I agree with Lisa. I have always had my client own their domain name - this
only seems logical - with me as the admin contact and the billing contact.
I recently went a step further and now make them the billing contact as
well as have them get billed directly by the web hosting service instead of
me being billed and the client paying me. Less paperwork for me. Sure I
used to mark up the web hosting costs, but it's just not worth it. Clients
don't understand that handling the hosting billing and other misc. issues
is work: not a lot, but some, and with dozens of web clients it's not work
I need. Now I let them deal with the host and interNIC after I set
everything up and get things rolling.
Barry
(Lisa Rowe wrote in response to Brian Jackson:)
>Having been on the other side of this, I think it's an AWFUL idea. In
>addition, do you REALLY want to be held responsible for them paying the
>internic fees? etc etc?
>
>Yes, you get control - but it's almost more of a blackmail form of
>control. Frankly, when I'm doing sites for clients, I have them (or I do
>it, based on their level of expertise) register the domain themselves, but
>ALWAYS with their name as at least ONE of the contacts - admin or billing.
>It really is only fair. It is (in some cases) their trademark, their
>company, etc.
>
>On Sat, 13 Feb 1999, Brian Jackson wrote:
>
>> My company is making a new policy concerning our registration of domain
>> names for our client. Under the agreements with each client, the domain
>> name that will be registered will be under sole ownership by my company. Is
>> this a good idea? I know that if we register the name under our client,
>> then we would be giving the ownership to the client. We would do this to
>> have complete control over the name. What is the legal issues associated
>> with this. Would my company be liable for anything that is under that
>> domain name. The reason that we would do this is to secure our client with
>> us because we would own his domain name, not him. Please let me know if
>> this is a good idea or is just undermining the client. Thanks for any
>> advice.
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the help,
>>
>> Brian Jackson
>> InterComp Services
>> www.intercompservices.com
>> www.subleasers.com
____________________________________________________________________
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Join The NEW Web Consultants Association FORUMS and CHAT:
Register Today at: http://just4u.com/forums/
Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants
Give the Gift of Life This Year...
Just4U Stop Smoking Support forum - helping smokers for
over three years-tell a friend: http://just4u.com/forums/
To get 500 Banner Ads for FREE
go to http://www.linkbuddies.com/start.go?id=111261
---------------------------------------------------------------------
