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Seth Keddy
Seth Keddy

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Why I Built DNSRedo.com and How It Solves the Domain Management Mess

If you own more than a handful of domains, you know the struggle. DNS is one of those things you don’t think about until it breaks, and then it’s the only thing you think about. I’ve been there — one wrong click, one mistyped record, and suddenly half your sites are down. Now you’re digging through old notes or trying to remember what the settings were before you messed with them.

That’s why I built DNSRedo.com

Back up your DNS before you touch anything

DNSRedo automatically backs up your DNS records before you make changes. No setup. No “I’ll do it later.” It just happens. If you mess up, you can restore the last working state instantly. Not hours of rebuilding. Not a help desk ticket that takes two days. Just click restore and you’re back online.

Manage everything from one place

Different registrars, different DNS providers, different login credentials. I had domains spread across five platforms. Every time I needed to change something, I had to figure out where the DNS lived for that domain. DNSRedo pulls all your domains into one dashboard so you can actually manage them without hunting through emails and password managers.

Add DNS fast, even without an API

Some DNS providers make automation easy with APIs. Others act like it’s still 2005. I built DNSRedo to work with both. Even if your provider has no API, you can still get your records backed up and restored. No coding. No extra setup. It’s fast because that’s the point — downtime costs money.

The reality of too many domains

It’s easy to buy domains. It’s fun. They pile up. And then you realize you have fifty of them and no clue which are in use, which are parked, or which have custom DNS setups you’d better not overwrite. The more domains you have, the harder it gets to manage them without breaking something.

With DNSRedo, you can see the DNS state for every domain in one place. You can spot issues before they take down a site. You can document changes without having to remember to document them. That means less guesswork and less stress.

The problem DNSRedo solves for me

Before DNSRedo, my DNS “management” was a mess of spreadsheets, screenshots, and “hope for the best.” If I needed to move a site to a new server, I’d spend half a day retyping records and hoping I didn’t miss a TXT entry. Now I just export the backup and restore it to the new provider. Done.

I didn’t build DNSRedo to be fancy. I built it to save my own time and sanity. If you’re in the same boat, it’ll do the same for you.

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