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I have an undeveloped adult domain name, that is registered to my company, on one of my company servers that during the process of reviewing my domains to decide what to develop further and what to let go and not renew, I came across one of my domains that my host has apparently taken and placed one of his own for profit non-adult websites on.
How would you approach the host company if you found this out? Should I be angry or just point the domain away from him and to another server on another host?
slight correction, it appears the host has taken the domain off of my server and put it on his own server so that I cannot even manage it through my server cpanel.
I would make a quick QUIET exit. If he’s going to steal one of your domains, you might not make it out alive with all your data if you hint your leaving because of what he did.
The first step is to find a new cpanel host who can seamlessly transfer your data and databases. Once everything is transfered and verified as working on, change your domain name servers and then DELETE all your data off this hosts servers. Completely.
If you would like shared cPanel hosting then I recommend guys from https://mradultaffiliate.com/go/247h/. I’ve been around and this industry is my sole income and I intend to be around for the long haul.
Thanks, that’s a nice suggestion however, the adult site is undeveloped so there isn’t any data to transfer, and even if there were, the host has taken the domain out of my cpanel and put it on his own server so I do not have any control over the management of the site and would not have any way to get any data that was there. I’ve already got three hosting companies that I use and because of this, am obviously going to be moving sites to one of my other hosting companies from the one that has done this…. I just think it’s a pretty shitty thing to do. I’ve been a customer of this server host for over 12 years and this is a pretty crappy way to say thanks for your business if you ask me.
Okay, now that I’ve gone through ALL of my domains (christ, when did i buy that many?) I have found out that my host did this on 6 of my domains! Some of them were parked on other domains and they just removed the parking, moved the domains, and put their own website on them.. Now I’m pissed.
Don’t tell me you registered your domains the same place you host?
Why can’t you just change the DNS servers at your registrar to a new host?
Speaking of which: NEVER buy domains or hosting from 1&1 (1and1.com).
I would have my lawyer contact them and initiate a lawsuit. I would also get the hell out of there asap and sign up with a reputable hosting company.
Who is the hosting company, by the way?
I have been with this company for 12 years as one of my hosts. I’d rather not say just yet who they are until I get advice from an attorney on how to proceed. I was actually in the process of moving my domains off that server anyway when this came to light. so the move is underway..but I don’t want to repoint those affected domains until I get advice on what I need to collect for any potential litigation.
i’m trying to reach Chad. Anyone got any contact for him?
It is domaindisputelawyer.net.
I might take a somewhat different approach, depending on who the Host is. If the hosting company is based somewhere overseas, it could be difficult and costly to take legal action. As johnbally knows, at one point in time we had a host that attacked our sites after we moved from him, because they were angry we moved without telling him first. At that time we were unable to defend against the attacks and our sites were hacked and brought down…so we ended up having to work it out with this host and deal with them, or else risk losing our business.
When you own paysites, you can’t afford a few months down time as you are waiting for a Lawyer and courts to take legal action against a host that is somewhere overseas. That’s why in my opinion it may be best if you could first try to see if you can work things out with this host and get compensation, without resorting to legal action. If that fails and you feel safe to defend yourself in the case that he does try to attack your sites, then I would take legal action. By the way, I’m curious if this is the same hosting company we’re talking about…PM or email me if you want to compare notes.
