I have been registering my client’s domain under my own account and I was wondering if this could somehow affect me in the way that if something happens (legal wise) I will be the responsible.
This is what I do…
I go and register their selected domain name under my account and they pay me directly then I make the payment to the domain company.
1-Can some show me the proper way to handle this situation and point me what the problems could be if I don’t do this property?
2-Is there anything I should do to their WhoIS after registering their domain? I have heard about “WhoIS protect”.
I’m not making any money doing this I’m just doing it because most of my clients don’t know how to set this up.
I usually coach them through or make them call godaddy. I don’t like to take on this responsibility. And mostly I believe the same thing about hosting.
The question I would ask is who is the legal owner of the domains? You or the clients.
Well it should be the client, but since the domains are registered under my name.
Is there a way to register multiple domains under the same account and have a different name for each one o do I need to create a different account for each one?
I’m guessing then that you are the owner of the domains and not your clients. This could cause issues in the future if your clients wanted to move to another hosting company they would have to go through you to transfer the domain or change the nameservers.
I’m sure your intentions are quite honorable, and I don’t mean to belittle you in any way, but what you are doing is generally frowned upon in that some less than reputable hosting companies will offer free or really cheap domain registration but in the end you find out that you don’t own the domain and if you move to another hosting company they hold your domain name hostage.
Not that I’m aware of, unless you have a reseller account.
There should be that option in your domain Control Panel. You’ll just have to look around for it as it’s different in almost every registrar CP.
This could cause issues in the future if your clients wanted to move to another hosting company they would have to go through you to transfer the domain or change the nameservers.
Hmm, very good point I never thought about this which is definitely NOT what I want, I want them to be able to move it at any time.
Apparently the best way to do this is to open up a different account for each client since I’m not making a dime by doing this I’m just trying to help my clients.
There should be that option in your domain Control Panel. You’ll just have to look around for it as it’s different in almost every registrar CP.
Thanks I will look for this, and again by turning this on you are preventing from showing any personal info when some make a WHOis search, right?
I’m sure your intentions are quite honorable, and I don’t mean to belittle you in any way, but what you are doing is generally frowned upon in that some less than reputable hosting companies will offer free or really cheap domain registration but in the end you find out that you don’t own the domain and if you move to another hosting company they hold your domain name hostage.
Just making sure I’m understaingn this correclty, what you are saying is that there are some companies out there that offer free or very cheap for your domain but at the end they own it and if you later want to move they may say, sorry you need to pay some cash $$$ if you want this domain, is this correct? If yes, no this is not my intention.
There is supposed to be a yellow triangle or flag at the bottom of the member block (under the name) which I can’t see as a moderator (if I sign out, I can’t see it either as only members can see those).
Back to your question: I utilize two registrars and only one allows me to register under my account and a client’s name. On the other registry, all I’ve needed to do is authorize a transfer to my client (if and when they leave) and there’s never been a problem. As far as I’m concerned, if there is no privacy available (there is at both my registries), I am the privacy which is provided for the domain name owner (my client).
You should register the domains on the name of your clients only.
Once you register one domain for one client, next domains will automatically be on his name, as you select ‘existing user’ option to register new domains on his name.
If you have domains on your name, you can create an account for your client and then ‘push’ the concerned domain to his account (no fees - no charge for this).
You can change Registrant’s contact details any time through domain management console, if you want.
If you register the domain name directly in your client’s name I don’t think you will be resposible for any legal issues. Make sure the contact details for the domain name are in their name and not yours.
