What would you do if your web designer, designing your new website, stole your domain names?
What if they literally went into your
@Godaddy account and transferred your domain names to themselves, without your permission?
Well that's what happened to a non-profit organization that helps Veterans and Victims of Domestic Violence.
I've spoken with the web designer (who also claims he's an SEO as well). He refuses to give the domain names back unless he gets $5,000 to "give the domains back".
Not only did he steal the domain names, he's also extorting this non-profit.
A police report has been filed, documenting the theft.
What's an organization to do? They need to file a UDRP domain name dispute--there's no other way to get the domain names back unless you file a lawsuit.
The non-profit has set up a GoFundMe to raise enough to cover the filing fees for the UDRP filing.
It's at $450 so far, we are really close to covering the fees. Two law firms have already mentioned to me that they'll help with the legal side of it--if we can raise enough to cover the filing fees.
Any small amount really helps (social shares help, too!).
gofundme.com/f/support-make-…