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11-15-2013 06:35 PM #1 tgore (Member)
Domain Registration

Hi All -

I'm just setting up my first landing pages, after some limited success with direct linking (good CTR's, kinda poor CVR's) and I had a few questions:

1) Does anyone have any suggestions on companies for domain registration?
2) How important is it that I own multiple domains? For example, if I'm planning on mostly working within a single vertical, is it OK to just register one more general domain, and use that for all my landing pages?
3) When registering, are the cheaper .info, .co, .biz domains OK to use? I'd imagine most people aren't going to take the time to look at these things, but I'd be interested if anyone had any advice on this.

Sorry for the super newb questions, just want to make sure I do things right before I go spending money on domains.

Thanks!

11-15-2013 07:33 PM #2 noirmaybe (Member)

Idk if this is right or not so hopefully an expert can chime in but what I did was just register one domain (which redirects somewhere else) and for each lp I create, I use a subdomain (lp.dom.com, lp2.dom.com, lp3.dom.com ect.). I just made sure the main domain wasn't super long so it doesn't look to odd and I wouldn't have a problem remembering. But I use pofpro and it gives a separate link for use so this isn't an issue for me, nevertheless I don't think it would be a problem either way.
Personally, I avoid .info, .co ect, with the logic adblockers or browsers may interpret them as spamy or malicious (personally I'm always a little skeptical about the).
$10yr for a .com and my hosting provides unlimited domains so it isn't that bad.
I always use namecheap for my domain reg. Never had any problems with them in the past couple of years

11-16-2013 11:33 AM #3 caurmen (Administrator)

I usually just stick LPs in a subfolder of my domain - there's nothing wrong with using subdomains, though!

The general consensus on STM is that the precise domain you use doesn't make much if any difference - I've personally made plenty of money with .info domains, for example. However, the price of a domain is tiny in comparison to your ad spend, so use whatever you like best!

You'll probably want to change domains eventually, but initially just using one will be fine.

11-16-2013 10:04 PM #4 bbrock32 (Administrator)

I would just get a general domain on namecheap ( free whoidguard ), like 1--com.com and create subdomain based on the niche.

11-16-2013 11:13 PM #5 thedudeabides (Moderator)

I use internet.bs. They have some of the best prices and offer free whois for the lifetime of the domain.

For organization when you're running a lot of campaigns and lps on the same domain, a subdomain would probably be best for each vertical.

From there I'd just use subfolders and make a folder for each offer. For offers that are available in multiple countries(and same language), I'll use php on a LP to dynamically change outbound link to that country specific offer depending on the url parameter (eg: mysite.com/mate1/lp.php?t202id=blahblah...&country=uk) so I don't have to duplicate things.

11-17-2013 03:28 PM #6 tgore (Member)

Thanks for the tips, everyone! I ended up using Namecheap for the domain registration and subdomains for each offer...so far so good!

11-18-2013 05:29 AM #7 maynzie (Moderator)

1) Does anyone have any suggestions on companies for domain registration?
2) How important is it that I own multiple domains? For example, if I'm planning on mostly working within a single vertical, is it OK to just register one more general domain, and use that for all my landing pages?
3) When registering, are the cheaper .info, .co, .biz domains OK to use? I'd imagine most people aren't going to take the time to look at these things, but I'd be interested if anyone had any advice on this.
1. I've always used namecheap.com simple easy usually cheap especially throw away .infos
2. I think having 2-3 is ideal
3. Yeah, I guess it depends on what you're running. If its something like adult dating .info's etc are fine, but if you're rebilling or offers with a bit more trust behind them a .com looks much more trustworthy or a .net

11-20-2013 08:39 AM #8 inservo (Member)

Hey there,

interesting question. I try to follow caurmens newbie guide (because I'm a bloody newb to PPC) and he recommends the "Beyond Hosting" VPS. I wonder what's the difference between those? From what I can see it has more "power" but still serves as webserver (amongst other things). I also have another VPS with another company for hosting my SEO applications and this one - as far as I know - does NOT allow to run websites from it.

Can you shed some light on that? THANKS!

11-20-2013 08:49 AM #9 thedudeabides (Moderator)

Quote Originally Posted by inservo View Post
Hey there,

interesting question. I try to follow caurmens newbie guide (because I'm a bloody newb to PPC) and he recommends the "Beyond Hosting" VPS. I wonder what's the difference between those? From what I can see it has more "power" but still serves as webserver (amongst other things). I also have another VPS with another company for hosting my SEO applications and this one - as far as I know - does NOT allow to run websites from it.

Can you shed some light on that? THANKS!
Do you connect remotely to the access the SEO applications on that VPS? It wouldn't be smart to try and run two different things on a VPS like that, as there are big performance and security tradeoffs that come with having to install and run all the extra software for both.

Generally when someone says a VPS online it's typically referring to a web server to host websites, and something you remote connect to is called a VM or virtual machine, which in turn may be hosted on a VPS.

11-20-2013 08:57 AM #10 inservo (Member)

Wow, that was quick, thanks dude (if I may just call you that *lol*)

Understood. As I know that the apps running on my virtual machine take up a lot of performance I planned to keep them seperated. I just wonder what the difference or maybe the advantage of a VPS versus a webhost are? I have several website running with GoDaddy, I have my SEO VPS for running apps like Scrapebox and stuff.

11-20-2013 09:25 AM #11 thedudeabides (Moderator)

you may! lol

Quote Originally Posted by inservo View Post
Wow, that was quick, thanks dude (if I may just call you that *lol*)

Understood. As I know that the apps running on my virtual machine take up a lot of performance I planned to keep them seperated. I just wonder what the difference or maybe the advantage of a VPS versus a webhost are? I have several website running with GoDaddy, I have my SEO VPS for running apps like Scrapebox and stuff.
Check out this guide on hosting here and hopefully it will clear things up: http://support.hostgator.com/article...-hosting-plans

The SEO apps are on a Windows machine that you connect to and interact with through a window right? Almost all webservers are going to be Linux.

11-20-2013 10:58 AM #12 inservo (Member)

thanks for the link, I had - roughly - the same idea. However I didn't think of VPS as a server which is capable of handling more software. I just knew it from my SEO efforts and there it was more like a virtual machine I could reach via the net. I understand that VPS in our environment will be used as an "advanced" webserver, right?

11-20-2013 11:52 AM #13 caurmen (Administrator)

I wrote a guide to affiliate marketing hosting a while back, which includes details on why VPSes or dedicated servers are the ideal solution. Have a read:

How To Choose The Right Web Hosting For Your Affiliate Marketing

If you've got any more questions after that, feel free to ask them over there or here.

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