How To Find Powerful Expired Domains For Quicker Results

[@TheAffiliateSchool]

Following my recent interview with Sumit from SerpNames he has kindly given Affiliate Schoolers 10% off all expired domains when signing up here and using the code AFFILIATESCHOOL - theaffiliateschool.co.uk/recommends/serpnames/ (aff link)

[@EjazVlogs]

Hi, Thanks for this amazing video, Can you please help me? After this procedure, how i can redirect my domain to expired domain?

[@TheAffiliateSchool]

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 👍

[@TheAffiliateSchool]

@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.

[@oliviabanks9490]

Thank you, for this. You explain things so well. I am finally starting to wrap my head around the process. One quiestion though. You said you can repurpose content if the old site had something good on it, is that actually allowed? I thought you couldn't copy any old content and had to create all-new original content that is close in topical relevance? Is that not correct?

[@TheAffiliateSchool]

Thank you. It definitely could be a copyright infringement so here's what I usually do. First, check it's not being used anywhere else - e.g. if they have rebranded. If not, then I recreate the valuable/relevant/pages with links going to them using the old content and at the top of each page I state that this content has been recreated as a reference but was from the previous owners of the site. So far I've never had an issue as usually the company has gone out of business. It's more risky if the company has rebranded or still exist somewhere else. Either way, it is a risk so if it's once you'd rather not take then simply don't do that. But you would want to recreate powerful pages with the same URL and either redirect them or place internal links on new content on those pages. Good luck.

[@YounesZerguine]

Very useful video thank you very much 😊 I have a question what's the alternative free tool to see the historic of organic search ?

[@TheAffiliateSchool]

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.

[@ibexkid8002]

Thanks a lot. Learned a lot.

[@TheAffiliateSchool]

Glad it was helpful 😃

[@joannejensen4369]

Great video. Thank you🤗🇨🇦

[@AT-ux6ju]

Can you do a video on the process of Reviving a page (that had good backlinks), and what to do with them afterward (301/used as link/etc)

[@TheAffiliateSchool]

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.

[@juliamarsh2077]

Really good video, but there is something I don´t fully understand. At 9.51 you say this domain has been dropped, from what you said earlier all of the link power is gone, if I have understood you, so why would it still be worth buying? I think I am not fully understanding what a dropped and therefore powerless website actually is.

[@TheAffiliateSchool]

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.

[@bradleyshimels3253]

There is a vedio done a few years back online about how things like Estobot are about 98 %wrong 98 % precent of the time.That the value of most of these expired domains are much much higher in dollar value than these so called experts show! Take care.

[@stevencross9953]

Thanks, useful actionable information. (for a change on KZbin)

[@TheAffiliateSchool]

Thanks Steven, much appreciated 👍

[@poppintatoh4604]

hi and ty for the vid i have a question , dose backlinks and DA matters when u r buying an expired domain?

[@TheAffiliateSchool]

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.

[@zakaria_chana]

Hello sir. I find a lot of expired domains that belonged to businesses, some of which do still exist and have new websites. They often have names like "brandnameindustry", so something like JacksIcecream. They usually rank for the brand keyword. Can you help suggest ideas on how to monetize and profit from these, if it's possible at all? Thanks..

[@TheAffiliateSchool]

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.

[@PremierMov]

bro good informative video, but from my personal experience, google makes sites that were in auction "stuck". I got a few sites and each of them took 2 years to come thru and in fact a new site was able to rank faster with very similar content

[@TheAffiliateSchool]

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.

[@PremierMov]

@John Dough see above

[@mondaypunch340]

Does having multiple 301 redirect to one site, against Google guidelines?

[@TheAffiliateSchool]

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.

[@VishalGupta-jd6hg]

If we redirect the expired domain on my new domain then we would have to renewal expired domain always ?

[@TheAffiliateSchool]

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

[@VishalGupta-jd6hg]

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

[@bryte_duffs]

Please after acquiring and reviving an expired domain, can I use it for adsense or I will still have to wait for 6 months?

[@TheAffiliateSchool]

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

[@jenniferowen6789]

Really helpful video - thanks!

[@thenoobdev]

Funny to see the same domains in the spamzilla a year after this video was made xD

[@TheAffiliateSchool]

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

[@phily8020]

Do you have first hand experience with dropped domains losing all their link juice or 'resetting'? I dont fully trust what google say, it sounds more of a deterrent...

[@TheAffiliateSchool]

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 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/joq0nYGof797l80 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!

[@phily8020]

@@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 :)

[@sanjay8593]

Hi, Great Video. How many expired domain can i 301 redirect to my website?

[@TheAffiliateSchool]

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.

[@nuevomaroc2679]

thank you bro

[@VybzKartelClassics]

Your camera is clean like Jesus police record 👌🏾

[@nikzer896]

nice!

[@TheAffiliateSchool]

Glad you found it useful.

[@stuffswithsubrata3550]

good

[@jeaniejhenderson5341]

Only Paid members 😕

[@neglectedhistories3264]

Would it KILL the guy to take a few bloody seconds to explain what a "DA" is????????

[@TheAffiliateSchool]

Domain authority. Not sure why that enraged you so much

[@ichmachurlaub]

Spamzilla is useless throu your money 80 % no data and even you thought find a domain it says expires in 3hours you wait and realise the domain is grebbt 2 months ago totaly scam software

[@ichmachurlaub]

I would say not spamzilla i would say scamzilla

[@TheAffiliateSchool]

Works fine for me although I'm trying to get them through auction not after being dropped.