Discussion Ask HN: What to do when someone clones your site? Our B2B SaaS had its entire website cloned at another domain. The cloner then took the time to create a new logo and change a few colors.We reached out to the hosting provider, and the registrar, neither care.The cloned website is hosted in Europe (Germany), with a small hosting provider. Domain registration appears to be hostinger.com.Our concerns: Search engine trouble, potential customer confusion, lost sales.We found the clone when ahrefs started reporting a new domain linking to one of our sites, because they'd helpfully cloned our entire footer.Thanks for all your advice! 106 points preinheimer 3 years ago 95 comments
We reached out to the hosting provider, and the registrar, neither care.
The cloned website is hosted in Europe (Germany), with a small hosting provider. Domain registration appears to be hostinger.com.
Our concerns: Search engine trouble, potential customer confusion, lost sales.
We found the clone when ahrefs started reporting a new domain linking to one of our sites, because they'd helpfully cloned our entire footer.
Thanks for all your advice!