Hi-Jacked Site

Thank you Bill- this could explain a lot - please pm a.s.a.p. I will let you know details which I too prefer not to publish on a public forum.

Again thanks to everyone - you are all true Warriors.

Just to update, the information sent to me via pm from Bill has been immensely helpful and may well have saved the day.

Seems my site was not hi-jacked (huge sigh of relief here) but due to a communication break down, yet to be sorted, I was unaware that the domain name was due to be renewed. I will not, as it involves others, disclose full details I am sure you will all appreciate that factor, especially as it is not yet fully resolved.

However, the good news is that godaddy have responded very quickly and also on their information re expired domains, they hold them for approx 42 days before you lose them completely. All new and news to me but I am WELL inside that time frame, in fact I am inside the time frame before I have to pay extra to get back my domain.

So, staying positive, the only way, that this will all be resolved.

Will update when more information is to hand - a successful outcome!

Thank you, unfortunately, the domain name was originally purchased through a well known internet-marketer who helped me start my business.

Yes, godaddy do send three renewal notifications, plus hold the site for approximately 42 days before auctioning it, but as I have NEVER received a renewal notice, which would of course have had to be forwarded b y the original person, I was unaware that it was due for renewal.

Godaddy have replied promptly and courteously to my emails but of course, legally they are hamstrung, as the renewal can only come from the original person.

Despite numerous emails to the person concerned, I STILL haven't received a reply. I've been emailing more than once a day for the last few days since this happened to each of his email addresses.

As you can imagine, I am very distressed, a year's worth of very hard work branding the name and achieving page one rankings on Google and others, slipped to top of page two at present, it's heart-breaking that one email could resolve this entire matter but for some reason the person concerned appears not to care.

There maybe a logical and valid reason as to why he hasn't replied to my emails but to be perfectly honest, I am wondering why, when he received the renewal notices he did not immediately contact me and appraise me of the fact that my domain name was due to be renewed.

I am perfectly willing to pay for that myself, as I did not in the first instance wish for him to continue paying for same.

Somehow this has to be resolved, for the good of all!

Thank you all, your support is great.

What I am now trying to work out is what to do now, or worse case scenario, what/how to do, as a year's darned hard work (often 15 hrs per day) is something I refuse to allow to go to waste!