New TLDs For Domain Registration / Transfer

New top-level-domains (TLD) have been made available for registration and transfer through the Domain Manager of you Control panel. More TLDs give you a chance to get a domain name that will fit better to the purpose and the target-group of your website.

The new TLDs that you can order now are:
.cc  .tv  .name  .cn  .com.cn  .net.cn  .org.cn  .tw  .com.tw  .idv.tw  .org.tw

The TLDs that we have been offering for registration so far are:
.com  .net  .org  .biz  .us  .info 

To see the new TLDs, select the Register / Transfer tab in your Domain Manager, or click the Register / Transfer button in the Upgrades menu.

In the Register / Transfer page you can select the box under the domain search bar for the TLDs that you would like to be included in the search. Please note that the pricing varies for the various TLDs and you can check it in the table that is on the right hand-side in the same page.

In order to see what the features of the TLDs are, (which can have ID Protect, which you can lock, etc.) just click the TLD Info link and all the information will be displayed in a table.

NOTE: If you can’t find those TLDs in the Domain Manager of your web hosting Control panel, please submit a trouble ticket to our support in order to receive instructions on how to order such domain names.

Continue Reading August 13th, 2007

WHOIS / ID Protect Service Available

Today we are launching a new service that concerns the security of your domain names. The service is called ID Protect (also known as WHOIS / ID Protect) and is purposed to protect your personal or business information displayed in the WHOIS from spammers, fraudsters and solicitors who use the WHOIS data (e-mail addresses, phone numbers, etc.) illegally. In other words, once the service is activated, the registrar will display fictitious details in the WHOIS, so that the real information will stay hidden, but all the e-mails that are sent to the fictitious e-mail address will be filtered and forwarded to the actual e-mail address set in the WHOIS.

The ID Protect service can be ordered only for domain names registered with us, and has its own expiration date that is not related to the expiration date of the domain name. Another important thing is that this service is available for the .com / .net / .org / .biz / .info TLDs, but is not supported by country domain names like the .us TLD.

Let’s see how to activate WHOIS protection for your domains.

ID Protect for new domain(s)
	Just start the domain registration process from the Register / Transfer tab in the Domain Manager of the web control panel. At the top of the page, where you must setup the WHOIS information and order the service, you will see the domain name(s) that you have selected with the option to choose whether you want to activate ID Protect service and for how many years. When a domain is registered and the ID Protect service is activated, a green-shield-icon will be displayed in the Domain Manager. A single click on the icon will allow you to enable or disable the service.
ID Protect for already registered domain(s)
	There are three ways to order ID Protect for domain(s) that have been registered with us. The easiest way is to get into the Domain Manager and there click the Add link in the ID Protect column for the domain that you want to protect. The other way is to use the Quick Controls option in the upper-left corner of the web Control panel. In the panel with the information for the domain that you have selected, you will find a WHOIS section with an Order ID Protect link. If you have activated the service for that domain, in place of this link there will be a Manage ID Protect link that will allow you to enable or disable the protection. The third way to order the ID Protect service is to choose the Edit WHOIS option in the Domain Manager and to choose the green Order WHOIS / ID Protection link that is available there.
Management of ID Protect service
	ID Protect service that is already active can be enabled or disabled at any time. This can be done using the Manage ID Protect link located in the Quick Controls panel of the domain names, or with a single click on the green shield for the selected domain name in the Domain Manager. It is recommendable that you disable the ID Protect service, when you are attempting to transfer a domain name away to another registrar, in order to approve the transfer request that is usually sent via e-mail.

Continue Reading August 1st, 2007

Auto-hosting for New Domain Names

As you know, in April we launched the new Domain Manager with a lot of new features and an improved usability, but we did not stop there. We have implemented a new feature that we bet you’ll like. Until now, each domain that you registered or transferred through the Domain Manager had to be manually added to the Hosted Domains to work with your web hosting account. Although it didn’t seem to be a big problem, an additional action was required by you and knowing that time is money, we have tried to save some of yours.

More details about the new feature

	The domain order procedure has been changed slightly and now it is smart enough to ask you whether you want to host the domain that you are registering, instead of leaving it with a “floating” status and use it at a later time.
	But what if the web hosting plan that you have now does not allow you to host additional domains? Well, the system will check if your plan has available domain hosting slots and if there aren’t, it will suggest the most appropriate upgrade option.
	At the last step, the complete information about the services that you have selected is displayed, so that you can see clearly what you are going to order and what the price for each service is.

This improved order procedure makes it possible to register/transfer domain names and get them ready for use more easily than before. Having this in mind, we hope that you would consider taking advantage of this new functionality of the Domain Manager.

Continue Reading June 26th, 2007