Can anyone hack gmail/godaddy/etc?

[x-factor]

I have a business partner/friend that I was working with for a long time. His part was to take care of the website part of things before we launched, so he registered the domain name. Two months ago, he disappeared, just like that. No goodbye, no email, no text, no nothing. His other friends haven't seen him, his facebook has been empty, and doesn't respond to any other method of communication. He has been known to be flakey/irresponsible in the past, so it was a bad decision to work with him in the first place. Honestly though, I don't know if he's being irresponsible now or if he's died somehow. He does crazy stuff a lot, too. I've decided I'm going ahead and doing it myself, but I need the domain name. I can't think of any way to get the domain name back, so I've decided I want to just hack his godaddy ad move the domain myself. Does anyone have any idea on how to do this?

Thank you very much.

[jena]

Ouch, that's tough.

I'm sorry, dude. Best of luck. Hopefully you can get it resolved.

[x-factor]

@(you need an account to see links): Unfortunately, I don't think there's any kind of purging, and definitely not in the 2 months.

@(you need an account to see links): I don't mind paying. Like I said, I'm starting a brick-and-mortar business, so $100 is a very, very small percentage of what I'm spending overall. I'll try the pretending to be him thing, though. Thanks.

[wrath]

@(you need an account to see links): Unfortunately, I don't think there's any kind of purging, and definitely not in the 2 months.

@(you need an account to see links): I don't mind paying. Like I said, I'm starting a brick-and-mortar business, so $100 is a very, very small percentage of what I'm spending overall. I'll try the pretending to be him thing, though. Thanks.

The lease on the domain will expire. You can use WhoIs to see how long he reserved it for, it may be available for auction thereafter depending on who picks it up first, you or a competitor. I still think social manipulation is the way to go. Imo, it'd be cheaper to buy a fake ID with his name than find someone willing to try and hack GoDaddy. I'd be very wary of anyone who says they can do it, and wouldn't pay up front.

[x-factor]

@(you need an account to see links) Alright, thanks so much. We actually took it from someone about two months ago, shortly before he disappeared. I'm definitely willing to lie to get back something that's rightfully mine, so I might try that social manipulation method.

[Kay]

@(you need an account to see links): Unfortunately, I don't think there's any kind of purging, and definitely not in the 2 months.

@(you need an account to see links): I don't mind paying. Like I said, I'm starting a brick-and-mortar business, so $100 is a very, very small percentage of what I'm spending overall. I'll try the pretending to be him thing, though. Thanks.

Unless this domain name is worth a million dollars its so cheap to register a domain name lol it's like 5-10 dollars why the hell would you pay 100 bucks for it?

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I'd be very wary of anyone who says they can do it, and wouldn't pay up front.

this, too.

[wrath]

Unless this domain name is worth a million dollars its so cheap to register a domain name lol it's like 5-10 dollars why the hell would you pay 100 bucks for it?

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this, too.

Well the reason someone would pay lots of money is because if you have already created the name of your company: Tim's Pimping Inc. and you registered timspimping.com then you might want that specific name if you already have customers that do business through timspimping.com. Customers are already finicky about using the web for business in older generations, and when you suddenly have a new website to remember, a new address for them to have to go to, it shows a certain lack of stability. And customers want stability when they do business with a company generally. I can see why he wants this particular domain name and why he would spend a good deal of money, it's just a crappy situation.

[Ken]

Well the reason someone would pay lots of money is because if you have already created the name of your company: Tim's Pimping Inc. and you registered timspimping.com then you might want that specific name if you already have customers that do business through timspimping.com.

This is true. And think of all the juices that's in the domain: all the Google Analytics stuff. If you plan on starting a business in the web, one of the keys to success is ranking in search engines. To start with a new domain would be in the bottom of the list and should be a last resort. I've worked in a white label SEO company and these things matter to them. If all else fails, a redirect would be an option but you have to have the access to the hosting.

[drd]

Unless this domain name is worth a million dollars its so cheap to register a domain name lol it's like 5-10 dollars why the hell would you pay 100 bucks for it?[COLOR="Silver"]

If it's a specific name that other people would want it cant start a bidding war. It may not seem like much, but some websites just get so much organic traffic that it makes it worth more money.

[drd]

I have a business partner/friend that I was working with for a long time. His part was to take care of the website part of things before we launched, so he registered the domain name. Two months ago, he disappeared, just like that. No goodbye, no email, no text, no nothing. His other friends haven't seen him, his facebook has been empty, and doesn't respond to any other method of communication. He has been known to be flakey/irresponsible in the past, so it was a bad decision to work with him in the first place. Honestly though, I don't know if he's being irresponsible now or if he's died somehow. He does crazy stuff a lot, too. I've decided I'm going ahead and doing it myself, but I need the domain name. I can't think of any way to get the domain name back, so I've decided I want to just hack his godaddy ad move the domain myself. Does anyone have any idea on how to do this?

Thank you very much.

If you know the email he used you could check to see if it's been purged and re register it (like with unregistered emails on NP). I'm no hacker but just an idea.