GoDaddy mistake costs me a domain

[bchawla]

a very important domain

http://www.chalona.com/godaddymistake/

anyone have suggestions? I dont have $$ to go through WiPO...

[Banned: VioxxLawyers]

Man, don't pay $1.5K for such a site.

I know it was your baby, but it was an Indian fan site not having fabulous traffic, and probably not making any money, so i suggest you move on. Use your backup to re-build the site on another domain, its the best thing you can do.

I dont defend GoDaddy, but dont pay for their mistake!

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[bchawla]

Originally Posted by xmas13

Man, don't pay $1.5K for such a site.

I know it was your baby, but was an Indian fan site not having fabulous traffic, and probably not making any money, so move on. Use your backup to re-build the site on another forum, its the best thing you can do.

I dont defend GoDaddy, but dont pay for their mistake!

The site was making around $15/day avg, roughly $450/mo..
it had decent traffic, enough to pay for servers

[Banned: VioxxLawyers]

http://thumbnails.alexa.com/image_se...=planetsrk.com
Oh that's nice for an Indian forum about a Bollywood star.

Move your forum. Do you have a backup?

http://whois.domaintools.com/PlanetSRK.com
The whois was not changed yet.

Who requested the domain transfer? A hacker? A friend?

Email abuse department to get the transfer canceled.

Do you still control your Godaddy account?

[bchawla]

Originally Posted by xmas13

http://thumbnails.alexa.com/image_se...=planetsrk.com
Oh that's nice for a new Indian forum about a Bollywood star.

Move your forum. Do you have a backup?

yes, backups aren't req'd as the server was not touched.

Godaddy let the domain be transfered

www.planetsrk.in is the new URL.

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[meganerd]

Are you sure this wasn't a case of allowing your domain to expire? If so, it's mostly your fault. Are you telling the whole story? After doing a WhoIs:

Updated Date: 25-jun-2006
Creation Date: 24-may-2004
Expiration Date: 24-may-2007

The expiration date would have been May 24th, 2006. After being dropped, it looks like someone got a hold of it on June 25th, 2006......Is that what happened?

[bchawla]

Originally Posted by meganerd

Are you sure this wasn't a case of allowing your domain to expire? If so, it's mostly your fault. Are you telling the whole story? After doing a WhoIs:

Updated Date: 25-jun-2006
Creation Date: 24-may-2004
Expiration Date: 24-may-2007

The expiration date would have been May 24th, 2006. After being dropped, it looks like someone got a hold of it on June 25th, 2006......Is that what happened?

Na, Godaddy confirms the domain was transferred on the 10th (at least that is when they initiaated the process) -- the person started the actual changes today (nameservers, proxy, etc.).

Furthermore, i would have noticed if the domain expired -- they usually disaable the NS to wake the owner up

ANd If I am not mistaken, from the expiration date, it takes about 90 days for a domain to be dropped. Anyone care to chime in?

Originally Posted by meganerd

Are you sure this wasn't a case of allowing your domain to expire? If so, it's mostly your fault. Are you telling the whole story? After doing a WhoIs:

Updated Date: 25-jun-2006
Creation Date: 24-may-2004
Expiration Date: 24-may-2007

The expiration date would have been May 24th, 2006. After being dropped, it looks like someone got a hold of it on June 25th, 2006......Is that what happened?

Oh by the way, the expiration date IS INDEED on May 24, 2007 -- i had rewned the domain for 2 years

[jdk]

I did a whois on domaintools.com and it has all of your information still.

Did you get the name back?

[bchawla]

Originally Posted by jdk

I did a whois on domaintools.com and it has all of your information still.

Did you get the name back?

That info isn't me
My email is Bhuwan_chawla@hotmail.com
Email listed is BhuwanChawla@hotmail.com
Notice -- no "_" (Undercore)

[jdk]

I wonder if the other member emailed Godaddy to say their email had changed to the one without the dash and to request the login details be sent to them. They then logged into your account and pushed the names. I don't see why Godaddy wouldn't lock the name and complete an investigation.

Having your whois details on the domain should be good for something.

Do a whois on Godaddy for the name and then report it for invalid whois information since it is your details and the domain is not in your account.

If the domain makes $450/mo like you state, I'd take out a loan since you dont have the $1,500 and get the name back. I'd only pay if it was your last resort.

[bchawla]

Originally Posted by jdk

I wonder if the other member emailed Godaddy to say their email had changed to the one without the dash and to request the login details be sent to them. They then logged into your account and pushed the names. I don't see why Godaddy wouldn't lock the name and complete an investigation.

Having your whois details on the domain should be good for something.

Do a whois on Godaddy for the name and then report it for invalid whois information since it is your details and the domain is not in your account.

If the domain makes $450/mo like you state, I'd take out a loan since you dont have the $1,500 and get the name back. I'd only pay if it was your last resort.

GoDaddy finally responded -- the domain is now locked !! I just sent them all the info they requested, I hope to hear back from them very soon.


Site makes 450/mo, HOWEVER< the rackspace server is 500/mo -- so i'm still in the hole $50/mo + Update costs (graphics and such) -- Hence the reason I can't afford 1500 loan either

Originally Posted by jdk

I wonder if the other member emailed Godaddy to say their email had changed to the one without the dash and to request the login details be sent to them. They then logged into your account and pushed the names. I don't see why Godaddy wouldn't lock the name and complete an investigation.

Having your whois details on the domain should be good for something.

Something certainly happened that allowed him access to my account. I hope they resolve it quickly

[meganerd]

Good luck to you. Did you have your domain locked by any chance?

[bchawla]

Originally Posted by meganerd

Good luck to you. Did you have your domain locked by any chance?

Yep, I locked ALL domains on my account...

WHat does everoyhne suggest as a permium Registrar? I am moving my domains out of Godaddy due to all the horror stories...

I got the domain name back!!Thanks everyone!!!

I got the domain name back!!Thanks everyone!!!

GoDaddy's corporate office responsed -- it was horrible - they were trying to sell me a serivce to prevent this! I really want to get this message across to everyone -- i do not care if GoDaddy receives poor publicity now
Please take al ook at my site
http://www.chalona.com/godaddymistake