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Partner Focus – NIC.DO Registry

Posted on by Simran Mehta

.DO is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Dominican Republic, the country which is ranked as one of Caribbean’s most visited destination. With an impressive and fast growing economy, there are a lot of small business owners, start-ups and government workers looking at taking their business online, and .DO is just the perfect domain extension for them. For the .DO Registry, the main aim was to migrate to a fully automated platform which would help their customers to streamline their domain management process.

In a quick chat with Clara Angela Collado Vilorio, Domain Administrator at the .DO Registry, she spoke to us about their experience with LogicBoxes.

Articles

8 Things to Look for in a Registrar Automation Platform

Posted on by Amreen Bhujwala

In today’s world, domain name registrars play a very important role in the functioning of the domain name ecosystem. This is in stark contrast from the Registry-dominated industry most of us have been used to seeing over the past decade. After the introduction of New gTLDs, Registrars have been elevated to a strategic and important pedestal because they’re the first contact point to end customers of domain names.Don’t get me wrong, a Registrar doesn’t have it easy in today’s world. They have the added work-load of Registry relationship management, New gTLD integrations onto their platforms and handling complex regulations put in place by ICANN regularly. In this situation, it becomes very important for a Domain Registrar to automate day-to-day operational activities that are mundane so that they can focus on business growth and development activities.

How Does This Article Help?

This article covers a comprehensive list of automation modules that every ICANN-compliant Registrar Automation Platform should offer. If you’re a fresh Registrar that’s evaluating a platform for your new and bigger role in the domain industry, this article will help as a checklist in finding the right ICANN-Accredited platform for your automation needs. If you’re an existing Registrar that’s looking to outsource from legacy systems over to a modern and scalable platform, this article arms you with a list of parameters that you can use to compare your own platform with others in the market today.

The Automation Modules

1. Product Management
– With the introduction of a so many new gTLDs, your platform should help you manage all existing new gTLDs and integrate new ones as and when they go LIVE. It should also help you choose a relevant suite of web products for your user base and have the flexibility to incorporate new products.

2. Customer Management
– Instead of using another tool for CRM, the registrar automation platform should have in-built functionalities for end-to-end customer management including handling of orders, funds, pricing, etc.

3. Reseller Management
– The wholesale channel requires special attention because of the deeper gravity of its operations. It’s important that you empower your resellers with a subset of the tools and automation that you possess as a Registrar.

4. Marketing Management
– Given the online nature of the product, it is a definite value add if you can automatically send out promotional email campaigns from within your automation platform and share new announcements with customers and resellers inside their control panels.

5. Finance & Billing Management
– While most registrars would have a team dedicated to Accounting and Finance, your automation platform should be able to generate invoices, receipts, debit and credit notes, etc. and maintain a log of every financial transaction for bookkeeping purposes.

6. Provisioning Management
– Any registrar automation platform should allow customers to visit the registrar’s retail website, place an order, pay and get it live/active instantly. While this seems like a simple & upfront task, it’s a lot more complex, involving connections with various domain registries, vendors, etc.

7. ICANN Compliance Management
– To retain its Accreditation, every registrar needs to comply with ICANN’s regulations. Working on an ICANN-compliant platform ensures that you have lesser headaches about meeting these requirements that include automated WHOIS reminders, compliance reports, data for compliance audits, etc.

8. Business Continuity
– Every registrar business is unique and so are its requirements. Your platform should have the flexibility to incorporate all your business needs and custom specifications. It should also have the flexibility to scale up and allow you to add unlimited customers, resellers & orders under you.

How Do We Know All This?

Having worked with 100+ Registrar partners, over the years, the above list was built looking at the most common needs of every Registrar that we’ve interacted with at LogicBoxes. If you’d like to learn anything specific or have any questions, please comment below! For details on LogicBoxes’ Registrar Automation Solutions, please visit our website

 

Press Releases

LogicBoxes Announces Vertical Integration Solutions for New gTLDs

Posted on by Amreen Bhujwala

Integrate-Vertically

LogicBoxes, the developer of OrderBox , a Registrar automation product currently used by over 100 ICANN Accredited Registrars, announced the launch of a new solution, ‘Integrate Vertically’, tailored to meet the needs of New gTLD operators.

The solution is meant for those New gTLD operators that wish to set-up a Registrar subsidiary to distribute their TLDs to resellers, end-customers or internal users, without depending exclusively on existing Registrars.

“The electric fence that divided registry and registrar operations since 1999 has been torn down. gTLDs will soon out-number the active Registrars but their shelf space will be very limited. Incumbent Registrars will not be able to focus on all gTLDs as they do today. New gTLD operators need to plan their distribution strategy and evaluate the need to setup a registrar subsidiary” said Sandeep Ramchandani, Business Head of LogicBoxes.

The solution consists of a comprehensive package which offers consultancy to take New gTLD bidders through the ICANN Registrar Accreditation process, front-end and back-end registrar software set-up (using OrderBox), process and compliance management (to ensure that all clients are prepared to manage Registrar functions), and even includes white-labeled end-customer support. Once integrated, all New gTLD clients will be in an advantageous position to channel their string to LogicBoxes’ existing base of 100+ Registrars and 100,000+ Resellers. You can find more information on LogicBoxes’ latest New gTLD offering on their website here: http://www.logicboxes.com/new-gtld-applicants

About LogicBoxes:
LogicBoxes is a Technology & Consultancy Company providing Business Solutions exclusively to the large players of the Web Products & Services Industry – including New gTLD Applicants, ICANN Registrars, Domain Registries, Large Web Hosts and Domain Resellers. LogicBoxes is the world’s premiere ICANN Accreditation Consultancy provider. Over 20% of the world’s ICANN Accredited Registrars have been accredited through the LogicBoxes Consultancy Service. Additionally, LogicBoxes also offers a renowned turnkey SaaS platform – OrderBox, which provides end-to-end business automation to clients. LogicBoxes currently powers over 7 Million domains across the world through an extensive network of over 100+ registrars and 100,000+ resellers.

Announcements

.IN Promo Engine now active.

Posted on by admin

LogicBoxes announces the launch of the .IN Promo Engine that can now be activated from within your Registrar Control Panel.

The .IN TLD is now being offered by the Registry at Rock Bottom Pricing, and the LogicBoxes Promo Engine helps you trickle down this pricing to all your Customers and Resellers, thereby allowing you to make the most of this promotion.

Why .IN?

.IN, a Vanity ccTLD representing the term ‘Internet’, is widely used world over and currently features among the fastest growing ccTLDs. Offering .IN domains at such a low pricing would be an excellent opportunity for you to expand your target market and bring in a wide range of diverse customers.

Furthermore, your Customers can now establish their online presence in India through a .IN domain. Ranked among the largest economic markets, using a .IN domain name, will definitely prove beneficial to your customers.

.IN registrations are freely available to companies, individuals and organizations worldwide and there are no restrictions in terms of nexus information, or other qualifications.