Beware of Domain Transfer Requests

We are seeing a rise in the number of instances where companies are being requested to authorise the transfer of Internet domains to the control of others. In many cases this is bad practice and results in no benefit to you - in fact you might end up paying more.

Requests often come from an IT service provider, telecom agent or marketing company who is doing work with your company and will appear as a genuine "we'll handle all that for you...". The request often goes to an employee who knows little about the subject - and they are therefore unaware of the implications.

You should ask why some companies are requesting domain transfers. The answer may be that you want them to take the responsibility, but it might just be a tactic to gain the hosting account for your website and domain registration fees and win future work on website development and marketing.