I am new here can you help ? weycrest

[puuma2]

Hi firstly I am new here so hello to everyone and be gentle with me if I am posting in the wrong place. I have / had a website and domain with weycrest but it has been more down than up, last week I seen my site for the first time in months but it went again, I can't get weycrest to reply to my emails or calls !! are they bust ?? guessed this forum would know... if so how do I get my domain back ?? thank in advance.

Just noticed the weycrest site is now down

 

[dropcycle]

Welcome to Acorn.

I can't offer you any direct assistance with Weycrest other than to point you to a recent thread where another user was experiencing similar problems.

 

[grantw]

Join the club:

http://www.acorndomains.co.uk/general-board/69920-weycrest-contact-number.html

They've obviously gone tits up.

They have a trail of websites all over the place, I've been on a mission to get in touch with them with no success whatsoever.

The last activity I can see on any of their sites is a blog post from April 7th on this site:

http://www.smileysfree.co.uk/

Apart from the main dickhead Paul Lee, the name Jay Newman crops up a lot:

http://www.smileysfree.co.uk/about/

However, his picture seems to differ greatly on many of the sites and I suspect it's some sort of fictional character Paul Lee has made up!!!

I've pretty much given up on them now.

Grant

 

[grantw]

LOL, compare the picture of 'jay newman' on this page:

http://www.smileysfree.co.uk/about/

with the one on the right on this page:

http://www.0z.co.uk/

Then click on the 'myzimbio' link below the pic which actually takes you to Paul Lees page!

I suspect the guys a few sandwiches short of a picnic!

Grant

 

[grantw]

if so how do I get my domain back ?? thank in advance.

Is it a .uk domain?

Grant

 

[doodlebug]

LOL, compare the picture of 'jay newman' on this page:

http://www.smileysfree.co.uk/about/

with the one on the right on this page:

http://www.0z.co.uk/

Then click on the 'myzimbio' link below the pic which actually takes you to Paul Lees page!

I suspect the guys a few sandwiches short of a picnic!

Grant

You mean the Monkey :lol:

Which is him ?

 

[puuma2]

LOL, compare the picture of 'jay newman' on this page:

http://www.smileysfree.co.uk/about/

with the one on the right on this page:

http://www.0z.co.uk/

Then click on the 'myzimbio' link below the pic which actually takes you to Paul Lees page!

I suspect the guys a few sandwiches short of a picnic!

Grant

Just got an email from weycrest !!!! came with my details to move domain !!! who should I use for a hosting a joomla site ??? oh and quick lol

 

[grantw]

You mean the Monkey :lol:

Which is him ?

This is Paul Lee:

http://www.acorndomains.co.uk/members/weycresto.html

Grant

 

[grantw]

Just got an email from weycrest !!!! came with my details to move domain !!! who should I use for a hosting a joomla site ??? oh and quick lol

I don't believe it! When did you last email them?

Grant

 

[puuma2]

I don't believe it! When did you last email them?

Grant

Right just got another email !! It was from tucows, they said they reset my user name and password for my domain to let me move away from weycrest, it said in the email that the reset names etc will appear as if they came from weycrest...

 

[grantw]

Right just got another email !! It was from tucows, they said they reset my user name and password for my domain to let me move away from weycrest, it said in the email that the reset names etc will appear as if they came from weycrest...

Ah, that sounds about right. Well at least you can sort your stuff out. I need files off my server that's been down for 2 weeks.

Grant

 

[puuma2]

Ah, that sounds about right. Well at least you can sort your stuff out. I need files off my server that's been down for 2 weeks.

Grant

Sorry to get your hopes up, I took a long time building my site but I never trusted them with an important site it was just a trial but stayed too long and it did grow but hey we learn. any ideas on who I should try for a joomla site ?

 

[grantw]

Sorry to get your hopes up, I took a long time building my site but I never trusted them with an important site it was just a trial but stayed too long and it did grow but hey we learn. any ideas on who I should try for a joomla site ?

You could try asking in the web hosting section. I think a few people on here use krystal.co.uk

Grant

 

[seanv]

transferring domain from weycrest

Quote:
Originally Posted by grantw View Post
I don't believe it! When did you last email them?

Grant
Right just got another email !! It was from tucows, they said they reset my user name and password for my domain to let me move away from weycrest, it said in the email that the reset names etc will appear as if they came from weycrest...

You said Tucows sent you an email - how did that happen? I thought I had to get an authorisation code from weycrest?? What did you do?
I'm sure you could help a lot of people

 

[grantw]

You said Tucows sent you an email - how did that happen? I thought I had to get an authorisation code from weycrest?? What did you do?
I'm sure you could help a lot of people

Weycrest must be Tucows resellers for TLD domains which means that Tucows will have overall control of your domains and can therefore help you out if you contact them. This probably won't help if you've got a .uk domain though.

Grant

 

[monaghan]

generally Tucows, Enom and so on will have processes in place to deal with a reseller going out of business or failing to give the required service - as long as the domain is registered in your name, then try the registrar's support routes and follow their advise and the domain should be under your control again fairly soon.

I had to do this a number of years ago when my reseller account was in a similar situation to the issues described (one of the main reasons I moved my business to rented servers rather than reseller accounts)

If the domain is not registered in your name, then you have problems and will have to rely on good will of the registrant

 

[stender]

Looks like weycrest has been found out and he's now trying to resurrect it as a new company? I recall weycrest being based in poplar and now notice they are registered in clerkenwell under that well known accomodation address.

 

[seanv]

Thanks Grant - so I did the same (effectively) contacted Nominet, and transferred over in minutes...just the new provider took a bit more time to set me up!