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Your problem is that you thought you owned the domain name. You don't. You never did. You were merely leasing it. You failed to renew the lease, and somebody el

Your problem is that you thought you owned the domain name. You don't. You never did. You were merely leasing it. You failed to renew the lease, and somebody else snapped it up. It sucks for you, but you should have read the fine print the last time you renewed your domain registration. tl;dr: you snooze, you lose

youniverse 4y ago
Well that was harsh! Why do you succumb to letting off your steam on a stranger who's already bummed he lost his project's home! Man said should've read the fine print. Smh
- EddieDante 4y ago
  - dredmorbius 4y ago
    Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    - EddieDante 4y ago
scohesc 4y ago
Yup - this absolutely is horrible when it happens, which is why I suggest next time OP creates a domain, they set up a calendar reminder or email reminder, or possibly set up auto-billing so that this doesn't happen again. Over the years I've seen it happen. People think if they buy a domain, they technically own it - sometimes certain registrars will hold onto the domain temporarily and try to contact you for a time, before putting it up for sale - though there's no obligation for them to do that as far as I understand. It would be worth trying to reach out to the registrar, but since someone else has bought the domain already, good luck trying to get them to hand it back to you unless there's some sort of legal standing (trademarks, its your business name, etc. and even then the chances are slim)
Mo3 4y ago
No idea why you’re being downvoted, you are absolutely correct and I’m afraid to say - the world can be a cold hard place and personal failures have consequences. I do not see any kind of unnecessary insults or unreasonable bashing here either. It is necessary to speak the truth sometimes, if we’re just going to sit here and help OP shift personal responsibility no one benefits and no one learns. It would just further a victim mindset. As sorry as I am for OP, there is really nothing further to add here.
- youniverse 4y ago
  OP isn't blaming anyone but himself in his post though! How a truth is delivered to a person matters I think. You can go the dopaminergic snarky route or have some empathy or call it maturity even. This comment reads like 'I told you so' for really no clear reason besides a perhaps grumpy commenter. Anyway not disagreeing with you in general but maybe you have an idea now! :) In the end he lost a small project domain so there really isn't anything to add that the OP can't figure out himself especially about personal responsibility and victim mindset (lol). He was probably just looking for someone to chime in with some loophole recovery advice or otherwise.

youniverse 4y ago

Well that was harsh! Why do you succumb to letting off your steam on a stranger who's already bummed he lost his project's home! Man said should've read the fine print. Smh

EddieDante 4y ago
- dredmorbius 4y ago
  Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - EddieDante 4y ago

scohesc 4y ago

Yup - this absolutely is horrible when it happens, which is why I suggest next time OP creates a domain, they set up a calendar reminder or email reminder, or possibly set up auto-billing so that this doesn't happen again. Over the years I've seen it happen. People think if they buy a domain, they technically own it - sometimes certain registrars will hold onto the domain temporarily and try to contact you for a time, before putting it up for sale - though there's no obligation for them to do that as far as I understand. It would be worth trying to reach out to the registrar, but since someone else has bought the domain already, good luck trying to get them to hand it back to you unless there's some sort of legal standing (trademarks, its your business name, etc. and even then the chances are slim)

Mo3 4y ago

No idea why you’re being downvoted, you are absolutely correct and I’m afraid to say - the world can be a cold hard place and personal failures have consequences. I do not see any kind of unnecessary insults or unreasonable bashing here either. It is necessary to speak the truth sometimes, if we’re just going to sit here and help OP shift personal responsibility no one benefits and no one learns. It would just further a victim mindset. As sorry as I am for OP, there is really nothing further to add here.

youniverse 4y ago
OP isn't blaming anyone but himself in his post though! How a truth is delivered to a person matters I think. You can go the dopaminergic snarky route or have some empathy or call it maturity even. This comment reads like 'I told you so' for really no clear reason besides a perhaps grumpy commenter. Anyway not disagreeing with you in general but maybe you have an idea now! :) In the end he lost a small project domain so there really isn't anything to add that the OP can't figure out himself especially about personal responsibility and victim mindset (lol). He was probably just looking for someone to chime in with some loophole recovery advice or otherwise.