I think southplatte's way of breaking this down is very useful. Essentially the domain is already mine and has been for a number of years now. In terms of content the vast majority of this is and will continue to be user generated both by visitors and the member artists. I assume therefore that this content would also continue to belong to me (having said that I wonder if some unscruplous developers could argue that content generated through their CMS is theirs!!).

There does seem to be quite a few compainies out there which offer similar arrangements. Many offer a chioce between the two options.

It would be useful to know if anyone has actually entered into such an arrangement and could give feedback on their experience. Especially if they have tried to either sell or move the website.