Oh yeah, I am not bidding on the website and have no desire to be their
developer. My commercial interest amounts to $20 per year in revenue for
auto-renew on their domain. Just to clarify.
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On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 2:40 PM, JP <jp@jptechnical.com> wrote:
> Thanks Marc, let me just add that I have run hosting and design servers
> for 15yrs, and while this is not the main thrust of my business now it was
> a large part in the past. I have a professional opinion, and I have
> expressed it to the client. What I would like is indepentend opinions from
> industry peers with no personal bias or commercial interest in the
> outcome... good ol' fashioned professional opinion.
>
> If there is a technological reason to REQUIRE the domain transfer, I would
> like to know exactly what they are. However, this is not simply a matter of
> convenience for the developer.
>
> Thanks
>
>
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> On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Marc Grober <marc@interak.com> wrote:
>
>> At first blush I would have to suggest that much of the answer to your
>> questions may lie in exactly what "design a new website" means. If the
>> developer is hosting the new site and the site contains arguably
>> proprietary resources, I suppose there might be some reason the developer
>> does not want anyone else "snooping about". If you are so far removed from
>> knowing the answers to such questions, you may want to remove yourself
>> further. If you are close enough to know the answers but don't, you might
>> want to tell your client to rethink either their decision or your
>> involvement. As "they" say, if you swing a hammer, all you see is nails -
>> I see this really as a contractual issue and have to assume that none of
>> the parties have talked to a lawyer, lol...
>>
>>
>>
>> On 5/7/14, 2:11 PM, JP wrote:
>>
>> I have a client that is hiring a new developer to design a new website.
>> However, the new developer is demanding that the domain be transferred, and
>> refuses to allow me (the contracted IT person for the client) to set dns
>> records to point to their services.
>>
>> I have gotten the advice from several colleagues and friends in the
>> industry, but I would like to get some non-biased replies. I will not state
>> my opinion either way.
>>
>> The crux of the question is this:
>>
>> 1. Is there any technical reason why a web developer would require a
>> domain be transferred to their account to do website design? Specifically,
>> design a website and promote it with various SEO and submission practices.
>>
>> 2. What is the risk of the client transferring the domain from the
>> current registrar reseller, with whom they have an established
>> relationship, when the current registrar reseller has volunteered to make
>> any DNS changes the developer requires?
>>
>> Thanks, I hope this doesn't ruffle any feathers with the
>> off-topic-ness. BTW, the current host is Linux, and I am sending this email
>> from a linux laptop, if that satisfies ;-)
>>
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