Hi, On October 8, 2006, I've won the auction of an domain in Snapnames, and Snapnames register the domain using one of their registrar partners. On December 17, I've sold the domain to one of my clients. On December 27, 2006, For unknow reasons the registrar of that domain name deleted the domain name, and it was subsequently reregistered by a third party. What can i do? Do you think i should sue Snapnames? William
There is not enough information to even give an opinion. What was the reason the domain was deleted? Bogus whois? Other TOS violations? Just a mistake? Given their legal disclaimer (which you accepted) it would generally be very difficult, if not impossible to successfully sue them (of course there may be exceptions). Unless you are talking about thousands of dollars, it probably isn't worth the effort or added expense. You also agreed to the court venue of Portland, Oregon. Their TOS lists a number of reasons for deleting a domain, as well as other terms. https://www.snapnames.com/terms.jsp
Hi mjewel, It is a fault by the register, i've alreayd contacted snapnames and they just simply tell me "unknown reasons".
Let me get this straight: 1. You won a domain name in a Snapnames auction on October 8, 2006. 2. Roughly 2 months after that, you sold it to one of your clients. 3. Roughly 10 days after that, the registrar deleted the domain name. And you're thinking of suing Snapnames when they have nothing any longer to do with the domain name? Oh please, get real. I can think of a variety of reasons why the registrar deleted the domain name. But that's something only your client can try to find out from them. Bottom line answer to your question: nothing...except to try to acquire it from its current registrant. Edit: okay, I saw you gave you more details about this in another forum. My original answer of nothing still stands, though I'd like to ask a few questions: a) Did you transfer the domain's ownership to your client after having sold it to him/her? b) If no to a, what's the current status of the domain name? Perhaps you can post a full WHOIS minus the domain name itself.
Companies like SNAP specialize in expired domains. When a deleted domain is released, these companies hit the server to try and grab it. Because they are limited in the amount of queries they can hit the server with, they form all these BS companies as registrars to increase their chances of getting the domain. So you have the parent company (SNAP) and a bunch of sub-entities they have formed trying to get the domain. Technically, you would have to go after the sub-entity, but they are really controlled by SNAP. These BS entities usually don't even have any contact information - just a page or two where you can enter in your DNS information. I have a feeling they are all run from the same office - in the past, I have contacted SNAP and they changed the DNS immediately when I was having problems contacting the "actual registrar".