Hello Martha,

Since you did not renew it on time, the other person who has registered it anew is the new owner/registrant, unfortunately.  There are people out there who take interest in looking out for expired domain names and they will renew it.  It is a business for them, because they know the first registrant will come looking for their domain.

Few options I will suggest is for you to contact your domain host or registrar and tell them to negotiate for you to get the domain back. It mostly comes at a fee. 

I am hopeful you will get a suitable solution.

Cheers,
Raymond Mamattah
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On Fri, Feb 2, 2024 at 10:02 AM Martha Alade via AFRI-Discuss <afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:
My domain name,  in my full name,  which I did not renew,  has been  renewed and pointed to a horrible Chinese porn website.

My name!!!!! 😩😣😩

On Fri, Feb 2, 2024, 10:50 AM Mark Elkins via AFRI-Discuss <afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:

I assume you mean a Domain has been transferred without the Registrants consent to a different Registrant?
Talk immediately to the Registry - to at least notify them of the issue. They can fix the problem.
Talk to the Registrar. Explain the problem to them. If the Domain is no longer with them - then the Registry is the primary route to take.

If the Domain was not renewed - and thus deleted then reregistered - you may have a problem! That's like forgetting to pay the rent on your house and the Landlord then renting it out to someone else.

On 2024/02/02 11:22, Martha Alade via AFRI-Discuss wrote:
Please can anyone offer help and advise on hijacked domain?  It's urgent

On Sunday, January 14, 2024, Yaovi Atohoun via AFRI-Discuss <afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:

Hello everyone,

 

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) organization (org) will host two webinars this month to provide usage data on the recently launched Registration Data Request Service (RDRS), and answer any questions about the service. The RDRS handles requests for access to nonpublic registration data related to generic top-level domains (gTLDs).

 

The webinar dates are:

Webinar #1: Wednesday, 24 January 2024 at 00:00 UTC for 60 minutes
Register for the session here.

Webinar #2: Thursday, 25 January 2024 at 15:00 UTC for 60 minutes
Register for the session here.

 

More detail here

 

Thanks

 

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Yaovi ATOHOUN

Director,  Stakeholder Engagement & Operations - Africa

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