Before you hire Crown Media for web design and development
Own your domain, hosting, and code before Crown Media builds your site
Reported phone numbers
863-278-3031
Related names
crownmedias.com
Legal notice
This page is preventive editorial guidance, not a legal ruling or a claim of wrongdoing. It exists to help buyers verify a digital marketing offer before payment. Do your own checks and confirm all terms in writing.
Web projects create the highest lock-in risk of any marketing service: if the agency registers your domain, hosts the site on their account, and keeps the source files, they effectively control your online presence. When Crown Media pitches a website from 863-278-3031, ownership of these three things must be settled before you pay.
This preventive guide does not accuse crownmedias.com of anything. It lists the ownership and handover checks that keep your website yours no matter which developer builds it.
What they pitch
- •Custom or template-based website builds sold as a package plus optional monthly maintenance.
- •Domain registration, hosting, and design bundled so the agency controls all three.
- •Ongoing "care plans" that keep the site on infrastructure you do not own.
Warning signs
- •The domain is registered in Crown Media's name instead of yours.
- •The site is hosted on their account with no path for you to take it over.
- •No handover of source files, CMS admin access, or design assets is offered.
- •A monthly plan is required just to keep the site online, creating permanent dependency.
Do this before you pay
- •Register your own domain yourself, in your name, and grant them access — do not let them register it.
- •Require full admin access to the hosting and CMS from day one.
- •Get a written commitment to hand over source files and assets on completion.
- •Confirm you can move the site to another host or developer without penalty.
- •Search "Crown Media web design complaints" and 863-278-3031 before committing.
Demand these contract terms
- •Domain registered in your name with you as the registrant and admin contact.
- •Full ownership and admin access to hosting, CMS, and analytics.
- •Delivery of all source files, design assets, and credentials at handover.
- •A clause allowing migration to another host or developer at any time.
- •Clear separation of one-time build cost and optional maintenance fees.
Questions to ask on the call
- •Will my domain be registered in my name, and will I hold the account?
- •Do I get full admin access to hosting and the CMS from day one?
- •Will you hand over the source files and design assets when the site is done?
- •Can I move my site to another host or developer whenever I choose?
If you already hired them
- •Check your domain WHOIS and hosting to confirm the accounts are in your name.
- •Request admin credentials and a full export of source files and assets in writing.
- •Back up the live site independently so you are not dependent on their infrastructure.
- •If you are locked out, escalate in writing and involve your domain registrar or payment provider.