Leasing or Renting a Domain

[Jason]

Who has done it or considered it? What are some pros and cons? How about if you're the one doing the renting and leasing?

 

[David1]

I've considered it a few more than a few times over the last 10 years. As I understand it, it allows you to let someone create a forum or website, by linking the record information of the domain you own to their hosting account.

Pros? Being able to charge a fee to cover the cost of domain renewal, charging fees to cover the use of a potential premium domain (which are usually expensive to purchase), ability to negotiate how the domain is used in relation to the site being set up, and any other potential earnings that might allow you to make a tidy profit off of the domain.

Cons? The person might eventually think that they own the domain, so they would get angry if you don't transfer official control over to them. They might end up not living up to the agreement made, to be able to use the domain for the website in question that they want to setup and run using that domain.

 

[Kane]

I have never leased or rented a domain but I have see a lot of people offering domains on lease or rents. However, I don't know who owns the domain during the lease and what happens after the lease term ends. I see some domains have monthly installments for people to make instead of one big payment, I also do not know how this actually works.