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At least right now I control the domain. I think the registry messed up as they allowed my registration, not the registar.

Thanks for the info on the migration, that could indeed explain this.

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If you have control of it you _might_ actually be the one that nabbed it, and somebody else complained they couldn't manage it.

If this is the case, under no circumstance tell your registrar you're okay with losing it and dig your heels HARD.

Either way you should get a cert for it with the longest expiration you can ASAP while you control it ;)

I understand your sentiment here, but should the registry decide the domain is not theirs it will simply not be manageable from the registrar/buyer. All they do is update the management id to the new registrar and the registrant contact of the domain, no intervention is possible.

I can tell you I’ve seen legal orders transferring a domain from one registrant to another, if the order has the registry named to take action, the domain kind of just goes poof, sure it’s in your system but you can’t do anything against it.

> I can tell you I’ve seen legal orders transferring a domain from one registrant to another, if the order has the registry named to take action, the domain kind of just goes poof, sure it’s in your system but you can’t do anything against it.

Then maybe the original poster should demand such a legal order? I doubt there exists one now given it's only been a couple days.

In this context it was court orders, usually over an ownership dispute between corporations. The legal fees etc, make it unlikely to be worth the hassle.

Yeah I can totally see that. I guess in this case the OP could try to stand strong and refuse to go along without any sort of court order, but even in that case it's not like the OP can stop the registry from going through with the change. So really if the registry decides to do it anyway, then I guess the OP could try to pursue legal options. I guess maybe the domain would be worth it.

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