Just because you paid for the domain name it does not mean that you own it .

Sounds scary but that’s the truth. You may not be the legal owner. Whoever is the legal owner of your domain name, that person has total control over your domain name  including – what Web site it points to, which domain name registrar maintains it, changing information about your domain name account, controlling who administers it, and being able to sell it.

Go to the WhoIs database and search for your domain. Whatever contact information is listed for both the “Registrant” fields and the “Administrator” fields, all of it, including any email addresses for these two fields, should be yours.

If you find this information is not yours, there are three possible reasons: