WhoIs Records
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- groundst
I need to know who the owner of a domain is. The domain is http://www.claycrossing.com
My problem is this: A client came to me asking for a redesign of his site. I asked to client to contact the current administer and inform him of the change. He then told the client he will be billing them for pre-paid years on the domain. I need to know who the owner of the domain is to see if the client can legally take it out of the old designer's hands.I think this designer is a rip-off artist for the simple fact that he charges $150 a month for "Keyword Monitoring" on top of $335 a year for hosting and domain registration. This guy hasn't so much as looked at the site since he uploaded it.
I know it's the client's fault but I need to know if there is any legal action the client can take toward this designer. The way I find this out is if the domain was registered in the client's name. How do I do that when the WHOIS records come up as "Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc." Has anyone even heard of that before?
- NylonMade0
the owner of the domain should be your client.
if the webmaster or some sort is keeping it under his name than your client has the right to take legal action under false pretense.
unless it is agreed up on that the legal name of the owner is the webmaster as part of the serivce.
even with that, your client has the right to sue and recover the name under deceptive practice
- BuddhaHat0
This guy does sound like a ripoff merchant. if there was some way he could move to another domain I would suggest it. The client's certainly not getting out of it for free, I wouldn't imagine.
I'm guessing the whois privacy services people are in existence for one of 2 reasons. They're either scumbags who are protecting spammers and the like by managing their domains on their behalf, and thereby providing no useful information to anyone. OR, they're there to genuinely protect those users who are concerned about being approached by domain phishers... the ones who con you into handing out your registry key.
Unless you're on good talking terms with the person who registered the domain, I'd the client it in trouble.
- BuddhaHat0
ack, totally screwed the end of that...
Unless you're on good talking terms with the person who registered the domain, I'd SAY the client IS in trouble.
- groundst0
I think my brain automatically added those words when I read it the first time. I didn't even notice until you said somthing... ;-)
- groundst0
So, technically, the client can take the domain but it would be a legal battle if he resisted?
- ornj0
you could just kill him...
- joyride0
call whoisprivacyprotect.com, email them and ask how to move your client. There has to be a way to move it. They will give you the info you need.
- groundst0
the problem is, I'm not sure if the client's name is anythere except in the domain...
- j_red0
call them, they will tell you for sure.
- groundst0
The number given is bogus...