JDanniel Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Hello everyone. When I woke up this morning, I was unable to send or receive e-mail from my domain. When I checked my web site and related sites (i.e. SMF boards, Word Press blog, etc.), on each of them, I saw ads for Go Daddy, saying my site has been parked. I tried to submit a help desk ticket, but was unable to. That's why I'm posting my problem here--I have no other way to communicate with TCH at this writing (except by phone). To the very best of my knowledge, my account is active and paid in full. I just received an e-mail a day or two ago, as a reminder the billing cycle for me starts on the 1st. I'm assuming this is probably a temporary glitch on TCH's end, but I'm just wondering why I see blurbs for Go Daddy where my web pages should be. Should I just wait patiently, or do I have a problem that needs more serious attention? Thank you! Jd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Bruce Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Sorry, Jd, I have no idea what has happened but you can open a ticket with the help desk using this link. https://ssl.totalchoicehosting.com/supportdesk Click on Submit a ticket. Just don't use a domain email address when you open the ticket so you can get the response. Use a Gmail, Hotmail or your ISP email account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDanniel Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 (edited) Help Desk says my domain has been updated as of today, but I have to contact my domain registrar for further details. I thought TCH was my domain registrar. I did everything through them. The only thing I can think of is this: Maybe my domain was up for renewal, and it was set to renew automatically, but the previous credit card expired. Or I was hacked, maybe? How do I contact the domain registrar, if it's not TCH? Thank you. Jd Edited January 30, 2010 by JDanniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Guru Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 It looks like to me your domain name has been hijacked. I reviewed the Whois History for your domain name and see that you were listed as the owner on 12-21-2009. Then it appears just as of today the domain name has been placed into another individuals name. So something is not right. Here is the WHOIS as of now: Registrant: Phil Charais 2817 Whitegate Dr Fort Wayne, IN 46805 United States Domain Name: JDANNIEL.COM Created on: 19-Dec-06 Expires on: 19-Dec-10 Last Updated on: 30-Jan-10 Administrative Contact: Charais, Phillip Phil Charais 2817 Whitegate Dr Fort Wayne, IN 46805 United States 2604023687 Fax -- Technical Contact: Charais, Phillip Phil Charais 2817 Whitegate Dr Fort Wayne, IN 46805 United States 2604023687 Fax -- Domain servers in listed order: NS57.DOMAINCONTROL.COM NS58.DOMAINCONTROL.COM Please contact our domain partner at the following number: 24x7 Technical Support U.S. (480) 624-2500 24x7 Billing Support (480) 624-2515 Any one in the support team can assist you. Let me know what happens and if you need help resolving this. It was not any error on the part of our domain partner, it simply appears your domain was hijacked or expired, entered redemption and was resold. The domain team will assist you. You should call asap to sort this out. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDanniel Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 (edited) Okay, it's resolved. Sort of. This was my fault. The domain expired...the contact information was old. The credit card info expired. So, I lost the domain. OH well. Well, I just registered jdanniel.net, so it looks like I have to start completely from scratch. Thanks for posting the information. The domain wasn't hijacked. It was my fault. Jd Edited January 30, 2010 by JDanniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Bruce Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 You don't have to start from scratch. Your hosting account should still be intact. Open a ticket with the help desk and have them change the domain name to the new name and point the nameservers for the new domain to the ones given to you by tech support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDanniel Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 Well, now I'm confused. I didn't think this through, I admit. I signed up for an entirely new hosting account, when I registered the new domain this morning. Now, I'm not sure if I have TWO hosting accounts. Was it necessary for me to sign up and pay for a new hosting plan, when I already had one? It sounds like I didn't have to. So, how do I go about cleaning this mess up? Do I just submit a help desk ticket, have them point to one of the accounts, and cancel the new one? Thank you! Jd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Bruce Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Yes, that should solve it for you. Explain that you lost your domain name and purchased a new one and would like your new domain name attached to your old account. And cancel the hosting account you just purchased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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