Domain name stolen by hosting company?

I paid for a domain name %26amp; hosting, and I prepaid annually. It was fine since 2002

Last fall new company bought out old company and didn%26#039;t tell anyone. They didn%26#039;t send out rewal notices. My two sites were shut down. I contacted them REPEATEDLY and they don%26#039;t reply. The few times they did write back theyd %26quot;look into it%26quot; and it%26#039;s still not fixed.

Turns out the original company put the ownership and all the control in THEIR name even know I paid for the name. New company locked it so I can%26#039;t alter or move my name.

I contacted the upper level reseller, godaddy.com, for help. They had me fill out forms, which I did; no reply back. I filed a Reqest for Change last November for both of them formally including sending my photo ID and proof I was paying for the name; no reply. ICANN won%26#039;t help me.

Right now my site is gone. They put some junky search page up.

The site isn%26#039;t worth a fortune so I can%26#039;t hire lawyers, but it%26#039;s basically my real NAME. It%26#039;s important to me

help!

Domain name stolen by hosting company?

1st off, GoDaddy sucks a lot. All I ever hear about are problems with their services. Try using Yahoo! Domains next time because they give great service, as I have two domains with them right now.

Other then that, to get your site back, you can use http://www.networksolutions.com/whois to find out who the contact person is and see they%26#039;ll do anything, but you probably heading up creek without a paddle in a leaky boat - Get my meaning??? SOL.

I hope this helps, and good luck.