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Right now I own the domain. What can I do? Is it okay for registries to do this? Does it happen often?
Thanks!
Can you transfer it to a different registry?
I might be able to transfer it to another registar, but I'm not sure it would help (the registar is Gandi and I trust them)
I would be a little skeptical. Make sure that the email really is from your registrar. Also, it's likely that "do nothing" is your best course of action, in any case. If the email is legitimate, there's nothing you can do to stop them. If it's a scam of some kind, you avoid increasing your exposure to risk.
This is part and parcel of participating in the centralized domain name system.
If they screwed up somehow, they're kind of obligated to fix it. Otherwise, they just stole somebody else's domain and let you register it. I would be a little skeptical. Make sure that the email really is from your registrar. Also, it's likely that "do nothing" is your best course of action, in any case. If the email is legitimate, there's nothing you can do to stop them. If it's a scam of some kind, you avoid incre…
I cannot find any trace of the domain on the internet, so at least I don't think it was used. I don't know if there is some kind of way back machine for domain name records / whois ?
2 Days ago management of .io registry was transfered from Afilias to Donuts (Due to an acquisition). It is likely that during that window you registered the domain and they are now cleaning up the issue. It may be your registrar took your registration and then when they went to actually process it the registry was down, so someone else got it during that period. It could be other things, however, the bottom line is t…
Thanks for the info on the migration, that could indeed explain this.
"ICANN's official policy is that domains are not property to be owned. Domain names are registered (rented) by payment of an annual registration fee."