One of the most common mistakes I've seen in past projects: the domain and hosting registered under the designer's or agency's name, not the business owner's. It seems like a small detail at delivery time, but its impact shows up later — exactly when you need it least.
What's the actual problem? The domain (your site's name) and hosting (where your site's files are stored) each have a user account with a specific provider. If that account is registered under the designer's name instead of yours, they are the legal and technical owner of your site — not you.
What happens if communication with the designer breaks down? If you need to renew the domain, move hosting, or even access any technical setting, you're entirely dependent on a third party's cooperation with no guarantee it continues. There are real cases where business owners lost their domain entirely because of exactly this.
How do you make sure you're protected? Ask directly when contracting: "Will the domain and hosting be registered under my own name or my business's?" If the answer is unclear, or "don't worry, I'll manage everything," that's a signal worth paying attention to.
How do we handle it at Moha? The domain and hosting (if part of your project's scope) are registered in your name directly from day one — you're the full, legal owner, and we help with the technical setup on top of your ownership, not instead of it.
This small detail actually determines who owns your digital presence — it's worth clarifying before any contract, regardless of who you work with.