[NetBehaviour] Domain name issues - final report -

[Helen Varley Jamieson]

it is a real bastard to lose a domain like this. i lost one once 
because the person who was the billing contact changed email 
addresses without updating the info at the domain registry, so never 
received the renewal notice. someone else bought it the instant it 
expired, i think because it was high-ranking in search engines. i 
tried to contact them by email, explaining that the domain name 
belonged to a non-profit theatre network who could not afford to buy 
it back at an increased price. the person never replied.

we had to purchase a new domain & throw out postcards & stationery 
with the old address. alan's email prompted me to see whether there 
was something else at the old domain - for years there was nothing 
there. interestingly, it's now showing the remnants of our old site, 
with broken images & last updated in 2001. maybe it's time i tried 
asking for it back again ...

in the meantime i keep a written list of all my domains' expiry dates 
& make sure they are all renewed well in advance!

h : )

>Domain name issues -
>
>
>Just so this doesn't happen to you -
>
>So that http://www.asondheim.org/ dead-ends or so that whatever
>content is put up there might seem like mine - but won't be.
>Sludge-world.
>
>Specifically: Because of identity theft, we changed our credit card.
>It bounced at godaddy (or whomever was handling the account).
>I wasn't informed that the domain had expired.
>I was told that six emails were sent to me stating such - they never came.
>
>I heard from Eric below who had bought the site "at auction" because it
>generated a lot of hits. He wanted to keep it running as is but with
>improvements. I felt I needed control - I knew and know nothing about him
>(although he has a reasonable site up re: below). It made no sense to have him
>as landlord.
>
>So I said no; he wrote back and said he liked the work and didn't really
>own it yet, that I would own it for a few more days. This was at variance
>with what godaddy/Totalchoice had said, which led me to think he might try
>and sell it back to me. I emptied the site, took out the new name for 10
>years (re: below).
>
>The problem is that the !@#$%^&* first site is smeared everywhere across
>the Net and people clicking on it will reach a dead end. So much for
>distribution.
>
>Anyway be careful; if I had an .edu site this wouldn't happen of course,
>but commercial sites are up for grabs.
>
>- Stupid Alan
>
>
>>From WHOIS:
>
>Registrant:
>ORIEA
>
>25 Fihelly St
>Fadden
>Canberra, ACT 2904
>Australia
>
>Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
>Domain Name: ASONDHEIM.ORG
>Created on: 28-Sep-02
>Expires on: 28-Sep-08
>Last Updated on: 10-Nov-07
>
>Administrative Contact:
>Di Cuollo, Eric eric at oriea.com
>ORIEA
>25 Fihelly St
>Fadden
>Canberra, ACT 2904
>Australia
>414402497
>
>Technical Contact:
>Di Cuollo, Eric eric at oriea.com
>ORIEA
>25 Fihelly St
>Fadden
>Canberra, ACT 2904
>Australia
>414402497
>
>Domain servers in listed order:
>NS15.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
>NS16.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
>
>
>Registry Status: CLIENT DELETE PROHIBITED
>Registry Status: CLIENT RENEW PROHIBITED
>Registry Status: CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
>Registry Status: CLIENT UPDATE PROHIBITED
>
>==========
>
>Registrant:
>Alan Sondheim
>432 Dean Street
>Brooklyn, New York 11217
>United States
>
>Registered through: TotalChoice Hosting
>Domain Name: ALANSONDHEIM.ORG
>Created on: 05-Nov-07
>Expires on: 05-Nov-17
>Last Updated on: 05-Nov-07
>
>Administrative Contact:
>Sondheim, Alan sondheim at panix.com
>432 Dean Street
>Brooklyn, New York 11217
>United States
>7188133285
>
>Technical Contact:
>Sondheim, Alan sondheim at panix.com
>432 Dean Street
>Brooklyn, New York 11217
>United States
>7188133285
>
>Domain servers in listed order:
>DNS3.TOTALCHOICEHOSTING.COM
>DNS4.TOTALCHOICEHOSTING.COM
>
>
>Registry Status: CLIENT DELETE PROHIBITED
>Registry Status: CLIENT RENEW PROHIBITED
>Registry Status: CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
>Registry Status: CLIENT UPDATE PROHIBITED
>Registry Status: TRANSFER PROHIBITED
>
>
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