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Getting control of domain

  • 15-04-2007 9:05pm
    #1
    Webmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,579 ✭✭✭


    Hi there,

    I've being asked to re do a website for a local gaa club. They got a guy to do a site (pretty crap) there a few years ago. He looked after all the registration of domain and hosting.
    Few years down the line now, he seems to have dissapeared. No way of contacting him or anything.
    The question is - how would i go about getting access to the domain?

    I done a whois there and doesn't mention anything about the domain being registrar locked. Does that mean i can simply just do a registrar transfer?

    Thanks.


Comments

  • #2
    Adam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,866 ✭✭✭Adam


    Surely there are contact details for the guy under the whois info?


  • #3
    Webmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,579 ✭✭✭Webmonkey


    No he is a cowboy. He canceled his phone number, and moved house. Noone can get directly in contact with him. I emailed him got reply. But once he found out i need him to do something, he never bothered replying anymore.


  • #4
    Adam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,866 ✭✭✭Adam


    A disgrace, imo.

    Well whether or not he registered the domain is irrelevant if the payment was made by someone related to the club. Otherwise, it belongs to him, and he doesn't have to hand it over legally speaking.

    Unless it is a dot ie? In which case if the domain name is something like clubname.ie he wouldn't have a claim to it over the club, though I'm not 100% sure on the legalities of that tbh, but that is what I gather from reading bits and pieces. Might be worth looking into.


  • #5
    Webmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,579 ✭✭✭Webmonkey


    They paid him and he kept it going. Surely there must be some way of claiming it. I'll wait and see what others have to say anyways.


  • #6
    mneylon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,740 ✭✭✭mneylon


    Is it a .com or a .ie ?

    If it's a .ie it should be registered in the name of the club, so transferring the domain won't be complicated.

    If it is a .com you will need the EPP code to transfer the domain. Depending on who the domain was registered through and how it may be a simple process or extremely painful and protracted.

    Without knowing what the domain is I can't give you any specific help, so if you want to contact me directly with details please do

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