Advice about my domain name... did I lose it? Can a registrar take over a domain name

[nearlythere]

I hope someone can help...

I have been using a domain name since 2001. OK, I don't do a heckuvalot with it, but it's my name online, etc, and I had files hosted there. I registered the domain in 2002 to last for 9 years... but now it appears I have lost the domain...

nearlythere - website of heather james

How did I lose it? My old US billing address still shows up on the info, but all the domain contact info is Namesco... and they registered it until 2017...

I go to Register365 (it was originally with Hosting365) - and I see that I can't login to the control panel, so I can login to the old cp.hosting365.ie control panel, but I have no control over the domain.

Any advice?

Granted, I was busy this summer, travelling, wedding, etc, so I did notice when my old email address @nearlythere.com stopped working, but I thought oh, i'll deal with it later. I mean I knew I had it registered for a long time... so I am confused.

How can they take over the domain name?

 

[mneylon]

It looks like they've just put themselves in as the admin contact, but they are not the registrant. The WHOIS data for the registrant does not look compliant with ICANN policy:

Registrant Contact:
Yes
Yes Yes ()

Fax:
56 Cartron Bay
Sligo, Sligo none
IE

In any case - the domain is still pointing to your site, so I'd recommend contacting them and seeing about getting the domain details updated properly ..