How To Manage Hundreds Of Domains
By Vic on Apr 30, 2008 in Domains
Let me start by saying if all you own is 20 domains or less do not waste your fucking time watching this video spend your time wisely so go get links. Now if you are one of those folks that at the live cat on the channel asked me tons of times how to manage hundreds of domains because it has become overwhelming here is how you do it.
Tool Mentioned And Reviewed in Video
Domain Dashboard
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That is a nice looking piece of software. It looks well worth the money.
You said it needed to work with CPanel, at least for the domain creation part. Does it integrate with things like Blogger blogs, Squidoo pages, etc. so far as stats, keywords and so forth go?
“BANS Tutorial” anchored links added, BTW.
No Frank and to be honest I have never seen software that does that but if you see one or decide to create it pls let me see it to let other s know all the software that I know that does this type of thing is for WHM/Cpanel as this is by far the most used control panel on the net. Love the links
Shit BTW thanks Frank
Hi Vic,
I used DD yesterday to create 98 account and it worked like a charm.
BANS question: I just completed my first site: and everything looks and functions great EXCEPT I get eBay errors when I click on the products.
If you have a second to look and comment… appreciated.
But in the mean time I’ll continue to build more as I’m sure it’s something small I did.
Thanks for your time.
-R
Remove cloak and opening on a new page and see what happens. Also verify the id. I loved the soft well enough to move from a $247 dollar soft that I have used since it came out so I really loved it and the making the reports into pdf is also something I loved.
Removed cloak and that did it.
Thanks again.
Back to the front.
-R
Yeah the cloaking is having issues I am glad it was simple also remember to not make the links open in a new window you want them to click over ASAP!!!
Hey Vic, just to clarify, we do not want it to open in another window? If so, why not?
Because you want them to click over to Ebay and stay there more buying options at Ebay at the end of the day all BANS is a rotating banner you want them to click over ASAP
Gotcha, thanks Vic. Another quick question about domain dashboard. Is this that software you mentioned that can also track keyword density on your site?
LMAO @ “Did you mean beans tutorial?”
Maybe you could do a video showing everyone how to eat beans.
BTW I’m totally stoked to be part of the contest and really appreciate the work you’re putting into it.
LMAO well we are almost ready so it will be awesome to see who can follow what I teach and put the effort
Vic, It’s a nice piece of software.
Question: So, I will give it my list of .info and it will “create” all the account for me in one batch? Btw, I’m using the SKEL for my default BANS. Even if someone find one of my new BANS, they can’t do nothing because the database won’t even be created.
Did I understand it correctly?
It would save me a lot of time. Plus, I would get access to the stats. It’s like a “Keyword Elite” for our sites with the keyword angle. Wow!
that is correct you will not have to worry about security issues you know I love the KE comparison man I love the soft awesome tool
question. All 10 of my BANS sites deindexed today is this normal for BANS sites less than a month old?
Thanks,
Gotafish
Yes, Vic said so in the video. We are in the middle of a PageRank update so that’s the reasons it’s weird.;)
Do you have other sites like blog on that account? Is it the same?
my blog accounts were all ok
and yes we are in PR update just noticed I got my first PR3
It has to do with the PR update new sites that are .info it is what it is just make sure you keep getting links.
Vic,
The videos are not loading.
Try another browser if possible. With Firefox, it loads and start to play automatically the video every time.
Jeffrey it is like the guys said it is on your side, check the codec Viddler uses the latest make sure all your plugins are up to date.
Man, I really want to watch this video. But seems like even viddler.com is not loading for me. I already did a reboot and updated my flash. Also the past videos you posted that’s hosted on viddler started to not load for me. I used to see them.
That is just so weird something must have changed in your PC that is not letting the codec load.
I have used FF and IE and restarted my computer. I still cant see it. And viddler website is messed up. Is it just me?
Could your Flash codec be corrupted? Try to update it.
Jeff… yes, just you.
Vids work for me in FF and IE. Flush your browser’s cache etc and reboot.
-R
What a cool program. With 87 sites to track, plus another 60 to that haven’t been developed yet, I can see where this is going to be a great tool.
Thanks for the info.
John it is crazy how when we start having more and more sites if we do not have a tool like this domains just start falling through the cracks and in no time we have sites just sitting there with no traffic because we forgot to promote them right.
I only wish it was able to tell me when domains were expiring. How do you handle that Vic? Just auto-renew? How many years?
Just make sure you have an up to date email and you will get notified but that indeed would be a great feature i will email the developer see if this is something he could put in software.
Vic, in the recent Google PR update, all my BANS sites with new .info domains were delisted from Google index.
They got themselves indexed a while ago but they are all off the index now. ALL!
Google did not notify me about it via Google Webmaster Tools and I was thinking of contacting Google regarding this.
What do you think Vic? Continue to build backlinks rather than to care about the change? Anyone facing this problem as well?
This happens to new .info sites in PR update just keep getting links.
Thanks for giving the direction. I have never been so focused on the search results before. LOL
Hi Wayne,
I am also having the same thing as you. I got my 100 .info domains, created 100 accounts for all 100 .info domains but created 2 full fledge BANS sites. I went to google and search for my sites, my sites didn’t even got indexed after 3 days, i also did 3 BMD runs too, still not indexed yet, guess we just have to keep doing the runs, submit the articles to article directories and keep building, thats what is our job, the rest leave it for google to do the job for us! Hope that helps
This one looks like a keeper, and frankly I have already had some fall through the cracks,
The problem is the more and more sites we have the harder it becomes to actually keep track of the progress this is where this tools keeps all the inportant info right in front of our eyes making it much easier not to lose sites.
Vic,
Thanks for this review. It looks like a great software tool.
And much cheaper then my previous software I was quite amazed at all the featgures and how well it worked compared to mine that I paid 100 plus more
Ok, so something else I need to buy now! lmao, thanks Vic!
Hey, can you do something with open ads? I am beginning to mess around with it and with the reseller account and 2 other Hosting accounts, I could use some help or direction before I royally screw something up!
Elliott
I promise let me finish the contest sites and get you folks goign and I will make a step by ste tutorial
Vic, FYI, I checked Godaddy this morning and as of 4:40am pacific time the 1st of May the godaddy site still had 99 cent .info domains… so I called godaddy sales support and they told me they had no way of knowing how long the sale would continue…
Man it would be cool if it never ended LMAO!!!!
Thanks goodness – I tried to buy some more last night but they timed out and info was unavailable for a while. I was only doing it while it was cheap and have fortunately now discovered that using a trademark in a domain is a BAD idea espeically with BANS (assuming you don’t own it!)
Yeah be very careful some do not really go after us but some companies have people that all they do is search on et to find trademark violations.
Hi Vic,
This is just to say thanks about the comp I can’t believe it.
Also I think I cocked up on the time I can watch the videos. EST is GMT -5 hours (I think) If that is right it could well be the middle of the night here when you post the videos. Will I still be able to watch them?
This time thing does my head in LOL. Its nearly 4pm here so when I post this comment I will see what time it shows on your site.
All the best and thanks again – John
Yes they will be recoreded so you can see them at any time
Vic,
Thanks for the video. I have been looking for something like this. I only have 5 BANS built so far but I have about 100 domains and was beginning to dread the thought of managing all of them.
@John Tighe – If you are on a Windows system just double click the clock on the system bar and you will see all the time zones for wherever you are in the world with the GMT differential.
Uhh — I meant the Start Bar –
Just 2 problems with it:
Problem 1(Minor +):
You must use Normal size(96DPI) for the display. I was using Large size(120 DPI) and many bottom(mostly) options were not available. I not even setup the basic things. I don’t have the eyes of a 20 year old anymore.
Problem 2(Major):
I was able to get all my WHM informaton, stats.. so I know that’s working but I bought it mostly for the Mass Account creation. That does not work at all. I get this message:
“Server error: Sorry, you must choose a plan”
Okay I figured it was a minor bug because I had 1 package and I went and created 2 other packages. No luck. The package was between the 2 other packages
I also tried with 1 and 2 domains and got the same error. It also crashed on me.
Anyone got those problems or am I unlucky? Am I missing something?
Steve it has to be your pc mass creation worked perfect with me. Also when you create a pkg you need to update the main WHM account in the panel so it shows on the soft. Let me know if you understand want i am saying.
Like I said on the tutorial I created 150 domains with out a problem plus all the subdomains for the contest where created with the soft also.
Vic, I know that it work for you well.
If I click “Edit Packages” in my WHM, I do see the 3 packages. In the software, I do see my 3 packages too.
“update the main WHM account”
Is it an another step I have to do? Where?
Steve do you have Skype where I can talk you through it see if we are missing a step?
No, Skype for me.
I watched the tutorial on his site and yours to see if I did not missed a step. It just does not recognized the packages even if I did select it.
The rest of the software if okay. The FTP is okay too.
I will check again just in case I missed a tiny steps.
Btw, I got version 2.0.9.11036
Steve I was able to replicate your problem it has to do with selective HG reseller packages and the way it is setup I also opened a support ticket it should be quite easy to fix. My old reseller pkg worked fine and also on my dedicate servers so it seems the new reseller pkgs have something different.
I knew I was not that crazy.
I guest I’m not alone(like Rich and his FTP problems) and a new version will be available. I did open a tickets too.
Thanks for the tips
did you get the problem with domain dashboard and hostgator sorted? i have exact same problem – thx
James did you upgrade to the latest it was fixed.
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I bought it and I dig it, but I can’t get Mass FTP to work. I quickly created 20 sub-domains and was going to upload BANS to all 20, but it crashes every time. Have you tried Mass FTP yet?
Yeah it works for me open a ticket they will answer it might be os related.
I did. Yeah it’s crashing on regular FTP for me now too……
OK, they replied to my support ticket and gave me a new version to download and try. I’ll report back here with my results.
Appears to be working now! Mass FTPing BANS into 5 subdomains (as a test). It’s kinda slow, but I guess I can’t have everything. Oh this will be so cool. I’ve noticed that by default, it CHMODS every file to 777. Can I just leave that as is for BANS or do I need to change it for certain filles? I know I have to change cont.php, but aside from that one.
Remember with BANS no CHMOD in HG is necessary.
Update:
Those that were thinking in buying the software, I would suggest that you wait for now if you got a newer reseller account(April) like me. Unfortunately, I don’t have a specific date range.
Steve the only thing that is having an issue is the mass domain creation, the management part works fine so in reality is one feature of over 75 that the software has and it is still 127 dollars cheaper then the other options out there.
SO I still would say buy it if you have one hundred domains and you need to keep track of them at the end of the day adding 100 domains to whm takes less the 45 minutes try keeping track of stats, inlinks, PR and keywords for 100 domains
My point even if it did not have the mass account creation for 97 dollars just for the domain management part is fucking sweet
Vic,
Yes, it’s a sweet program for the cost. That, I do agree with you.
But if you look at the bigger picture, they(DD) told me that hostgator don’t use a standard cpanel, at least for new reseller account. But like you mentioned(email), the bug is software side and not on HG cpanel side. They are throwing the ball to each other.
The questions are: for how long will the program work if HG “change” something else. Would it be Mass FTP, stats or another features? Will DD react fast to find a solution?
If you take BANS, the tutorial is using Host Gator. DD is using another host for testing thus don’t support HG by default. They operate like you Vic: If someone ask a question about BANS and not using HG, you can’t help them. There is nothing wrong with that way and I understand.
To be constructive:
Using Vic good arguments, we could go in the other direction. All those that were waiting for a solution before buying it, buy it today. Those that have the same problem, open a new ticket. If they see many tickets using the same host(HG), they will move quickly to fix this problem and other problems in the future. Plus, we have 30(?) days to get a refund.
Just leave a comment here if/when you bought it. This will give use with an ideal of how many of us have the same problem and the small weight(10, 50, 100) we have with them.
I think the Cpanel custom theme excuse is kind of lame and would love to really have a way better explanation. Again I think it has to do more with the pkg selection and if they find that is server side base I would talk to HG to see how they could accommodate man HG people are cool as heck but I need to know what it is in order to ask HG.
Please if you are using the soft try the mass account creation with fake domains like Steve said if it gives you the same error message that Steve and me got please do like he said go own a support ticket so they see how many people are using the soft I think it would be beneficial to them to maybe make a custom version if indeed it has to do with the custom theme.
It seems like it would be useful if D.D. had their own forum. Maybe they could be encouraged to set one up?
I think Steve’s idea is sweet if everybody here that bought the software opened a ticket if all those that will buy it when they have the cash will buy it opens a support ticket tell you what I bet they would pay more attention to it at the end of the day it would be idiotic not to take care of HG customer’s when HG is the biggest host right now and will probably be for quite some time.
Shirley: A forum will steal time from the support because of moderation it would need. Eventually it will be good but time is better spent now on updates.
I have a software/blog directory and you would be amazed on the number of spam listing I have to delete every day. I once opened the comments and it did not take long to get spammed.
Like Vic mentioned, HG is big now and BANS/DD combination will be a good combination for many.
Vic: Having a HG version won’t be the best solution because of support overhead. I know from personnel experience. But if they talk to each other, that would be much better.
Tickets and a comment here would be okay for the mean time.
It’s been repeatedly crashing on me again. I love the domain management features, but it’s getting kind of annoying. I’ve also been looking into xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. It doesn’t do all the stat stuff, but it looks like it may have a better interface for mass account creation and FTP and it also does mass MYsql DB creation. But I can’t get their frigging order form to work. See if you guys can. They tell me it’s fine, but I’ve had several people tell me they can’t get it to work either. Check it out.
With regards to Hosting and HG, I own a Hosting company and we have plans similar to HG. I’m looking into creating some kind of BANS/Internet Marketing type of plan, so if anyone is having trouble with HG, let me know and I can maybe set up a test account for you. Our prices aren’t quite as low, but I’m willing to create a new price/plan structure. Anyway, check it out at .
Rich I have not had the crashing problems you seem to have so it has to be your PC. As for the mass account creating which is the big issue here the facts are most people will never use it this is why the most important thing to me at looking at this type of software is the management part of it I will make a small tutorial to see if you people get it because apparently some of you really do not. Mass account creation comes into effect when you are working blackhat because you need to create 1000 domains in one shot and then create 10k subdomains at one shot this is not what I teach today so again the mass account creation is a non factor the tool you mention is shit this is why I erased the name I only promote products here that I test and have a real function in the business model I teach for mass acount creation their are specific tools that are way better because they make for example 1000 wordpress blogs I have such a tool but I do not promoted here because in reality their should be no fucking reason why anybody here needs to make 1000 blogs unless they are working balckhat and I do not teach black hat here as a matter of fuck I tell every one here to stay the fuck away from black hat and creating mass sits. As for you Hosting company again I am sorry but I only promote companies or products that I believe right now and for the near future the best Hosting company is Host Gator and in the case of Domain Dashboard it works perfect with Host Gator except the mass account creation in the newer reseller packages something I hope it will get fixed again if some one here needs to create mass accounts then they are making shit spam sites and for this I would not want them in the same ip range my sites or any sites of the members here are in so I would not want them to be with Host Gator.
Vic, only an ex-black hat would had though like that.
But I see your point about mass creation. I was mostly thinking about saving some time.
For example, I would had created all my empty BANS(default) and would had created a backlink to those sites to get them index faster. So, by the time I’m ready to update them with my keywords, it would had been index by then. Am I wrong? Heck, someone could had use my BANS link to buy the software.
I am amazed no one has made a script or software for mass BANS account creation, indeed it would save time and we could do other things so trust me I know it would be cool. And I like the link idea LMAO!!! We are surely on the same page
Vic, do you know the BANS guys? It would be cool to have a 3 keyword BANS site where it’s all PHP and no MySQL needed. I could make a software that generate a config.php(footer test, header test, ebay…). Need a 4th keyword, just add it to the config.php
We have exchanged emails but not really buddies but I like the idea let me see what I can do
Sorry. I didn’t mean to rock the boat. I’m not looking to create 1000 blogs either. It would be nice to be able to create like 20 BANS sites at a time though, or at least have them all uploaded, DBs created and ready to go and then come back and tweak them. I’ll have to look into why my PC is crashing. I’m a Mac guy though, so I’m not sure where to even begin.
Tell you what If their was a specific BANS for mass creation like you said with sql and basic setup with id I would buy it no doubt it would be a great time saver.
since I have around 300 domains now this is good to know. I have another list of domains I didn’t get to register during the GoDaddy special.
I see Vic has 0.99 now through the reseller program. Any idea how long this deal is going to last?
Also, what happened to bloggerunleashed.tv
I fixed the channel url now for the 99 cent sale my panel says for this month but with godaddy you really never know so it might last longer.
What are your thoughts on using subdomains to build BANS stores on? I don’t mean only use subs, but in addition to regular domains.
I’ve bought a bunch of .com domains through them as they are only $6.99 a year regular priced. I have had no problem with them.
I think I’ll be able to go and make my 100 domains. I have 45 now – and that’s since last week only, so this is a biggee for me. 100 domains bought in one week. Thanks for the support – couldn’t have done it without you.
Advice needed – they have a free privacy option. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
GoDaddy reseller the same plan I have an I can vouch for so please no promo of unknown companies or (self promo)
I read your email and intentionally ignored it 
sorry bud. you misunderstood me. i thought the godaddy sale was done on the 30th.I really was just trying to help out by offering another place to buy cheap 99 cent domains is all.
No biggie
Got a reply from the developer the other day about my FTP problem. He says there’s a bug they’re working on. Doesn’t matter that much to me anymore, as I took your advice and just uploaded BANS to my skel directory. That is the way to go for sure. Also, the developer told me the next version of DD will be entirely web based. Interesting……
Update for those on the sideline:
V2.1 beta is out:
Mass Account Creation when using hostgator is now working. I even tried it with 2 domains. It takes some time(like in the whm) but that’s normal.
Now, it’s even a better buy
Vic,
This software looks like the only way to go for managing many domains!
Right now it takes me about 30 minutes to set up a BANS site from account creation (in WHM) to active website if I don’t have any issues.
I want to cut that setup time in half. Is there a tool that help with account setup and the database creation? Do you have any tips to help me speed up the setup?
Thanks,
Scott
Have you uploaded BANS to your skel directory? That saves me a ton of time.
Yes I have been using the skel directory tip. Saves alot of time!
Just got started with BANS/DD the BloggerUnleashed way.
Can anybody point me to the “skel directory” tip please?
Thanks,
Remco
http://bloggingzombie.com/Hosting/save-time-with-skeleton-directories/
Great time saver.
Thanks,
Remco
Okay, I’ve uploaded BANS to my skel directory and it works great. But for each new domain i still have to,
1# Delete install.php
2# Created A New Database
3# CHMOD the /cont/cont.php file to 777
Is there anyway to automate these tasks too?
Remco
Yes. Check my sig.
Rich, i signed up.
Thanks for the link.
You can chmod in the skel folder to save you time. The others must be done manually. I know it’s a pain.
I now moved from BANS to phpBay API now since I don’t need the MySQL anymore. I just have to upload the files(100kb) and it’s faster versus the 8MBs in BANS. I did kept the BANS that were already done.
Yes, i did the CHMOD in the SKEL, works fine, will do the rest manually (Not that hard with DD).
I am also looking at phpBay API to combine with XSitePro, but that’s going to be a next project.
First i want to get my first 100 BANS up before i take on more projects and lose focus.