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Plain-English guides to owning your website

Domains, renewals, email security and handovers, explained for business owners and the designers who look after them.

How to find out who owns your business domain nameFind out in two minutes whose name your business domain is registered in, why it matters, and what to do if it isn't yours.Your web designer registered your domain: what that means and how to fix itIf your web designer registered your domain, they legally control your website and email. Here's how to get it into your business's name.What happens if your domain expires, and how to get it backWhen a domain expires, your website and email stop working together. Here's what happens next and how to get it back quickly.Changing web designers? The handover checklist that protects your businessBefore you change web designers, make sure you have these logins, files and ownership details, so you're never locked out of your own website.Is your business email protected? A plain-English guide to SPF and DMARCSPF, DKIM and DMARC stop scammers sending email that looks like it's from your business. Here's what they are, in plain English.For designers: how to hand over a website so clients never lose accessA practical handover process for web designers that protects clients and stops you being blamed when a domain lapses years later.
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