Naughty Vend
22nd February 2010, 11:08
I have owned a domain for many years which is a six letter TLD and a desirable one, it has a high value and was used in a website with high traffic and income streams until (frankly) my attention lapsed when concentrating upon another business as the e-com bubble burst...
There is a site online now but it is pants and I have three options (a) sell the domain (b) invest and get the software up to speed and market it (c) white label it and make less but with no hassle. Now here's my problem, the white label provider is insistent that the domain be on their nameservers and they are shown as the owner due to requirements of their merchant account provider, which all makes sense commercially but my gut instincts are telling me not to trust anyone... in particular online.
Now this isn't a Mickey Mouse company I'm dealing with but what would be stop them claiming ownership of the domain even if I still control it via the registrar? Would an agreement of ownership have any bearing or would it not be worth the paper it's written due to the nature of the commodity?
There is a site online now but it is pants and I have three options (a) sell the domain (b) invest and get the software up to speed and market it (c) white label it and make less but with no hassle. Now here's my problem, the white label provider is insistent that the domain be on their nameservers and they are shown as the owner due to requirements of their merchant account provider, which all makes sense commercially but my gut instincts are telling me not to trust anyone... in particular online.
Now this isn't a Mickey Mouse company I'm dealing with but what would be stop them claiming ownership of the domain even if I still control it via the registrar? Would an agreement of ownership have any bearing or would it not be worth the paper it's written due to the nature of the commodity?