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13 years ago

If you can't reach the seller I would recommend you contact HostGator and tell them your situation; maybe they can help you resolve the issue at hand.

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TheInternet

13 years ago

This is probably a familiar situation for the web host. Look around on their site and see if they have a policy for handling it.

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TopKat22

13 years ago

yes, I would contact hostgator and to get the seller to contact you, in the next email tell them that you may have to contact flippa about this if they don't respond to the email.

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13 years ago

Originally Posted by TopKat22

yes, I would contact hostgator and to get the seller to contact you, in the next email tell them that you may have to contact flippa about this if they don't respond to the email.

I wonder why he didn't contact Flippa in the first place?
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arkad25

13 years ago

if there's a chance to access your website resources thru FTP, most probably it will solve your problem. If not, get a new hosting like hostgator and state your problem maybe they can help you, they have a lot of tools to migrate your data from your previous hosting

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Golgo

13 years ago

A month now?you should ask for help earlier.

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Kal Sallam

13 years ago

Contact hostgator and the seller don't give up unless you get an answer.

Good luck.

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Kal Sallam

13 years ago

Contact hostgator and the seller don't give up unless you get an answer.

Good luck.

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Bill Farnham

13 years ago

Originally Posted by haffib

I bought a website in flippa and the site is down and has been about for a month now
I have been trying to email the seller but it has not worked.
I have the url registrated in godaddy,but the seller is hosting the website.
So my qestion is,can i get the website back in host or can i do something to get my website back

Funny, I don't see anything mentioning Hostgater...

Silly question...do you have the domain name on GoDaddy pointed at the right servers?

~Bill

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Jill Carpenter

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Bill Farnham

Funny, I don't see anything mentioning Hostgater...

Silly question...do you have the domain name on GoDaddy pointed at the right servers?

~Bill

Thank goodness, If I'm going loony it is nice to know I have some good company.

I'm not sure what hostgater has to do with the price of tea in china.

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TheInternet

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Jill Carpenter

Thank goodness, If I'm going loony it is nice to know I have some good company.

I'm not sure what hostgater has to do with the price of tea in china.

My guess is that one well-meaning person misread and saw Hostgator, then every following post saw that and assumed it was Hostgator. I see snowballs like that in political threads on other forums where a misunderstanding can carry on for pages.

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rosetrees

13 years ago

Originally Posted by TheInternet

My guess is that one well-meaning person misread and saw Hostgator, then every following post saw that and assumed it was Hostgator. I see snowballs like that in political threads on other forums where a misunderstanding can carry on for pages.

I don't think misreading has much to do with it. Sadly there are a lot of members here, often with lower post counts, who come here to post 2/3 line posts. They rarely bother to read the original post.

I guess their intention is to make themselves look "clever" by saying something "sage". In reality the opposite happens. Then the herd mentality takes over as others who post for the same reasons just follow suit.

It happens in many threads these days. Sad.

To the OP - you say you have control of the domain name. Check that the nameservers have been changed correctly.

Can you tell us what you actually do see when you type in your URL. Do you get an error message? That might help with deciding what the problem is.

Do you have ftp access to the site? If so, you might be able to copy the content to your computer, then purchase your own hosting account and re-upload.

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MattVit

13 years ago

Originally Posted by rosetrees

I don't think misreading has much to do with it. Sadly there are a lot of members here, often with lower post counts, who come here to post 2/3 line posts. They rarely bother to read the original post.

I guess their intention is to make themselves look "clever" by saying something "sage". In reality the opposite happens. Then the herd mentality takes over as others who post for the same reasons just follow suit.

It happens in many threads these days. Sad.

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You summed up that phenomena really well. It's annoying, they post for their post count rather than to contribute anything worthwhile.

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The Boss 13 years ago

Hi,

When you type your URL what message do you normally get, if it is an error message, you might wish to seek advice/help from godaddy customer service if you cannot contact filipa. They might advise you on what action to take.

Secondly, if there is a way you can talk to filipa on the telephone, I will advise that you do this also.

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Dan C. Rinnert 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Bill Farnham

Funny, I don't see anything mentioning Hostgater...

Shh. Don't let all these people know there are other hosting services... That's a trade secret.
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- Bill Farnham 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Dan C. Rinnert
  
  Shh. Don't let all these people know there are other hosting services... That's a trade secret.
  
  Dan, I'm afraid no matter how many posts are in this thread testifying that Hostgator has nothing to do with this, Hostgator will still be mentioned.
  
  I hope the OP is using HG otherwise he's in for one heck of a WTF moment.
  
  Originally Posted by Jill Carpenter
  
  I'm not sure what hostgater has to do with the price of tea in china.
  
  Apparently, everything...:rolleyes:
  
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art72 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Bill Farnham

Funny, I don't see anything mentioning Hostgater...

Silly question...do you have the domain name on GoDaddy pointed at the right servers?

~Bill

Took the words right from my mouth!

Re-read the OP (3x) thinking I missing something there...

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CherylJ

13 years ago

I would be inclined to purchase a 'baby package' from hostgator for $9.95 a month then go to godaddy and point my nameservers to hostgator and after roughly 24hrs you should be able to access your site I think.

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Terry Hatfield

13 years ago

If for some reason you can't get in touch with the seller or contact Hostgator like others have said one thing you could try is go to The Wayback Machine site and try and download it from there.

Here is the url for the wayback machine:

Internet Archive: Wayback Machine

Just enter your sites url and see if there is a recent archive of your site. If you find it you can go into each page and do a file save page as on it to save it to your hard drive. Then just reup it to your new host.

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gjd6599 13 years ago

I agree with contacting Hostgator. They are usually very helpful. If that does not work, I would check with flippa, and see if they have contact info on the seller, that you do not. They may also help you.
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Evan-M

13 years ago

why not contact flippa. If contacting the selling hasn't worked. Not really sure why so may suggested to contact hostgator , they are a third party in this situation.

also try vising the way back machine with the domain. you may be able to recover some of the site using there site ( unless its a dynamic site like wordpress)

hard to help thoe without more information.
do you have ftp?
do you already have the files?
did you configure your mx records correctly?
what error are you getting, is it 404 or another...
etc

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bobyeager 13 years ago

I agree... contact Flippa first and discuss it with them. There is a good chance the person who sold you the site has other sites for sale and they could potentially lock him out until he rectifies the problem with you.

Then, try to work it out with the seller from there. Your primary focus should be to try to find out where he IS hosted. It should be simple enough to do... if you had your DNS for your domain pointing to his server, that would more than likely tell you where it was hosted.

Also, keep in mind, many people don't check emails. Try to contact the seller through Flippa or allow Flippa to do it on your behalf.

In the future, when you buy a site... YOU have the site transferred to YOUR hosting account. Never allow anyone to control your assets or Internet real estate.
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John Romaine

13 years ago

Originally Posted by haffib

I bought a website in flippa and the site is down and has been about for a month now

The site has been down for a MONTH?????

Originally Posted by haffib

I have been trying to email the seller but it has not worked.

Did you use a binding contract, that stipulated the changeover agreement, and assistance clause????

Originally Posted by haffib

I have the url registrated in godaddy,but the seller is hosting the website.

This is a TERRIBLE idea.

Never EVER do this. Once you buy the site, you should have TOTAL ownership.

Originally Posted by haffib

So my qestion is,can i get the website back in host or can i do something to get my website back

Id say, at a *guess*, that the previous owner may have simply deleted the files at his end, thinking you're all setup at your end. Your DNS entries may still be pointing to this location.

Then again, I could be completely wrong.....because It's almost impossible to give you the right advice, when you havent given us much idea of whats going on.

Do you have a hosting account at all?

BTW - I doubt flippa will want to get involved. They provide a service to accommodate the buying and selling of websites, not conflict resolution.

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sbucciarel

Banned 13 years ago

If the seller is hosting the site, did you change the nameservers in Godaddy so that it is not pointing to the seller's hosting? If you did, that would be the problem.

Did you get the files for the site after purchase? If so, should be easy to get it up and running on your own hosting if that's what you want.

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TheInternet

13 years ago

I think I found the flippa page (Googled the OP's user name + flippa looking for more info). The seller is suspended, so this is probably not an isolated incident.

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athenistic

13 years ago

Originally Posted by TheInternet

I think I found the flippa page (Googled the OP's user name + flippa looking for more info). The seller is suspended, so this is probably not an isolated incident.

Awww.. That's crappy. The seller probably kicks puppies in his spare time too.

For the sake of the OP, I hope this ends on a positive note.

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RySpencer

13 years ago

Originally Posted by TheInternet

I think I found the flippa page (Googled the OP's user name + flippa looking for more info). The seller is suspended, so this is probably not an isolated incident.

If this is truly the case, I think that you got scammed.

I would still open a dispute with Flippa. They may be able to give your more information about the seller that they collected when he signed up for the account.

How did you pay for the site?

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sbucciarel

Banned 13 years ago

Originally Posted by TheInternet

I think I found the flippa page (Googled the OP's user name + flippa looking for more info). The seller is suspended, so this is probably not an isolated incident.

What a scam artist. If you look at his stats, he sold that site 3 times before being suspended. The site has very little indexed in Google. I hate to hear things like this. How do people like that live with themselves?

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salegurus

13 years ago

Originally Posted by sbucciarel

What a scam artist. If you look at his stats, he sold that site 3 times before being suspended. The site has very little indexed in Google. I hate to hear things like this. How do people like that live with themselves?

World is full of scumbags who have no compunction to steal other peoples hard earned money and then laugh about it.

I have never done business on Flippa but reading some of the threads here on WF it seems like a scammers paradise...

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John Romaine

13 years ago

I found the seller on Facebook.

Posted photos of himself smiling on a beach with his wife.

What a scumbag.

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haffib 13 years ago

Thanks all for the information

Iwill be more carefull in the next time

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John Romaine

13 years ago

I cant understand how the same site was sold 3 times by the same seller, and it wasnt picked up by flippa staff?

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salegurus 13 years ago

Originally Posted by ramone_johnny

I cant understand how the same site was sold 3 times by the same seller, and it wasnt picked up by flippa staff?

I'm with you on that one, seems very unorganized...
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sbucciarel Banned 13 years ago

Originally Posted by ramone_johnny

I cant understand how the same site was sold 3 times by the same seller, and it wasnt picked up by flippa staff?

A lot of times you get non-paying bidders, so you can relist a site in Flippa as many times as you want to. There really isn't any supervision of listings on Flippa, unless people report the auction. Often by the time it is reported and they've responded back to you, the auction is over and sold.
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dagaul101

13 years ago

You can contact the mods at Flippa to see if they can contact the seller

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TheInternet

13 years ago

I would have a hard time doing a deal like that (unless I knew the seller) without splitting payment. Partial payment, then the domain and hosting account, then the rest of the money.

At least you've learned an important lesson about checking seller history.

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Daniel Evans 13 years ago

These kind of stories given kill all confidence I have with Flippa. Seems like many have found bad apples!

Hopefully you'l get it sorted. Having a website be down for a month is simply unacceptable. I always ensure I'm in full control hosting myself.
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redfieryheart

13 years ago

You mean to say that the seller didn't give you all the details and files in it after the sale? This is not the usual process. I am glad that when I sold my site, both parties help each other until the seller confirmed that all is well and running. That's the only time I relaxed a little.

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art72

13 years ago

I hate reading about issues like this, as a shares a similar 'motive' as all the junk products promising X,Y, or Z. The impact has a greater effect on the entire industry, and causes more work for the legit businesses out there.

Understandably, Flippa sees a lot of volume, so the only real advice one could really give the OP, aside from what has already been stated above would be to research carefully before you purchase.

While, I hope the site was inexpensive, I'd be willing to bet from this point forward the OP will transfer the files and the hosting next time. So as bad as it might appear, some lessons are learned the hard way. Hence, getting 'burned' can often be a real eye-opener... and that still doesn't justify the scumbags who ruin it for those with good intentions.

sbucciarel, I've learned a great deal about Flippa just reading through your site, and BTW the FREE eBook link in your sig returns a 404 error on your site.

Stories like this make me hesitant to buy/sell at Flippa until I've conducted enough research. Sadly, these days with all the scum out there, sometimes it's hard to tell the difference.

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Barry Unruh

13 years ago

Before we throw stones at Flippa you might want to actually find the listings like TheInternet did and look at all three.

You will notice at the top of the last two listings Flippa's yellow warning sign stating 1 and 2. If you hover over those it tells you the site was previously listed. By clicking on the yellow warning sign it takes you to the original listing.

The message could be bolder, it could be spelled out clearer, but at least Flippa was providing a warning, it was just missed.

That listing directly states the seller would be providing 1 year of free hosting for the winner, so in some ways the first issue is not shocking.

The one thing I'm really curious about is this...Haffib, do you own the domain name now?

If not, you could contact the registrar of the domain name and file a complaint. In this case it appears the registrar is Name.com, assuming we are looking at the right domain.

If you do own the domain, get it pointed to your own hosting and start rebuilding...it appears it was using the Belesermo Magazine Theme in the past on WordPress.

Archive.org does not show any historical data for the site except a nice Apache Control Panel screen.

Last note...If you do own the domain name, GET BUSY HAFFIB, according to MajesticSEO the site has over 13,000 backlinks. You have the potential to get the site ranked quickly again if you do not let it stagnate.

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Supernoob

13 years ago

You can use Google Archive and then simply move the domain to your own hosting and change the nameservers, then you'll have to rebuild each page one by one.

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yamphy

13 years ago

I have had this happen before and my solution is to get the site transferred to your own hosting service that way you are in control.

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