Upgrading from .net to .com

by MonetizeMedia

Posted: 11 years ago 5 replies

Hi,

Im registrering a .net domain for my new site because the .com can only be purchased for 300-500$. So my plan is to rank the .net domain, make some money and then buy the .com.

When I switch from .net to .com will google change my rankings even if I do everything correctly? (same content, same URL paths, .net redirect to .com etc)

Regards,
Emil

#net #upgrading

nacke81 11 years ago

As long as you use 301's for all of the pages, you shouldn't lose any rankings. It might take a while before you see all of your rankings come back when you change the URL, but long term, you should be good to go.

Just make sure that there aren't a bunch of spammy links pointing to the .com before you buy it. That would definitely set you back.
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Jack Gordon 11 years ago

Be aware that once you add value to the term, the price for the .com could skyrocket.

Better to beg borrow and steal in order to get the right name in the first place.
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TeKn1qu3z 11 years ago

If you develop net domain the owner of com domain would rise his price. My suggestion is to get another com domain and still if you want to build on net then think you would get the com domain back.

The same thing happened with me, but it was only just XX amount.
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fpforum 11 years ago

The current owner may have so many domains they wouldn't even notice the .NET is getting developed. Hopefully (when you buy) he's selling it where you can buy through Sedo, Afternic, or another marketplace. If that's the case, he wouldn't know it's the .NET owner buying it. Still, to make sure you can secure it at that price you may wanna buy sooner rather than later.

Once you own the .COM setup a 301 (permanent) redirect from your NET to your COM. That will basically pass all the juice/authority you've built up on the .NET over to the .COM...You can usually setup these redirects from directly in your registrar control panel.
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MikeFriedman 11 years ago

If you do go forward with this, do not redirect your site to the .com. It would make much more sense to redirect the .com to the already developed .net domain. You won't lose any authority that way, and anyone that accidentally types the .com domain instead, will be redirected to your domain.
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Upgrading from .net to .com

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