Who more who less, company, professional or individual has their own Internet domain, but is it really yours?
In your opinion, yes. I have asked a provider of mine to register my domain, for this I have made a payment and I have an invoice that proves it, but I ask again: Is it really yours?
There is a very common practice, unfortunately, in the sector of domain registration through intermediaries, in which they actively (or out of ignorance), at the time of registering the domain, indicate themselves as the owner of the same, not the person/company that has requested said registration.
This practice, needless to say, is illegal, and we must pursue it to prevent these types of companies/individuals from playing with something as sacred as property, in this case the ownership of an Internet domain.
Check ownership
The first step we must do to be sure that our domain is really ours is to verify its ownership. To do this, we will simply have to make a “Whois” of it, and we will obtain the data of said ownership. Be careful, we must check all the data, since many times simply an email account that is not ours can cause problems when controlling our domain.
What happens if I am not the owner of the domain?
- He happens to have a problem, and a serious problem. It has no domain.
- You must first exhaust the negotiation process with the intermediary who carried out said domain registration, so that he or she can put you as the owner of the domain. If it is a second level domain “.es” it will be a quite bureaucratic process.
- If the negotiation path is exhausted, or does not prosper, you must resort to legal means. If you or your company does not appear as the owner of the domain, you cannot easily claim ownership of it. Being able to recover it will be a very slow and expensive process, almost always ending in lawsuits.
Can more things happen to me with my domain?
Yes, there are many other frauds or deceptions carried out by some internet service providers/intermediaries, which you should avoid, or at least know how to detect in time.
Fake Renewals:
Very often there are companies that send emails by email indicating the need to renew your domain, if said company is not your intermediary/provider, do not take any action, completely distrust these emails, since by following the steps they indicate, The domain will be transferred from your current provider to them, and at that point it will be very difficult for you to maintain control over it.
Serviced Domain Gift Offers:
Very typical, you contract the hosting of your website and the domain is given to you. In the majority of these cases, said domain is registered in the name of the company that has made the offer, and when you try to change your provider, said company retains ownership of the domain.
Very, very cheap domain prices:
These prices have a trick, the economic price is always to attract you as a customer, and in future renewals, the price increases significantly, being unable to do anything other than continue renewing with them since this type of providers proceed to block the domain.
This brief list of actions, which, whether premeditated or not, can happen to me when I own my domain, is an example of the mischief that many providers/registrars apply to the action of registering/renewing/transferring such an important thing in the world. of the Internet as “my domain”.
From here we want to advise you to always be aware of the fine print, what obligations a specific promotion entails, what is my exit route from it, what real cost does this promotion have for me. Advise you, consult with experts, and above all, once the domain purchase has been made, use the ServeisWeb Whois tool to verify that the registration has been carried out correctly, and that the ownership of the domain is that which I have indicated at the time. to perform the action.
Being on the Internet means starting to be interested in the processes and operation of the services, we must always opt for providers/registrars that do not show trust, remember that many times buying cheap means having to buy twice, and in this case it can also mean losing our name, our identity on the Internet in the silliest way.