Domain Theft by Employees
|
Domain Name Wire is reporting that sofa.com was sold without authorization by an employee of the company that owned it. The employee pocketed the money. When domains like sofa.com, the one that was stolen, sell for $200K, you have to be careful with them. Think of this when you make your techie guy with all those piercings (you know, whatshisname?) the Administrative Contact for the domain. And when your domain disappears and you didn't do it, think about who could possibly have done it. |
Comments (1)
Godaddy just gave away one of our most valuable domains. We can�t figure out how they did it but godaddy is complicit in their failure to provide a simple verification email to us to confirm or deny the transfer. It was quite simple for the thief but not so easy to get it back. It will cost us thousands to get it back. Godaddy basically told us to go pound sand. To get this back we have to file a cease and desist letter through an attorney. Then after a predetermined period of time if the crook fails to comply then we have to file a formal action with ICANN or better put �ICANNT� and give them $1,500.00 to impanel a board of arbitrators!
Total bill with all legal fees could reach several thousand dollars.
I got hosed by godaddy and Bob Parsons didn�t even send me flowers.
Posted by Jack Durban | November 9, 2007 9:51 PM