[gnso-pednr-dt] Registrant loses domain after failing to renew, doesn't blame anyone else for the error

["Diaz, Paul" <pdiaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

FYI - this case involves a ccTLD, but the author's advice (highlighted
below) applies to all domains

 

 


Ski Club Loses Domain Name to Sex Toy Site, Doesn't Blame Others
(Elliot's Blog, 011910)


http://www.elliotsblog.com/ski-club-loses-domain-name-doesnt-blame-other
s-2718 

 

In the day and age where most companies and people blame others when
they forget to renew a domain name (as is what appears to have possibly
happened in Morehead, Kentucky), a Canadian ski club appears to have let
its domain name expire and didn't blame anyone else for the error.
Unfortunately for Whaleback Nordic Ski Club, their domain name,
Whaleback.ca, was acquired by a company selling a sex toy.

 

As of November 29, 2009, the domain name was registered to a company
called "Stag Lodge," and the domain name was set to expire on December
1, 2009.  On January 6, 2010, the domain name was registered to a
different company.  In an article found in The Western Star
(http://www.thewesternstar.com/index.cfm?sid=319799&sc=23), the site's
webmaster, Jack Lamond, doesn't go pointing fingers at others.

 

"Once you lose your Internet (domain) name, it belongs to someone else.
That's why you pay a domain name fee," Lamond said.

 

It's a shame the person in charge of domain registrations did not renew
the domain name.  As I always advise, ensure your credit cards on file
are up to date, your domain names are set to auto-renew, and you check
your emails from your registrar.

 

It appears that Whaleback Nordic Ski Club isn't the only organization
whose website was impacted by not renewing the domain name.  A look at a
cached page on the former Whaleback.ca website shows a link to a Stag
Lodge Outfitters (StagLodge.ca), and that website now also has adult
content.

 

That particular domain name was registered to the same contact as the
Whaleback.ca website as well.  Let's hope he wasn't responsible for any
childrens' websites or other important domain names.