I have a customer who I have registered two domains for. When I had them registered, I told this person that I would sign over the domain when I received payment for them - that was three months ago. The hosting accounts were just suspended with termination next week if the payments have not been received. I'm jumping a little into the future here, but if I don't get payment, is it fair for me to keep the domain names and resell them or ? How does a situation like this work? Thanks :)

If he didn't pay for them, they are in your name, and you don't want them, sell 'em.

Its not "fair" for you to have to pay for them when you did not want them for you in the first place. Sell them to the highest bidder!

What are th domains btw?

Later,
Doug

I prefer not to post them until I know for sure what will be happening with them. One site has become quite popular in the last month and is advertised on some radio stations with almost 44,000 hits to the index (I read the counter) in the last month or month and a half.
I looked over one of the domains before it was suspended and there was reference to another domain which was registered by another hosting company that also I'm assuming this person had them register. I'm starting to wonder if this is a habit this person has.. get a domain name and web space, use it for a few months until the host has had enough of the waiting game, and then moves on to start over again. *sigh*

Are you still in contact with e-mail etc?

Just that it seems strange that he/she would advertise a site (not cheap I'm guessing), and then not pay to keep it alive...wish my sites could get that many hits <g>

Later,
Dougals

I don't understand that either. If they are going to be advertising via email, then why can't they pay the $20 domain name (or whatever it is) and the hosting? Make any sense? I would keep the domains and sell them, since they are in your name and you purchased them. Domain names are non-refundable, so you are stuck with them anyway.

Yes, we are still in contact, however it's the same story - 'The check is in the mail' After 3 months I've given up waiting for that check.

The radio advertising was free, and I host that site for free because this person had three accounts and I liked the idea for the site. However, with so much owing on the accounts and the unpaid domain names, I'm not just going to give that domain to them as well (the arrangement was that when it was paid for they would get the domain). I need to recoup some of my losses somehow.

I don't understand it either, if my site was that sucessful, I'd do back flips to keep the domain name. I have tried to encourage a paypal payment so that it wouldn't come to this (that was two weeks ago) but all offers for that arrangement were refused.

Point it to http://www.innerweb.ca

Amazing how quick the payment comes sometimes... :D

ROFL Chicken! Great Idea.. I never even thought of that :D

Originally posted by Tallon
ROFL Chicken! Great Idea.. I never even thought of that :D That sounds like a viable option :D
It seems as though you have done more than one could hope for in waiting to paid what you are due.

wow, some people sure do get nasty (phone, email, you name it). There is over $100 as a balance owing on these accounts. I have been informed that I will only receive the cost of the one domain name, and I'm expected to sign it over. I've told this person several times that I need the FULL balance owing before anything is signed over to anyone. Am I wrong in demanding the full balance? I would think that a partial payment would be applied to the most oustanding balance, not a specific part of an account? I just want to be nice about this, but at the same time, I want the money owing :(

Originally posted by Tallon
wow, some people sure do get nasty (phone, email, you name it). There is over $100 as a balance owing on these accounts. I have been informed that I will only receive the cost of the one domain name, and I'm expected to sign it over. I've told this person several times that I need the FULL balance owing before anything is signed over to anyone. Am I wrong in demanding the full balance? I would think that a partial payment would be applied to the most oustanding balance, not a specific part of an account? I just want to be nice about this, but at the same time, I want the money owing :( I'd keep. Sounds like you've done about all you can.
You own the domain. Just keep it.
Thank them, and tell them the domain is no longer for sale.

I'm just in a bad mood today :angry:

Hope no customer gets ahold of me.:eek:


:D

So they owe you for hosting too? i thought you were providing that for free. Personally, they owe you for the whole balance, not just part of it, so no partial payments (they've proven to not be able to handle this). If they do owe you for hosting, any money given would go to that first IMHO. If they just paid for the domain, I don't think you'd ever see the money owed for services.

I'm in a bad mood too, customer above calls me at 7am and wakes me out of a sound sleep to b*tch me out. Funny how people call and do that when it's not your fault THEY didn't pay. Also as a side note, I did pick this customer up from WHT, you guys.. be careful...

edit: 4 accounts, of which one I provide free space for. The other three accounts are three months behind plus two domain names.