Before you buy a country-code domain: eligibility, resale and verification rules to check
A country-code domain comes with its registry's rules on who may hold it, resale and verification. Five live examples, including the .ai name we use ourselves.
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Retiring a domain safely: stop renewal, clean DNS and keep a record
Letting a domain expire is easy. Doing it safely is not. A checklist for turning off renewal, cleaning DNS and email, and keeping a record.
.dk moves to registrar management: what changes before 30 June 2028
Punktum dk is ending registrant management of .dk domains. What changes from 1 July 2026, the deadline for existing holders, and a checklist for switching.
Why a zone file is not an availability check: RDAP, EPP and CZDS compared
A name in a zone file is taken. A name missing from one may be taken too. How to combine registry checks, RDAP and zone files when you check thousands of names.
Bought a .si domain on the hype? What to check before you hold, resell or renew
Registrations of .si jumped more than tenfold in a month. For domainers, here is what to check on verification, transfers, resale and the supply wave.
What happens when a domain expires: grace, redemption and deletion in a portfolio
A domain does not vanish the day it expires. Here are the stages, what you can still do at each one, and how to avoid reaching the expensive ones.
Registry price changes hit renewals: how to find your exposure across a domain portfolio
A registry changes prices on over 200 TLDs on 6 October 2026. Here is how to find which of your domains renew at the new price, and what to do about it.
How to check 500 domain names in batches
Check 500 domain candidates in supported batches, distinguish errors from unavailability, and prepare an approved purchase shortlist.
Selling a portfolio domain: an operational handoff checklist
Keep sale agreement, domain delivery, registrar status, transfer secrets, and portfolio inventory aligned when a holding changes hands.
Can an AI assistant replace a domain portfolio spreadsheet?
Use an assistant for current registrar account data while preserving cross-registrar, financial, sales, and client records elsewhere.
Manage domain renewals through code with a review step
Review current holdings and renewal prices, authorize an exact list, renew through AiVikings.ai and verify each new expiry.
Manage hundreds of domains through API and MCP
Use AiVikings.ai API and MCP to review holdings, plan renewals and coordinate bulk domain operations with verified per-domain results.
Domain portfolio acquisitions: keep the purchase decision with the holding
Build a domain acquisition record that connects the selected name, approved cost, renewal assumptions, registrar result, and portfolio inventory.
A domain transfer checklist for portfolio operators
Prepare domain transfers with account authority, eligibility checks, secure codes, DNS continuity, and verified destination records.
Domain registration price versus renewal cost: plan the holding period
Compare domain acquisition and renewal costs using exact-domain quotes, premium status, supported terms, and explicit forecast assumptions.
How to change nameservers across a domain portfolio
Prepare destination DNS, apply approved nameserver changes, and verify each domain without confusing delegation with service readiness.