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The Voice of LogicBoxes – Vol. 4

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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!

Events

Catch us at Parallels Summit ‘13!

Posted on by Amreen Bhujwala

The LogicBoxes team will attending the Parallels Summit 2013 at Las Vegas, USA. With over 700 companies and 1200 folks in attendance, the conference has grown since last year!

And we’ll be at the venue to consult on ICANN Accreditation and its important relevance to hosting companies and domain resellers. So if you’re in or around Las Vegas from 4th to 8th of February, you can catch us at The Caesars Palace. You can also schedule a meeting with us in advance here.

Hope to see you there!

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!

Pic courtesy – @Doug88888

Announcements, Current Promos, ICANN Announcements, Industry News

Rise of the New gTLDs

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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:

  1. .App (13 applicants)
  2. .Home (11 applicants)
  3. .Inc (11 applicants)
  4. .Art (10 applicants)
  5. .Blog (9 applicants)
  6. .Book (9 applicants)
  7. .LLC (9 applicants)
  8. .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