Who Should Have Access to My Domain Registration?
Many people with websites ask someone else to take care of the issue of domain registration. If this is you, be careful who you trust this information too. You are giving them a lot of power. A person with access to this information can ultimate control of your website. They can
- Prevent you from moving your domain name to a new website host (a small problem if want to move because of poor hosting services.)
- Take your site down by telling the world that your files are on a different or non-existent computer
They can do this because each domain registration includes vital information that tells the internet where the actual files that make your website are located. Without this information, nothing on the internet works.
There are still good reasons to let someone else handle your domain registration. Domain names come up for renewal every so often. If you neglect to renew the domain, someone else can register it and take it away from you. Other deviants so that they can charge you $100 or more to get it back. If you often overlook such 5 minute details, you should have someone keep track of your domain names for you.
You just need to be able trust the person you have maintaining your domain name.