How Resellers End Up Creating Domain Renewal Chaos for Themselves?

[nicenicnicenic is verified member.]

One thing I keep seeing with smaller resellers is that domain management looks easy right up until it isn’t.

Everything seems fine when there are only a few client names spread across a couple of registrars, but once the portfolio grows a bit, the cracks start showing fast.

Renewal dates are all over the place, ownership records aren’t always clean, DNS changes get harder to track, and transfers suddenly become a bigger headache than they should be.

That’s probably the part I find most interesting here. Curious how people on NP are handling this once an reseller moves beyond just a handful of names.

 

[HelmutsHelmuts is verified member.]

ohh... you've hit the nail on its head

.. what are your processes for randomly checking the system and registered domains? .. for me - still, mostly manual process (on the top to the WHMCS dashboard that we use)

 

[DomainPro12]

DNS history matters when acquiring domains. Check Wayback Machine and past DNS records. A domain with a history of spam or malware will carry that reputation baggage even after you clean it up.