: My domain name is expiring but I don't have access to renew it - help! So I'm in quite a pinch right now - have a Wordpress site with over 3,500+ posts with an above average SEO ( niche
So I'm in quite a pinch right now - have a Wordpress site with over 3,500+ posts with an above average SEO ( niche content, so almost guaranteed Page 1 results )
I initially created the site with another guy and he bought the domain name - since I trust him and I know he's not dodgy at all, I never asked him to hand over the domain to me and ever since the site started in 2012, he's been renewing it without fail.
Fast forward to 2015, due to real life responsibilities, I had to make myself inactive from site development / activities - but still kept the site working in order ( maintenance, hardening, SEO, malware removal etc ) but the site was kind of in a hiatus state - I had no contact with this guy because I usually operate the backend and he does content.
During this time, he was also busy with his new job and stopped writing content, hence the site hiatus.
Now, the domain name is expiring soon and I tried contacting him but have no response after a few days. We have a password sharing service and I found the credentials for the Domain Manager there, but the password doesn't work anymore ( he must've changed it between 2015 and now, because it used to work before - I've logged in a couple of times )
I'm thinking of buying a similar domain name and just switch the site to that new domain, but without access to the old domain, I can't put a 301 redirect on the old domain - and without 301 I'm pretty certain that I will lose the page rank that I've accumulated since 2012.
What are my options? Help! :(
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You can contact the relevant Domain Name Registry and ask about their process for dispute resolution. .co.uk for example has a Dispute Resolution Service which is relatively easy. .com follows the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy.
The process can be different for different TLDs, but contacting the registrar of the domain is probably the best start. They may be able to verify your claim to the domain and transfer ownership to you without even having to follow the whole dispute process.
If there is still time, and you have access to ftp
"Worst case scenerio " solution is to buy another domain and redirect all movement using 301.
And yes you can put 301 without access to domain.
To be honest , you should go in that direction in a moment that you realized that you lost contact with domain owner.
Find out the registrar and contact them. They may be willing to contact the domain owner for you and get him to contact you.
in some domains (for example .pl) there are possibility to buy "option" (option for registration) for domain.
This means that if current owner don't renew it - you will get that domain (afer quarantine period ) .
What kind of domain we are talking about ? .com ?
Also you can search for company that can catch (buy it first if current owner don't renew it) domain for you . It's called domain drop catch service - or something like that :) .
Look at godaddy.com/domainaddon/domain-backorders.aspx
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