Noob questions regarding domain transfers

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Kaevin

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Hi there!

I've been a member on WF for quite some time now but until now I just lurked.

I am a total noob when it comes to the tech site. I recently purchased 15 expired domains from godaddy and now i want to build my own private blog network.

I signed up for an account at 1dollar-webhosting.com and treid to transfer one of my pages from godaddy there. I disabled the privacy, unlocked the domain and made them email me the authorization code.

Currently the domain is stated as pending in my 1dollar-webhosting.com account but when i look at my godaddy account under "pending transfers out" none of my sites is showing up.

Of course I already paid 1dollar-webhosting the renewel fee und the hosting fee but I didn't get an email saying me that the process of transfer has already begun.

Is there anything I missed out? And if not, how long will it take until the process ends?


Thanks in advance,

Kaevin
 


Well...

1st - Why would you need to transfer your domains from godaddy, just to host your site. I'd be more comfortable with the domains at Godaddy versus "1dollar-webhosting.com"'s nameservers, and just switching your nameservers to "1dollar-webhosting.com", in case there is any billing disputes - those clowns might hijack your domains - It happens ALOT, even with eNom and shit.

2nd - when you buy expired domains there is a 'Lock Period', where you can't transfer them from Godaddy until that lock period is up.

3rd - Why in the world are you trusting a hosting company to control your domain names.

4th - If it's not clear by now, I wouldn't recommend using a company called '1dollar-webhosting.com' to control your domain names. The name just sounds like bad news for you.

5th. See #1, #3, and #4.

6th - I assume you are a complete noob if you are building a PBN AT A SINGLE HOSTING COMPANY. That's just #fail all day. (hint: multiple hostings, multiple ips, different A, B, and C class IP addresses). It's clear you are not familiar with the reason to even own a PBN, if you are using a single hosting company to host your sites OR you are not familiar with SEO in general (ip diversity).

Good luck bro, you're going to need it.
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I cant tell if this is a clever spam post by 1dollar-webhosting.com or not.
 
Wow Ccarter didn't expect you to be the first to answer, thanks a lot! Btw i always enjoyed your contributions here on the forums - so double thanks ;-)

Well first of, I think I did not make my point clear with the PBN issue... Of course I want to host my sites on different hosting accounts at different hosting companies. I know about IP- variety and the things to ensure to look natural. I'm just a total newbie when it comes to the technical stuff. The aforementioned domain will be the first domain to transfer.

So considering your reply, I should leave these domains in my godaddy account? Thing is I researched cheap hosting companies for the PBN sites because when I add more sites to my portfolio the hosting fees on godaddy or hostgator will be insane.

What would you advice me to do?
 
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I cant tell if this is a clever spam post by 1dollar-webhosting.com or not.
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It definitely isn't ;-) I am by no means affiliated to them. They were just the first cheap hosting company I found for hosting my PBN sites.
 
Kaevin said:
Wow Ccarter didn't expect you to be the first to answer, thanks a lot! Btw i always enjoyed your contributions here on the forums - so double thanks ;-)

Well first of, I think I did not make my point clear with the PBN issue... Of course I want to host my sites on different hosting accounts at different hosting companies. I know about IP- variety and the things to ensure to look natural. I'm just a total newbie when it comes to the technical stuff. The aforementioned domain will be the first domain to transfer.

So considering your reply, I should leave these domains in my godaddy account? Thing is I researched cheap hosting companies for the PBN sites because when I add more sites to my portfolio the hosting fees on godaddy or hostgator will be insane.

What would you advice me to do?
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My advice - come up with a better game plan. If you had a functioning PBN, hosting fees and registration fees would be a small drop in the bucket. What's the goal after the PBN? Rank your money site? Sell links/guestpost on your PBN in the BST to generate revenue? I mean, what's really the goal here?

If it was ME, I completely forget about all that PBN nonsense, and build up one site at a time and traffic leak their individual niches. As each site starts generating revenue (as soon as tomorrow), I move on to the next website, while continuing to build the previous websites (Also 15 websites is a lot of work to control for one individual, unless you are playing the SEO waiting game). If you think about it from a long term standpoint, you are completely setting yourself up to be a slave of Google. You'll invest lots of time and effort into a PBN, then maintaining it, and all the while trying to duck Google's random swipes. You're in for a long uphill battle, and even more so if you are a noob at SEO.

You most likely won't take my advice on scraping the PBN stuff and going with a more direct one site, one focus mentality. I've literally had this conversation 40 different times through PM or skype with 40 different individuals, this is the one tumbler I can't seem to get people to click (lock reference).

The one advice I can give you, which I got from Eli and his Bluehatseo.com, is "Always make sure each site pays it's own rent - DIRECTLY." That means if your domain has a $12 registration fee every year, make sure that PBN branch is generating at least $1 freaking a month. If you have a website that can't even generate $1 a month, you've got some serious things to think about - like a new career or a better game plan (hint: multiple sources of traffic).

If you are going to create these sites, make sure they make money. Think about it for a moment, Don't you feel something is inherently erroneous with building websites NOT meant for human traffic?​
 
Thanks for your Input Ccarter.

Well first off, before I bought any of the expiring domains, I tested the needs of the market. Namely, I emailed agencies and askes if they needed high quality backlinks for a small monthly fee.
The responds were good and as soon as the sites go online they are already monetized.

My short-term goal is to learn SEO and after that, with the domains I own I want to build a real SEO business for local clients. My backround is in the sales area and I noticed that many small business are not Google optimzed here in Germany.
So at the beginning I want the costs to be as low as possible. When in the future I get my own clients then I can scale it up of course.

So Ccarter do you have any other recommendations for the hosting issue?

Kind regards ;-)
 
If you'll be monetizing it from the beginning, you should be good with revenue, especially if it's a monthly fee, So hosting shouldn't be a problem to find. I'd be careful with just going with the cheapest, cause - let's just say "people have found out that certain hosting companies have a better sticky rate with links". So going with a cheap hosting might hinder your ability to rank in search engines (think down time, bad neighborhoods, burnt IPs, etc).​
 
Okay I got that and you are absolutely right. No need to save a few bucks and risking my assets to get taken down.

So then I will host them at reputable companies. But my original question was exactly how to do that. Signing up for example with a new account at Bluehost and then just change the Nameservers? Will the domains then still be in my godaddy account?

Sorry Ccarter for my noob questions but I want to build that business on a strong foundation ;-)

Thanks in advance!
 
Yes, that's actually how it's suppose to be done. All you have to do is edit the nameserver for your domain (inside your GoDaddy account) to bluehost's nameserver settings which you will get once you pay for the hosting.

I prefer to keep my domains and hosting separate. So I'll never host at godaddy, and never register a domain at a hosting company. Usually these companies are good at only their core business, not their 'add-on' businesses.​
 
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