What do you do if someone owns your domain name?
Do you think someone else owns your Domain? You do not want to lose your Domain to someone else?
first-come, first-served basis
Generally, .nz Domains are available and registered on a first-come, first-served basis. However, sometimes you are in a situation where you believe that someone else has your Domain.
Let’s have a look and keep track of the procedures available for your authority to the Domain.
Your business name is the Domain
You may have a right to the domain name if it was registered after the registration of your business. On the contrary, you have no rights to your business name if you registered it and later discovered that the related domain is already owned.
The trademark belongs to you
Your business has a trademark, and you have registered it as well. Your rights are reserved for the Domain similar to your registered trademark. You can claim for such a domain.
Registering a domain for you with any other name
Some web developers use these tactics to avoid losing their clients.
By proving that you applied for a Domain to be registered for you and you paid a fee, you should be allowed to get the Domain switched to your name.
No matter what, you want the Domain
Legally the Domain is not yours, but you want it. There is always a way. You can buy it from the owner if he agrees to sell it. Broker services like domainbrokers.co.nz
