Dropped but still in my name?

[Zujo]

I recently had 5-10 domains drop because I forgot to renew them. However the WHOIS info is still mine and the nameservers have not changed. They are just with new registrars that I don't have accounts with. Is this normal? Is there some way I can get them back?

All of the registrars are small and unknowns, likely belonging to the dropsnaggers who got my domains.

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One of them is now with PROTONDOMAINS and I went to protondomains.com and it takes me to Snapnames telling me the domain now has a Moniker account.

Somebody please help I do not understand this.

 

[-Adam-]

How recently did they drop? They may just be in redemption period which means you have so many days after the name has expired to recover them (usually at a high cost) however.

The WHOIS will eventually update if you don't recover the names and the records will reflect the new ownership shortly.

 

[Zujo]

Dropped in the last 1-2 months. How do I recover them?

 

[Spade]

Dropped in the last 1-2 months. How do I recover them?

It doesnt make much sense that a domain would change registrars but keep your whois information. It sounds like they were dropped and grabbed by SnapNames.

Can you provide an example of one of the domains for a little more research?

 

[Zujo]

Very weird, I contacted SnapNames and the domains are all in a new Moniker account that is in my name, and all have been renewed for an additional two years. I never agreed to pay for that two years so either I caught a nice glitch in the system or they auto-billed me and I didn't notice. Either way, problem solved. Thanks for the replies.

 

[Name Trader]

Do you have access to that account? If so, I'd suggest a change of password might be in order?

 

[Jit Kan]

probably snapped up.
would it be a good practice to insert random whois info before dropping so the domain is no longer under your name?

 

[Zujo]

I got the domains back and transferred them to my main Moniker account. This had something to do with them merging snapnames and moniker - these were in an account I never got access to or didn't open the email or whatever. After answering some security questions I got them back.

The domains were never not owned by me, I just didn't know how to access them. Still don't know how the extra 2 years got added to each of them because none of them are set to auto-renew and I always renew for one year, never two years.

I wont ask any questions though, its all good for me now. Thanks for the help everybody.