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Has anyone done business with powergroup.co.uk ?
Is it normal for the Tags to be changed and an update to the owner name in Nominet/Whois to take place (ie to them) before I can invoice them. Is this normal, or is there a more secure way of doing things?
Thanks
Matt
I presume by "tags" you mean the IPS TAG - or do you mean nameservers? If you mean IPS TAG it sounds a risky way to do business. Best bet is to change the nameservers to whatever they want them changed to as a gesture of your goodwill (you can always reverse this), then they pay you, then you change the IPS TAG / owner name for them so they can do whatever they want with it.
Otherwise once the IPS TAG has been changed, and the ownership details, they can then just pinch the domain, not pay you, and there won't be much you can do about it.
I offered to do the nameservers, invoice and then on immediate payment transfer the IPS tags - but they now want owner name to change to them as well. Which is making me nervous. I am limit of my knowledge on this, and the money is a good few hundred quid.
I'd tell them to either do it your way, or not at all. If they really need/want the domain then they'll agree. If they pull out then they weren't serious, and might have been trying to rip you off. If necessary get it all in a contract so neither side can back out once proceedings have begun.
Sound a bit dodgy doing it their way - you're the only one taking risk, and they'd be holding all the cards.
Would you send someone your bike before they've paid?
Same principle.
Would you send someone your bike before they've paid?Same principle.
or even send somebody your money before you've got their bike 😉