Thanks to what I assume was an issue with someone’s company card, Samsung forgot to renew a potentially dangerous domain, leaving it to be purchased by Anubis Labs chief technology officer and nice guy João Gouveia. According to Motherboard, the domain associated with Samsung’s S Suggest app “ssuggest.com” was seemingly abandoned, giving Gouveia (or any hacker) the opportunity to purchase it.
In short, after archiving a few annoying emails about it, I lost my totally cool domain. What I didn’t know is that I could’ve gotten it back even after a few days of deliberation after its expiration. If you miss your domain renewal deadline, don’t fall to your knees in despair, cursing god for your memory lapse. Thanks to ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, you have a few days to obtain your domain name even after it expires. You’ll be fine.
Read MoreEvery domain registrar handles the details of domain renewal differently, though they all follow similar ground rules. All domains should be renewed through the original registrar, and all are required to renew domains lest they break the Expired Registration Recovery Policy. In that case, you should file ICANN’s domain renewal complaint form to get started on the process to getting your domain back...
