Domain name troubles.

Hey guys, I'm in a bit of a jam.

I signed up my domain name "Sylinic.com" with Hostsvault and had hosting with them for a year, then switched my hosting to Greengeeks and when I tried to contact Hostsvault for the EPP – Domain authorization code and to unlock the domain so Greengeeks could transfer it, the guy put my E-mail on his block list, and now the website is offline.

It expires in November, and I keep getting E-mails from DNSwelcome to pay for the registration, if it doesn't get registered, will they just drop it and it will be available to pick up from Greengeeks? I can't imagine it's a very sought after domain.

Thank you for any help in advance!

 

There may be better options that others are aware of, but some domain name registrars will let you automatically buy or at least alert you to the option when the url becomes available. Of course, if you know the exact date that it expires, you also could just go and try to grab it again.

 

Thanks jrbiz, I do know the exact date, November 17th, but I didn't know if it went in limbo for a certain amount of time or if it would be available day of expiration to re-up with GreenGeeks, hopefully that's the case.

Hey Sarah, I couldn't agree more, it's bizarre and infuriating that they are lumped together like this, this is such a hassle for me. Honestly it's not worth paying a lawyer, if I have to I could just grab the domain "sylinic-creative.com", but it still doesn't make this right. The registrar the guy from Hostsvault used was
publicdomainregistry.com, and of course they say to contact the company you signed up with and they can't help. Also thanks for the reply.

I just hope Jrbiz is right and the domain just gets dropped back into the pool of available domains immediately after it expires.

 

if you registered domain with Hostsvault and if you got domain privacy rights on registration their is more chance you can have it again (act soon before expiry date though) and if Hostsvault did registration legally "whois" you may know...the organization who keep all records of domains resellers and owners,,) contact them and submit your problem,,they might can help you, if one guy did block you but the reseller Hostsvault need to respond you ,,hope help you bit..good luck

 

Hey CYCchips, thanks for the reply, I can contact whois.net for help? I was wondering if there was a centralized authority that took care of situations like this, it's starting to feel like the wild west, haha.

 

I honestly do not know how long it may take a domain to get back into circulation. GoDaddy has a Backorder service (have never used it myself) but it seems like they will put it out to auction for anyone who has backordered it. As you said, it is not clear that anyone else will really want this domain, anyway, so this may be an option for you:

https://www.godaddy.com/domainaddon/domain-backorders.aspx

 

Hey Jrbiz, I think I'll just pick up the "sylinic-creative.com" domain, I want nothing to do with this guy anymore and I refuse to give him any more money.

See, it says days to expire is 28 days, and deletion in 64, so it probably will sit in limbo for 36 days where I can't use it.


Thanks for the help though, I think this is the only way to go.

 

I think that you are right. It can be more of a distraction than anything else at this point. Good luck.

 

Sounds like Hostsvault is just a reseller for PUBLICDOMAINREGISTRY.COM -- as that's where I show your domain is held. Try contacting them direct about getting those transfer codes.

 

i m so feel bad about loosing a domain i always dream about,,if me i will give a shot to take it back as you said second option domain looks ok But its up to you budd good luck with that

 

Thanks for all the replies guys, I'm going to try contacting publicdomainregistry, maybe they can work with me with this problem, if not I'll just grab the other domain, and renew my original domain once the deletion date comes. I agree I don't like www. sylinic-creative. com as much as www. sylinic. com, but worst case it'll only be for about 36 days, and really the second domain is more accurate for my business, just don't like the the hyphen. Well worth it not giving that crook any more money.

 

Good luck and let us know how it goes.