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Taking a Site Down

by Steve The Copywriter
7 replies
I've got bit of a dilemma...

Ages ago I did the copy for a clients website.

And knowing nothing about putting up sites - the client got a web company to do all that for him.

The client has done well, and now wants to retire.

The legal details on the website are "regulated" in the UK and the regulations are changing on the 1st March - so if the site stays as it is, it could get the client into trouble.

So, the website urgently needs to be taken down.

The problem is - the web company has disappeared with all the codes and whatever else is needed - no one else has these details.

How on earth can the client get rid of the site?

Your help on this would be greatly appreciated.
#site #taking
  • Profile picture of the author Will Perkins
    Go to who.is

    Figure out who hosts the website, contact them. Discuss with them the problem. You might be able to get a phone number depending on if you can "prove" you're the owner.

    If not, could send a DMCA notice to the hosting company saying it's copyrighted material. Essentially forcing them to take down your own website.
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  • Profile picture of the author Alex Cohen
    Originally Posted by Steve Copywriter View Post

    I've got bit of a dilemma...

    Ages ago I did the copy for a clients website.

    And knowing nothing about putting up sites - the client got a web company to do all that for him.

    The client has done well, and now wants to retire.

    The legal details on the website are "regulated" in the UK and the regulations are changing on the 1st March - so if the site stays as it is, it could get the client into trouble.

    So, the website urgently needs to be taken down.

    The problem is - the web company has disappeared with all the codes and whatever else is needed - no one else has these details.

    How on earth can the client get rid of the site?

    Your help on this would be greatly appreciated.
    Surely the ISP has procedures in place to supply the forgotten Username and Password of an account to an owner.

    Have the owner contact the ISP.

    Alex
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  • Profile picture of the author Globy
    If i were you, i would change the DNS's for the specific domain, so the rediraction would fail, or ever go to another page (maybe an under contruction one ? )

    Regards
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  • Profile picture of the author Ross James
    yeah, do a 301 redirect to nowhere
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  • Profile picture of the author methomas
    Or go to the company that the domain name was purchased from and cancel the domain.
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