Web host stole my domain...

sithlord

sithlord

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I was hosting a site with a web host and bought various services from them.
I had a lot of domains and services from them but when one of them came up for renewel.. the web host (a small company) registered the domain under his name.

The guy ignores my questions about the domain.

What next ?
 
mrbell1984 said:
Good point. Is it with a well known host?
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No, its with a very small company. I only went with them at the time cos they had cheap web hosting services.

Im also having to deal with another company which last month sold the domains to another company that got taken over and now I want them to change the IPS-tag so I can consolidate .. they are dragging their feet for days now and have gone quiet also.

This web hosting business is full of snakes. :( :eek:
 
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Well without providing any details at all I would say post some as the next step. What you need to do will depend on the sort of domain it is and your relationship to the domain and this company that you mention.
 
Is it a desirable domain name?
Were you the registrar before and have proof of this?
Is this an isolated case and your other domains have been renewed appropriately?

If you're answering yes to these then I'd say you have a fairly good case to action against the company. You should have received renewal notices and the company should not have renewed on your behalf unless you explicitly gave them permission to. Even then I wouldn't say that constitutes any reason to renew under their name..
 
I have correspondence where he acknowledges its my domain and I have emails of me ordering stuff off him for the domain.

Im not exactly sure how he managed to transfer the domain in his name. He was a Nominet member and had the power though with his own tag.

Its desirable to me as I had a fully functioning website around the site.

Its a co.uk domain so would ICANN apply here ?
 
I used to run a hosting business and several clients used to just ignore invoices and renewal dates.

We had a clause in the T&Cs that they al signed saying that if an invoice went 30 days past due date (which was typically the renewal date) we would assume that the account/domain was no longer required. Is this what has happened to the OP ?

.co.uk is always nominet.
 
Mr-White said:
When did it expire ?
When did you try to renew it ?
And when did they steal it ?

Even after it's expire you can still renew it as there's a grace period of around 30 days depending on the domain.

MW
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There is an auto renew grace period of 45 days, then there is the redemption grace period of 30 days, then finally the Pending Delete period of 5 days so from the date of "expiry" to the domain being available for re-registration should be 80 days.
 
I managed to get into contact with the house at his address. Hes agreed to transfer it to me.

Claims it automatically transferred to him over an unpaid invoice.

Anyway I have control over it now but the Name & Address is still set as his... how do I change it ?
 
If you've got control login to whatever control panel you have with your domain registrar and look for the option to update contact details on the domain.
 
RoyMi6 said:
If you've got control login to whatever control panel you have with your domain registrar and look for the option to update contact details on the domain.
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Thanks, Ive done some digging. You cant change registrant names through your ISP it seems. It has to be done via Nominet.
 
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