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p.1 #1 · Domain name registration help !

I just reserved a couple domain names with MyDomain.com, purchasing 2 domain names that were available.

I then did a Google search and discovered that these sites already existed in form of (xxx is not real name of course ! emoticon - smile

http://xxx.com
http://www.xxx.net
http://www.xxx.com

How can this be possible ?

Is there something I'm missing here ?

Mark

Sep 05, 2009 at 08:25 AM

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p.1 #2 · Domain name registration help !

I'm not sure what your asking here.

You bought two domains and when you google them they show up as http://xxx.com?

If you enter your URL (Domain) into the address bar, where dose it take you?

If these domain were previously owned and have become available to sell, it could be from a previous redirect, if that's the case, somebody at mydomain.com should be able to fix this for you.

Sep 05, 2009 at 08:49 AM

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p.1 #3 · Domain name registration help !

Not that I don't trust people here but I prefer to use "xxx" instea of the real name which I'm sure you can understand

Let's say that I went to Mydomain, searched for available sites, came across www.cnn.com and purchased it, receiving email confirmation etc.

I then Googled cnn and saw it was taken in form of http://www... and http://...

Essentialy it takes me to some people's personal sites

I've written to Mydomain for support, but as they are closed tover the weekend thought some of the buddies at FM could help out!

Mark

Sep 05, 2009 at 09:11 AM

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p.1 #4 · Domain name registration help !

It's possible for somebody to have owned the site and just not renewed the domain name and still have hosting up. If thats the case and mydomain has the right to sell it and you own it. As soon as you point that domain name to your hosting location, it should transfer.

You could do a whois search to see if it was owned previously or if its registered to somebody else.

http://domains.whois.com/domain.php?action=whois

Hope that helps

Sep 05, 2009 at 09:28 AM

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p.1 #5 · Domain name registration help !

Thanks

I did a search and found a record of someone who created the site in 2000 but there doesn't seem to be any activity in along time.

It doesn't seem to provide info whether the person has renewed registration or not however

For the .com version, I got :

Record expires on 13-May-2011.
Record created on 13-May-2000.

And for the .net version :

Record last updated on 01-Apr-2008.
Record expires on 02-Sep-2010.
Record created on 02-Sep-2005.

Mark

Sep 05, 2009 at 09:43 AM

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p.1 #6 · Domain name registration help !

Interesting, the expires date usually refers to when the domain name expires. There is usually not any activity on the domain name unless the owners info changes and they actually update there registration info.

Do you have an Admin log in for mydomain.com? If so I would log in and try to redirect the domain you bought to another site and see what happens.

Sep 05, 2009 at 10:06 AM

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p.1 #7 · Domain name registration help !

Good idea

I just logged on and see two domains in my account, although I actually purchased four this morning.

The two which have not shown up are the ones that are pointing to other people's websites. I did receive an order confirmation from Mydomain for these two but unlike the first two haven't yet received a follow-up email.

So perhaps they aren't mine - at least yet - afterall. Will wait and see.

In the meantime I just picked up the .org version to at least be sure I get the domain I was looking for, although not as easy as .com for instance.

Mark

Sep 05, 2009 at 10:48 AM

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p.1 #8 · Domain name registration help !

PS - Under my account how can I direct the domain to another site - such as www.pbase.com/mholdef ?

Can you change this easily and as often as you'd like ?

Sorry for these dumbo questions !

Mark

This is what I see under my account :

Name Servers
NS1.MYDOMAIN.COM
NS2.MYDOMAIN.COM
NS3.MYDOMAIN.COM
NS4.MYDOMAIN.COM
Update Name Servers Register Name Server

Domain Renewals
Expiration Date: 09/05/2011 Renew
Auto-Renew: YES Change

Transfers
Transfer Status Page Go Now
Transfer-In Auth-Code Instructions Go Now

Services for this Domain
Web Hosting and SiteBuilder
Web Hosting packages are now located under the My Services tab
Other Services
URL Forwarding Manage
Email Forwarding Manage
DNS Management Manage
Domain Locking NameSafe; Active: YES Manage Renew Expires: 09/05/2011

Sep 05, 2009 at 10:51 AM

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p.1 #9 · Domain name registration help !

URL Forwarding Manage is where I would look first.

Yes, you can change the domain forwarding, easily as much as you want.

Sep 05, 2009 at 11:26 AM

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p.1 #10 · Domain name registration help !

Think of it like call forwarding on your phone.

Sep 05, 2009 at 11:31 AM

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p.1 #11 · Domain name registration help !

Thanks. Tried adding my pbase address in the URL Forwarding section but didn't work earlier, presuably as may take a full working day to get it up and running.

Will try Monday

Mark

Sep 05, 2009 at 11:12 PM

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p.1 #12 · Domain name registration help !

As a recommendation I would keep your web name hosting at a different location that
the web site hosting.

If you have bad service, like I did three + years ago, if the company hosting your names hosts your sites, they will drag their feet to assist you.

If the company hosting your names is different, then you can usually change the hosting site in hours...

Sep 05, 2009 at 11:54 PM

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p.1 #13 · Domain name registration help !

How does ww1 and ww2 work??

Are those parallel worlds

Sep 07, 2009 at 01:27 PM

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