What a Day
Today has been one of those days. I've worked on my site for hours and gotten nowhere.
First, I was alerted by someone in my network that my chosen .com domain name was taken. I did not realize it because I was still using a SiteRubix domain name. I searched and found that by adding a dash and a word I could come up with a similar domain name so I bought a .com domain. I felt proud of myself for taking the step, but I now feel discouraged and lost.
I moved my SiteRubix website to my new .com domain. It says that it is referring my website to the .com domain, but I cannot access my .com domain. In Domain Manager it shows that I don't have any content, published or unpublished. On my SiteRubix website I had 1 published page, 2 published posts, and 1 totally unpublished page.
Next I searched both websites on the web and found nothing. What I did find was a lot of competition. Where were all those sites when I was looking to buy live plants? I seriously considered trashing the whole site and niche. I am considering whether I can offer something the other sites don't or if I need to find a new niche. I'll "sleep" on it.
I'm on Lesson 8 of Module 1 in which Kyle teaches us how to create menus and widgets on our website. I learn by doing so I have been completing each step by pausing the video and completing that step before continuing. Now I'm afraid to do anything new to my website because I don't know where it is going to go. I also checked my website (I don't know which one) by clicking on the website name (not domain name) at the top of the Site Manager menu. My page is blank, the content I had is gone. Besides that, it was not the theme I chose when setting up my .com domain. I also cannot sign in to my .com domain on the Site Manager page. It shows the domain name and has the "login" button and password, but when I click "sign in" a page comes up saying nothing is available (paraphrased).
I feel like an airplane circling an airport in a snowstorm. I want very much to land. I want to continue my training and building my website. I will say that I love our Help Center. They are patient and trying to help me understand what is happening with my site.
I hope that it is okay to vent in a post. I needed to do so to people that understand. I WILL NOT GIVE UP!
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It's okay to vent! Take your time and just be comfortable with the niche. Hard to find something that has little competition.
Joe
Your domain is yours when you are already using it. Those who said your domain is taken, it might be similar but not exactly the same.
I initially was using freshwateraquariumplants.siterubix.com. When I checked .com domains it actually was taken. So I bought freshwateraquariumplants-live.com and now it is mine.
Great replacement. You get a better edge over similar names through creating content regularly. At least 3 posts a week. 1300 words per post and relevant links, and images. Put source references of your data to add up on your add more on your credibility as a blogger. I am delighted you got a great domain name. Wishing you the best.
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I feel your frustration but I admire you as you don't give up and you should be very proud of yourself.