[Hidden-tech] Gaia Host has gone AWOL; any advice?

Tue Apr 30 23:29:08 UTC 2019

Here is the WhoIs info for gaiahost.coop, it has a phone number and
other contact info
Domain Name: GAIAHOST.COOP
Registry Domain ID: D7883428-CNIC
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.domains.coop
Registrar URL:
Updated Date: 2016-07-12T13:59:18.0Z
Creation Date: 2004-08-11T10:22:09.0Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2017-08-11T23:59:59.0Z
Registrar: Domains.COOP
Registrar IANA ID: 465
Domain Status: ok https://icann.org/epp#ok
Registry Registrant ID: C70227556-CNIC
Registrant Name: Charles Strader Sweethill
Registrant Organization: Gaia Host Collective, LLC
Registrant Street: PO Box 622
Registrant City: Greenfield
Registrant State/Province: Massachusetts
Registrant Postal Code: 01302
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.8006728060
Registrant Fax: +00.0000000
Registrant Email: online at gaiahost.coop
Registry Admin ID: C70227556-CNIC
Admin Name: Charles Strader Sweethill
Admin Organization: Gaia Host Collective, LLC
Admin Street: PO Box 622
Admin City: Greenfield
Admin State/Province: Massachusetts
Admin Postal Code: 01302
Admin Country: US
Admin Phone: +1.8006728060
Admin Fax: +00.0000000
Admin Email: online at gaiahost.coop
Registry Tech ID: C70227556-CNIC
Tech Name: Charles Strader Sweethill
Tech Organization: Gaia Host Collective, LLC
Tech Street: PO Box 622
Tech City: Greenfield
Tech State/Province: Massachusetts
Tech Postal Code: 01302
Tech Country: US
Tech Phone: +1.8006728060
Tech Fax: +00.0000000
Tech Email: online at gaiahost.coop
Name Server: NS1.GAIAHOST.COOP
Name Server: NS2.GAIAHOST.COOP
Name Server: NS3.GAIAHOST.COOP
Name Server: NS4.GAIAHOST.COOP
DNSSEC: unsigned
Registry Billing ID: C70227556-CNIC
Billing Name: Charles Strader Sweethill
Billing Organization: Gaia Host Collective, LLC
Billing Street: PO Box 622
Billing City: Greenfield
Billing State/Province: Massachusetts
Billing Postal Code: 01302
Billing Country: US
Billing Phone: +1.8006728060
Billing Fax: +00.0000000
Billing Email: online at gaiahost.coop
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: violetta at domains.coop
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +44.1865403136
URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form:
https://www.icann.org/wicf/
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On 2019-04-30 7:15 PM, Rich Roth via Hidden-discuss wrote:
>
> GoDaddy is copping out (as usual) -- I'd say check out the ICANN
> rules, they oversee the domain name process,
> not Gaia nor GoDaddy
>
> Look here: https://www.icann.org/registrants
>
> Does anyone have any leads on the Gaia Host people ??
>
> Rich
>
> On 4/30/2019 4:41 PM, Anne Campbell via Hidden-discuss wrote:
>> Hello, Hidden-Techies,
>>
>> A few of my clients have worked with Gaia Host for either Web hosting
>> or domain name registration or both. In the last six months,
>> communication from Gaia Host has slowed to a trickle and then
>> completely stopped. I haven't found anyone who's heard from them
>> since January.
>>
>> I now have several clients whose domain names are going to expire
>> soon, but they're registered through Gaia Host's GoDaddy account.
>>
>> GoDaddy just says, "The domain names are registered to Gaia Host fair
>> and square, so there's nothing we can do. Take them to court and then
>> call us back."
>>
>> Has anyone been in this situation, either with Gaia Host or another
>> host/registrar? What do you do when the owner of your business's
>> domain name simply stops responding?
>>
>> Thanks -
>> Anne Campbell
>>
>> -- 
>> Anne Campbell, info at annecampbelldesign.com
>> <mailto:info at annecampbelldesign.com>
>> https://www.annecampbelldesign.com/ <http://www.annecampbelldesign.com/>
>>
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