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Domain ownership with free domain sign-up.

August 11, 2008 by Wyng

Question :-

If I signed up for a year with Hostmonster, and used their free domain feature to register my domain, does that mean they actually own this domain?

I checked whois and Hostmonster is listed as the owner. Does this mean I cannot switch to another host and own this domain? And when my hosting plan runs out with Hostmonster, the domain is no longer mine?

Answer :-

Hostmonster is only listed as the owner if you have privacy turned on. Turn privacy off and it will list you as the owner. Hostmonster is also a domain registrar, just like all other domain registrars. You can host that domain anywhere you like, or you can move the domain to a different registrar. It’s not “tied” to Hostmonster in any way.

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