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Cheat sheet: Who controls it

The 27 terms of this lesson, part by part, with the French word a team in France would use.

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1. Control follows the account, not the invoice

Accountcompte
the record a site keeps for one person on its servers, which they reach by logging in from any device.
Google Business Profilefiche d'établissement Google
the listing that Google shows for a place, with its address, opening hours and reviews.
Renewalrenouvellement
paying again for a service before it ends, such as a domain name each year, so that it keeps working.
Adminadministrateur
the role that can do everything in a service, including adding and removing other accounts.
Domain namenom de domaine
the readable name of a website, such as leboncoin.fr, which its owner rents by the year.

2. Fix it while everyone can still be reached

Handoverpassation
the moment when the builders give the site, its accounts and its documents to the client.
Shared mailboxboîte mail partagée
a company email address that several people can read, such as an address for the whole web team.
Adminadministrateur
the role that can do everything in a service, including adding and removing other accounts.
Transfer codecode de transfert, code AUTH
a code from the current holder's account, needed to move a domain name to another account.
Registrarregistrar, bureau d'enregistrement
a company that sells and renews domain names, such as OVH or Gandi.

3. Someone in charge after the launch

Launchlancement, mise en ligne
the moment a site first opens to the public, with real users and real data.
Ownerresponsable
the person inside an organisation whose job includes a service: watching it, getting it fixed and answering its users.
Maintenance contractcontrat de maintenance
an agreement where a provider looks after a site for a fixed yearly price and promises how fast it will react.
Shared mailboxboîte mail partagée
a company email address that several people can read, such as an address for the whole web team.
Uptime monitoringmonitoring, supervision
a service that checks a site every few minutes and alerts you when it stops answering.
Handoverpassation
the moment when the builders give the site, its accounts and its documents to the client.

4. A way out from each provider

Lock-indépendance au fournisseur
the situation where leaving a tool is hard, because your site and data only work inside it.
Data exportexport des données
a copy of your data that a service lets you download, so you can move it to another tool.
Platformplateforme
a ready-made online service where many organisations run their site or shop, such as Shopify or HelloAsso.
Reversibility clauseclause de réversibilité
the part of a contract that says how the client gets its data and code back, and in which format, when it ends.
Terms of serviceconditions d'utilisation
the rules a service sets for its use, including its limits and prices, which it can change.
Domain namenom de domaine
the readable name of a website, such as leboncoin.fr, which its owner rents by the year.

5. What to ask

Ownerresponsable
the person inside an organisation whose job includes a service: watching it, getting it fixed and answering its users.
Adminadministrateur
the role that can do everything in a service, including adding and removing other accounts.
Lock-indépendance au fournisseur
the situation where leaving a tool is hard, because your site and data only work inside it.
Reversibility clauseclause de réversibilité
the part of a contract that says how the client gets its data and code back, and in which format, when it ends.
Handoverpassation
the moment when the builders give the site, its accounts and its documents to the client.

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