@Pete-S said in Manage domains and DNS for customers?:
Is there a good way to manage domain renewals and DNS settings on behalf of a customer?
Basically handle everything and then invoice the customer. But the customer should still legally own the domain(s).
Anyone granted access to log in to the registrar can become the sole owner by transferring the registration to someplace that no one else has access to.
Without any legal contracts stating clearly how it all works, the legal owner is whoever is paying for it. That would be you, not them, in the scenario listed.
IANAL, but barring things like previously trademarked names, a company would likely not win (assuming cost of litigation is not an issue) in court if you said they did not own the right to their domain registration.