domains with "m." belonging to Gail Davis?

hes gone wrote in post #16284707
=he's gone;16284707]i don't think this really has anything to do with the purchase of the domain, rather it is a problem that occurred when setting up the hosting.

Those are two separate events. Obviously one could purchase the domain through any number of other providers and point all traffic (via DNS) to another host.

there was either a human mistake made at some point, or the automatic utility at WIX has an error in it's code. As an example lets assign somephotosmiami.com a unique serial number 111112, and GailDavis a SN of 11112. If an error occurred in the set up, a human might have stepped in to fix the problem and entered the wrong serial number (leaving out an extra "1") making the subdomain point to the wrong customer's site.

My thinking was more along the lines of WIX selling a domain that someone else (e.g. Gail Davis) already owns - albiet accidentally. Airlines over sell seats all the time anticipating that people won't maike their flight. Hopefully, that's not the case here and it's something that can be easily resolved.

drvnbysound wrote in post #16284917
My thinking was more along the lines of WIX selling a domain that someone else (e.g. Gail Davis) already owns - albiet accidentally. Airlines over sell seats all the time anticipating that people won't maike their flight. Hopefully, that's not the case here and it's something that can be easily resolved.

hmm, it's possible i suppose. But I've never heard of that happening.

here's what popped up on page 2 of a google search for "gail Davis Photography". Looks like quite a few WIX mobile pages are being directed to her website.

i've never been a fan of these "build your own" sites, this is a great example of why.

hes gone wrote in post #16285056
=he's gone;16285056]
here's what popped up on page 2 of a google search for "gail Davis Photography". Looks like quite a few WIX mobile pages are being directed to her website.

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So I think I want to be Gail Davis for a while.

It is interesting that Wix is the source of the OP's issues

I have noticed that a vanity Google search on my primary website has a wix dot com subdomain of the same name So how does Wix moderate such sub domain request/purchases.....​.........or do they not care if someone 'registers' /creates a whoever.wix.com website that possibly could infringe on anothers intellectual interests???

For my website see my first link in my sig

So based on the OP's situation should I or could I be letting Wix know that I believe there is an issue???

Edit ~ FWIW I first bought the domain in Jan 2008 so it has been in the 'registration system' for quite a while

Yeah, I've had my own site via shared hosting, from a dedicated hosting company for around 10 years... I've never seen a problem like this before.

Box Brownie wrote in post #16285247
It is interesting that Wix is the source of the OP's issues

I have noticed that a vanity Google search on my primary website has a wix dot com subdomain of the same name So how does Wix moderate such sub domain request/purchases.....​.........or do they not care if someone 'registers' /creates a whoever.wix.com website that possibly could infringe on anothers intellectual interests???

that is a function of how WIX works. they are masking your true domain (a subdomain of their domain name) with your website address. No one can purchase subdomains, they are/should be strictly be under the control of the domain holder. WIX has messed up something and it's effecting a lot of people.

For my website see my first link in my sig

So based on the OP's situation should I or could I be letting Wix know that I believe there is an issue???

totally different issues. i only guessing, but i would imagine the masking is done at a level that is invisible to the end user. I doubt you have any control over it, and doubt they would be willing to change it in the backend. (they are probably doing it to promote themselves)

Edit ~ FWIW I first bought the domain in Jan 2008 so it has been in the 'registration system' for quite a while

irrelevant to both your issue and the OP.

i'd put money on the problem being with WIX and completely out of the hands of their users.

One problem with WIX is that they used flash to build and display (as far as i know) EVERY site built with their system. A while back they began to switch over to HTML 5 so that their sites could be displayed on phones. I'm guessing this problem might be a result of that switch over. If you have the option to build in Flash or HTML 5, choose the latter.

hes gone wrote in post #16285745
=he's gone;16285745]i'd put money on the problem being with WIX and completely out of the hands of their users.

One problem with WIX is that they used flash to build and display (as far as i know) EVERY site built with their system. A while back they began to switch over to HTML 5 so that their sites could be displayed on phones. I'm guessing this problem might be a result of that switch over. If you have the option to build in Flash or HTML 5, choose the latter.

Hi

Reading your reply and feedback I realised that my post was/may not explicit enough as follows:-

I am not a Wix user

I used a registering company who service I use to control the redirection via a CPanel facility

My website is hosted elsewhere

So back to my prime question has Wix allowed??? the same name as my domain to be used a sub domain on their system. Therefore should I complain to them as there may be an infraction of their T&C's though for the life of me I could find in the legalese on the site anything that covers such a situation specifically!

The m.somephotosmiami.com is a default that looks
like an "auto" configured sub domain.

The source code for the mobile site shows that it is coming from your account
You will have to set up the m.somephotosmiami.com to point to your own content
If you don't know how, contact your hosting provider


still not convinced ...... just google "Gail Davis Photographer"
and see how many sites have that name show up on their mobile version

Cheers
TB Stewart

Box Brownie wrote in post #16285889
I am not a Wix user

here's the public information available for your domain name.

you're going to have a hard time convincing me you're not a WIX user.

Registrant:
c/o Network Solutions
P.O. Box 459
Drums, PA 18222
USA
Phone: 1-570-708-8760
Email: chprtmfn8gia0bbouqeion​h37i@domaindiscreet.co​m


Domain Name: somephotosmiami.com

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Phone: 1-570-708-8760
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Technical Contact:
c/o Network Solutions
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Drums, PA 18222
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Domain servers in listed order:
ns1.wix.com
ns2.wix.com

I looked at the source code for your home page and it seems it is littered with WIX stuff.

for instance, an image hosted on WIX servers:

http://static.wixstati​c.com …73dda309e53461d​21.jpg_256

hes gone wrote in post #16286245
=he's gone;16286245]here's the public information available for your domain name.

you're going to have a hard time convincing me you're not a WIX user.


I looked at the source code for your home page and it seems it is littered with WIX stuff.

for instance, an image hosted on WIX servers:

http://static.wixstati​c.com …73dda309e53461d​21.jpg_256

Er, pardon!!!! you are mixing me up with the OP who is indeed a Wix user AFAIK Unless of course you are "seeing" the darned Wix sub domain I am miffed about...............se​e my sig for my website ~ at first link "Images for....." NB I did mention the link to my site in post #19

So once I have convinced you I am not a Wix what is the answer to my question in last para in post #22???

Box Brownie wrote in post #16286332
Er, pardon!!!! you are mixing me up with the OP who is indeed a Wix user AFAIK Unless of course you are "seeing" the darned Wix sub domain I am miffed about...............se​e my sig for my website ~ at first link "Images for....." NB I did mention the link to my site in post #19

So once I have convinced you I am not a Wix what is the answer to my question in last para in post #22???

derp. sorry, i did confuse yours' with the original post.

If you have a trademark on that name you should be able to force them to use another name. However just owning a domain name (engramphotography.com​) does not give you any protection for someone else using the name as a subdomain or even as part of another name, for instance, engramphotographer.com

hes gone wrote in post #16286445
=he's gone;16286445]derp. sorry, i did confuse yours' with the original post.

If you have a trademark on that name you should be able to force them to use another name. However just owning a domain name does not give you any protection for someone else using the name as a subdomain or even as part of another name, for instance, Engramphotographer.com

Or even splitting it up with subdomains... like: engr.amphotography.com

Or whatever variation of that, depending on what's available

I noticed this site: http://engramphotograp​hy.wix.com/studio which is being used by someone named Stephanie Westbrook.
Maybe that's the mobile version which is being pointed to Gail Davis?

It's common for a hosting provider to make subdomains available free or cheap and they can be thought of as a server residing on that domain, although these days "servers" are virtualized so they are more of a logical definition rather than a physical thing. To be useful in your business you might set up sites like editorial.foo.com, food.foo.com, weddings.foo.com for your foo.com domain to drive traffic to the appropriate place for each type of business you do.

Kim Johnson Images wrote in post #16288546
The domain support section at Wix is pretty busy and seems monitored by Wix Support. Hopefully the OP voiced his problem there also.

I hope the OP gets a resolution with Wix, afteral he is a Wix customer

In my case it does seem that Wix sub domains are a 'free-for-all' with no moderation etc.

So in the case of the party using my chosen domain name as a Wix sub it sounds like "just one of those things" but reading her bio, she is a student and on the face of it should she ever wish to go mainstream......???