Hostgator owns the domain?

Hi - I have read in places that Hostgator will own the domain once I sign up for hosting (i.e. whois will show hostgator).

How would I change the name to my own name in case I wanted to transfer to another host afterwards - or is this not possible/chargeable?

Thanks

Not so. Use your registrars tools to place your name within whois indexes. i.e Technical contact/Web admin/your address etc. Besides the only person who owns a domain is the person with access to it's DNS via a password hence it is crucial that your domain details and login remains strictly private.

Hope this helps.
Chipfryer

Thanks for that - Im off to sign up

Where would one find the "Registrar Tools" on hostgator? Im a bit dumb unfortunately! Any help would be appreciated.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Where would one find the "Registrar Tools" on hostgator? Im a bit dumb unfortunately! Any help would be appreciated.

Email sales@hostgator.com for access if you don't have it already, if you do you can login at hostgator.com/domains

I spoke to support 2 days ago asking for the password to change the ownership of the domain into my own name (as I paid for the damn thing!!!). They asked me to email them and they would send me the username/password.

Simple request... two days later still being ignored Maybe hostgator dont like losing rights to domain names they didnt pay for!

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I spoke to support 2 days ago asking for the password to change the ownership of the domain into my own name (as I paid for the damn thing!!!). They asked me to email them and they would send me the username/password.

Simple request... two days later still being ignored Maybe hostgator dont like losing rights to domain names they didnt pay for!

Not everything is a conspiracy, we do not hold domain names hostage. Do you have the ticket number to that?