Make sure you own your website, apps and accounts
Why domains, code, app store accounts and ad accounts must be in your name, and how to check today.
EvoAstra team14 Nov 2026 · 3 min read- Register domains, hosting and store accounts in your company's name
- Agencies should be added as users, not owners
- Keep a list of every account and who has access
One of the most painful situations for a business is discovering that a former developer, agency or employee owns its domain, hosting, app store account or Instagram page. It happens more often than you might think.
- Domain name
- Hosting and server
- Source code repository
- Google Play and App Store
- Google Business Profile
- Social media pages
- Ad accounts
- Marketplace seller accounts
Why it matters
If someone else owns an account, they control it. A dispute, a lost password or someone leaving can lock you out of your own website, app or customer reviews.
How it should work
Accounts should be created with your company's details and an email address you control. Agencies and freelancers get added as users with appropriate access, which you can remove when the work ends.
- Developer's personal email
- Agency is the owner
- No list of accounts
- Company email
- Agency added as user
- Shared access register
Source code
Your contract should say that you own the code and designs created for you once paid for, and that you receive the code in a repository you control.
Check today
Make a list of every account, the email it is registered to, who has access and when it renews. Fix anything registered to a personal or third-party account.
- 1List all accounts
- 2Check registered owner
- 3Move to company email
- 4Review user access
- 5Store securely
Our policy
At EvoAstra, code, domains, stores and ad accounts are always registered in the client's name.
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