Is it you or somebody else?
You see there are thousands of website owners out there who are potentially sitting on a “time bomb” when it comes to their domain name.
These website owners actually are not the registered owners of the domain name for their website, it is their web design company or hosting company.
The problem is that if you are not the rightful owner of the domain name for your website you have no control over the domain name.
It is quite common for some unscrupulous web designers to register their clients’ domain names in their own name. This basically gives the web designer a hold over their client.
- This means if the client wants to move host or designer the web designer could refuse to transfer the domain name or charge a hefty fee to do so.
- If a client falls out with their web designer, the designer could shut the site down in a matter of hours.
- A web designer could sell the domain name to one of his client’s rivals.
- All domains owned by a web designer are assets. This means if the web designer sells their company the domain names can be passed with the company. Alternatively if the web designer goes into liquidation, the administrator could sell all the domains held to raise funds.
To check who owns your domain name simply visit www.easily.co.uk and enter your domain name, select the extension and then click search. On the results page just click on the info icon against the relevant extension. The details for the domain name will appear on the screen.
Hopefully you are the registered owner.