Some background:
I built a site for a client a little over a year ago. I did it inexpensively because he couldn't afford much. But I built him a great site. It's for a once a year event and show he puts on plus he sells some handmade "widgets".
This was never a high traffic site because it was such a niche target.
Well, renewal time came up and the registrar sent him emails. The catch is they were sending them to (example)ccabc@ someplace.com instead of his correct address of ccbac. Anyway they finally sent one to me as I had communication before with them and I didn't check that particular box until the day before. Sent them corrective emails, tried calling them, the next day the site owner tried to call them..no go...no answer. Too late. Drop catcher has it and wants a bunch.
So my question is this. Can we get a new domain and I just put the site back up. Just reuse it. Write our backlinks and get them to switch to new domain. Will google just ignore the site or turn it all supplemental? It is gone from the old domain.
Anyone have experience with this?
And personally, I think the whole drop catcher thing stinks. I think domains should have to sit on the shelf for a year before anyone other than the original owner can re register them. It encourages crooked practices from registrars.
