I've got a domain that recently went into "redemption" status with my registrar. I guess I missed the renewal notice. I want to renew this domain, and have some traffic going to it. However, now I've got to pay over $60 as it's in some sort of "limbo" state where it's not publicly available but I can renew it through my registrar. If I just wait for this to expire and buy the name again will I lose all my traffic and SEO? The name is just a year old. Thanks for any help!
What is currently being displayed on the domain? A holding page or your site? How many targeted backlinks did you have? What were you ranking for before you lost the domain? My guess is that you'll already have lost most of the traffic as they'll bounce straight off the site when they see the holding page.
The registrar has the option of putting the name up for auction and people may have back ordered it. If you really want it buy it. You could get out bid if you wait. It should not be de-indexed for awhile so your seo and traffic should not be affected. No guarantees though. That's the penalty for being asleep at the switch.
Well I may be wrong, but I don't think this name is going up for auction or that anyone is trying to get it. If they are, it's not worth it for me to bid on it. I'd be willing to pay like 20 or 30 bucks tops for it, and that would be pushing it.
I would recommend you go with Snapnames to catch it for you. I have a good experienced with them. Their auction system is clear and honest. I have acquired many domains without went into auction stage (if no one going after it). There are some backorder domain tried to cheat buyer by create some fake bidder to bid on your domain just to increase the price. You may doing do it yourself but you cannot grab as fast as domain sharks could do. They will grab every domains regardless to its popularity. That's why you have to use backorder service to do the job for you. If you have waited too long and domain status dropped, registrar info page displayed instead of old website. You will lose traffics, link popularity, domain trust and everything. I would recommend you grab it asap if you want to keep them alive.
The domain will come back if it has the same inbound links and content. It could take a few months for the domain to expire and be released. The issue is that webmasters will remove dead links and over time the will loose inbound links. To sounds to me that the domain is at Godaddy. Most registrars give you 30 days to renew an expired domain and don't charge an extra fee. I lost a few domains with Godaddy. They were trying to charge me $60 even though they had the domains up for auction for $15 each.