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

Tue Apr 30 23:49:40 UTC 2019

The LinkedIn for the other worker-member shows them leaving for a job at
google last year, right about when the BBB complaints start.

On Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 19:44 Rich Roth via Hidden-discuss <
hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:

> same number as on the web site:  Also this lists Charles:
> http://gaiahost.coop/about-us/worker-cooperative
>
> Here is another email for him: Charles at be.coop
> On 4/30/2019 7:29 PM, Aaron E-J via Hidden-discuss wrote:
>
> 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/
> >>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2017-07-13T06:35:55.0Z <<<
> For more information on Whois status codes, please visit
> https://icann.org/epp
> IMPORTANT NOTE: The format of WHOIS records changed on March 1, 2017.
> For more information, please visit:
> https://www.centralnic.com/company/news/2016/changes-to-whois
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>
> Aaron E-J
> The Other Realm LLChttp://otherrealm.orghttp://theotherrealm.org (Blog)
>
> 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
> https://www.annecampbelldesign.com/ <http://www.annecampbelldesign.com/>
>
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