52 Domains Checklist – Getting Organized

Having so many potential starting points makes it difficult to decide where to start even formulating a plan for making 52 productive websites in one year.  Logically, 52 websites in 52 weeks = 1 website a week…  and considering there are a handful up and running, I have a bit of cushion built into the timeline.  

After forgetting where some domains were registered, or being unable to remember the login password, I decided to start with getting organized. This is either a brilliant strategy or a thinly-veiled attempt at procrastination; after all, it is much easier to make a list of what you have to do as opposed to actually DOING what needs to be done.

Step 1 – Getting Organized

1. Make one master spreadsheet of all registered domains with the following columns:
   • Domain Name
   • Domain Name Registrar, along with admin email address on account, registrar site login and password info
   • Expiry Date
   • Website hosting provider, FTP login and password info
   • list of email addresses set up on the account with username and password info
   • Wordpress/admin logins and passwords for website
2. Create Folders to store files relating to each website
3. Set up email accounts in Outlook
   • set up folder for each domain
   • set up “mail rules” to automatically route incoming mail to the appropriate folder

Once I have these basics covered, I can move on to determining what domain to work on first.