Announcements, Registries

.PW – the Professional Web, Now on OrderBox

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.PW – the Professional Web, is the newest TLD that has been integrated into OrderBox.

Millions of individuals and businesses are turning to the internet to establish a professional online presence. .PW is focused on providing this audience with first-choice names in an open, quality namespace, building the ‘Professional Web’.

The TLD is currently in the Sunrise phase which will last upto the 8th of Feb, 2013. One of the unique things about their Sunrise is the fact that a brand can apply for variations in its Trademark while paying just a single application fee.

Details on Sunrise and the TLD launch schedule can be found on the Registry’s website.

Registrars: Please contact your respective Account managers to get access to white-labeled marketing collaterals

Announcements

Join us for the Webinar on ICANN Accreditation – The Need of the Hour for Web Hosts

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The LogicBoxes team will be running this webinar over at the WHIR.

With the advent of new gTLDs, the focus of power in the Domain industry is firmly moving into the hands of Domain Name Registrars. As a Registrar, you can avail the best pricing from new and existing Registries and also get access to marketing funds that you can use to promote your domains and hosting business.

This webinar will delve into why a Hosting company needs to take its business to the next level with an extra boost from ICANN Accreditation. And it will cover the specifics and advantages of ICANN Accreditation in detail along with real-world examples.

Benefits for attendees:

  • Understand the advantages of becoming a Domain Registrar
  • Why should ICANN Accreditation be a part of your business plans
  • Gain insights from case studies of other Hosting companies that benefited from ICANN Accreditation

Webinar Details:
Topic: “ICANN Accreditation: The Need of the Hour for Web Hosts
Date / Time: Wednesday 5th, December, 2012 at 11:00am to 12:00pm PDT / 2:00pm to 3:00pm EDT
Presenter: Siddharth Taliyan, Sr. Sales Manager, LogicBoxes
Moderator: Liam Eagle, Editor in Chief, Web Host Industry Review

Register for this webinar now!

 

Announcements, ICANN Announcements, Industry News, Press Releases, Registries

.SX – The Hottest New Domain of 2012 is Live on OrderBox!

Posted on by Amreen Bhujwala

.SX, the official ccTLD for St. Maarten, is now available on OrderBox.

Branded as the ‘Hottest new TLD of 2012’, the .SX domain is associated with adult content and falls in the same bucket as .XXX. The .SX Registry is managed by SX Registry SA and they’ve partnered with OpenRegistry to provide the back-end Registry services.

Anyone can register a .SX domain name without any restriction or requirement for local presence on the Island.

Registrars: Please contact your Account managers for introductory pricing and white-labeled marketing collaterals.

Announcements, Current Promos, Registries

.PRO Now Available on OrderBox

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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

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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

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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

  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. We’ve moved .UK over to EPP and have made significant changes to streamline its API functionality
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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!

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