What happened to rapidnames.com ???

[turnhardtoeasy]

Hello,
What in the world happened to rapidnames.com ????
m sure it was a basic site but i had 2 xx.xx domains on it and looks like the registrar just disappeared since this month acc to godaddy...

maybe just because i m not in touch with the domain industry but it would be of great help if anyone can shred some light on it...

the only email i have for the support team is [email protected]

can anyone update me....

 

[asadsaleem]

Their Management Don't pay it yearly domain and hosting charges. After Expire your register within 3 month you can pay and got your domain. After 3 month Domain will be stay on park and of Go daddy store system.

 

[turnhardtoeasy]

I know that the owner didn't renew the domain.. but what about my domains on the registar..
can anyone shred some light on this matter.. dam worried atm

 

[nicedomains]

I know that the owner didn't renew the domain.. but what about my domains on the registar..
can anyone shred some light on this matter.. dam worried atm

Bumping this thread - I too have a domain registered with rapidnames, went to renew it today to discover rapidnames.com is offline. Anyone know what happened to member "Amoeba" I thought it was his registrar and he hasn't been on namepros since June of this year.

Anyone know where those of us with names reg'd at rapidnames.com should start to try and recover our domains??

 

[toorhamza]

I have never heard of rapidnames. That is why it is said to register with only popular and known domain registrars like GoDaddy, Name.com.

 

[turnhardtoeasy]

I have never heard of rapidnames. That is why it is said to register with only popular and known domain registrars like GoDaddy, Name.com.

not all domains can be pushed on name.com or godaddy!

looks like m gonna loose both domains on this registrar... no reply from Amoeba too..

 

[RazorNF]

I am personally not familiar with rapidnames.

My guess would be to contact ICAAN if they are an accredited registrar. If not and they are a reseller, then try contacting the parent registrar to see where you stand on your domains.

 

[BackorderZone]

ICANN requires that all accredited registrars keep an escrow account of all users whois data in case of a situation like this. It was implemented after the registerfly fiasco. As long as your whois is up to date and in your name, you shouldn't have any problems recovering your names. Contact ICANN asap about it. http://www.icann.org/en/contact

 

[turnhardtoeasy]

Hello,
Thanks everyone for the input.. not sure what happened to our buddy "Amoeba"
but i was able to get in touch with HEXONET who are the reseller partner and they are helping me out

I hope Amoeba is doing well.

 

[Kamikaze]

I have ("had"?) 2 LL.gs on Amoeba's rapidnames...
The only clue I may have, which might help us recover the domains, is this:

"I have a registrar account through 1api".

It's his reply to me 7-8 months ago to some of my questions to him.
Think this detail can do us any good?
Share with us, please do!!

EDIT:

Other info, which I hope will help us all.
It's not, by any mean, published as an "outing"!!
After a little bit of investigating and searching, I found this -

His private name is Antonio Alcorn.
Paypal address (and perhaps his personal email) - [email protected].
He's playing in a band named "Poor Old Shine",
His their banjo and mandolin player, if you're asking...
They apparently maintain and update their website - LINK.
Here's their Facebook page - LINK.

 

[Kamikaze]

Just letting you know that I'm still waiting for a reply from ICANN... 48 hours and counting...

 

[Cyphix]

Just letting you know that I'm still waiting for a reply from ICANN... 48 hours and counting...

Don't you mean ICAN'T!?

 

[turnhardtoeasy]

really sorry that i haven't been able to reply out here,
have contacted Andreas Schneider of HEXONET
hopefully they can assist us

 

[Kamikaze]

Don't you mean ICAN'T!?

Well currently I'm at 96 hours and counting, so I guess you've got a point :hehe:

really sorry that i haven't been able to reply out here,
have contacted Andreas Schneider of HEXONET
hopefully they can assist us

Please do and update us. Appreciate it a lot!!

 

[turnhardtoeasy]

Below is the reply that i received from them exactly 10 hours ago :D

Dear Rohan,

thank you for your patience in this case. We have contacted your direct contract partner without a success. Therefore we will assist you directly. We can offer following two options:

1. You will get the corresponding authcodes for a transfer to a new partner.

Domains:Transfer codes
Domains:Transfer codes
Domains:Transfer codes


2. You create an account in our system (http://www.hexonet.net) and we will push the domains into your new account.

Best regards,

Danyel Garip

--
Your Team at HEXONET

You guys should do the same to recover your account

 

[nicedomains]

Danyel is assisting me as well - email [email protected] if you are having problems.

 

[turnhardtoeasy]

I have recovered my domains with the help of Danyel Garip from HEXONET
hope you guys get yours too

 

[RazorNF]

Glad to see this turned out positive. Let this be a reminder to others who may have some of their names at resellers, to stay on top of your portfolio.

 

[Kamikaze]

I've sent Danyel an email... Hope he'll be able to help me too. I'll update

 

[Kamikaze]

Ok then... I'm currently talking back and forth with helpful Danyel,
He gave me the auth codes and offered to open an account on Hexonet and charge it up ($$$).
I'm still waiting for his reply as for why can't I just push them over Hexonet ("second option") for free -
They are not going to expire soon, so no need to renew or anything... I'll keep you guys posted. So far so good.