I'm home but I'm not sure I can be on here for a while for many depressing reasons.
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And unfortunately, someone took my Art Divas domain, so I can't post poems anymore. I forgot to alert google that my credit card was renewed, so my domain expired and even though I updated and paid, someone took it.
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This is a terrible theft, I'm so sorry to hear it.
You're techy, so I assume you know all the options; but if there is any assistance I can offer (or to offer ideas), please ping me.
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I'm not much of a techie. I don't know what to do because truly, I can't figure why anyone would want my domain. I've decided to just whine and let it go.
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There are a couple of options. I whois'd the domain and the new owner's info is redacted. There is a way around that. They only bought it for a year - that sounds like a mass-sweep house that tracks traffic/domains and buys them, in hopes to re-sell them back to the owner for $
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I figured it was such. I'm not paying. I did a backup, though. I just think it sucks that people think that's okay.
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A backup is helpful - but did you lose the URL name, or did you lose the hosting? Those are separate services - and as long as you pay your hosting bill, your data will be safe (and yours, not accessible to whomever bought your URL).
I'd rec' getting a new URL.
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I still have access to the site (I think), but not the domain.
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Yeah, it looks like someone scooped up your domain name registration in the short time it was available, and wants $900 for it (it could even be your provider). If the domain is worth that to you, you can (probably) buy it.
Or theartdivas.org is available for $10.
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It's definitely not worth that much. Five years of the blog and I never thought of making a penny of it. I certainly don't want it to COST me!

