It is amazing how common this story is. We often speak to companies (and not just SME\u2019s even MNC\u2019s) who do not have full control of their main corporate domain. This means your business URL, in our case\u00a0www.functioneight.com<\/span><\/a><\/span>. This is not just an issue of control and ability to make changes to DNS records, it is also a fundamental issue of IP ownership. When a business is in the early stages of startup, it is quite common for a business owner to delegate to some admin staff member the quick process of a new domain purchase from a domain registrar. Or the scenario may even be that the business owner quickly does this task themselves. Part of the domain purchase process is to enter a master email address for contact with any issues around the domain. The business owner or admin staff uses their personal or home email address in the absence of a corporate email address (as the corporate domain doesn\u2019t exist yet \u2013 it is still being purchased).<\/p>\n The purchase process is successfully completed and nobody thinks about this again for potentially many years.\u00a0 Until disaster strikes.\u00a0 Perhaps the domain renewal process is missed, or a domain transfer to another registrar is required.\u00a0 Potentially there has been a business owner or the original admin staff who have moved on and are no longer contactable.\u00a0 Or in a worst case scenario there is a conflict that results in intentional theft or mishandling of the companies domain.<\/p>\n The company will now be required by the registrar to verify their legitimate ownership of their domain.\u00a0 This usually starts off with a simple automate email triggered to the domain registrant email address on record.\u00a0 Now you can see the problem if that email address is no longer valid or accessible!<\/p>\n If these scenarios outlined above give you cause for concern, then act now!<\/p>\n Email\u00a0f8.info@functioneight.com\u00a0<\/a>or call +852 2868\u00a02855 or +65 6345 5880\u00a0now to see how FunctionEight Ltd can support your IT systems, giving you peace of mind and Stress-Free IT.<\/p>\n Multiple domains, redirects and hosting locations is also very common with established businesses of all sizes.\u00a0 Many domain extensions (eg functioneight.com, .com.hk, .hk, .asia, .com.sg, .sg etc) would likely result in having multiple registrars being used for all the purchases.\u00a0 There could be active domains, redirects and some domains that are simply parked.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hosting of various websites and landing pages might be provided by different hosting providers and in different geographical locations.\u00a0 There is also the additional step of Domain Name Server (DNS) hosting that fits in-between registrar and hosting, that needs to be managed.<\/p>\n It is no wonder that many companies have lost track of what is located where and who is getting paid to provide the service.\u00a0 For the cost of getting FunctionEight Ltd to manage all of this on your behalf, you can have not only peace of mind that it is getting done correctly and in a timely fashion, but you can also rest assured that you are not paying for a service that is no longer relevant and really needed.<\/p>\nWe are paying multiple providers for hosting and not sure which we still need<\/h6>\n