Make Sure You Own Your Domain Name

January 15, 2009 by D. A. Shaver

All domain names I register for clients are registered in the name of the client and not my agency. If I register a domain name for you then you will be the owner and I will be the administrative contact. I subcontract a third party domain registrar. If you are registering a domain somewhere else this something to check on. A domain name is an important part of your business and your business should be the owner of it.

Your domain name should not be at the mercy of some web designer and it most certainly should be registered with your business as the owner. If you are contracting a firm to build your website then it should be an administrative contract but your business should still be the owner.

I have 35 or 40 domains I manage for clients. They don’t want to be bothered with this but I feel a domain is an important part of a business. So I register the client as owner and myself as administrative contract. This is included in the monthly hosting invoice.

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