Domain name 'ownership' nightmare

Registrant gone under - no admin - nothing...

[Harley_m]

I registered the domain name for a big site (had more than 2 million hits in the first ten days) - which was done by a small uk company - who severely p'd me off because they set the admin contact to them. I have proof of purchase - but no way of getting at the domain to set dns changes - and I cant get to them via phone/email - just no reply...

The site is currently working off IP - and this is far from ideal - I really need to get the details changed - but im not sure where to contact...

does anyone have the power to overthrow what is basically theft?

goes to show - money saved on domains bites you in the backside many times over in the long run...

any ideas?

Harley

[ritch_b]

Couple of questions - what type of domain is the name and on the WHOIS lookup, are your details shown in the 'Registrant' field?

R.

[Harley_m]

I have proof of purchase - but the cowboy who registered set admin contact to his name - basically taking my money to register it himself. He is totally uncontactable...

therefore Whois is not in my name, but I have credit card reciepts to prove I paid for the domain...

There is a .com, co.uk, .net and .org...

Harley

[wruk999]

Harley,

For the .co.uk, this page on the nominet page may help. It explains what to do in the case if an ISP going into liquidation.

I suggest you read the articles and follow the link to the switching ISP through Nominet.

[nic.uk...]

Sorry I can't help with the .com/.org domains.

wruk999

[ritch_b]

Are the details in the 'Registrant' field the same as those in the 'Administrative' field?. The two fields are seperate and in this case, it's the content of the former that's important.

R.

[microcars]

this might help:
The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy

[icann.org...]