Your website, your domain, your logins. Let us get them back.
The agency will not hand over the admin login. The domain is registered in a former developer's name. The site runs on a proprietary builder you are not allowed to leave. Four Eyes helps organizations regain control of what they paid for, and rebuilds on a platform they own when that is the only way out.
If someone else owns the domain, they own the business's front door.
Whoever is listed as the registrant controls the domain, and with it your website and often your email.
It is rarely malice. Usually a developer registered the domain and hosting in their own account to get started quickly, and it was never moved.
The result is the same either way: when the relationship ends, you discover you cannot log in to your own website.
The domain comes first. Whoever is listed as the registrant controls the domain, and with it your website and often your email. If it is in someone else's name, the first step is a transfer into an account your organization owns. Registrars have dispute and verification processes for this. We help you prepare the request and follow it through. We are developers, not attorneys, so where a contract dispute is involved we will tell you when it is time to call one.
Then hosting and access. With the domain secure, hosting can be moved and administrator access re-established. We take a complete copy of the site first, so nothing is lost if access is cut off.
When the platform is the lock. Some agencies build on proprietary systems that cannot be moved. In that case the way out is a rebuild on WordPress that you own outright: design, code, content, and hosting. We preserve your URLs, content, and search rankings through the move.
How we work afterwards. Everything is registered in your name from day one. You hold the owner accounts. We hold delegated access that you can remove with one click.
Secure the domain, copy the site, move, then lock the doors.
Establish ownership
Who is the registrant, who pays for hosting, what the contract says. A short, factual picture.
Copy everything
A full copy of pages, images, and data taken by whatever access exists, before any dispute escalates.
Move
Domain, DNS, and hosting transferred into your accounts. Or a rebuild on WordPress you own, with URLs preserved.
Lock it down
Old access removed, passwords reset, and a written record of where every account lives.
Often paired with
WordPress Development
A custom WordPress site you own outright: design, code, content, hosting.
WordPress developmentTechnical SEO & AEO
Moves are where rankings are lost. Redirects and metadata handled.
Technical SEO & AEOSecond Opinion Audit
Not sure what is wrong yet? Start with a written read of where the site stands.
Second opinion auditWhat people ask when they are locked out.
Start with the domain. Check who is listed as the registrant. If it is you or your organization, you can point the domain anywhere and rebuild if needed. If it is the agency, registrars have verification and dispute processes for transferring it to the rightful owner. We help you prepare and follow that through.
It depends on your contract, but as a rule you should own the domain registration, the content, and the design you paid for. Some agencies license a proprietary platform that you cannot take with you. We can review what you have and explain it plainly.
Yes. We rebuild on WordPress that you own outright, export your content, and keep your URLs and search rankings intact through redirects and preserved metadata.
Often not. Most cases resolve through the registrar and hosting provider once ownership is shown. Where there is a contract dispute, we will tell you when it is time to involve an attorney. We are developers, not legal counsel.
Register the domain and hosting in accounts your organization owns, with your own email as the owner. Give developers delegated access you can remove. That is how we set up every client.
Tell us what you cannot get into, and who holds it.
The short form is enough to start. An expert reads it and replies within one business day with concrete next steps.
Brief reviewed by an expert within one business day. Thirty-minute call. Written scope within five days.
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