How do i get my domain back

ActiveISP does not move my domain

[Nout]

On 14th October 2003 i registered a .com domain at LADOT company together with hostingservice of this domain. Ladot registered the name at ActiveISP. I paid in advance but when i noticed the site was not working and they did not answer emails and phonecalls to a 0900 helpdesk ws not working i ordered teh bank to get my money back. I immediately ordered LADOT to move the name to another ISP and they comfirmed by letter that the name could be moved. My new ISP however was unable to claim the name because ActiveISP would not let this name go until today.
Today the domain name was set to expire but ActiveISP now set the expiration date one year further at 14 october 2005. What can i do to get my domain name back?

[webdude]

It appears someone has paid to keep the domain name.

I have had lots of trouble with various so called hosting servoces in the past.

The key here is who is listed as the registrant when you do a whois. If it is you, I don't think you will have a problem getting the domain name back in your control. You might have to jump through some hoops to get it done. You have to contact your registrar by phone or whatever to get the proccess going. You need to change the administrator of the domain to yourself.

If the registrant is not you, then you may have more serious problems. If this is the case, the company you hired did not register the domain name on your behalf, they just registered it to themselves and now claim ownership. I have seen this in the past and it is a sham that some companies will try to pull on you. I think the only recourse if this is the case, would be the courts. I would keep all docs, related to this in case it comes to that.