Company hosting domain name gone bust..

How do i change registration so that I can get my site live again?

[Onders]

If I have a dmomain name registered with a company that has gone bust what would I have to do to ensure my site goes live again. I'm looking at worst case scenarios but my site has been down for a while, as has the site of the hosting company. I had a dispute a while back with another company which resulted in me moving both hosting and domain name registration to the same organisation.. which may now have gone bust.

Does anyone know what I could do to change the registration to another company?

[IanTurner]

If you do a whois lookup - does your name appear as the registrant?

[davezan]

Questions:

1. Who is listed as the registrant?

2. Where is the domain name registered?

The answer to the first question is crucial because whoever is listed as the registrant is
the legal owner, no ifs ands or buts. If you're not the listed registrant, you're in big trouble.

The answer to the second question is also crucial because the sponsoring registrar is the
one who can answer what you just started here.

[Onders]

The hosting company have got back in touch with us! For now, all is OK, but I suppose this is something we need to address. When you do a whois search, it says that my company is the registrant - but the hosting company is the registrant agent. What do you think is the best course of action? Would it be best to transfer the agent to an independent company - and then just have it pointing at the host nameservers? If so, any suggestions on company? Thanks!

[Corey Bryant]

You want the domain name to be in your name. This is very important. The registrar (like Godaddy, register.com, Enom, Network Solutions, etc) should list you as the owner of the domain name.

If this is not the case, contact the registrar to get this changed

-Corey

[davezan]

it says that my company is the registrant - but the hosting company is the registrant agent

If you're saying the hosting company is the administrative contact, either have them
change that to you, or ask either them or their registrar partner how to change it.

[cooldoug]

Contact another host, and see about transferring it.

[Onders]

Do you mean just transfer the domain name? So one company would be the registering agent of the domain name, and would have another company acting as the host for the site.

[davezan]

Do you mean just transfer the domain name? So one company would be the registering agent of the domain name, and would have another company acting as the host for the site.

You got it. This is the most popular and recommended arrangement.

If your host can't transfer ownership to you, transfer the domain to one that does,
preferably a registrar.

[wruk999]

but the hosting company is the registrant agent

This says to me that your domain is a .uk?
If so, you can have nominet move the domain at a cost of £15+VAT.

For reference: [nic.uk...]

That page details how to move the domain away, if the current registra/agent is un-contactable at any time.

Hope this helps,
wruk999