A typical query:
i’m not too familiar with the technical language of web hosting, i basically took over a website with zero knowledge and am trying to learn it as i go.
basically the people who created the site originally paid for the space and url (domain name?) from www.combohost.net which if you go check out has completely disappeared at this point and so has my website. (yes i realized that i got screwed by the previous owners)
when i look up the domain at whois.sc this is the information that i get
is my fear correct that basically the people we paid to host are no longer around? i and some friends have tried to contact the company but with no luck.
i’ve been trying to do some research and is my understand correct that since it says registrar status: clienttransferprohibited that i am not able to move the domain to a different server that can host my site? i don’t know how who to contact to get the necessary codes to do intitate a transfer if thats even possible at this point
i’m really at a lost as to what to do. from what i can tell at the rest of the whois information combohost.net registered the domain name at http://domain.bebest.net (it is a thai based site) and i dont have any member login information at all.
am i basically at a lost at this point since i cannot get in contact with anyone?
i would love to keep the original domain name but if i must switch it as a last resort then i guess that is what i would have to do but i wanted to make sure that i covered all the basis
if my domain name is .com and no one else has it registered can i keep the same domain name but make it .net instead? or there any restrictions on that?
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You did what? RTFM! says
Yes you can use .net
Best thing is to get owner access to the registrar site. That is the key to the problem.
Contact me and I will try to help if I can.