Image via Wikipedia Eurid, the organisation that runs the EU registry, announced the introduction of 24 / 7 support for its registrar community starting next week. With the large number of accredited registrars based in North America (and elsewhere) this change is sure to be welcomed.
Tag: registrars
Enom Revamps
Enom, which is part of DemandMedia, has relaunched their main site with a brand new design and interface. The new site appears to have a simpler interface and also appears to be a bit more responsive in terms of load times.
Unreasonable Charges From Registrars? Releasing Domains
While everyone should accept that hosting and domain registration is a business I’ve always felt that some companies employ quite questionable tactics to retain customers. The charge that stands out is that some companies levy to “release” a domain name. While the entire debate about locks and restrictions for inter-registrar transfers has been discussed at… Continue reading Unreasonable Charges From Registrars? Releasing Domains
Nominet Expanding Online Services To Include Registrant Transfers
Nominet has been working on developing and improving their “online services” over the past year. The “online services” are available to both registrants and registrars and allow both user types to manage various aspects of their interactions with the UK registry. Next month the registry plans to take the domain transfers / trades online. The… Continue reading Nominet Expanding Online Services To Include Registrant Transfers
Eurid Goes Offline For Upgrade
Image via Wikipedia Eurid is expanding its technical infrastructure this weekend. According to notifications sent to Eurid registrars they are expanding into a new data centre space. Unfortunately the knock-on effect is that the registry backend will not be available to registrars for up to six hours on Saturday.
DotAsia LandRush Offers
As dotasia is currently in landrush you can expect to see plenty of special offers from the various registrars. Eurodns, for example, are running a special which is quite attractive for the first two years. The only downside is that it’s not that clear how the local presence will be charged thereafter …
IEDR Engages With Reseller / Registrar Community
While a lot of registries have been engaging actively in dialogue with registrars and resellers the IE Domain Registry has been avoiding it for the last few years. This finally changed with the launch of a private discussion forum for accredited IEDR resellers in the last few days. To date the activity on the forum… Continue reading IEDR Engages With Reseller / Registrar Community
ICANN To Axe Add Grace Period – Domain Tasting On Its DeathBed
Domain tasting in its current form may soon become a thing of the past. The blogs and mailing lists have been buzzing for most of today following on from ICANN’s announcement that they were going to try and axe the AGP (Add Grace Period) which has been abused by registrars. While initially it wasn’t 100%… Continue reading ICANN To Axe Add Grace Period – Domain Tasting On Its DeathBed
Afilias and GoDaddy to Get .Me
According to post earlier today on Jothan Frakes‘ blog the .me registry is going to be managed by Aflilias in partnership with GoDaddy. Francesco posted about the tendering process back in November and while his post does cover most of the issues with the tender he obviously hadn’t considered the possibility of a registry operator… Continue reading Afilias and GoDaddy to Get .Me
Pot Calling Kettle, Come In Kettle
While there has been a lot of focus on the blog and forum discussions of the Network Solutions front running reactions from registrars have not been as public. Sure, they’ve been there, but there’s a lot of noise and chatter in the comments being posted to some of the more high profile blogs.However if you… Continue reading Pot Calling Kettle, Come In Kettle