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As domain names have to be very precise, assuming you are not mistaken and the names you bought are identical with those on-line, then it would be a mistake and you should get your money back.

Of course, there is a healthy business of people wanting domains with names very close to famous ones, in the hope of catching the unwary, although deliberate 'deception' is usually illegal and acted against.

I am just a little curious, though, if you have paid for the registration is there any particular reason for the anonymity of the names?
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I think there are some ISPs where if you try to access some non-existent domain automatically redirect you to some other website (typically one of those full of ads). These websites pay the ISP some commission for this. So it's possible that your ISP is doing that.

Try going to one of the numerous websites that do a whois lookup (e.g. whois.net, whois.domaintools.com) and do a search for the domains you just purchased.

That will show who the domains belong to - should be your name, unless you asked mydomain.com to not use your name in which case you'll see their name.

edit: something is not clear to me from you OP. Did you buy .com and .net? Or something else like .tv? All these are separate domain name, so it possible that one person has xxx.com, someone else has xxx.net and a third person has xxx.org. But the person who has xxx.com also has http://www.xxx.com and anything else that comes before the xxx.com (like mail.xxx.com).
 
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I see someone else's name, but as I just registered, it may take a while until this changes.

On the other hand I went for the option with Mydomain that does not reveal my identity - so I'm not sure what happens with that when there is a new owner.

Mark

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In most cases buying a domainname is an automated script that generates a letter contract to domainname control institute(RIPE?) and you.

It is strange a domainname seller, sells a domainname without checking at if it is available at RIPE.

About your soo-wanted-for-yourrself domainname; If RIPE has a contract information with your name and lets say site domain foo.com, you have the legal right of the domain name.

If you for sake of privacy / burglar safety decide to put someone else name/address on the contract he/she is the owner (and letting you use it).

So anyhow I'm sorrie to say that you have anyhow lost control of your domain name.

Unless your provider is a golly good fella with a rock solid promise (in contract) that whatever name and adress the domain name is and stays yours even if you decide to move the name to a concurrent provider.
 
If you are seeing someone else as the owner, I believe there is a problem, unless you bought them from a broker type service what is reselling for the original owners of the domains. Who did you purchase them from?
 
mholdef said:
I just reserved a couple domain names with MyDomain.com, purchasing 2 domain names that were available.

I then did a Google search and discovered that these sites already existed in form of (xxx is not real name of course ! :)

http://xxx.com
http://www.xxx.net
http://www.xxx.com

How can this be possible ?

Is there something I'm missing here ?
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not unusual to own the .net and not the .com, although when possible and feasible, I prefer to own the http://www..com , .com and .org so nobody can pull hits from a user looking for my site.

the http://www . portion is considered a subdomain of xxx.net and could just as easily been pict.xxx.net or com. key delineater is the dot.

Here's a good example of the ability to inadvertently create 'miss information' that could actually be presented as 'wrong information'.

http://www.totalkarnage.net/
http://www.totalkarnage.com/

http://www.whitehouse.net vs http://www.whitehouse.gov is yet another.
 
mholdef said:
Thanks

I see someone else's name, but as I just registered, it may take a while until this changes.

On the other hand I went for the option with Mydomain that does not reveal my identity - so I'm not sure what happens with that when there is a new owner.
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THAT may be the explanation.

IF you paid extra to keep your identity secret, why do you now expect your-name in the who-is since that is publicly accessable for "everyone" to see ???

I have been a victim of Identity Theft, so I now have obtained my domain names under an "different" name ... but at least I know what name to expect to see in the who-is, (the "different" name).
mholdef said:
Mark

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No. You just get the one you bought. Theoretically.

I'm denniswilliams.net, denniswilliams.com is a wedding photographer in the northwest-or was years ago when I started online. I do not know about the provider you are dealing with but at go daddy/ ezdomainname.com if you type in a name they will provide a list of all the variations that are available- and accordingly which are taken. Who knew there were so many freak'n dennis williams?

Touchdown Alabama.
 
denniswms said:
No. You just get the one you bought. Theoretically.

I'm denniswilliams.net, denniswilliams.com is a wedding photographer in the northwest-or was years ago when I started online. I do not know about the provider you are dealing with but at go daddy/ ezdomainname.com if you type in a name they will provide a list of all the variations that are available- and accordingly which are taken. Who knew there were so many freak'n dennis williams?
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I wonder if JohnSmith.com is taken .... LOL
denniswms said:
Touchdown Alabama.
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Thanks for reading .... JoePhoto

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I recently registered a domain name I've been chasing for years. Whoever owned it forgot to pay the renewal and 30days later I registered it.

It is entirely possible that's what happened to you. If you had let us know the domain name, we might have been able to trace it and discover if it's yours or not.

Secrecy is always only ever successful when you keep it secret. In that case , you shouldn't be talking about it here. Someone might visit it!

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lone_dingo said:
I recently registered a domain name I've been chasing for years. Whoever owned it forgot to pay the renewal and 30days later I registered it.
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A guy was lucky enough to pick up the MicroSoft domain name a few years ago that exact way. They screwed up and let it lapse ...

He "sold" it back to them .... I suspect he made a few bucks .... LOL

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Thanks for reading .... JoePhoto

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Oops - missed in your OP that you mentioned the registrar. I don't know anything about them - I use GoDaddy for mine. If you look these domains up in the WhoIs database, what ownership shows?
 
Hi,

Each & every company should have their own domain name. But before register & buy the domain name we can check the availability of the domain name & as well as the extension as .com .edu .org .in .co.in etc., you can check the availability in the related links. The domain registration is not easy before register a new domain we have to register with the trusted service. I think the is providing the service.
 
If you want to keep your personal information about your web site ownership from prying eyes after you obtain a domain name, (assuming you get the name you want) consider using an additional service such as DomainsByProxy ( http://www.domainsbyproxy.com/ ).

Regards,
Mike
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