January 28, 200917 yr Is it legal to.. offer a registration service on your website through an automated billing system, charge the customer for it at a profit, go to godaddy etc buy it yourself, then change the settings. Just curious. I know that lots of people charge to set up the domain name, but without an automated system that charges them first. Just wondering.
January 28, 200917 yr Yes. All you're doing is acting on your clients behalf when they order from you. Whether they pay when ordering or you invoice them later, how the registration is made isn't important - automatic or manual.
January 28, 200917 yr Author Yes. All you're doing is acting on your clients behalf when they order from you. Whether they pay when ordering or you invoice them later, how the registration is made isn't important - automatic or manual. What happens if: My billing system checks the whois at time of paying, it passes, and they sign up for the domain name. They get an email through saying some bullcrap like "you are in the queue to be processed" (translates to me being in bed and I will do it in the morning). I get up in the morning, go to godaddy and by coincidence someone else other than the customer has bought the domain name.
January 28, 200917 yr Okay, when they purchase the domain, rather than there being a waiting period, you should just purchase it, it's your job to do so and not be lazy/blasé about your clients websites or prospective futures. What you're doing isn't wrong, it's just different to the way I'd do it that's all. Honesty is the best policy, always.
January 28, 200917 yr I think along the same lines as traxor too. If they have selected the domain they would like to buy, after being told its available, proceeded to pay for it and then be told that someone else "got it first", I would be pretty damn annoyed and I suspect most other people would be too. If you can't manually do this as soon as they register the domain, then I would suggest using some type of automated system. Possibly an agreement between you and the domain registrar where you get access to an API or something.
January 29, 200917 yr If you can't manually do this as soon as they register the domain, then I would suggest using some type of automated system. Possibly an agreement between you and the domain registrar where you get access to an API or something. Does anyone know of a registrar that provides that sort of service as I'm interested in offering this service too.
February 2, 200917 yr Author Does anyone know of a registrar that provides that sort of service as I'm interested in offering this service too. If you want to become a .com etc registrar complete with an automated API etc it can cost you a lot of money. In the £1000's i think.
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