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Any way to forcefully regain control of domain?

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I'll try and abridge this as much as possible.

- I registered a domain for my company under namecheap.com.

- Company was in the process of getting sold and I was asked to transfer the domain to buying company

- Transferred the domain over to the buyers registrar - network solutions

- Sale never did go through and now they still have control of the domain

- Tried to request a transfer back to namecheap through namecheap but can't because there's a lock on the domain

- Sent multiple emails to current admin/contact for the domain to release it and all requests go ignored

I've got a bunch of employees and operations staff asking when that domain will be back in service. But, if that other company won't release it, I don't know what I can do. Has anyone ever appealed to Network Solutions successfully in cases like this? The company that controlls the domain right now has no possible gain from it. We are in no way a competitor or even in a remotely similar concept as them. It does them no good to hold on to it.
 
I just called NetSol...after a 45 wait I finally got through.

All I have to do is submit my blood type, a copy of the articles of the confederation on company letterhead and sacrafice my first born in the name of Verisign and I'm golden.

😉
 
Yup, it's usually a faxed letter to Network Solutiosn on company letterhead signed by an officer of the company.

I find this rather ironic, as it would take me about 3 minutes to create some very official-looking letterhead for a company and I seriously doubt they check the signature to make sure it's real. After all - If the domain is down or hijacked, they can't exactly e-mail or check the company's website for a list of employees, can they?

- G
 
Well, *thankfully* they kept the company the name on the whois contacts. Along with the company letterhead I had to include current invoices/bills addressed to the company along with a copy of my drivers license.
 
*cough*cough* I've never done that *cough*cough*

In all reality, it's ridiculously easy to hijack a domain. At least compared to doing other things like getting away with robbing a bank.
 
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