Domain name hijacked
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In January, my Domain name was up for renewal. At the time I was getting an average of 761 hits per day. My highest month was 907 hits in November of 2011. WordPress had a glitch in their system and did not send me the request to renew my domain name. As a result, I did not renew…and my hits dropped to 4 hits in February of 2012. WordPress suggested that I pick a new domain name, but my blog traffic has never recovered. I now average 34 hits a day. I am wondering if there is a way to contact WordPress and ask them to help me recover my old domain name from whomever took it.
Blog url: http://candidaclub.wordpress.com/The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Reaferring to domain name that was legitimately purchased by another from the Registrar after you failed to renew it prior to expiry as “hijacked” is inappropriate. I have flagged this thread for Staff attention.
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If this is flagged for Staff attention, does that mean that someone will contact me?
My former blog domain was http://www.candidaclub.com
The new domain is http://www.candidaclub.orgIt is impossible for me to tell who took the candidaclub.com name because there is an error message when I go to that website. I feel like wordpress should be responsible for trying to recover this since they never alerted me that my domain needed to be renewed. I have a tremendous amount of content on my blog and would like to start working on developing an income from the site.
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Hi aging,
Telling you I flagged the thread for Staff support means we Volunteers cannot resolve your issue and I have flagged the thread so Staff will respond to you in this thread. Please be patient while waiting.candidaclub.com Is Hosted by Virtual Development
Whois Server: whois.moniker.com
Creation Date: 10-MAR-2012
Updated Date: 06-APR-2012
Expiration Date: 10-MAR-2013 -
The domain candidaclub.com expired on December 7. We sent three emails to the email address on your WordPress.com account prior to expiration, one a month before, followed by another a weeks before, then the last two days before.
Unfortunately, candidaclub.com has since been purchased by someone else.
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That is unfortunate…since I never received those emails. I don’t understand why because I always have before. I don’t want to post my email address on a public forum, but could we work out a way to verify to which email address that those emails were sent. Perhaps you could send a tester now. I don’t understand why that domain would be purchased by Virtual Development. Is there a way to contact them and request it back?
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They’re almost certainly a domain reseller. Try info@ their URL and see if you can get in touch with them.
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The emails are sent to the email of record that purchased the upgrade – many times they go to the spam filter of your email
Do a whois – they are required to have contact info on file
Try candidaclub.com ( at ) monikerprivacy.net
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If you can find out who bought it, sometimes they will resell it back to you. While it might cost you a pretty penny, you’d have your domain back. If you think it was that popular, it might be worth the investment. A previous poster has posted the information to help you get in contact with them.
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The renewal emails were sent to the email address that you have set at Users -> Personal Settings in your Dashboard.
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