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Ask HN: How to rescue trapped domain name?
So when I first started hosting my site many years ago I used grokthis and I registered my domain name there too. Now the domain name is expiring and I need to renew.
But grokthis is out of business and I don't get any responses to my emails!
I'm panicking, I only have 10 days until the domain expires. Does anyone know what to do in this situation? The name is utilitymill.com.
- steventruong 14y agoThe whois shows this: Eric Windisch (nospam@bwbohh.net) +1.2152691915 You can try giving him a ring directly
- kaolinite 14y agoI have no idea I'm afraid but I just want to say - your site is fantastic. I hope you get to keep your domain as I can see a number of uses for your site.
- tocomment 14y agoCool thanks! Let me know if you have any questions or feedback. (Though you may have to access it by the IP address soon .... :-(
- mtrimpe 14y agoI hope mine is not the best answer, but if you can't manage to prevent the expiry you at least need to be prepared for an attempt to 're-register' your domain. When your domain does expire it will end up on a 'just expired' list and there are a bunch of bots auto-registering every expired domain that looks remotely interesting. If it gets that far, at least make sure you're prepared to try and snatch it before the other bots get it.
- cadab 14y agoEven after its expired, i'm sure its held for another 3 months before anyone else can buy it.
- GauntletWizard 14y agoIt's held for three months, but only the first month is your window to rebuy; After that, the two months are an opportunity for the registrar to squat and charge you exorbitant fees.
- tocomment 14y agoI noticed on whois that the registrar is listed as eNom, INC. I found this one their help page: http://supportcenter.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/247 http://supportcenter.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/24... Unfortunately I'm not listed on the contacts for the domain so I'm not sure if it will work. I went ahead and submitted a ticket anyway.
- iharris 14y agoI was in a similar situation a couple years ago - I had to renew a domain whose registrar was eNom Canada and I wasn't listed as the site owner. I just explained the situation fully and offered to pay for the renewal myself and they eventually helped me out. They seemed pretty accommodating when renewals were involved, a transfer would probably require you to jump through more hoops. Good luck!
- losethos 14y agoJust tell them God is just. God says... C:\Text\WALDEN.TXT the great distance at which I dwelt from something or other; and though they said that they loved a ramble in the woods occasionally, it was obvious that they did not. Restless committed men, whose time was an taken up in getting a living or keeping it; ministers who spoke of God as if they enjoyed a monopoly of the subject, who could not bear all kinds of opinions; doctors, lawyers, uneasy housekeepers who pried into my cupboard and bed when I was out -- how came Mrs. -- to know that my sheets wer