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Practical writing for agencies on domain renewals, SSL certificates and keeping client sites online.

• What happens when a client's domain expires (and how agencies lose the client)

  30 October 2026 · 8 min read

  A day-by-day look at what happens after a domain expires: renewal grace, redemption, pending delete, what restoring costs, and why the real loss for an agency is the client.

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• Domain and SSL renewal checklist for web agencies (free template)

  30 October 2026 · 8 min read

  A practical domain and SSL renewal checklist for agencies: what to record for every client, monthly and pre-expiry checks, who owns what, plus a free downloadable CSV template.

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• SSL certificates are moving to 47-day lifetimes: what agencies must do

  30 October 2026 · 8 min read

  The CA/Browser Forum's SC-081v3 ballot cuts public TLS certificate lifetimes to 200 days (March 2026), 100 days (2027) and 47 days (2029). The exact schedule and an agency action plan.

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• How to track 100+ client domains without a spreadsheet

  30 October 2026 · 7 min read

  Why renewal spreadsheets break past ~50 domains, what a reliable system for 100+ client domains and SSL certificates needs, and how to set one up in an afternoon.

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• How to export your domain list from Spaceship, Cloudflare, Namecheap and GoDaddy

  30 October 2026 · 7 min read

  Step-by-step instructions to export every domain and its expiry date from Spaceship, Cloudflare Registrar, Namecheap and GoDaddy, by CSV or API, and import it into a renewal tracker.

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