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When You Cannot Access Your Own Site Print

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Recovering control.

WHAT TO ESTABLISH

Do you control the domain? Do you control hosting? Do you have any access at all?

THE DOMAIN IS THE KEY

If you control the domain, you can point it anywhere.

Everything else is recoverable from that position.

IF YOU CONTROL THE DOMAIN BUT NOT HOSTING

Set up new hosting Restore from a backup, or rebuild Point the domain at it

IF YOU CONTROL HOSTING BUT NOT THE DOMAIN

You have the files. Attempt to recover the domain.

IF YOU CONTROL NEITHER

Establish who the registrant of record is.

Registrars have processes for disputed control.

WHAT MIGHT HELP

Evidence you paid for it Evidence of your business name Original correspondence

WHAT TO DO ABOUT CONTENT

If the site is live, you can copy the visible content.

An archive service may hold older copies.

WHAT TO ASK US

Open a ticket. We deal with this situation regularly.


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