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It’s Raining Promos This July!

Posted on July 7, 2017Simran Mehta

July is here in full swing and we’ve got a bunch of exciting domain name promos which won’t burn a hole in your resellers’/customers’ pockets!

For the whole of July, you can offer your customers over 40 fun & attractive TLDs at heavily discounted prices.

What Promos are available this month?

Even though .COM & .NET continue to be the most sought after TLDs among the masses, new gTLDs are steadily making their way through.

Read on to know more about our latest additions for this month:

Who Can Use These TLDs?

– Are your customers looking at adding a personal touch to their blogs, businesses or websites? .ME domain is the perfect choice to help them carve their own memorable identity on the internet. It’s short, easy to remember and versatile.
Promo Price: $3.99

– This TLD is perfect for fashion enthusiasts who are looking to showcase their fashion skills or those who have the passion for all the latest trends that are ruling the fashion industry. Right from online boutiques to fashion bloggers, this domain is just the right pick.
Promo Price: $8.49

– The .GARDEN domain namespace is a designated platform for professional gardeners, landscape architects and urban designers. Offer this niche TLD to your customers who are looking at starting up their business in this profession. Hurry!
Promo Price: $6.49

– .COLLEGE is a non-restricted TLD, apt for all colleges, schools, universities or for institutes associated with knowledge. Apart from the obvious option, it also makes for an interesting TLD choice for campus-friendly businesses such as cafés, bookstores and stationary shops.
Promo Price: $6.99

Take a look at the top-most lucrative promos we have in store for you, in addition to the ones mentioned above:

TLD	Promo Price
.ASIA	$1.99
.CLUB	$0.99
.INFO	$3.99
.ONLINE (Global)	$6.99
.ONLINE (Only India)	INR 95
.ROCKS	$2.99
.SPACE	$3.69
*.STORE	$5.99
.TOP	$1.99
.WEBSITE	$3.99

*.Store – Promo begins 8th July.

In addition to these, we have 5 renewal promos:

TLD	Promo Price
*.TOP	$4.99
.ONLINE	$19.99
.WEBSITE	$9.99
.SITE	$14.99
.TECH	$24.99

View our entire list of domain name promos here. We hope you make the most of these promos. Happy selling!

Announcements, Current Promos, Registries

.PRO Now Available on OrderBox

Posted on August 6, 2012admin

We are pleased to announce that .PRO is now LIVE on OrderBox. This is the latest addition to the basket of TLDs available on the platform.

We also have an exiciting introductory promotion on this TLD that provides discounted pricing on registrations! Registrars, please contact your respective Account Managers for details on this promo and to get marketing collaterals.

Background on .PRO:
Launched in June 2004, .PRO is the Top-Level Domain for professionals across the world. Registrations were initially restricted to lawyers, accountants, physicians and engineers in France, Canada, Germany, UK and the US.

However in September 2008, it was relaunched as a TLD open to a wider audience of certified professionals across the world.

As of July 2012, over 160,000 .PRO domains have been registered by users all over the world. Moreover, it has seen an immense growth in monthly additions by achieving an average of 6,500 .PRO domains registered every month.

What is the use of a .PRO domain name?
Using a .PRO domain automatically identifies the registrant to their customer base as an accredited expert in their field. Any licensed professional, business and organization is eligible to register a .PRO domain.

As per the current .PRO registration data, the most common registrant professions include Consulting, Real Estate, Engineering, Internet, Law & Information Technology.

Consequently, you can use a domain name for any of the following uses:

Promote a business
Use it as a digital calling card
Personal website
Commerce Site
Personal/Corporate blog

Announcements, Current Promos, Voice of LogicBoxes

The Voice of LogicBoxes – Vol. 3

Posted on July 25, 2012admin

Welcome to the 3rd edition of the Voice of LogicBoxes – our bi-annual newsletter on the OrderBox platform. We’ve been mighty busy these past few months in enhancing the functionality and usability of the system. And here’s a select list of important updates that have been implemented in the past 6 months:

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

New Domain Extension: .RU has been successfully launched on the OrderBox platform. Registrars can now provide the following extensions to their customers – .RU, .COM.RU, .NET.RU, .ORG.RU
New Product: Reseller Hosting has been introduced in the system. Registrars can now sell both Windows and Linux Reseller Hosting with industry-leading Control Panels like WHMCS & Plesk
New Product: Multi-Domain Hosting on Windows & Linux is now available. This is a feature that a lot of Registrars had requested and we trust that this offering will help them to create a more wholesome portfolio!

SYSTEM CHANGES

Customer Control Panels have been revamped to make them more intuitive and to increase their effectiveness from a user experience perspective. In addition, the navigation structure has been streamlined and includes a clear ‘Buy’ button for all purchase-related actions
Registrar & Reseller Dashboards too have been enhanced in functionality to put frequently-used functions within closer reach of users. This includes a suite of tasks like renewal management, global search, listing available funds, etc.
The ‘Order Preview’ module has been added to OrderBox. This allows users to get a quick overview of a particular order and facilitates speedy management of orders in general
Work on revamping system-generated emails has begun. This will incorporate the feedback we’ve received from users over the past few months and will ensure that customers receive crisp and to-the-point e-mail communication
We’ve moved .UK over to EPP and have made significant changes to streamline its API functionality
The CSV Reports module has been revamped. The new enhancements provide more accurate and wholesome business data that can be used to draw trends and statistics
The Transfer-in process has been revamped to make it easier for customers to transfer in their domains to the system without using an Authorization Code
The Upgrade/Downgrade logic on the SuperSite has been shifted from a monthly calculation to a daily one. This will ensure that more accurate pro-rata figures are calculated

That’s it for this edition of the Voice of LogicBoxes. If you have any queries about the same feel free to comment and let us know!

Pic courtesy – @Doug88888

Announcements, Current Promos, ICANN Announcements, Industry News

Rise of the New gTLDs

Posted on June 26, 2012admin

ICANN has recently publicized the list of new gTLD applicants and the strings that will compete with the 22 existing generic TLDs and 290 odd ccTLDs that exist today.

A total of 1930 applications have been received. These constitute 1409 unique strings. Over the next couple of year, some of these strings will be open for public use and will most certainly change the way we use the internet on a day-to-day basis!

Here’s more details on the applications –

Top Contested TLDs:

.App (13 applicants)
.Home (11 applicants)
.Inc (11 applicants)
.Art (10 applicants)
.Blog (9 applicants)
.Book (9 applicants)
.LLC (9 applicants)
.Shop (9 applicants)

Classification of TLDs:

1137 Generics
643 Brands
84 Community
66 Geographic
116 IDNs (covering 12 scripts)

Global Distribution of TLDs:

911 from North America
675 from Europe
303 from the Asia-Pacific region
24 from Latin America and the Caribbean and
17 from Africa

Largest Applicants (in terms of no. of applications submitted) include:

Donuts – 307
Google – 101
Amazon – 76
TLDH – 71
Famous Four Media – 60
Uniregistry – 54
Radix – 31
Afilias – 31

The entire list of applicant details can be found on ICANN’s Website.

You can get more information about the new gTLD process on http://newgtlds.icann.org. Further insights can be gained on ICANNWiki’s New gTLD page as well.

Pic courtesy newgtlds.icann.org