Part Time Webmaster Blog

First, don’t panic, the information you need is available and it will take you about 5 minutes to figure out the next steps.

Ok, so let’s take a step back. Why would your webmaster not give you your domain name information? Well, I don’t know the answer to that one. But, we can find out It could be payment issues, it could be they are registering the site as themselves. Sometimes companies want to hold this information as leverage for hosting. Regardless, if you own the domain name, it’s yours and you can get it back with or without them.

Let’s start investigating your domain name and see if we can find out what’s happening. Go to this whois domain name lookup page. Type in your domain name and take a look at the results. What do you see? Do you see your information or someone else’s? Chances are you’re on this page because your name is not on your domain name.

Below is our domain name information with some descriptions on what the results mean. Review this next section, then review (See the section after this one if you want to get your domain name back from your webmaster):

[The registrant information states who registered the domain name. If it's not you, it could simply be your webmaster. ]
Registrant:
Joe Bailey
2849 Paces Ferry Rd
Overlook 1, Suite 750
Atlanta, Georgia 30339
United States

[Registered through: This is the name of the company that sold the domain name. So, if you do need to track down your domain name, this is the place to start. "Registered through".
It is possible to check the site and find out your webmaster is billing you more that the site is charging. That is possible, as we do it sometimes as well. Why, we initially set up and probably registered it in bulk and, it's a little extra money for us. Plus, you never have to touch it.]
Registered through: JoesWebShack
Domain Name: PARTTIMEWEBMASTER.COM
Created on: 15-Jul-05
Expires on: 15-Jul-10
Last Updated on: 16-Jul-09

[Administrative contact: This is here for any typical updates such as billing or whois information updates.]
Administrative Contact:
Bailey, Joe infoATparttimewebmaster.com
2849 Paces Ferry Rd
Overlook 1, Suite 750
Atlanta, Georgia 30339
United States

[Technical contact: Who can answer the IT questions, probably your webmaster.]
Technical Contact:
Bailey, Joe infoATparttimewebmaster.com
2849 Paces Ferry Rd
Overlook 1, Suite 750
Atlanta, Georgia 30339
United States
(678) 222-1758

[Domain name servers: The server where your site is located]
Domain servers in listed order:
NS01.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
NS02.DOMAINCONTROL.COM

The information looks nice, but now you’ve found out someone else owns your domain name, what do you do? Call the registration company listed in the “Registered through” area and prove to them you own the domain name. It’s not that bad though. You may have to provide some company documentation. Don’t worry, this is more common than you think.