, ask them to release it to you. You need to ”own” your web address and have control and login information for this.
I see so many real estate agent website search results that end up on “site cannot be found” status. Google and other search engines will reveal the truth about who is “really” online. You should be there or make sure what is googled doesn’t turn up nada like mine did. I am humbled.
Robyn