My local client lost his domain name :(
I was wondering if anyone had any advice on my client's current problem.
I provide local marketing/email, etc., but did not design the website. They worked with a web designer before I was involved and he seemed like an okay guy. He helped me install the updated SEO info on the site and so forth.
Well all of a sudden he skips town. Flakes out, who knows what happened. Fell off the face of the earth lol.
My client didn't let me know about this and one day BAM, their website and domain is GONE.
My guess is that old web guy didn't renew the domain name (sadly it was registered through him). Now the current owner is webmasters.com. That is the company that served as the registrar/host.
From everything I can tell, they renewed the domain themselves and are now running ads on it. The domain name is my client's exact business name.
Since it is their business name, does my client have any recourse? We tried contacting webmasters.com but they won't even talk to us unless it is the original web guy calling, and he's MIA.
Any suggestions?
The moral of the story, be in control of your client's domain names! This is a terrible terrible situation. I have a new domain name for them, but at this point all of the backlinks I did are lost
Matt
Free Screencast Videos Resource Guide Here
WarriorForum Rules!