On Tuesday 21 October 2003 10:22 pm, Paul M Foster wrote:
> Here's a question for those of you who register domains for other
> people: Do you register your customers' domains in your name or in
> theirs?
I started out years ago registering them solely in their names. My theory was
that there are a lot of web folks that were maybe not on the up and up (mid
90's) and they used this as a hammer to make sure they got paid and that the
client was pretty much stuck with them. They also passed on a hefty fee for
doing this and charged a high ( $100 + ) monthly lease for the site. Every
time they turned around it seemed they had their hand in the clients pocket.
I naively vowed to be different and more on the up-and-up.
Experience is a harsh teacher.
I found most clients could not understand the Network Solutions emails and
none of them could successfully complete a renewal. Since they usually
waited till the last day to call me and tell me they had failed, this
required a quick trip to their site so I could send the email for them.
Later I got away from Network Solutions. Other easier to use naming services
cropped up and offered much lower rates for the same name.
Being hardheaded, I decided that NetSol was the main culprit and continued
registering new sites in the clients name. Many times a web site still did
not get renewed because the owner put it off and then forgot about it.
Even with an easy to use service ( I use Directnic.com ) the clients dropped
the ball. I shifted almost all the sites I work on into my name so I can
keep them from lapsing. This makes moving servers much much easier.
Oh - and my poor opinions of web folk that charged what I thought were high
fees for low cost services? I have found that perhaps they were sharp
business people. Most clients I have met eat up a lot of time or expect a
lot of services they didn't pay for.
-- Paul Wilson webguroo@tampabay.rr.com----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
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