Here’s a problem a few of our clients have encountered: They’re all set to send out a candidate mailing when they realize that they have registered the wrong campaign domain name printed on the brochure! The horror! What could be worse?
It’s not the end of the world. If this happens to you, don’t panic.
If you are an existing Online Candidate client, contact us and let us know the situation. We can register that incorrect domain name for you and point the address to your existing website. That way, when someone types in the incorrect web address, they will still end up where you want them to be. We’ll charge you for the new domain name, but not for the redirect itself (as some web hosts do).
If you are more of a do-it your-selfer, check your domain registrar to see if the domain name is available. If it is, purchase it immediately. Don’t wait, because domain harvesting companies may automatically register the name after a short time.
After you have made the registration, contact us and let us know what the new domain is and what site you need to have it point to. Then we will set up the redirect on our end and give you the proper name server information that you will need to configure the new domain name. Once that is complete, you’ll be all set!
If the domain name is taken and not for sale or the domain already exists as a website, then you may be out of luck. You might want to invest in stickers to cover up the incorrect domain name with the proper one or scrub the whole print piece.
We hope it doesn’t come to that. That would be a real horror!
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