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The Voice of LogicBoxes – Vol. 5

Posted on by Amreen Bhujwala

Welcome to the 5th edition of the Voice of LogicBoxes!

It’s been a very eventful 2013 so far with multiple TLD launches, numerous product additions, and improvements for your Supersite and control panels. Not to forget, a new and exciting feature on OrderBox, to further improve your customer experience. Read on!

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

1. DOMAIN NAMES

  • New Introductions: We’ve added the following extensions on board the platform in the past 6 months –
    • .PW
    • .CN
    • .IN.NET &
    • .COM.DE

2. WEB PRODUCTS

  • Single Domain Hosting : A new version of Single Domain Hosting has been introduced which allows mail to be handled through cPanel

  • New version for DIY Website Builder: Our DIY website builder has been updated and incorporates 20+ new & exciting themes, additional unique fonts, better drag & drop functionality and much more!

  • Introducing Softaculous: We’ve deployed Softaculous as our one-click installer across all Single & Multi-domain hosting packages

  • LogicBoxes Open-Source WHMCS Modules now available: You can now add Single Domain, Multi Domain and Reseller Hosting packages (Linux/Windows hosted on geo-located servers), Email solutions and Website Builder to your current offering through these completely Open-Source WHMCS Modules

CONTROL PANEL UPDATES

  • Updated WHOIS Template: A new refined template for WHOIS has been introduced that displays the Registrar name in the WHOIS, without any need for coding changes

  • Revamped Bulk Tools: Basis the feedback we’ve received from Uservoice and via emails, we’ve made major changes to our Bulk tools (Renewals, Suspensions, Locking, etc.) to make it easier and faster to place bulk requests in the system

  • OrderBox System Mails revamped: Email notifications for every purchase in the system have been streamlined to deliver a better messaging structure to users

  • Bulk Renewal Module improvements: This module has been made more efficient to provide a better, hassle-free experience to users

  • New Unique API Key: In order to secure the API connections to our system, we’ve introduced an API key that can be used to authenticate API calls

  • Cloudflare on Hosting Packages: The robust service that protects and accelerates the performance of websites has been implemented on our hosting packages. Features of Cloudflare include a strong content delivery network, better security and in-depth analytics

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE INDUSTRY!

  • SMS Alerts: We’ve provisioned SMS alerts for specific events/actions that take place on OrderBox. As of now, renewal reminders, alerts for low funds, etc. are being communicated via SMS to users. Work is on in full swing to ensure that this medium is leveraged to the fullest so that system information is readily available to users in a timely manner!

That’s all for now folks! Stay tuned, much more awesome stuff coming your way this year…

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The Voice of LogicBoxes – Vol. 4

Posted on by admin

Here’s the fourth edition of the Voice of LogicBoxes folks!

We’ve covered all the key system enhancements and product additions, from the past 6 months, that will extend your experience of your system. Do give us a shout out if you have any questions!

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

1. DOMAIN NAMES

  • New Introductions: We’ve added 4 new extensions to the system –
    • .SX
    • .PRO
    • .NL &
    • .PW

    .SX and .PW are the newest TLDs to be re-introduced in the market. It should be interesting to see the success they can achieve before the new gTLD program kicks in later this year.

  • Internationalized Domain Names: IDNs have been introduced for .INFO, .ORG, .BIZ and .EU on the platform which will definitely help in increasing the adoption rates for these extensions, especially in non-English speaking countries

  • Super September: We ran successful promotions across a suite of domain name extensions in September 2012. With the overwhelming success of this project, we’re looking at creating this magic again in 2013!

2. WEB PRODUCTS

  • Geo –located Hosting has been rolled out for all single domain, multi-domain and reseller hosting flavors, across US, UK and India

  • Windows Reseller Hosting too has been introduced in the system and come with Plesk and WHMCS control panels

SYSTEM UPDATES

  • SuperSite 2 Rollout to all Registrars: The new Supersite has a better intuitive flow and enhances the experience of every customer – irrespective of whether they want to simply purchase a single domain or are looking at buying an entire website setup. A ton of new features like IDN support, easier customer signup flow, etc. also feature on this new interface

  • Extra secure Password Resets: As part of the many security enhancements to OrderBox, the process for retrieving forgotten and old passwords has been revamped to create a more secure environment

  • OrderBox System Mails revamped: Email notifications for every purchase in the system have been streamlined to deliver a better messaging structure to users

  • Bulk Renewal Module improvements: This module has been made more efficient to provide a better, hassle-free experience to users

  • Improved Domain Search Results via the API: This update provides more wholesome information about the queried domain name

  • Cloudflare on Hosting Packages: The robust service that protects and accelerates the performance of websites has been implemented on our hosting packages. Features of Cloudflare include a strong content delivery network, better security and in-depth analytics

That’s it for now folks. For queries, do comment and let us know!

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Top 10 Most Popular TLDs now on OrderBox!

Posted on by Amreen Bhujwala

We’ve recently added .NL and .CN to our TLD portfolio on OrderBox. With this update, the top 10 most popular TLDs are now available on OrderBox. For reference, this list includes the 9 largest TLDs available in the market today! (Source: VeriSign DNIB, Dec ’12)

About .NL

.NL – the ccTLD for Netherlands, was introduced in the year 1986 and is the first ccTLD ever to be registered. Currently .NL is the 5th largest ccTLD by count in the world and the 9th largest TLD overall. The year on year trends of .NL domain names is given below.

About .CN

.CN, the ccTLD for China, was introduced in the year 1990. Currently .CN is the 4th largest ccTLD by count and 8th largest TLD overall. The year on year trends of .CN domain names is given below.

Registrars: Please contact your respective Account Managers for more details on these two new TLDs available on OrderBox.