How to buy an Expiring Domain

If the domain has expired, it’ll go through an expiry process. Exactly what happens here depends on the current registrar, but the overall process is ~65 days. Dropcatch.com have a great graphic and explanation here – so go check that out to learn more. If you check the Whois record on Whois.com, you can see […]

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Uptime Robot Heartbeat Monitoring for WHMCS Daily Cron Task

If you run multiple web hosting brands and worried about whether the WHMCS Daily Cron Task has run on one of your brands, or missed it due to PHP errors or other problems with your WHMCS install, then this simple Hook is for you. Simply copy/paste the code below into a file called /includes/hooks/uptimerobot.php in […]

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Syncing User and Client Email Updates in WHMCS

In WHMCS 8.0, a new User and Account system was introduced which has caused a lot of headaches for web hosting support team members and customers. As a result of this change, there are two places that a user can update their email address: the Account Profile, which doesn’t change the email address they use […]

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Re-Enable H264 on EZVIZ Cameras

After a recent firmware update, EZVIZ cameras stopped providing H264 streams of their video feeds. How to enable RTSP Ensure the camera and your phone are connected to the same network Open EZVIZ app, tap the profile icon on the top left > Settings > LAN Live View > Start Scanning Tap the camera and […]

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Fastmail Masked Email Creator

If you use Fastmail, then you have probably heard all about the Masked Email functionality that they have to create unique email aliases to help protect your identity and prevent spam. However, it’s painful to try and create them while you’re out and about. Enter the “Masked Email” creator PHP script that I wrote. Using […]

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.htaccess Rule to use Bunny Fonts instead of Google Fonts

Bunny.net (aff link) recently released their own 100% free privacy-protecting drop-in replacement for Google Fonts, which is served by their CDN. All you have to do is replace the Google Fonts domain with fonts.bunny.net – however, sometimes that can be difficult if you’re using various WordPress themes or similar that import the fonts in all […]

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SMS Payment Notification Hook for WHMCS using Twilio

Getting a notification for every payment that you receive in your business is a great little dopamine hit that motivates you to keep going. Shopify know this, which is why they send push notifications to store owners for every purchase if you install their mobile app. But, what if you’re using WHMCS, the industry standard […]

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Three Lessons from @patio11’s Microconf Talks

Patrick McKenzie, better known as @patio11 on the Internets, has run a number of bootstrapped businesses and has been a serial speaker at MicroConf, with those talks being released to public last year at no cost on the MicroConf video vault YouTube channel. Following on from my post on the lessons from Rob Walling’s talks, […]

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4 Lessons from Rob Walling’s MicroConf Talks

MicroConf recently released the entire video vault of all of the talks that have been presented at their conference, completely free of charge on their YouTube channel. Who better to start off this conference talk binge with than MicroConf’s co-founder, Rob Walling? I watched 1 or 2 per night over the last couple of weeks, […]

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Cricket Cooler – Appeared on Shark Tank AU S01E01

Adam and Leigh with the Cricket Cooler

In this series of blog posts, I’ll be covering pitches from Shark Tank Australia. In addition, I’ll be trying to get as many of these entrepreneurs as I can to join me for a chat on a new podcast that I’m working on launching soon. Entrepreneurs: Adam Dubrich and Leigh Warren from AdelaideAsk: $280k for […]

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