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Hello,
I am interested in a web site which is on sale. Actually its is an existing page and they want to sell it, for $200 or Rs 8,000/- plus Domain $15 or Rs 500 + 500 = 1000/- , design already done. I was thinking to buy and change the domain name and make it a music site and upload songs so that people can do download from it.
They say dat the main servers are located in a state-of-the-art data center in Houston, Texas! I havent met this person(admin), so pls suggest me on how to go about making the right enquiry and to ask the right questioin so that i know what i am gong for.
I am not a web developer although i hav some idea about it.
I will really appreciate if anyone of you help me out here.

Thanks a lot in adv.

chan

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Useful checklist and practical steps to avoid common traps when buying an existing site — expanding on points from and .

Start with ownership and history: ask the seller to prove control of the domain and site (live WHOIS, registrar login screenshot, or temporarily add a read-only user). Request read-only access to Google Analytics and Google Search Console so traffic, geo split, and any manual actions can be verified. Use the Wayback Machine and a simple site:example.com search to review past content and indexed pages; that often reveals spammy or adult content that can tank value. Follow ’s advice to check blacklists and spam reputation — look for listings at well-known blocklists and for complaints tied to the domain.

Confirm exactly what’s included in the sale: domain, source files, database, CMS/admin accounts, FTP/SSH, hosting account credentials (or agreement to migrate), email/mail lists, social profiles, and copyright/usage rights for existing content. Get a written asset-purchase list and a short warranty from the seller that they have rights to transfer everything. Contrary to ’s short answer, you can rebrand to a new domain later, but backlinks, age, and Search Engine history remain tied to the old domain unless you carefully plan 301 redirects and preserve content/URLs.

Use an escrow service for payment and require these transfer steps: seller unlocks the domain and provides the EPP/Auth code, grants access to analytics/search-console, transfers hosting files and databases, then buyer verifies assets before escrow releases funds. Keep backups of everything before making DNS or content changes.

Critical legal caution: turning a site into a place to distribute downloadable music carries serious copyright and hosting-risk exposure. Only host files you legally own or have explicit distribution rights for; otherwise use embeds, licensed streams, affiliate sales, or public-domain/Creative-Commons content.

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Member Avatar for omol

I would find out everything about this domain, it's history, if it's blacklisted and everything about the site owners as well before even considering paying any money for it.

Member Avatar for ithelp

You cannot change domain name , post the name of the website that you are planing to buy , we will be in a better position to comment then.

Member Avatar for chanthung

thanks a lot for the reply. But i already now about this site, just tat resently got mail saying ty are selling da domain. Well n if i cant change the domain name i gs it wont be of much use as da contents would be diff. Ne way i'll contact ts ppl n c wat ever thing is possible.
Thanks guys again for all you help


chan

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