How do I get my website domain back?

expired domain names
Bernie J asked:

Basically, I dropped the ball and my domain name expired. It appears a Japanese person or company quickly bought it up, because the entire website is in Japanese now.

Of course, I don’t speak Japanese.

I really want this domain back for my personal business. I would be willing to buy it, but I don’t want to spend a fortune. Besides, I think it’s a little sleazy to charge me a lot to buy back my own website.

What could or should I do? And is there any kind of internet laws set up to protect me if this gets ugly?



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3 Responses to 'How do I get my website domain back?'

  1. JIM - July 22nd, 2010 at 3:47 pm

    If you don’t pay the rent on your apartment, you will be evicted and the apartment is no longer yours.
    Same principle with a domain. You allowed it to expire and it is no longer yours. A new “tenant” has moved in. It is up to the new owner of the domain whether he is willing to sell or not, and human nature being what it is, he would probably up his price if he realizes why you want it so bad.
    Perhaps if you were a .com you could try the same domain name with a .net or .info

  2. Mans - July 22nd, 2010 at 9:46 pm

    Wait for some time till the domain is released for public registration !

  3. Colanth - July 23rd, 2010 at 9:03 am

    If the name of the website is your registered trademark (like ibm.com), you have grounds to fight for it. (You’ll need an attorney familiar with how the internet works from a legal standpoint.) Otherwise, you have no inherent right to any given domain name.


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