I found some money waiting for me from a domain name company.
You’ve probably seen promotions from your state for its unclaimed funds databases. States maintain a database where you can claim money owed to you, such as a utility deposit refund, forgotten bank accounts, insurance premiums, etc.
I saw an ad for Texas’ unclaimed money database the other day and decided to search my name. I was surprised to find that I had $33.96 waiting for me from Endurance International Group (EIGI).
EIGI is a rollup of a lot of shared hosting companies (e.g. Hostgator) and domain businesses (e.g. Dotster).
I reached out to EIGI to figure out what the money was from, and they weren’t able to track it down. This is unsurprising since they’ve acquired so many companies over the years. I started using Dotster in 2000, and I’m sure I’ve used some of their hosting companies along the way.
The EIGI money is tied to an old address, so I suspect it was sent there and returned undeliverable. Perhaps it was a refund.
In my case, we’re not talking about big bucks. But it’s probably worth checking our your state’s database to see if you are due money.
John Berryhill says
Imagine how surprised I was to find out there was $15M on deposit for me with a bank in Nigeria!
Don Domainer says
hahaha.. lucky guy
Nick says
I’m owed a few hundred, but they won’t let me claim it. For some reason the money is owed to my domain names instead of my business name.
Andrew Allemann says
Who owes the money?
Nick says
Conversant, I think it was from one of the ad companies they bought out
Andrew Allemann says
How did you find the payments in the search if they’re tied to your domain names rather than personal or business name?
Nick says
I got a letter in a mail from a law firm that gets these claims for you for a commission. they sent the letter to the domain names, but it was my address. So, I still got it.
Andrew Allemann says
Ah, got it. Interesting.
Harry says
Hi Andrew, this is really surprising! I got a similar mail a few weeks back and was pondering over its authenticity.