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Who Owns Your Domain Name?
Tuesday, 29 July 2008 14:40

Take a quick trip over to freewho.com and lookup your domain. What do you see for Administrative Contact? If it is not your name, it is not your domain. Many customers call every day asking why their domain is no longer working since they fired their webmaster. After looking at the whois records, we find the webmaster actually owns the domain. Customers are normally completely oblivious to this fact and ask for the domain back. The problem is that most webmasters are smart enough to know that if they purchase the domain in their own account and just charge their customers a yearly fee for it, they maintain control because they are the legal owners of the domain. Webmasters who maintain control over your domain can suddenly change your price without warning and if you do not pay, they can take your domain and use your traffic for their own use. The most important thing to remember when purchasing a domain is to make sure it is in your control and has your name and email address for the registrant and administrative contact. If not, you have little or no power over the domain. If your webmaster insists on controlling the domain, look elsewhere. While it might be more hassle to have to renew your own domain (perfect example of why you should always go for 5-10 years) it will keep you from losing it.


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