Diagnosing How the Domain Was Lost
Recovery starts with determining exactly how control changed hands — account credential compromise, social engineering of the registrant or the registrar's support team, exploitation of an expired registration, or an unauthorized transfer pushed through a compromised registrar account — because the recovery path differs significantly depending on the mechanism.
Recovery Channels
Depending on the facts, recovery may proceed through the registrar's own fraud and account-recovery process, the gTLD Transfer Dispute Resolution Policy for unauthorized inter-registrar transfers, direct negotiation with a good-faith current holder, or litigation where the registrar and registry processes are exhausted or unavailable. Evidence supporting each of these routes is documented in the same chain-of-custody format used in ownership disputes generally.