How are digital company accounts opened in the company’s name, who should own the domain?
A digital company’s (dijital şirket) accounts are opened in the company’s name: the domain and hosting are registered with the trade name and tax number; social media, WhatsApp Business and measurement accounts are tied to a company e-mail; the founder and agency are administrators, not owners. The rule does not come from the law; it protects the company’s assets in a partnership, a transfer or a split. The Ministry of Industry and Technology had not published its digital company definition as of October 2026, when this guide was updated; no regulation on account ownership is expected either (Vircon Legal, 18 June 2026).
What this means for you: every account opened in the week you incorporate behaves like the property of whoever opened it. A company tied to the founder’s phone and personal e-mail is locked out when the founder changes. Our digital company page, where we collect every question on the topic, covers this question with the other setup questions.
Why should digital company accounts be in the company’s name, what if they are in a person’s name?
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- Ownership and use are not the same thing
- A company tied to the founder’s phone
- Where the lock jams in a transfer or partnership
Because an account is the door where the company meets customers, and the key must stay with the company. Opened in a person’s name, the key stays with the person. When the company grows, a partner changes or the company is sold, the difference shows overnight.
Ownership and use are not the same thing
The daily user may be the founder, a social media manager or the agency. Using is not owning. Ownership is set by the registrant: the registration details for a domain, the linked e-mail and phone for an account.
A company tied to the founder’s phone
The most common picture: the domain on the founder’s personal e-mail, WhatsApp on the personal line, Instagram on the same phone. When the founder loses the phone or changes the number, the company closes to its customers. A company line and e-mail break this chain.
Where the lock jams in a transfer or partnership
If a partner leaves and the domain is in their name, it becomes a bargaining chip. If the company is sold and the accounts cannot be transferred, the buyer gets the trade name, not the site and followers. The company passport idea in a Dünya column of 28 September 2026 points the same way: verified company information belongs to the company, not a person.
Who should the domain and hosting be registered to, how is the form filled in?
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- Registrant: trade name, tax number, registry address
- Administrative e-mail: a company address, not a personal one
- Renewal date and payment stay with the company
The domain and hosting are registered in the company’s name. The registrant field takes the trade name, tax number and trade registry address. The administrative e-mail is a company address. Our guide to domain name and trade name alignment covers how the domain should match the trade name.
Registrant: trade name, tax number, registry address
On the registration form, the organisation field takes the full trade name, the ID field the tax number, the address field the registry address. The contact field may name the founder; it shows the authorised person, not the owner. With a virtual office address, the registration address is still the registry address.
Administrative e-mail: a company address, not a personal one
The e-mail on the domain and hosting panel must be a company address; renewal notices, password resets and transfer approvals arrive there. A panel tied to a personal address becomes unreachable when that person leaves. The company e-mail is opened with the domain, and its password is held by two people.
Renewal date and payment stay with the company
The domain and hosting renew yearly. The renewal date goes in the company calendar; payment comes from the company account. A domain paid with the founder’s personal card lapses when the card is cancelled, and the site goes down. In the campaign, the domain and one year of hosting are registered in the company’s name, with renewal details handed over at delivery.
How are social media accounts opened in the company’s name, is Instagram a rented shop window?
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- Opening with the company e-mail and company line
- Instagram and the others: a window subject to platform rules
- One name across three accounts: trade name, domain, username
Three social media accounts are opened with the company e-mail and company line, with usernames matching the domain. But these accounts are not company property; each is a shop window under the platform’s rules. The window is valuable; the shop is the website.
Opening with the company e-mail and company line
At sign-up, the e-mail field takes the company address and the phone field the company line. Two-step verification is tied to the company line, so password resets and security alerts reach the company. Converting a personal account into a business account leaves ownership with the person; a new account is opened with company details.
Instagram and the others: a window subject to platform rules
A platform account can be closed, access restricted, rules changed; the follower list cannot be exported. So an Instagram, LinkedIn or YouTube account is a rented shop window. Every post in the window should lead to the site and its 108 articles. The site does not close; if a window closes, a new one is connected to the same site.
One name across three accounts: trade name, domain, username
The username matches the domain; the profile name uses the registered trade name or its short form. All three accounts carry the same name, logo, address and phone. AI systems recognise the company from this consistency.
How are WhatsApp Business, Google Business Profile and measurement accounts tied to the company?
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- WhatsApp Business is opened on the company line
- Google Business Profile: the company account owns, people manage
- GA4 and Search Console ownership stays with the company
WhatsApp Business is opened on the company line; Google Business Profile and measurement accounts on the company e-mail. In all three the company account owns; the founder and agency are added as administrators.
WhatsApp Business is opened on the company line
WhatsApp Business uses a line in the company’s name, not the founder’s personal number. The profile shows the trade name, address, working hours and website. The line stays with the company; the person holding the phone may change, the number does not.
Google Business Profile: the company account owns, people manage
The profile is opened with the company e-mail; the founder and agency are added as managers. How a company with a virtual office address appears on the map is in our guide to virtual office companies on the map. The profile name matches the trade name on the site.
GA4 and Search Console ownership stays with the company
The GA4 account and Search Console property are opened with the company e-mail. The agency works as administrator; at delivery the rights stay with the company and the agency’s access is removed on request. Measurement data is the company’s history; if the agency owns the account, the history goes with the agency.
What happens to accounts in a partnership, a split or a transfer, how are rights shared?
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- One owner, many administrators
- Three jobs when a partner leaves
- How rights are given when working with an agency
One owner, many administrators: that is the rule. The company account owns; founders, employees and the agency administer. When a partner leaves, their rights are removed and ownership does not change. One clause goes in the agreement: digital assets belong to the company.
One owner, many administrators
Every account has one owner: the company e-mail. The owner password is held by two authorised people and kept in a safe. Administrators sign in with their own accounts; no shared password is handed out.
Three jobs when a partner leaves
First, remove the departing partner’s administrator rights on every account. Second, renew the owner password and two-step verification. Third, update the authorised person field in the domain and hosting registration. The three take a day; if the accounts were in the company’s name from the start, no bargaining is needed.
How rights are given when working with an agency
The agency is an administrator on every account, not an owner. The domain and hosting panel stays with the company; the agency gets technical access. When the work ends, access is removed and the assets stay. Technical maintenance of accounts in our digital consulting service runs by this rule.
Who opens the accounts, in what order in the first week after incorporation?
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- First the company e-mail and the company line
- Then the domain, hosting, measurement and accounts
- A handover list is required at delivery
Opening the accounts in the company’s name starts the day the registration certificate reaches you. The accountant handles registration itself; its steps are in our guide to setting up with MERSİS, e-signature and KEP. The digital accounts are opened with that certificate and finished in a week.
First the company e-mail and the company line
Day one brings two things: a company e-mail tied to the domain and a phone line in the company’s name. Every other account will hang on these two, so the order does not change. An account opened without a company e-mail must be migrated later, and migrating is more trouble than opening anew.
Then the domain, hosting, measurement and accounts
Day two: the domain and hosting are registered with the company’s details. Day three: GA4 and Search Console on the company e-mail. Days four and five: the 3 social media accounts, WhatsApp Business and Google Business Profile. In the My Digital Company (Dijital Şirketim Olsun) campaign this sequence comes with the domain and the site, as a single package for TL 36,000 + VAT.
A handover list is required at delivery
At delivery, every account’s name, linked e-mail, linked line, owner and administrators are written on a single page. This list is the company’s digital title deed, opened when the company takes on a partner or is sold. Without it, accounts are hunted down one by one, and some are never found.
Quick Summary
- The domain and hosting are registered with the company’s trade name, tax number and registry address; the administrative e-mail is a company address.
- The 3 social media accounts, WhatsApp Business and measurement accounts are tied to the company e-mail and company line.
- Every account has one owner, the company; founder, partners and agency are administrators. When a partner leaves, three jobs take a day.
- Platform accounts such as Instagram are a rented shop window; the lasting asset is the site and its 108 articles.
- The Ministry’s digital company definition had not been published as of October 2026; open legal questions such as bank accounts are in Vircon Legal’s 18 June 2026 article.
Short Glossary
- Registrant
- Registrant is the registration field used to state who legally owns a domain name.
- Administrator rights
- Administrator rights are the access level given to use and edit an account without owning it.
- Company e-mail
- Company e-mail is the e-mail address opened on the company’s domain and used to tie the company’s accounts.
Frequently Asked Questions
Next Step
If you want every asset, from domain to measurement accounts, opened in the company’s name and handed over with a transfer list, book a discovery call on our digital company page; 12 companies are taken this period, last day 16 November 2026.
The definition and conditions of the digital company scheme are not final yet; support amounts and conditions may change. Check the latest information with the Ministry of Industry and Technology, KOSGEB and the Official Gazette before deciding. This is not legal or financial advice.
Sources: Vircon Legal, Is the digital company coming to Türkiye? (18 June 2026) · Dünya, Ertan Barut on Türkiye’s digital company model (28 September 2026) · KOSGEB, Entrepreneur Support Programme renewed (12 October 2026)
Updated: October 2026
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A transfer is possible, but changing the registrant takes extra steps and usually verification. Registering with the company’s details the day the certificate arrives is shorter. With partners, a domain in a person’s name becomes a bargaining chip.
No. A platform account is a right of use under the platform’s rules; it can be closed, and followers cannot be exported. It is opened with company details, but the lasting asset is the site under the domain. The window should lead to the site.
When the agency changes, the accounts, measurement history and sometimes the domain stay with the agency. The right setup: the company e-mail owns, the agency administers. When the work ends, access is removed and the assets stay.